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The passage of the President's message, which relates to the forcible occupation of West Florida, imperiously claims the attention of every American

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Author
Onís, Luis de,
Date of Publication
[1810?]
Call Number
Book 461 1810c
Author
Onís, Luis de,
Place of Publication
[United States]
Publisher
[publisher not identified],
Date of Publication
[1810?]
Physical Description
20 pages ; 21 cm
Notes
Title from first lines of text.
Signed at end: Verus. By Luis de Onís.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Book number 461 as assigned by Yeates.
Yeate's signature at top of title page.
Bound with Oration on masonry: delivered at St. John's church in the city of Philadelphia, at the request of the right worshipful Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, on St. John's day, June 24, 1811, by James Milnor. Philadelphia: J. Maxwell, 1811 -- Proposals, by Farrand and Nichholas for publishing by subscription ...The American Review of history and politics. Place not identified: publisher not identified, 1810 -- Proposals for publishing by subscription, a translation from the French, of. LeSages's historical genealogial chronological and geographical atlas. Philadelphia: Jane Aiken, 1819 -- A description of the chain bridge; invented by Judge Finley, of Fayette County Pennsylvania...Uniontown, Pa: William Campbell, 1811 -- The pioneeer, vol. I, no. IV, May 5, 1812 -- The Port folio (new series) by Oliver Oldschool, Esq. Philadelphia, Saturday, March 12, 1808 -- Annual discourse, delivered before the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts on the 13th of November 1810 by Joseph Hopkinson. Philadelphia: published by Bradford and Inskeep; Inseeep and Bradford, New York: and William M'Ilhenry, Boston, Sweeny & M'Kenzie, printers, 1810 -- Reply to Mr. Burke's invective against Mr. Cooper, and Mr. Watt, in the House of Commons on the30th of April, 1792, by Thomas Cooper. London: printed for J. Johnson, in St. Paul's Church Yard; and M Falkner and Co., Manchester, M,DCC,XCII (1792) -- Narrative of the proceedings against Thomas Cooiper, exquire, president judge of the eighth judiciary district of Pennsylvania, on a charge of official misconduct. Lancaster: printed by William Hamilton, 1811; -- [Narrative on the title of West Florida]. Place not identified:published not identified. date not identified -- Observations on the conduct of our executive towards Spain. Place not identified:published not identified. date not identified -- Letters, addressed to the people of Pennsylvania respecting the internal improvement, of the commonwealth; by means of roads and canals by William J. Duane. Philadelphia: printed by Jane Aiken, No 71, North Third Street, 18ll --An address of the members of theHouse of Representatives, of the Congress of the United States, to their consitutents, on the subject of the war with Great Britain. Philadelphia: printed at the office of the United States' Gazette, date not identified; Documents and facts, relative to military events, during the late war by Jno. P. Boyd. Place not identified:published not identified. date not identified-- Darstellung des in Baltimore am 27 und 28sten Julii, 1812, gemachten Angriffs auf die presfreyheit, und das leben der Bertheidiger defelben. Philadelphia: gedruct bey Conrad Zentler, in der Zwenten Stresse, unterhalb der Regs Strasse, 1812 -- Plan of an improved system of the money-concerns of the Union by Erick Bollman, M.D. Philadelphia: printed for the auther. Wiliam Fry, printer, Walnut, near Fifth Street, 1816; Articles of the Farmer's Bank of Lancaster. Place not idenifiied: Printed by Hugh Hamilton, date not identified.
Shaw & Shoemaker,
Subjects
Diplomatic relations.
West Florida - History.
Louisiana - History - 1803-1865.
Spain - Foreign relations - United States.
United States - Foreign relations - Spain.
Louisiana.
Spain.
United States.
United States - West Florida.
History.
Three-quarters leather on marbled boards (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 461 1810c
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The colors of courage : Gettysburg's forgotten history : immigrants, women, and African-Americans in the Civil War's defining battle

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Author
Creighton, Margaret S.,
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
c2005.
Call Number
973.7349 C914
  3 websites  
Responsibility
Margaret Creighton.
ISBN
0465014569
9780465014569
9780465014576
0465014577
Author
Creighton, Margaret S.,
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Basic Books,
Date of Publication
c2005.
Physical Description
xix, 321 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-308) and index.
Contents
The Gettysburg campaign : a brief chronology -- Prologue : the lay of the land; a sign of the times -- An afternoon in the badlands -- The season of disbelief -- Desolation's edge -- Flying thick like blackbirds -- Bold acts -- The wide eye of the storm -- The aftermath -- The seesaw of honor, or, How the pigpen was mightier than the sword -- Women and remembrance -- Making a living on hallowed land.
Summary
"In the summer of 1863, as Union and Confederate armies marched on southern Pennsylvania, the town of Gettysburg found itself thrust onto the center stage of war. The three days of fighting that ensued decisively turned the tide of the Civil War. In The Colors of Courage, Margaret Creighton narrates the tale of this crucial battle from the viewpoint of three unsung groups - women, immigrants, and African Americans - and reveals how wide the battle's dimensions were."
"Creighton draws on memoirs, letters, diaries, and newspapers to bring to life the individuals at the heart of her narrative. In telling the stories of these participants, Margaret Creighton has written a work of original history - a narrative that is sure to redefine the Civil War's most remarkable event."--Jacket.
Subjects
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.
Immigrants - Pennsylvania - Gettysburg
Women, White - Pennsylvania - Gettysburg
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Gettysburg
African Americans.
Immigrants.
Military participation
Women.
Women, White.
Einwanderer.
Frau.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - African Americans.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Women.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Participation, Immigrant.
Pennsylvania - Gettysburg.
United States.
Gettysburg (Pa.) - Schlacht.
Schwarze.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7349 C914
Websites
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Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the thirty-sixth Congress

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Corporate Author
United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)
Date of Publication
1860.
Call Number
923.173 B918 1860 36th, 1st
Corporate Author
United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)
Place of Publication
Washington, [D.C.]
Publisher
George W. Bowman, printer,
Date of Publication
1860.
Physical Description
v. ; 23 cm.
Series
36th Congress. 1st session. Senate Ex. Doc ; no. 2
Notes
Library has Vol. 1 only.
Contents
v. 1. Annual message of the President ; Report of the Secretary of the Interior ; Report of the Secretary of War ; Report of the Secretary of the Navy ; Report of the Postmaster-General -- v. 2. Report of the Secretary of War --
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Presidents - United States - Messages.
Political science.
Presidents.
United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861 - Sources.
United States - History - 1849-1877 - Sources.
United States.
History.
Sources.
Additional Corporate Author
United States. Department of the Interior.
United States. War Department.
United States. Navy Department.
United States. Postmaster General.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.173 B918 1860 36th, 1st
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Following the drum : women at the Valley Forge encampment

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Author
Loane, Nancy K.,
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
©2009.
Call Number
973.334 L795
  1 website  
Responsibility
Nancy K. Loane.
ISBN
9781597973854
1597973858
Author
Loane, Nancy K.,
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Washington, D.C
Publisher
Potomac Books,
Date of Publication
©2009.
Physical Description
x, 205 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-200) and index.
Contents
Setting the stage : the war, army, and community -- Martha Washington at Valley Forge : "the worthy partner of the worthiest of men" -- Martha Washington at the other encampments : a resolute and loyal lady -- Catharine Greene and Lucy Knox : the ladies come to Valley Forge -- Rebekah Biddle, Lady Stirling, and Alice Shippen at Valley Forge : "I should not be sorry to see you here" -- The women with Washington's "family" : slaves, servants, and spies -- Camp women at Valley Forge : "a caravan of wild beasts" -- Camp women with the Continental Army : cannonballs and cooking kettles -- The general returns to Valley Forge : a distinguished officer's musings -- Appendix: Making the myth of Martha Washington : nineteenth-century fantasy vs. eighteenth-century reality.
Summary
"[This book] tells the story of the forgotten women who spent the winter of 1777-78 with the Continental Army at Valley Forge -- from those on society's lowest rungs to ladies of the upper echelon. Poor, dirty beings who clung to the very edge of survival, many camp women were soldiers' wives who worked as the army's washerwomen, nurses, cooks, or seamstresses. Though these women's written correspondence is scarce, author Nancy Loane uses sources such as issued military orders, pension depositions after the war, and soldiers' descriptions to bring these women to life. Other women at the encampment were of higher status: they traveled with Washington's entourage when the army headquarters shifted from place to place and served the general as valued cooks, laundresses, or housekeepers ... Drawing from diary entries and letters, Following the drum illuminates the experiences of these ladies, including Martha Washington, Lucy Knox, and Lady Stirling, during the encampment and then traces their lives after the Revolutionary War"--Jacket.
Subjects
Washington, George, - 1732-1799.
Washington, George, - 1732-1799 - Headquarters - Pennsylvania - Valley Forge.
Women - Pennsylvania - Valley Forge
Women - Pennsylvania - Valley Forge - Biography.
Women - United States - Biography.
Armed Forces
Women.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Participation, Female.
Pennsylvania - Valley Forge.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Women.
United States.
Valley Forge (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Biography.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.334 L795
Websites
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Reports of the trials of Colonel Aaron Burr, (late vice president of the United States,) for treason, and for a misdemeanor, in preparing the means of a military expedition against Mexico, a territory of the King of Spain, with whom the United States were at peace. In the Circuit court of the United States, held at the city of Richmond, in the district of Virginia, in the summer term of the year 1807. To which is added, an appendix, containing the arguments and evidence in support and defence of the motion afterwards made by the counsel for the United States, to commit A. Burr, H. Blannerhassett [sic] and I. Smith to be sent for trial to the state of Kentucky, for treason or misdemeanor, alleged to be committed there

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Author
Burr, Aaron,
Date of Publication
1808.
Call Number
Book 617 1808
  2 websites  
Responsibility
Taken in short hand by David Robertson ...
Author
Burr, Aaron,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Published by Hopkins and Earle, Fry and Kammerer, printers,
Date of Publication
1808.
Physical Description
2 volumes 23 cm
Notes
LCHS wanting vol. 2.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 617 as assigned by Yeates.
Subjects
Burr, Aaron, - 1756-1836
Burr, Aaron, - 1756-1836.
Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807.
Trials (Treason) - United States.
Trials (Treason)
United States.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Trial proceedings - Pennsylvania - 19th century.
Repaired spine on blue boards (Binding)
Printed label on spine (Binding)
Additional Author
Blennerhassett, Harman,
Smith, I.
Robertson, David,
Yeates, Jasper,l
Additional Corporate Author
United States. Circuit Court (District of Virginia)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 617 1808
Websites
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Captain Gustavus Conyngham; a sketch of the services he rendered to the cause of American independence

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Author
Jones, Charles Henry,
Date of Publication
1903.
Call Number
923.5 J76
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Charles Henry Jones.
Author
Jones, Charles Henry,
Place of Publication
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
The Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the revolution,
Date of Publication
1903.
Physical Description
32 pages frontispiece, plates (some color) portraits 26 cm
Subjects
Conyngham, Gustavus, - 1744?-1819.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Naval operations.
United States.
History.
Additional Corporate Author
Sons of the Revolution. Pennsylvania Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.5 J76
Websites
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The history, civil, political and military, of the southern rebellion, from its incipient stages to its close. Comprehending, also, all important state papers, ordinances of secession, proclamations, proceedings of Congress, official reports of commanders, etc., etc

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Author
Victor, Orville J.
Date of Publication
[©1861-68?]
Call Number
973.7 N552 1861
Responsibility
By Orville J. Victor.
Author
Victor, Orville J.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
J.D. Torrey
Date of Publication
[©1861-68?]
Physical Description
4 volumes frontispieces, plates, portraits, maps (some folded) 26 cm
Notes
Added t.p. engraved, with vignette, in each volume.
Subjects
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
973.7 N552 1861
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The American soul : rediscovering the wisdom of the founders

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Author
Needleman, Jacob.
Date of Publication
©2002.
Call Number
973.21 N374
  2 websites  
Responsibility
Jacob Needleman.
ISBN
1585421383
9781585421381
Author
Needleman, Jacob.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
J.P. Tarcher/Putnam,
Date of Publication
©2002.
Physical Description
xxii, 371 pages ; 24 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-361).
Summary
Examines how the spiritual beliefs and vision of America's founders shaped the country's history and culture and assesses the influence of the spiritual traditions of African slaves, Native Americans, and early mystical communities on colonial America.
"An eclectic mixture of autobiography, U.S. intellectual history, philosophical inquiry, and spiritual wonderment, this extended meditative essay examines "America as an Idea" by uncovering the latent wisdom of many of its shining lights: Benjamin Franklin, William Penn, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Walt Whitman. Needleman, a philosophy professor and author of Money and the Meaning of Life, reinterprets the lives of each of these leaders in the context of their strong spiritual beliefs and their contributions to unifying a deeply divided body politic. The author liberally quotes classical philosophers, historians, biographers, and the subjects themselves, and he often interjects his own life experiences and spiritual beliefs into his loosely structured narrative. Needleman also tackles what he considers to be America's two most grievous historical blemishes: the murder of Native American culture and slavery and suggests how America should confront these wrongs." [from the "Library Journal"]
Subjects
Beissel, Conrad - 1690-1768.
Miller, Peter - 1709-1796.
Widman, Michael.
Ephrata Cloister (Pa.).
National characteristics, American.
Social values - United States.
Spirituality - United States.
Moral conditions.
Social values.
Spirituality.
United States - History.
United States - Moral conditions.
United States.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.21 N374
Websites
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Documents and facts, relative to military events, during the late war

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Author
Boyd, John Parker,
Date of Publication
1816
Call Number
Book 461 1816
  1 website  
Author
Boyd, John Parker,
Place of Publication
[Place of publication not identified]
Publisher
[publisher not identified],
Date of Publication
1816
Physical Description
28 pages ; 23 cm
Notes
Caption title.
Defending the author's generalship.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates signature at top of title page.
Book number 461 as assigned by Yeates.
Bound with Proposals, by Farrand and Nichholas for publishing by subscription ...The American Review of history and politics. Place not identified: publisher not identified, 1810 -- Proposals for publishing by subscription, a translation from the French, of. LeSages's historical genealogial chronological and geographical atlas. Philadelphia: Jane Aiken, 1819 -- A description of the chain bridge; invented by Judge Finley, of Fayette County Pennsylvania...Uniontown, Pa: William Campbell, 1811 -- The pioneeer, vol. I, no. IV, May 5, 1812 -- The Port folio (new series) by Oliver Oldschool, Esq. Philadelphia, Saturday, March 12, 1808 -- Annual discourse, delivered before the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts on the 13th of November 1810 by Joseph Hopkinson. Philadelphia: published by Bradford and Inskeep; Inseeep and Bradford, New York: and William M'Ilhenry, Boston, Sweeny & M'Kenzie, printers, 1810 -- Reply to Mr. Burke's invective against Mr. Cooper, and Mr. Watt, in the House of Commons on the30th of April, 1792, by Thomas Cooper. London: printed for J. Johnson, in St. Paul's Church Yard; and M Falkner and Co., Manchester, M,DCC,XCII (1792) -- Narrative of the proceedings against Thomas Cooiper, esquire, president judge of the eighth judiciary district of Pennsylvania, on a charge of official misconduct. Lancaster: printed by William Hamilton, 1811; -- [Narrative on the title of West Florida]. Place not identified:published not identified. date not identified -- Observations on the conduct of our executive towards Spain. Place not identified:published not identified. date not identified -- Letters, addressed to the people of Pennsylvania respecting the internal improvement, of the commonwealth; by means of roads and canals by William J. Duane. Philadelphia: printed by Jane Aiken, No 71, North Third Street, 18ll --An address of the members of theHouse of Representatives, of the Congress of the United States, to their consitutents, on the subject of the war with Great Britain. Philadelphia: printed at the office of the United States' Gazette, date not identified; Documents and facts, relative to military events, during the late war by Jno. P. Boyd. Place not identified:published not identified. date not identified-- Darstellung des in Baltimore am 27 und 28sten Julii, 1812, gemachten Angriffs auf die presfreyheit, und das leben der Bertheidiger defelben. Philadelphia: gedruct bey Conrad Zentler, in der Zwenten Stresse, unterhalb der Regs Strasse, 1812 -- Plan of an improved system of the money-concerns of the Union by Erick Bollman, M.D. Philadelphia: printed for the auther. Wiliam Fry, printer, Walnut, near Fifth Street, 1816; Articles of the Farmer's Bank of Lancaster. Place not idenifiied: Printed by Hugh Hamilton, date not identified.
Summary
The writer is a General from the War of 1812 who had suffered defeats during the war and was not chosen to remain in the Army after the war. He defends his performance in this letter.
Subjects
Boyd, John Parker, - 1764-1830.
Military campaigns.
United States - History - War of 1812 - Campaigns.
United States.
History.
Three-quarters leather on marbled boards (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 461 1816
Websites
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Blackstone's Commentaries : with notes of reference, to the Constitution and laws, of the federal government of the United States, and of the Commonwealth of Virginia : in five volumes, with an appendix to each volume, containing short tracts upon such subjects as appeared necessary to form a connected view of the laws of Virginia, as a member of the federal union

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21089
Author
Blackstone, William,
Date of Publication
1803.
Call Number
Book 354 1893
Book 353 1803
Book 352 1803
Book 351 1803
Book 350 1803
Responsibility
by St. George Tucker ...
Author
Blackstone, William,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Published by William Young Birch, and Abraham Small ... Robert Carr, printer,
Date of Publication
1803.
Physical Description
5 v. : geneal. tables (engravings) ; 22 cm (8vo)
Notes
"This edition by 'St. George Tucker ... ' follows the text of the ninth edition, London, 1783. It contains a selection of Christian's notes, marked with his name"--Eller, C.S. The William Blackstone Collection in the Yale Law Library, 1938.
Pagination of the Commentaries is that of another edition.
Signatures: v. 1: [A]⁴ B-4G⁴; v. 2: [A]⁴ B-4F⁴ (4F4 blank); v. 3: pi² A-5A⁴ 5B1, IV leaves of plates (3 folded); v. 4: pi² A-4L⁴ [4M]1; v. 5: pi² A-4G⁴ 5A-5F⁴ 5G².
Errata: v. 1, leaf 4G4; v. 4, leaf [4M]1.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book numbers 350, 351, 352, 353, 354 as assigned by Yeates.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cohen, M.L. Bibliography of Early American law,
Eller, C.S. William Blackstone Collection in the Yale Law Library,
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson,
Subjects
Law - United States.
Law - Great Britain.
Law - Virginia.
Law.
Great Britain.
United States.
Virginia.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Tucker, St. George,
Christian, Edward,
Rives, William C.
Jefferson, Thomas,
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Corporate Author
Thomas Jefferson Library Collection (Library of Congress)
William Blackstone Collection (Library of Congress)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 354 1893
Book 353 1803
Book 352 1803
Book 351 1803
Book 350 1803
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