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An abridgment of the laws of Pennsylvania, being a complete digest of all such acts of Assembly, as concern the commonwealth at large. To which is added, an appendix, containing a variety of precedents (adapted to the several acts) for the use of justices of the peace, sheriffs, attornies and conveyancers

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Author
Read, Collinson,
Date of Publication
MDCCCI-04.
Call Number
Book 326 1801
Book 327 1804
Responsibility
By Collinson Read.
Author
Read, Collinson,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed for the author.
Date of Publication
MDCCCI-04.
Physical Description
2 volumes 22 cm
Notes
Vol. 2 has imprint: Philadelphia: Printed and published by H. Maxwell, no. 25, North Second street. 1804.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 326 as assigned by Yeates.
Handwritten title page for volume one.
Handwritten index, [24 p.]
Handritten letter from Read to Yeates answering Yeates's objections against his digest affixed to front fly leaf.
Subjects
Law - Pennsylvania - Digests.
Forms (Law) - Pennsylvania.
Forms (Law)
Law.
Pennsylvania.
Digests.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 326 1801
Book 327 1804
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Lovina, a story of the Pennsylvania country

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Author
Milhous, Katherine,
Date of Publication
1940
Call Number
813.52 M644
Responsibility
story and pictures by Katherine Milhous.
Author
Milhous, Katherine,
Place of Publication
New York; London
Publisher
Scribner
Date of Publication
1940
Physical Description
[48] pages illustrations (some color) 23 x 25 cm
Subjects
Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Juvenile fiction.
Mennonites.
Amish in Pennsylvania
Mennonites in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania.
Family stories - 1940.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Publishers' advertisements - 1940.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
813.52 M644
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Precedents in the office of a justice of peace : to which is added a short system of conveyancing, in a method entirely new : with an appendix, containing a variety of the most useful forms

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Author
Read, Collinson,
Date of Publication
1794.
Call Number
Bookk 203 1794
Responsibility
by Collinson Read, Esquire.
Author
Read, Collinson,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by Hall and Sellers ...,
Date of Publication
1794.
Physical Description
[4], 63, [1], 33, [1] p. : forms ; 20 cm.
Notes
Signatures: pi² A-E⁴ [F]⁴ G-H⁴ ²A-D⁴ ²E²( -E2).
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 203 as assigned by Yeates.
Evans
Cohen, M.L. Bib. of early Amer. law,
Subjects
Justices of the peace - Pennsylvania - Early works to 1800.
Conveyancing - Pennsylvania - Early works to 1800.
Forms (Law) - Pennsylvania - Early works to 1800.
Conveyancing.
Forms (Law)
Justices of the peace.
Pennsylvania.
Early works.
Blank forms.
Three-quarters leather and marbled paper (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Bookk 203 1794
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A colorful folk : Pennsylvania Germans & the art of everyday life

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Author
Minardi, Lisa,
Date of Publication
[2015]
©2015
Call Number
745.1074 M663
Alternate Title
Colorful folk :
Responsibility
Lisa Minardi.
ISBN
9780912724720
0912724722
Author
Minardi, Lisa,
Place of Publication
Winterthur, DE
Publisher
Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc.,
Date of Publication
[2015]
©2015
Physical Description
61, [7] pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Notes
Cover title.
"On view in the Winterthur Galleries, March 1, 2015-January 3, 2016"--Colophon.
Signed by author.
Subjects
Decorative arts - Pennsylvania - Exhibitions.
Art, Pennsylvania Dutch - Exhibitions.
Folk art - Pennsylvania - Exhibitions.
Fraktur art - Pennsylvania - Exhibitions.
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Art, Pennsylvania Dutch.
Decorative arts.
Folk art.
Fraktur art.
Germans.
Pennsylvania.
Exhibition catalogs.
Additional Corporate Author
Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
745.1074 M663
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I heard of a river: A story of the Germans in Pennsylvania

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Author
Singmaster, Elsie,
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
1948.
Call Number
813.54 S428i
Responsibility
by Eslie Singmaster ; illustrated by Henry C. Pitz.
Author
Singmaster, Elsie,
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
J.C. Winston Co.,
Date of Publication
1948.
Physical Description
x, 209 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Series
Land of the free series
Summary
This is a story of Hannes, a German-Lutheran boy who joined a band of Swiss Mennonites fleeing from Europe's desperate terror and poverty of the 17th century. It is a story of the perils of Hannes' journey and the improvement of his rifle, brought from his fatherland.
Subjects
Families - Fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life - Juvenile fiction.
German Americans - Juvenile fiction.
Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Juvenile fiction.
Pennsylvania.
Juvenile works.
History.
Additional Author
Pitz, Henry C.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
813.54 S428i
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A geography of Pennsylvania : containing an account of the history, geographical features, soil, climate, geology, botany, zoology, population, education, government, finances, productions, trade, railroads, canals &c. of the state : with a separate description of each county, and questions for the convenience of teachers : to which is appended, a travellers' guide, or table of distances on the principal rail road, canal and stage routes in the state

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18340
Author
Trego, Charles B.,
Date of Publication
1843.
Call Number
917.48 T784
  2 websites  
Responsibility
by Charles B. Trego ; illustrated by a map of the state and numerous engravings.
Author
Trego, Charles B.,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Edward C. Biddle,
Date of Publication
1843.
Physical Description
384 p. : ill., fold. map ; 20 cm.
Subjects
Travel.
Pennsylvania - Description and travel.
Pennsylvania - History.
Pennsylvania.
History.
Additional Corporate Author
Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
917.48 T784
Websites
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Conductor generalis, or, The office, duty and authority of justices of the peace, high-sheriffs, under-sheriffs, coroners, constables, gaolers, jury-men, and overseers of the poor : as also, the office of clerks of assize, and of the peace, &c

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21732
Date of Publication
1792.
Call Number
Book 666 1792
Alternate Title
Conductor generalis
Office, duty and authority of justices of the peace, high-sheriffs, under-sheriffs, goalers, coroners, constables, jury men, over-seers of the poor
Office, duty and authority of justices of the peace
Responsibility
compiled chiefly from Burn's Justice, and the several other books on those subjects, by James Parker ... ; and now revised and adapted to the United States of America, by a Gentleman of the law ; the whole alphabetically digested under the several titles, with a table directing to the ready finding out the proper matter under those titles ; to which are added, the excise and militia laws of the United States, and the acts called the Ten Pound Act of the states of Pennsylvania and New-York.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed for Robert Campbell,
Date of Publication
1792.
Physical Description
xv, 464 p. ; 22 cm. (8vo)
Notes
Signatures: A-2G⁸.
Includes index.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book numbr 666 as assigned by Yeates.
Evans
Cohen, M.L. Bib. of early Amer. law,
Subjects
Justices of the peace - Early works to 1800.
Sheriffs - Early works to 1800.
Coroners - Early works to 1800.
Constables - Early works to 1800.
Jury - Early works to 1800.
Internal revenue law - United States - Early works to 1800.
Fines and recoveries - Pennsylvania - Early works to 1800.
Fines and recoveries - New York (State) - Early works to 1800.
Constables.
Coroners.
Fines and recoveries.
Internal revenue law.
Jury.
Justices of the peace.
Militia.
Sheriffs.
United States - Militia - Early works to 1800.
New York (State)
Pennsylvania.
United States.
Early works.
Full leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Parker, James,
Gentleman of the law.
Burn, Richard,
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 666 1792
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Report of the case of the Commonwealth vs. Tench Coxe, Esq. on a motion for a mandamus, in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania : taken from the fourth volume of Mr. Dallas's reports : published with his consent

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Author
Coxe, Tench,
Date of Publication
1803.
Call Number
Book 371a 1802
  1 website  
Author
Coxe, Tench,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by Jane Aitken, no. 20, North Third Street,
Date of Publication
1803.
Physical Description
137 pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates ; 23 cm
Notes
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
A second copy of this title follows The opinion of the Supreme Court...
Book numbaer 371a as assigned by Yeates.
With Report of the case of trespass & assault and battery wherein John Evans was pliantiff...Philadephhia, P. Byrne...1810.
With A narrataive of the religious society of the people called Quakers against John Evans...Philadelphia, sold by Thomas Dobson....1811.
With The opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States...in the case of H. I. Huidekoper vs James Douglass...Philadalphia, Jane Aitken...no date.
Includes bibliographical references.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
National union catalog, pre-1956 imprints,
Subjects
Holland Land Company - Trials, litigation, etc.
Holland Land Company.
Land titles - Pennsylvania.
Land grants - Pennsylvania.
Mandamus - Pennsylvania.
Land grants.
Land titles.
Mandamus.
Pennsylvania - Trials, litigation, etc.
Pennsylvania.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Three-quarters leather and marble paper boards (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Corporate Author
Ebenezer Hazard Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 371a 1802
Websites
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Minutes of District meetings of the German Baptist Brethren of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania : from 1867 to 1896

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Corporate Author
Church of the Brethren. Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Date of Publication
[1896?]
Call Number
289.2748 B844
Corporate Author
Church of the Brethren. Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Place of Publication
[Place of publication not identified]
Publisher
[publisher not identified],
Date of Publication
[1896?]
Physical Description
135 pages ; 23 cm
Notes
Printed and bound at the order of the District Meeting; J.H. Longenecker and H.E. Light, committee in charge.
Subjects
Church of the Brethren. - Eastern District of Pennsylvania - History.
Church of the Brethren. - Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Church history.
Pennsylvania.
Church history.
History.
Additional Author
Longenecker, J. H.
Light, H. E.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
289.2748 B844
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Law miscellanies: containing an introduction to the study of the law : notes on Blackstone's Commentaries, shewing the variations of the law of Pennsylvania from the law of England, and what acts of Assembly might require to be repealed or modified; observations on Smith's edition of the laws of Pennsylvania; strictures on decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States, and on certain acts of Congress, with some law cases, and a variety of other matters, chiefly original

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21040
Author
Brackenridge, H. H.
Date of Publication
1814.
Call Number
Book 264 1814
Responsibility
by Hugh Henry Brackenridge.
Author
Brackenridge, H. H.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
P. Byrne,
Date of Publication
1814.
Physical Description
579 pages ; 23 cm
Notes
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 264 as assigned by Yeates.
Memorandum as to errata of this publication on back of page 579.
Subjects
Blackstone, William, - 1723-1780.
Law - Pennsylvania.
Law - Great Britain.
Law.
Great Britain.
Pennsylvania.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Smith, Charles,
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 264 1814
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