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The practical register in Chancery, or, A compleat collection of the standing orders and rules of practice in Chancery : together with the ruled points of practice there, collected from the printed Chancery cases, reports, and practical books, and from observation and experience : as also, the alterations made in practice by all the statutes to this time, and by usage and custom : the whole is interspers'd with rules and observations touching the drawing of bills, answers, and other pleadings : which render it useful not only to attorneys and sollicitors, but to all practicers and gentlemen that have business at that bar

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Date of Publication: 1714.

Call Number: Book 525 1714

Alternate Title: Practical register in Chancery; Compleat collection of the standing orders and rules of practice in Chancery

Place of Publication: In the Savoy [London]

Publisher: Printed by J. Nutt, assignee of E. Sayer, for D. Brown, in Exeter-Exchange in the Strand, W. Mears at the Lamb, and J. Brown at the Black Swan, without Temple-Bar, and J. Woodward in Fleet-street,

Date of Publication: 1714.

Physical Description: viii, 365, [11] p. ; 19 cm (8vo)

Notes: Signatures: [A]â´ B-2Aâ¸ 2Bâ´.; Includes index.; Advertisement on page [ii].; Genealogy of Thomas Hunt Senior on back of front cover.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 525 as assigned by Yeates.; Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson,; English Short Title Catalogue,

Subjects: Equity pleading and procedure - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Equity pleading and procedure.; Great Britain.; Early works; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon title page.

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,; Hunt, Thomas,

Additional Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Chancery.

Place: England London.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 525 1714

The laws of Jamaica : pass'd by the Governours, Council and Assembly in that island, and confirm'd by the Crown

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Corporate Author: Jamaica.

Date of Publication: 1716.

Call Number: Book 503 1716

Corporate Author: Jamaica.

Uniform Title: Laws, etc.

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed by W. Wilkins, at the Dolphin in Little-Britain,

Date of Publication: 1716.

Physical Description: xxx, [6], 457, [1] p. ; 21 cm. (8vo)

Notes: Initials; head and tail pieces.; The preface by William Wood gives a descriptive account of the island.; "Mr. Francis Hanson's account of the island and government of Jamaica, which was wrote in or about the year 1682": pages [446]-457.; Errata: p. [458].; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates signature at top of title page with one former owner struck and one removed.; Book number 503 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Politics and government; Travel.; Jamaica - Description and travel - Early works to 1800.; Jamaica - Politics and government - To 1962.; Jamaica.; Jamaica - Politics and government - Early works to 1800.; Early works.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Wood, William,; Hanson, Francis.; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 503 1716

The law-French dictionary alphabetically digested : very useful for all young students in the common laws of England. To which is added, The law-Latin dictionary: being an alphabetical collection of such law-Latin words as are found in several authentic manuscripts, and printed books of precedents

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Edition: 2nd ed., corr. and enl.

Date of Publication: 1718.

Call Number: Book 505 1718

Alternate Title: Law-Latin dictionary; Pleader's dictionary

Edition: 2nd ed., corr. and enl.

Place of Publication: [London] In the Savoy

Publisher: Printed by Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling (assigns of E. Sayer) for D. Brown, J. Walthoe,

Date of Publication: 1718.

Physical Description: 2 volumes in 1 (unpaged, approximately 648 pages) ; 20 cm

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Signature of Godfrey Moyle on fly leaf struck.; Book number 505 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Law - Dictionaries.; Anglo-Norman dialect - Dictionaries.; Latin language; English language - Dictionaries; Anglo-Norman dialect.; English language.; Law.; Dictionaries.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine title (Binding)

Additional Author: Moyle, Godfrey.; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 505 1718

Praxis almae curiae cancellariae : in two volumes : being a collection of precedents, by bill and answer, plea and demurrer, in causes of the greatest moment (wherein equity hath been allowed) which have been commenced in the High Court of Chancery, for more than 30 years last past : with appeals (in several cases of great difficulty) to the House of Peers in Parliament, and the proceedings thereupon : also, a compleat collection of all the writs and process concerning the same, together with a praeliminary discourse, by way of rules, succinctly and methodically drawn up, containing the practice of the said court, in every particular branch of the equitable part thereof

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Author: Brown, William,

Edition: The third edition, with additions.

Date of Publication: 1714.

Call Number: Book 519 1714; Book 518 1714

Author: Brown, William,

Edition: The third edition, with additions.

Place of Publication: In the Savoy [London]

Publisher: Printed by J. Nutt, assignee of Edward Sayer Esq. for Abel Roper, and Samuel Butler ...,

Date of Publication: 1714.

Physical Description: 2 v. ; 20 cm (8vo)

Notes: "By William Brown"--T.p. of v. 2.; Sometimes attributed to Sir Robert Heath. Cf. Halkett & Laing.; Vol. 1: [8], 576 p.; v. 2: [8], 103, [1]; 176; 401-720, [40] p.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book numbers 518 and 519 as assigned by Yeates.; Signature of B. Crosby on flyleaf struck.; Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson,; English Short Title Catalogue,

Subjects: Great Britain. - Court of Chancery.; Equity pleading and procedure - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Equity pleading and procedure.; Great Britain.; Publishers' advertisements - Great Britain.; Early works.; Vol 1: linen boards (Binding); Vol 2: Full blind-tooled leather(Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Heath, Robert,; Bay, Elihu Hall,; Yeates, Jasper,

Place: England London.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 519 1714; Book 518 1714

Reports and pleadings of cases in assise, for offices, nusances, lands and tenements : shewing the manner of porceeding in assises of novel disseisin ... : With observations on every case ... : To which are added, writs of assise, &c

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Author: Lilly, John.

Date of Publication: 1719.

Call Number: Book 739 1719

Alternate Title: Novel disseisin

Responsibility: by John Lilly ... ; To which is added, a prefatory discourse, shewing the nature of this action, and reasons for putting it in practice.

Author: Lilly, John.

Place of Publication: [London] In the Savoy

Publisher: Printed by Eliz. Nutt, and R. Gosling, Assigns of Edward Sayer, for John Hook, and Tho. Woodward,

Date of Publication: 1719.

Physical Description: [2], xxxii, 129, [8] pages ; 33 cm

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Bookplate of former owner partially removed from back of front cover.; Book number 739 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Writs - Great Britain.; Law reports, digests, etc. - Great Britain.; Law reports, digests, etc.; Writs.; Great Britain.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 739 1719

A preparative to pleading : being a work intended for instruction and help of young clerks of the Court of Common-Pleas

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Author: Townesend, George.

Edition: 3d ed. To which is added Rules for pleading, both in the King's-Bench, and Common-Pleas. Together with several declarations, issues, and judgments. Also, instructions how to sue any person to the outlawry; how to levy fines, and how to suffer recoveries, in the said Courts.

Date of Publication: 1713.

Call Number: Book 81 1713

Author: Townesend, George.

Edition: 3d ed. To which is added Rules for pleading, both in the King's-Bench, and Common-Pleas. Together with several declarations, issues, and judgments. Also, instructions how to sue any person to the outlawry; how to levy fines, and how to suffer recoveries, in the said Courts.

Place of Publication: [London]

Publisher: In the Savoy : Printed by John Nutt for W. Mears,

Date of Publication: 1713.

Physical Description: 8, 512 (i.e. 484) pages ; 19 cm

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; "Purchased in July 2009, Nostre Livres, Arlington, VA" (note found in volume, January 2024); Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 81 as assigned by Yeates.; Ex libris9not Yeaates) partially obscured on back of title page.

Subjects: Pleading - Great Britain.; Spine label removed.

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 81 1713

The practick part of the law: shewing the office of an attorney, and a guide for solicitors in all the courts of Westminster: ... As also, the practice of the courts in the city of London ... With the exact table of fees of all the said courts ... with the abstract of the Parchment and Paper-Act

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Edition: The fourth edition, with large additions by several practisers of the several courts, and brought down to the year 1711. With a new and exact table to the whole.

Date of Publication: 1711.

Call Number: Book 431 1711

Edition: The fourth edition, with large additions by several practisers of the several courts, and brought down to the year 1711. With a new and exact table to the whole.

Place of Publication: [London]

Publisher: In the Savoy: printed by John Nutt, assignee of Edward Sayer Esq; for John Walthoe,

Date of Publication: 1711.

Physical Description: [8], 599, [25]; [2], 16; [8], 120 pages ; 8vo

Notes: Originally published with the title 'The practick part of the law shewing the office of a compleat attorney . composed and collected by G.T. of Staples-Inne, and T.P. of Barnards-Inne', London, 1652, which itself was based on 'The attourney of the Court of Common Pleas. . Written by G.T. of Staples Inne', London, 1642.; Running title: 'The compleat attorney and solicitor.' - 'An abstract of the act' and 'An exact table of fees' have separate title pages, pagination, and registers; 'An abstract' has imprint: printed by Charles Bill, and the executrix of Tho. Newcomb: and sold by J. Walthoe, 1702; 'An exact table' is "The fifth edition, with additions."; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 431 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Courts - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Courts.; Great Britain.; Early works.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)

Additional Author: Nutt, John,; Walthoe, John,; Yeates, Jasper,

Place: England London.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 431 1711

Presbyterian Records New Castle: [Minutes, 1716-1731, 1759-1957]

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Corporate Author: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of New Castle.

Date of Publication: 1716-1814.

Call Number: Drawer 3, sec. 1: #843

Alternate Title: Presbytery of New Castle.

Corporate Author: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of New Castle.

Date of Publication: 1716-1814.

Physical Description: 4 v. ; 17-34 cm.

Notes: Includes early minutes under the Synods of Philadelphia, and New York and Philadelphia.; Affiliation: 1716-1745, The Synod; 1745-1758, "Old Side," Synod of Philadelphia; "New Side," Synod of New York; 1758-1789, Synod of New York & Philadelphia; 1789-1814, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.; Microfilm. Philadelphia : Presbyterian Historical Society, 1966. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

Subjects: Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - New Castle.; Presbyterian Church - Records and correspondence

Additional Corporate Author: Synod of New York and Philadelphia (1758-1788). Presbytery of New-Castle.; Synod of Philadelphia (1717-1757). Presbytery of New-Castle.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 3, sec. 1: #843

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Collection: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Title: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Object ID: MG0410

Date Range: 1691-1963

William Penn of Worminghurst, County of Sussex, England, to John Kennerly of Shavington, County of Chester, England for 375 acres of land “cleare of Indian incombrances…towards the Susquehanna River,” Pennsylvania. Original seal is intact. 16 July 1691. (Please use transcription. Use of original requires

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Collection: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Title: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Description: The Diffenderffer Family Papers collection contains items that have been passed down through generations of the Diffenderffer family. Deeds for tracts of land in New Holland date back to the creation of New Design, the village that preceded New Holland. Correspondence and some manuscripts pertain to J. P. McCaskey's life and accomplishments. F. R. Diffenderffer's manuscripts on Easter Day and Conrad Weiser are preserved with this collection, as well as poems, a program for the C. Elvin Haupt School, and a claim of F. R. Diffenderffer & Co. against the State of Texas.

Date Range: 1691-1963

Year Range From: 1691

Year Range To: 1963

Date of Accumulation: 1691-1963

Creator: Diffenderffer family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 10

People: Brubaker, John; Brubaker, Margaret; Brubaker, Philip; Davis, Sarah; Diffenderfer, David; Diffenderfer, Elizabeth Shirk; Diffenderfer, John; Diffenderffer, Christina; Diffenderffer, David; Diffenderffer, David, Sr.; Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz; Diffenderffer, Frank Ried; Diffenderffer, Harold F.; Diffenderffer, John, Jr.; Diffenderffer, John, Sr.; Diffenderffer, Margaretta Stein; Diffenderffer, Michael; Freymyer, Jacob; Grim, Henry; Haupt, Charles Elvin; Hoch, Herman E.; Holl, Wendel; Hubley, Bernard; Kennerly, John; Kinzer, John; Kinzer, Magdalena; Koch, Mary; Koch, Melchior; Law, James D.; Markley, Henry; McCaskey, Donald G.; McCaskey, John Piersol "Jack"; Nevin, Blanche; Painter, John; Penn, William; Rodman, John H.; Shirk, Henry; Smith, Oliver; Smith, William Evans; Sneider, Christian; Stone, David; Stone, George; Stone, Leonard; Stone, Mary; Sutton, Mary A. Diffenderffer; Thomson, Bill "Tommy"; Winter, John; Young, Matthias

Other Creators: Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz, 1918-2009; Diffenderffer, David

Subjects: Deeds; Letters; Real property

Search Terms: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Conestoga River; Correspondence; Deeds; Drowning; Earl Twp.; England; Estate settlement; Finding aids; German Reformed Church of New Holland; Haupt Elementary School; Hutchings Printing House; King Street; Lancaster; Land drafts; Lemon Street School; Letters; Manuscript groups; Mortgages; New Design, Earl Twp.; New Holland; Newspaper clippings; Programs; Real estate; Real property surveys; Reigart's Landing; Susquehanna River; Texas; Texas Frontier Forces; Windsor Forge

Extent: 1 box, 23 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0410

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).; Deeds in folders 1-18 were a gift of Fianna Diffenderffer and the Diffenderffer family, 4 November 2006.; Items in folders 19-23 were a gift from her nephew, David Diffenderffer, 14 August 2006.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level--please use photocopies or transcriptions for those items. Other original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.

Copyright: Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this collection must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2006.MG0410_NOV

Other Numbers: MG-410

Classification: MG0410

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Cataloged by HST, November 2008. Added to database 28 July 2021.

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The laws of Jamaica : pass'd by the Governours, Council and Assembly in that island, and confirm'd by the Crown

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21443

The law-French dictionary alphabetically digested : very useful for all young students in the common laws of England. To which is added, The law-Latin dictionary: being an alphabetical collection of such law-Latin words as are found in several authentic manuscripts, and printed books of precedents

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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21497

Reports and pleadings of cases in assise, for offices, nusances, lands and tenements : shewing the manner of porceeding in assises of novel disseisin ... : With observations on every case ... : To which are added, writs of assise, &c

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21784

A preparative to pleading : being a work intended for instruction and help of young clerks of the Court of Common-Pleas

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20894

The practick part of the law: shewing the office of an attorney, and a guide for solicitors in all the courts of Westminster: ... As also, the practice of the courts in the city of London ... With the exact table of fees of all the said courts ... with the abstract of the Parchment and Paper-Act

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Presbyterian Records New Castle: [Minutes, 1716-1731, 1759-1957]

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