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Journal of the Senate of the United States of America; : being the second session of the Second Congress, begun and held at the city of Philadelphia, November 5th, 1792, and in the seventeenth year of the sovereignty of the said United States

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22043
Corporate Author
United States. Congress Senate.
Date of Publication
MDCCXCII [i.e. 1793].
Call Number
Book 841 1792
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Corporate Author
United States. Congress Senate.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by John Fenno, in Fifth-Street.,
Date of Publication
MDCCXCII [i.e. 1793].
Physical Description
100 p. ; 33 cm (fol.)
Notes
Second Congress, 2nd Session: from 5 November 1792 to 2 March 1793.
Speech of President Washington to Congress, Nov. 6, 1792: p. 5-9.
Signed on p. 89: Samuel A. Otis, secretary [of the Senate].
Signatures: [A]² B-2B².
Appendix: Titles of the acts passed at the second session of the Second Congress of the United States, begun and held at Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, on Monday the 5th day of November 1792. -- Bills originated during the session, but were either rejected or postponed. -- The classes of the Senators of the United States, on the 4th day of March 1793.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 841 as assigned by Yeates.
Includes index: pages 93-100.
English short title catalogue,
Evans, C. American bibliography,
Subjects
United States. - Congress. - Senate - Periodicals.
United States. - Congress. - Senate.
Constitutions - United States.
Constitutional law - United States.
Legislation - United States - Periodicals.
Constitutional law.
Constitutions.
Legislation.
Politics and government.
United States - Politics and government - 1789-1797 - Sources.
United States - History - Constitutional period, 1789-1809 - Sources.
United States.
History.
Periodicals.
Sources.
Half leather on boards (Binding)
Additional Author
Otis, Samuel Allyne,
Fenno, John,
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Corporate Author
United States. President (1789-1797 : Washington)
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 841 1792
Websites
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Journal of the House of representatives of the United States, at the first session of the Second Congress. ; Anno M,DCC,XCI, and of the independence of the United States the sixteenth

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Corporate Author
United States. Congress House.
Date of Publication
MDCCXCII. [1792]
Call Number
Book 851 1792
Corporate Author
United States. Congress House.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine,
Date of Publication
MDCCXCII. [1792]
Physical Description
245 p. 34 cm (fol.)
Notes
Signatures: [A]ø B-3Qø (A1 blank; 3Q2 verso blank).
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 851 as assigned by Yeates.
Includes index: p. [223]-245.
English short title catalogue,
Evans, C. American bibliography,
Subjects
United States. - Congress. - House - Periodicals.
Constitutions - United States.
Constitutional law - United States.
Legislation - United States
United States - Politics and government - 1789-1797.
United States - History - Constitutional period, 1789-1809.
Three-quarters leather on marbled boards (Binding).
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Corporate Author
Francis Childs and John Swaine (Firm)
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 851 1792
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The Yoder case : religious freedom, education, and parental rights

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17069
Author
Peters, Shawn Francis,
Date of Publication
c2003.
Call Number
342.73 P483
Responsibility
Shawn Francis Peters.
ISBN
0700612726 (cloth : alk. paper)
0700612734 (paper : alk. paper)
Author
Peters, Shawn Francis,
Place of Publication
Lawrence, Kan
Publisher
University Press of Kansas,
Date of Publication
c2003.
Physical Description
viii, 199 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Landmark law cases & American society
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-191) and index.
Contents
Building a community in New Glarus -- Amish schooling and the seeds of conflict in New Glarus -- Compulsory schooling and the parameters of state power -- The National Committee for Amish Religious Freedom enters the fray -- Judicial precedent and Yoder -- The trial of Wallace Miller, Jonas Yoder, and Adin Yutzy -- Yoder in the Wisconsin Supreme Court -- Arguing Yoder in the U.S. Supreme Court -- The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Yoder -- Assessing the Supreme Court's decision in Wisconsin v. Yoder -- The aftermath and legacy of Yoder.
Subjects
Yoder, Jonas - Trials, litigation, etc.
Amish - United States.
Educational law and legislation - United States.
Freedom of religion - United States.
Educational law and legislation - Wisconsin.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
342.73 P483
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Visitation of American vessels by officers of the British navy : message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives calling for information in reference to reported acts of visitation by officers of the British navy of American vessels in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19081
Corporate Author
United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)
Date of Publication
1858]
Call Number
923.173 B918 1858 Oversize
Alternate Title
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives calling for information in reference to reported acts of visitation by officers of the British navy of American vessels in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
Corporate Author
United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)
Place of Publication
[Washington? D.C
Publisher
s.n.,
Date of Publication
1858]
Physical Description
16 p.
Series
Doc. / 35th Congress, 2d session, House of Representatives. Ex. Doc ; no. 11.
Notes
Caption title.
"December 16, 1858. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and orderd to be printed."
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
United States - Foreign relations, - 1857-1861.
United States - Foreign relations - United Kingdom..
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.173 B918 1858 Oversize
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Analysis of the report of the committee of the Virginia assembly, on the proceedings of sundry of the other states in answer to their resolutions

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21191
Author
Addison, Alexander,
Date of Publication
1800.
Call Number
Yeates Book 459 1800
Responsibility
by Alexander Addison.
Author
Addison, Alexander,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by Zachariah Poulson, Junior ...,
Date of Publication
1800.
Physical Description
54, [2] p. (p. [1-2] blank) ; 18 cm. (12mo)
Notes
Signatures: A-D⁶ E⁴.
Library copy imperfect: p. [1-2] at end wanting.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 459 as assigned by Yeates.
Bound with An address, &c. recommendations to the states by the United States in Congress assembled. Philadelphia: printed by David C. Claypoole, 1788 -- An examination of the Constitution for the United States of America, submitted to the people fy the General Convention....Philadelphia: Printed by Zacharariah Poulson, Junr...1788 -- Proceedings in the House of Representatives of the United States of America respecting the contested election for the eastern district of Georgia. : Philadelphia, printed by Parry Hall...1792 -- A calm appeal to the people of the State of Delaware. ... Philadelphia: Printed by Zachariah Poulson, Junr... date not specified -- An enquiry into the principles and tendency of certain public measures. Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson... 1784; -- A vindication of Mr. Randophs's resignation. Philadelphia: printed by Samuel Smith...1795 -- The pretensions of Thomas Jefferson to the presidency examined; and the charges against John Adams refuted...United States, October 1796 -- Observations on the speech of Albert Gallatin, in the House of Representatives of the United States, on the foreign intercourse bill. Washington: Printed by John Colerick, 1798 -- The speech of Mr. Bayard on the foreign intecourse bill delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States on the third day of March 1798. -- The address of the minority in the Virginia Legislature to the people of that state; containing a vindication of the constitutionality of the alien and sedition laws Printer not specified, date not specified -- Letter from the Secfretary of State enclosing the reports of the late and present director of the mint....Philadelphia: Printed by Francis and Robert Bailey...1795 -- Proceedings of the Virginia Assembly, on the answers of sundry states to their resolutions, passed in December, 1798. Philadelphia, printed by James Carey, 1800.
Evans
Subjects
Kentucky and Virginia resolutions of 1798.
Alien and Sedition laws, 1798.
Politics and government
United States - Politics and government - 1797-1801.
United States.
Three-quarters leather on marbled boards (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Yeates Book 459 1800
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The book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America : together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20564
Corporate Author
Episcopal Church.
Date of Publication
[1850?]
Call Number
283 B724 1850
Alternate Title
Common prayer
Corporate Author
Episcopal Church.
Uniform Title
Book of common prayer
Place of Publication
New-York
Publisher
New-York Bible and Common Prayer Book Society,
Date of Publication
[1850?]
Physical Description
682 pages ; 15 cm
Notes
From the James Buchana Collection. Bound in vellum with monogram hLJ on cover [Harriet Lane Johnston]. ROMA on cover, cover color in blue and gold. B 04.3.1. Red silk moire on inside front and back covers.
Selections from the Psalms of David in metre and Hymns each have special title page with imprint: Printed by G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode.
Includes indexes.
Subjects
Episcopal Church - Liturgy - Texts.
Episcopal Church
Anglican Communion - United States - Texts.
Anglican Communion
Liturgics
United States
Liturgical books - United States - 19th century.
Texts
Additional Corporate Author
New York Bible and Common Prayer Book Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Buchanan Collection
Call Number
283 B724 1850
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The Southern journey of a Civil War marine : the illustrated note-book of Henry O. Gusley

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Author
Gusley, Henry O.,
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
2006.
Call Number
973.758 G982
Responsibility
edited and annotated by Edward T. Cotham, Jr.
ISBN
0292712839 (alk. paper)
9780292712836 (alk. paper)
Author
Gusley, Henry O.,
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Austin
Publisher
University of Texas Press,
Date of Publication
2006.
Physical Description
x, 213 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.
Series
Clifton and Shirley Caldwell Texas heritage series ; no. 10
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-206) and index.
Contents
Galveston Tri-Weekly News introduction to the Note-Book -- 1. The Battle below New Orleans -- 2. Ship Island, the Pearl River, and Lake Pontchartrain -- 3. Pensacola -- 4. New Orleans -- 5. The Mississippi River -- 6. Baton Rouge, Plaquemine, and Donaldsonville -- 7. The Return to Pensacola and Ship Island -- 8. The Capture of Galveston -- 9. Matagorda Bay -- 10. The Battle of Galveston -- 11. The Capture of U.S.S. Hatteras -- 12. A New Commander -- 13. Mississippi Sound -- 14. The Swamps of Louisiana -- 15. Butte a la Rose -- 16. Mobile Bay -- 17. The Return to the Teche Country -- 18. The Battle of Sabine Pass -- 19. Letters from Prison.
Summary
Information about the inner workings and day-to-day life aboard U.S. Naval vessels patrolling the Gulf of Mexico and the major river systems of the Trans-Mississippi.
Subjects
Gusley, Henry O., - 1837-1884
United States. - Marine Corps - Biography.
United States. - Marine Corps - Military life - History
Seafaring life - Gulf Coast (U.S.)
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Naval operations.
Gulf Coast (U.S.) - History, Naval - 19th century.
Gulf States - History, Military - 19th century.
Mexico, Gulf of - History, Naval - 19th century.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.
Gulf Coast (U.S.) - Description and travel.
Additional Author
Cotham, Edward T.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.758 G982
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Hand-book of political information : containing the Declaration of Independence, Constitution of the United States and Pennsylvania, election laws of the State of Pennsylvania, officers of the general and state governments

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17664
Date of Publication
1888.
Call Number
352 H236
Responsibility
compiled by John H. Landis.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
New Era Printing House ,
Date of Publication
1888.
Physical Description
143 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Notes
Includes advertisements.
Subjects
Federal government - United States.
United States - Politics and government.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Politics and government.
Additional Author
Landis, John H.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
352 H236
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The automobile blue book 1916. a touring hand-book of motor routes in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the South Atlantic states

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17233
Corporate Author
Automobile Blue Book Publishing Company.
Date of Publication
c1916.
Call Number
917.3 A939 1916
Alternate Title
Official automobile blue book 1916
Corporate Author
Automobile Blue Book Publishing Company.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Automobile Blue Book Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
c1916.
Physical Description
1060 p. : ill., maps (some folded) ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
Automobile travel - United States - Guidebooks.
New Jersey - Description and travel.
Pennsylvania - Description and travel.
South Atlantic states - Description and travel.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
917.3 A939 1916
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The pictorial field-book of the War of 1812 : a facsimile of the 1869 edition

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Author
Lossing, Benson John,
Date of Publication
1976.
Call Number
973.5 L881
Responsibility
Benson J. Lossing ; with a foreword by John T. Cunningham.
Author
Lossing, Benson John,
Place of Publication
Somersworth
Publisher
New Hampshire Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1976.
Physical Description
xvi, 1084 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects
United States - History - War of 1812.
United States.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.5 L881
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