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Biography of Stephen Girard

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Author: Simpson, Stephen,

Date of Publication: 1832.

Call Number: 923.3 G518s

Responsibility: with his will affixed...together with a detailed history of his banking and financial operations for the last twenty years. Accompanied with philosophical and moral reflections, upon the man, the merchant, the patriot, and the philanthropist...By Stephen Simpson, esq....

Author: Simpson, Stephen,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: T.L. Bonsal,

Date of Publication: 1832.

Physical Description: [2], vi, [7]-281, 35 p. ; front. (port.) ; 19 cm.

Subjects: Girard, Stephen, - 1750-1831.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 923.3 G518s

The life of the Right Honourable Sir John Holt, knight, lord chief justice of the Court of King's-bench; containing several arguments touching the rights and liberties of the people, delivered by his lordship, with great reason and remarkable courage, upon most important occasions, during the reigns of Their Majesties, King William the Third, and Queen Anne; taken from the report of the Lord Chief Justice Raymond, &c. And an abstract of Lord Chief Justice Holt's will, codicils, &c. Also points of law, resolved by his lordship, on evidence, at nisi prius. With a table of references to all his lordship's arguments and resolutions in the several volumes of reports. Never before published

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Author: Rayner, John

Date of Publication: 1764.

Call Number: Book 1019 1764

Responsibility: By a gentleman of the Inner-Temple.

Author: Rayner, John

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed for the author, and sold by J. Worrall,

Date of Publication: 1764.

Physical Description: xiii, 154, xi, [31] pages 21 cm

Notes: Introduction signed: J.R. [i.e. John Rayner].; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 1019 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Holt, John, - Sir, - 1642-1710.; Full blind-tooled decorated leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 1019 1764

Reports of that learned and judicious clerk, J. Gouldsborough, Esq., sometimes one of the protonotaries of the Court of Common Pleas, or his collection of choice cases and matters agitated in all the courts at Westminster in the latter yeares of the reign of Queen Elizabeth : with learned arguments at the barr and on the bench, and the grave resolutions and judgements thereupon of the chief justices Anderson and Popham, and the rest of the judges of those times : never before published, and now printed by his original copy, with short notes in the margent of the chief matters therein contained, with the yeare, terme, and number roll of many of the cases : and two exact tables, viz. a briefer, of the names of the severall cases, with the nature of the actions on which they are founded : and a larger, of all the remarkable things contained in the whole book

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Author: Goldesborough, John,

Date of Publication: anno Dom. 1653.

Call Number: Book 493 1653

Responsibility: by W.S. of the Inner Temple, Esq.

Author: Goldesborough, John,

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed by W.W. for Charles Adams, and are to be sold at his shop ...,

Date of Publication: anno Dom. 1653.

Physical Description: [20], 192, [16] p. ; 22 cm (4to)

Notes: The printer is identified as W. Wilson. Cf. Wing.; Signatures: Aâ´ (a)â´ BÂ² (B)-(C]â´ Dâ´ (E)-(2D)â´ (A1 blank).; Includes index.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 493 as assigned by Yeates.; Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson,; English short title catalogue,; Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.),

Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc. - England - Early works to 1800.; Courts - England - Early works to 1800.; Courts.; Law reports, digests, etc.; England.; Early works.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: W. S.,; Randolph, Peyton,; Yeates, Jasper,

Place: England London.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 493 1653

The trials of George Robert Fitzgerald, Esq. and Timothy Brecknock, for the procurement of James Fulton and others, for the murder of Pat. Ran. M'Donnell and Charles Hipson : also the trial of John Gallagher and others, for an assault on Geo. Rob. Fitzgerald, in the Gaol of Castlebar ... : together with a description of their conduct at the place of execution : taken from the notes of a gentleman : likewise an address from the high sheriff and grand jury of the county of Mayo to the lord lieutenant, and his answer thereto

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Author: Fitzgerald, George Robert,

Edition: The 2nd ed.

Date of Publication: 1786.

Call Number: Book 601 1786

Author: Fitzgerald, George Robert,

Edition: The 2nd ed.

Place of Publication: Dublin

Publisher: Printed by P. Byrne ...,

Date of Publication: 1786.

Physical Description: 190 [i.e. 188] pages ; 23 cm

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 601 as assigned by Yeates.; Hand-written contents on overtitle page.; Bound with An account of the argument of counsel and director of the court on a plea of auterfois acquit..for procuring, stirring, and provoking Andrew Creagh, otherwise Craig , and others to slee and murder Patrick Randal M'Connnel...Dublin: P,. Byrne1786 - The trial of John Magee for....libel against Richard Daly...Dublin: P. Byrne, 1790 - Ten thousand pounds damages...a report on the trial ...brought by the Reverand Charles Massy against...the Marquis of Headfort for criminal conversation with plaintiff's wife...Philadelphia: P. Byrne, 1804 - Trial of Fracis Bellew, esq...for appearing in arms with a mob of defenders...Dublin: P. Byrne, 1794 - A faithful report on the trial of the proprietors of the Northern Star...Belfast, 1794.

Subjects: McDonnell, Patrick Randal, - -1786.; Hipson, Charles, - -1786.; Hipson, Charles, - -1786; McDonnell, Patrick Randal, - -1786; Trials (Murder) - Ireland.; Trials (Murder); Ireland.; 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 601 1786

Stephen Girard's connections with Lancaster County

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Author: Gorrecht, W. Frank.

Date of Publication: 1925

will be participants in a partition and division of part of the estate of Stephen Girard. They base these expectations on the claim that they are the heirs of Sebastian Urban, who, they aver, was a partner of Stephen Girard, and that upon Urban's death his estate became merged into that of Girard

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Responsibility: by W. Frank Gorrecht.

Author: Gorrecht, W. Frank.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1925

Physical Description: 123-125 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 29, no. 10

Subjects: Girard, Stephen, - 1750-1831.; Urban, Sebastian.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 19th century.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - War of 1812.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 29, number 10 (1925), p. 123-125Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.29

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The doctrine of the new birth, : exemplified in the life and religious experience of Onesimus, from the eleventh to the twenty-fifth year of his age, or from the year 1779 to 1793, inclusive. : Also, the visions which he saw concerning the city of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, in the days when George Washington was the president of the United States of North America, and in the year of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 1792. The visions with several of the special events of his life shall be illustrated with twenty plates, and the whole designed as a defence of the truth of the Gospel, and proof of the immortality of the human soul. Written in twenty letters, and dedicated to Elder Joseph Maylin. Onesimus

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Author: Hewson, John,

Date of Publication: 1839.

Call Number: 248 P544 1839

Author: Hewson, John,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed by William F. Rackliff. Corner of George and Swanwick streets.,

Date of Publication: 1839.

Physical Description: 164 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Notes: Copyright 1839 by John Hewson.; Error in paging: p. 84 misnumbered 48.; Missing title page through page 2.; Yellow fever in Philadelphia page 156.; Checklist Amer. imprints

Subjects: Immortality.; Yellow fever - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Visions.; Authority; Yellow fever.; Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Half-cloth bindings (Binding) - 1839.; Letters.; Allegories.

Additional Author: Maylim, Joseph.; Rackliff, William F.,

Place: United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 248 P544 1839

The spirit of the bankrupt laws. Originally compiled by Edward Green, Esq. formerly a Commissioner. Wherein are principally considered, the I. Declaring the party bankrupt. 2. Seizing his Estate, and summoning him to surrender. 3. Receiving Proof of the Debts of his Creditors. 4. Appointing, chusing, and removing Assignees. 5. Selling and conveying the Estate and Effects. 6. The examining and committing the Bankrupt, his Wife, and others. 7. Certifying his Conformity. 8. Dividing the Estate. 9. Ordering bankrupt his allowance, and Overplus. Which are fully discussed and explained, with the Authority and Power of the Commissioners to commit, particularly from the Determinations of Earls Hardwicke, Mansfield, and of the present Judges. Also, precedents, instructions, and a copious index

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Author: Green, Edward

Edition: The fourth edition, corrected, improved, and enlarged, by a late commissioner.

Date of Publication: M. DCC. LXXX. [1780]

Call Number: Boolk 1007 1780

Author: Green, Edward

Edition: The fourth edition, corrected, improved, and enlarged, by a late commissioner.

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed by His Majesty's law-printers, for Edward Brooke, successor to Messrs. Worrall and Tovey, in Bell-Yard, Temple Bar.,

Date of Publication: M. DCC. LXXX. [1780]

Physical Description: xxiv, iv, 518, [32] pages ; 22 cm, 8Ê»

Notes: With an index.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page by that of strunk former owner.; Book numer 1007 as assigned by Yeates.; ESTC; Binding: half sheep and orange and grey marbled paper over boards, red lettering piece, gold spine titles, late 18th/early 19th century.

Subjects: Bankruptcy - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Bankruptcy.; Great Britain.; Early works.; Full blind-tooled leather (Bindint); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Corporate Author: Newcastle and Gateshead Law Institute,

Place: England London.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Boolk 1007 1780

The Holy Bible: containing the King James and the Revised versions of the Old and New Testaments, arranged in parallel columns, with a complete concordance embracing every passage of scripture in the largest editions, the Psalms in metre, 100,000 marginal references and readings, and, Dr. Wm. Smith's standard Bible dictionary in which every Scriptural word is fully explained. A complete history of all the books of the Bible, beautifully illustrated ; Cities and towns of the Bible, with descriptive scenes and events ; Manners and customs of the ancients ; Bible aids for social and private prayer ; The history of the translation of the Bible ; The tabernacle and Solomon's temple ; Scenes in the life of Christ and the life of St. Paul ; Bible text events illustrated, from Genesis to Revelation. A DoreÃŒÂ¹ gallery of Scripture illustrations. A concise history of all religious denominations. A comprehensive and critical description of the Tabernacle and its sacred furniture; with an account of the priesthood, the worship and sacrifices of the Israelites. The Parables of our Lord and Saviour, handsomely illustrated. And many other important and valuable aids to the study of the Holy Scriptures. All written to increase the interest in and the study of the Word of God

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Edition: Parallel-column ed.

Date of Publication: c.1885.

Call Number: 220 H152 1885; 220 K21 1885

Alternate Title: Pictorial family Bible

Responsibility: compiled expressly for this edition, from the writings of Dr. Wm. Smith, Dean Milman, Rev. John Kitto, D.D., Drs. von Ewald and Michelson, and other eminent Biblical scholars. The whole embellished with 2000 scripture illustrations on steel, wood, and in colors.

Edition: Parallel-column ed.

Place of Publication: Mountville, Pa

Publisher: H. E. Light,

Date of Publication: c.1885.

Physical Description: 1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations, color plates, maps ; 30 cm

Notes: Viewing bibles contingent on staff availability, an appoinmtment may be required.; Copy 1: Kaufman family Bible.; Copy 2: Hain family Bible.; Copy 2: From the Collection of the Heritage Center Museum, PO4.33.1.; Copy 1: Genealogy of Cyrus S. Kauffman (1799-1868) and Hannah B. Bollinger, (1831-1914).; Copy 2: Genealogy of Richard Hain, (b1838 ) and Elizabeth Wenger, (b. 1844); Copy 1: Scrap of paper containing birth and death dates of Johannes Kauffman (1799-1868) and Catharine, wife of John (1814-184) with Graybill's Church of the Brethren Cemetery, Elm, on back and a 20 cm. long purple ribbon inscribed Philadelphia, July 12, 1957 removed to MG-399; Kaufman family Bible.; Small advertising stamp at top of reverse of front cover: H. E. Light, dealer in standard books, etc., Mountiville, Pa.; Copy 1: Fraktur possibly done by David C. Hoke.; Copy 2: Fraktur by David C. Hoke, Bismark (now Quentin).; Not in Darlow & Moule/Herbert. See Hills, English Bible in America, 2026, for similar titles from 1886? and 1885, and 2049 for slightly differing collections published 1891-1982, issued by various publishers, including the American Bible Association, Philadelphia, c1891, Henry Sphar, c1892, etc. For these, see also NUC pre-1956 53:324-325.; "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1885, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington."--T.p. verso.; Hain family

Contents: The names and order of all the books of the Old and New Testaments, with the numbers of their chapters (title page verso) -- Revisers' preface (pages [5]-8) -- History of the translation of the Bible (pages [9]-11) -- Contents of the books of the Old and New Testaments (pages 12-15) -- History of the religious denominations of the world, both ancient and modern / compiled from the most authentic sources, by Rev. H.D. Northrop, D.D., and others (16 pages) -- Chronological and other valuable tables, including history, prophecy, life and teachings of our Lord, early church, scripture emblems, characteristics of the Old and New Testaments, animal and mineral kingdoms, measures, weights, coins, etc., etc. The whole designed to promote and facilitate the study of hte sacred scriptures (32 pages) -- [8] pages of colored maps -- A comprehensive and critical description of the Israelitish tabernacle and its sacred furniture. Together with an account of the priesthood and the worship and sacrifices of the Israelites / complied expressly for "The new devotional and practical pictorial family Bible," chiefly from the writings of Dr. Wm. Smith, Dean Milman, Rev. John Kitto, D.D., Drs. von Ewald and Michelson, and other eminent authorities. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1884, in the Office of the Libraian of Congress, at Washington, D.C. (16 pages) -- Sacred biography and history, being an account of the lives, teachings, sufferings and martyrdoms of the holy apostles and evangelists of our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ / John W. Fennimore (15 pages, followed by an unnumbered page containing Acts 17:25 in 103 languages) -- Biographical sketches of the translators, reformers and martyrs who have preserved for all future generations the great truths of the holy Scriptures / Joseph Jenkins ([8] pages) -- Compreshensive and critical history of all the books of the holy Bible, containing a concise account of each book... / compiled expressly for this edition, from the writings of Wiliam Smith, Ll.D. (48 pages) -- The patriarchs, prophets, and kings of the Bible. Embracing scenes and incidents in the lives of the principal characters of the Old Testament / compiled from authentic sources expressly for this edition of The devotional and explanatory pictorial family Bible / Philip Smith (32 pages) -- Gallery of Scripture illustrations : showing the manners and customs, religious rites, ceremonies, etc., of the nations mentioned in the Bible, with descriptions and explanations / John L. Williamson (28 pages) -- The wanderings in the wilderness. Being an account of the forty years' sojourn of the Israelites in the desert / Edward H. Harper (pages 29-32) -- The tabernacle in the wilderness. Being a description of the first sanctuary erected by the Israelites to the worship of Almighty God / Joseph L. Townsend (6 pages) -- "My Father's house." Descriptions of the temples of Solomon and Herod / Philip Lee (pages 7-12) -- Jerusalem : the city of David and David's greater Son. With descriptions of Zion, Mount Moriah, the Mount of Olives, and other sacred localities / Thomas W. Davis (pages 13-18) -- A comprehensive description of the Holy Land / William Reyburn (pages 19-26) -- Cities and towns of the Bible, with descriptions and explanations / John Wilson (pages 27-32) -- Natural history of the Bible. Containing descriptions of the animals, birds, insects and reptiles that are mentioned in the Holy Scriptures / A.F. Thompson (9 pages) -- Trees, plants, flowers and fruits of the Bible. with descriptions / William Jones (pages 10-12) -- Illustrations and descriptions of ancient money; including the Greek, Roman and Hebrew coins mentioned in the Bible, with tables of their value in American money (pages 13-16) -- Illustrations and explanations of the Proverbs of Solomon / Edward D. Lewis (6 pages) -- The parables of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. With illustrations and explanations / Joseph Haines (6 pages) -- Gallery of Scripture illustrations ([42] pages) -- Complete and practical household dictionary of the Bible. Comprising its antiquities, biography, geography, and natural history / William Smith. With important improvements by eminent commentators, travelers and scholars... [Copyright notice dated 1883.] (128 pages) -- [Old Testament with the text of the Authorized and Revised versions in parallel columns] (1018 pages) -- Appendix : American Old Testament Revision company... (viii pages) -- Family register (1 leaf, 4 pages, [1 typewritten leaf with a brief history of the owner of this copy of this Bible inserted]) -- Temperance pledge (1 leaf) -- Scenes and incidents in the life of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ / Arthur P. Hayes (16 pages) -- The life of Saint Paul, the great apostle to the Gentiles / Charles Farrar ([8] pages) -- The parables of our Lord illustrated and explained ([16] pages) -- The The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ ; translated out of the original Greek; being the version set forth A.D. 1611. Arranged in parallel columns with the Revised version of 1881. Together with the readings preferred by the American revisers. Text conformable to that of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge (pages 1025-1338) -- Chronological index to the Holy Bible. According to revisions of recent Christian chronologists. Pointing to the year of the world, and the year before and after Christ... (8 pages) -- The Bible teacher's textbook. A complete guide to the facts relating to the principal persons, places and subjects mentioned in the Word of God [a concordance] (32 pages) -- Cruden's concordance to the Old and New Testaments. Giving the leading words of all important texts, and a separate concordance to the proper names of the Holy Scriptures. Being a dictionary and alphabeltical index to the Bible (At foot of title page: This is the only quarto edition of Cruden's concordance that gives the leading words of texts, enabling the reader to turn to any subject desired) / Alexander Cruden ([102] pages) -- The Psalms of David in metre (36 pages) -- Family portraits ([4] stiff pages).

Subjects: Kauffman, Johannes, - 1799-1868.; Hain, Richard, - 1838- .; Kauffman family - Genealogy.; Concordances.; Dictionaries.

Additional Author: Smith, William,; Cruden, Alexander,

Additional Title: Bible.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Bible

Call Number: 220 H152 1885; 220 K21 1885

Report of the trial of the Hon. Samuel Chase : one of the associate justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, before the High Court of Impeachment, composed of the Senate of the United States, for charges exhibited against him by the House of Representatives, in the name of themselves, and of all the people of the United States for high crimes nd misdemeanors, supposed to have been by him committed : with the necessary documents and official papers, from his impeachment to final acquittal

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Author: Chase, Samuel,

Date of Publication: 1805.

Call Number: Book 618 1805

Responsibility: taken in short hand, by Charles Evans ; and the arguments of counsel revised by them from his manuscript.

Author: Chase, Samuel,

Place of Publication: Baltimore

Publisher: Printed for Samuel Butler and George Keatinge,

Date of Publication: 1805.

Physical Description: [6], 12, [3]-268 (i.e. 312), 68 pages ; 25 cm (8vo)

Notes: Pages 50-51 omitted in numbering; p. 205-212 repeated; extra numbered p. 101*-112*, 212* (i.e. 213*)-230*, 237*-244*.; "Appendix. Impeachment of the Hon. Samuel Chase, with the articles exhibited against him by the House of Representatives; also his answer and pleas, exhibits, and the replication of the House of Representatives, &c. &c.": 68 p. at end, with separate title page.; Trial January 2-March 1, 1805, for alleged misdemeanors in the political trials of Fries and Callender.--cf. Sabin, Dictionary of books relating to America.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 618 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Fries, John, - approximately 1750-1818.; Callender, James Thomson, - 1758-1808.; Impeachments - United States.; Impeachments.; United States.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Evans, Charles,; Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Corporate Author: United States. Congress

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 618 1805

A short biography of John Leith, with a brief account of his life among the Indians

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Author: Leeth, John,

Date of Publication: 1883.

Call Number: 977.1102 L533

Responsibility: A reprint with illustrative notes by C. W. Butterfield.

Author: Leeth, John,

Place of Publication: Cincinnati

Publisher: R. Clarke & co.,

Date of Publication: 1883.

Physical Description: 90 p. 25 cm.

Notes: "One hundred and forty-three copies printed.; LCHS has no.66 of 143 copies.; Includes references to York and Pittsburgh.

Subjects: Leeth, John, - 1755-1832.; Indians of North America; Indians of North America - Northwest, Old.; Dunmore's Expedition, 1774.; Northwest, Old - History.

Additional Author: Butterfield, Consul Willshire,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 977.1102 L533

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