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Loan exhibition of portraits of the signers and deputies to the convention of 1787 and signers of the Declaration of Independence : including their families and associates ... the Corcoran Gallery of Art, city of Washington, November 27, 1937, to February 1, 1938

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Corporate Author
United States. Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission.
Date of Publication
1937?]
Call Number
920.073 U58
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Responsibility
assembled by the United States Sesquicentennial Commission.
Corporate Author
United States. Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission.
Place of Publication
[Washington, D.C
Publisher
The Commission,
Date of Publication
1937?]
Physical Description
173 p. : ports. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
United States. - Constitutional Convention - (1787) - Centennial celebrations, etc.
United States. - Signers - Portraits - Exhibitions.
United States.
Portraits, American
Statesmen - United States
Additional Corporate Author
Corcoran Gallery of Art.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
920.073 U58
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Timothy Matlack, scribe of the Declaration of Independence

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Author
Coelho, Chris.
Date of Publication
[2013].
©2013
Call Number
973.3092 C762
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Responsibility
Chris Coelho.
ISBN
9780786474431 (softcover : alk. paper)
0786474432 (softcover : alk. paper)
Author
Coelho, Chris.
Place of Publication
Jefferson, North Carolina
Publisher
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
Date of Publication
[2013].
©2013
Physical Description
vii, 222 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Chapters: The Failed Crossing --- Haddonfield and Philadelphia --- The March of the Paxton Boys --- Revolution --- Independence --- Democracy --- The Winter Campaign --- The British Occupation --- Benedict Arnold Part One (Illicit Affairs ) --- The Fort Wilson Riot --- Benedict Arnold Part Two ( Court-Martial ) --- A Brief Term In Congress --- Savannah, Georgia --- The Revolution of 1800--- Common Sense Revisited
Summary
"On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was read aloud to a crowd gathered outside the State House in Pennsylvania. Later in the month the proclamation was engrossed on vellum. Delegates began signing that finely penned document in early August. The man who read the Declaration and then later embossed it"--
Subjects
Matlack, Timothy, - 1736-1829.
United States.
Paxton Boys.
Statesmen - United States - Biography
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.3092 C762
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The Leary copy of the first printing of the Declaration of independence

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Corporate Author
Leary's Book Store.
Date of Publication
1969]
Call Number
973.313 D917
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Responsibility
printed by John Dunlap, at Philadelphia, July 4-5, 1776.
Corporate Author
Leary's Book Store.
Place of Publication
[Philadelphia
Publisher
Distributed by S. T. Freeman,
Date of Publication
1969]
Physical Description
31 p. illus., ports. 23 cm.
Notes
Prospectus for a public auction held by S. T. Freeman & Co. in Philadelphia, May 7, 1969.
"Also described: Revolutionary War broadside, November 14, 1776, In Council of Safety; Revolutionary War broadside, April 14-15, 1777, In Congress" (p. 23-28)
Bibliographical footnotes.
Subjects
United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.313 D917
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James Wilson, James Smith and George Ross, three signers of the Declaration of Independence, who were members of the Cumblerland County Bar : historical address

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8100
Author
Biddle, Edward W.
Date of Publication
[1902].
Call Number
974.844 B585
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Responsibility
by Hon. Edward W. Biddle.
Author
Biddle, Edward W.
Place of Publication
[S.l
Publisher
s.n.],
Date of Publication
[1902].
Physical Description
37 p. ; 26 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
Subjects
United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.844 B585
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The fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence celebrated in Lancaster

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1930
nations, and the world be emancipated from tyranny! 2. The Memory of General George Washington. 3. Thomas Jefferson—The Venerable Author of the Declaration of In- dependence. The misfortunes of his old age have rendered him ten-fold. dearer to the American people. 4. The Navy and Army of the United States
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Alternate Title
Declaration of Independence
Responsibility
by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1930
Physical Description
284-288 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 34, no. 12
Subjects
United States.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 34, number 12 (1930), p. 284-288Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.34
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"A destructive and unfounded attack by modern historians : upon the truthfullness of the Declaration of Independence examined and exposed,"

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Author
Eshleman, H. Frank
Date of Publication
1923?]
Call Number
973.313 D917e
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Responsibility
by H. Frank Eshleman.
Author
Eshleman, H. Frank
Place of Publication
[S.l
Publisher
s.n.,
Date of Publication
1923?]
Physical Description
8 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Caption-title.
Subjects
United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.313 D917e
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Acts passed at the first [-third] session of the fifth Congress of the United States of America : begun and held at the city of Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania, on Monday the fifteenth of May, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven : and of the independence of the United States, the twenty-first : published by authority

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21033
Corporate Author
United States.
Date of Publication
1797.
Call Number
Boook 244 1797
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Alternate Title
Laws of the United States
Corporate Author
United States.
Uniform Title
Laws, etc. (Session laws : 1797-1799)
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by William Ross ...,
Date of Publication
1797.
Physical Description
240, vii, [4], 244-561, [1], 26, iv, [48] pages ; 21 cm (8vo)
Notes
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-2G⁴ [2H]⁴ 2I-4M⁴.
Printed marginalia.
Includes treaties.
Includes index.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 244 as assigned by Yeates.
Subjects
Session laws - United States - Early works to 1800.
Diplomatic relations.
Session laws.
United States - Foreign relations - Early works to 1800.
United States.
Early works.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Bindingn)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,Ud1745-1817,
Additional Corporate Author
United States. Congress
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Boook 244 1797
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Journal of the second session of the Senate of the United States of America : begun and held at the city of New-York, January 4th, 1790; and in the fourteenth year of the independence of the said states

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Corporate Author
United States. Congress Senate.
Date of Publication
M, DCC, XC [1790]
Call Number
Book 538 1790
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Corporate Author
United States. Congress Senate.
Place of Publication
New-York
Publisher
Printed by John Fenno, in Maiden-Lane,
Date of Publication
M, DCC, XC [1790]
Physical Description
224 pages ; 34 cm (fol.)
Notes
1st Cong., 2d sess., Jan. 4 to Aug. 12, 1790.
P. 222-224 wrongly numbered 122-124 in some copies.
Errata statement, p. 224.
Signatures: [A]² B-3K².
Speech of President Washington to Congress, Jan. 8, 1790: p. 5-8.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 835 as assigned by Yeates.
"Acts and resolutions passed the second session of the Congress of the United States": pages 222-224.
Evans,
ESTC,
Subjects
Politics and government
United States - Politics and government - 1789-1797 - Sources.
United States - History - Sources.
United States.
History.
Sources.
Three-quarters leather on marbled boards (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Corporate Author
United States. President (1789-1797 : Washington)
Place
United States New York New York.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 538 1790
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Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States : anno M, DCC, LXXXIX, and of the independence of the United States the thirteenth

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Corporate Author
United States. Congress. House.
Date of Publication
[1789]
Call Number
Book 850 1789
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Corporate Author
United States. Congress. House.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine,
Date of Publication
[1789]
Physical Description
164 pages, clxxvi; 34 cm
Notes
1st Congress, 1st session, Mar. 4, 1789 to Sept. 29, 1789.
Error in paging: p. 148 numbered 142.
Includes index.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 850 as ssigned by Yeates.
With: Journal of House of Representatives ... New York : Childs & Swaine, 1790. -- Journal of House of Representatives ... Philadelphia : Childs & Swaine, 1791.
Evans
Subjects
Politics and government
United States - Politics and government - 1789-1797 - Sources.
United States - History - Constitutional period, 1789-1809 - Sources.
United States.
History.
Sources.
Three-quarters leather on speckled boards (Binding)
No spine title (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 850 1789
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Declaration of Independence : the adventures of a document

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Corporate Author
United States. National Archives and Records Service.
Date of Publication
1976.
Call Number
973.313 D295d
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Corporate Author
United States. National Archives and Records Service.
Place of Publication
Washington, D.C
Publisher
National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration,
Date of Publication
1976.
Physical Description
42 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Subjects
United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.313 D295d
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