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Collection
Diffenderffer Family Papers
Title
Diffenderffer Family Papers
Object ID
MG0410
Date Range
1691-1963
Diffenderffer and the Diffenderffer family, 4 November 2006. Items in folders 19-23 were a gift from David Diffenderffer, 14 August 2006. Custodial History (Provenance): �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Accruals: No further accruals are
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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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Collection
Samuel E. Dyke Collection of Papers
Title
Samuel E. Dyke Collection of Papers
Object ID
MG0061
Date Range
1670-1985
Collection
Samuel E. Dyke Collection of Papers
Title
Samuel E. Dyke Collection of Papers
Description
Samuel E. Dyke was a noted authority on the Pennsylvania rifle and wrote on this subject. Collection consists of articles, correspondence, photographs, research notes, and working papers on firearms. Also included is information on gunsmiths, the Rockford Foundation, the Heritage Center, cabinetmakers, grandfather clocks, and the Armstrong Cork Company. 1670-1985
Date Range
1670-1985
Creation Date
mid-20th century-1985
Year Range From
1670
Year Range To
1985
Creator
Dyke, Samuel Eugene, 1900-1985
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 02
People
Armstrong, John
Atherton, Cornelius
Atkins, Wyatt
Beck, John Philip
Berry, Peter
Breitenhard, Johann Christoph
Brown, Parker B.
Buchele, William M.
Corridon, Raymond R.
Dobson, Thomas
Dubbs, Jacob
Dyke, Samuel Eugene
Fetter, George
Feder, George
Fondersmith, John
Grancsay, Steven V.
Grove, S.
Grubb, Peter
Hawkins, Henry
Henry, William
Hoff, H. Bare
Kendig, Joe, Jr.
Kuntz, Jacob
Kuntz, Peter
Landis, George
Landis, Henry
Lehn, Joseph
Lincoln, Abraham
Magee, D. F.
Manger, Henry
Meyhardt, Peter
Pennypacker, A. J.
Sprecher, Peter
Walker, Joseph E.
Yeates, Jasper
Subjects
Armstrong Cork Company
Gunsmiths
Kentucky rifle
Cabinetmakers
Clocks and watches
Search Terms
Armstrong Cork Company
Booklets
Cabinetmakers
Clocks and watches
Conrad Weiser State Park
Correspondence
Flintlock Rifles
Gunsmiths
Halbach Pistols
Harpers Ferry Arsenal and Armory
Hopewell Forge
Kentucky Match Rifle
Kentucky rifles
Kentucky Rifle Association
Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee
Malsh Pistols
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pamphlets
Pennsylvania Rifles
Rotary International
Pennsylvania Deithsch Eck
World War II
Extent
6 boxes, 113 folders, 4.25 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0061
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Photograph Collection
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Samuel E. Dyke Collection of Papers (MG-61), Folder #, LancasterHistory.org
Other Numbers
MG-61
Classification
MG0061
Description Level
Fonds
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Collection
Eleanor Fulton, Presbyterian Collection
Title
Eleanor Fulton, Presbyterian Collection
Object ID
MG0050
Date Range
1703-1991
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Collection
Eleanor Fulton, Presbyterian Collection
Title
Eleanor Fulton, Presbyterian Collection
Description
The work of Eleanor Fulton, a professional researcher. Contains information on the Presbyterian Church in Lancaster County, including First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Donegal Presbyterian Church. Also, genealogy notes for local families and St. James Episcopal Church.
System of Arrangement
Organized by subject, arranged chronologically.
Date Range
1703-1991
Year Range From
1703
Year Range To
1991
Date of Accumulation
1703-1991
Creator
Fulton, Eleanor
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 02
People
Ashmead, William
Buchanan, James
Fulton, Robert
Woodhull, John
Subjects
Genealogy
Letters
Presbyterian Church
United States--History--War of 1812
Search Terms
Booklets
Correspondence
Diaries
Donegal Presbytery
Ephemera
Genealogy
Letters
Newspaper clippings
Presbyterian Church
War of 1812
Extent
2 boxes, 56 folders, .75 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0050
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-50
Classification
MG0050
Description Level
Fonds
Documents
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Collection
Yeates, Carson Collection
Title
Yeates, Aungst Collection
Object ID
MG0207
Date Range
1700-1874
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Collection
Yeates, Carson Collection
Title
Yeates, Aungst Collection
Description
The Yeates, Carson Collection covers several generations and a variety of topics and gives insight into family and local social history from 1700-1874. The items in the collection include business and legal papers, receipts, estate accounts, correspondence, a biographical sketch of Jasper Yeates' grandfather, land surveys, indentures, financial records, and land agreements. The collection also contains a list of books sent to Phineas Bond for binding, certificates with seals, copies of poems, eviction notices, and requests for items to be delivered to Simon Girty and others in 1776.
Date Range
1700-1874
Year Range From
1700
Year Range To
1874
Date of Accumulation
1700-1874
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 05
People
Boreman, John
Girty, Simon
Morgan, George
Neville, John
Yeates, Jasper
Yeates, Sarah Burd "Sally"
Subjects
Business records
Delaware Nation (To 1795)
Letters
Ojibwa Indians
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Search Terms
Business records
Chippewa (Ojibwa)
Correspondence
Delaware Nation
Finding aids
Letters
Manuscript groups
Ojibwa
Receipts
Extent
3 boxes, 94 folders, 1.5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0207
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
MG0205 Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection
MG0206 Yeates, Aungst Collection
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).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org for permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-207
Classification
MG0207
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Processed and finding aid prepared prior to 1997. Added to database 6 August 2022.
Documents
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The arguments and reports of Sr. Hen. Pollexfen ... in some special cases; by him argued during the time of his practice at the barr. [1669-1685]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21540
Corporate Author
Great Britain. Courts.
Date of Publication
1702.
Call Number
Book 581 1702
Responsibility
Together with divers decrees in the High Court of Chancery. Upon limitations of trusts of terms for years. The whole printed from the authors original manuscript. Revised and corrected with his own hand. And published with the allowance and approbation of the lord keeper, and all the judges.
Corporate Author
Great Britain. Courts.
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for R. Smith,
Date of Publication
1702.
Physical Description
6 preliminary leaves, 250 (i. e. 246), 369-664, [8] pages 33 cm
Notes
Signatures: 2 l. unsigned, A², a², B-Z², Aa-Zz², Aaa²-Rrr¹, Aaaaa-Zzzzz², Aaaaaa-Zzzzzz², 7A-7Z², 8A-8G².
Errors in paging: p. 173-176, 649 and 652 incorrectly numbered 176-179, 652 and 629, respectively; nos. 181-184, 188 omitted, no. 189 duplicated.
Includes index.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 581 as assigned by Yeates.
Printedn and hane-written marginalia.
Subjects
Law reports, digests, etc. - Great Britain.
Remainders (Estates) - Great Britain.
Trusts and trustees - Great Britain.
Law reports, digests, etc.
Remainders (Estates)
Trusts and trustees.
Great Britain.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Pollexfen, Henry,
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Corporate Author
England and Wales. Court of Chancery.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 581 1702
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De successionibus apud Anglos : the law of hereditary descents, shewing the rise, progress and successive alterations thereof : also the law of descent as now in rule

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21140
Author
Hale, Matthew,
Date of Publication
1700.
Call Number
Book 441 1700
Responsibility
by Sir Matthew Hale.
Author
Hale, Matthew,
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for S.S. and are to be sold at the corner of Gutter-lane in Cheapside,
Date of Publication
1700.
Physical Description
[10], 104 pages, 1 folded leaf ; 18 cm (8vo)
Notes
Chapter 11 of the author's "The history and analysis of the common law of England," which was published in 1713.
The folded leaf has "A scheme of pedigrees: and also the degrees of parentage and consanguinity."
Another ed. was published in this same year by R. Battersby.
Includes advertisement on p. [2].
"This treatise I think may be truly said to be Primæ Impressionis" ... p. [8].
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 441 as assigned by Yeates.
Wing
Subjects
Inheritance and succession - Great Britain.
Kinship.
Land tenure - Great Britain.
Law - Great Britain - Sources.
Inheritance and succession.
Land tenure.
Law.
Great Britain.
Sources.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 441 1700
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The first part of the institutes of the laws of England, or, A commentary upon Littleton, not the name of the author only, but of the law it self : haec ego grandaevus posui tibi candide lector

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21808
Author
Coke, Edward,
Edition
The tenth edition, carefully corrected from the errors of the former impressions, with an alphabetical table, to which are added two learned tracts of the same author, the first, his Reading upon the 27th of Edward the First, entituled The statute of levying fines, and the second, of Bail and mainprize, in this tenth edition is also added his compleat copy-holder, a learned treatise of the authors never before printed in any of his works in folio, with many thousands of new references to the modern law cases, by an eminent lawyer, never printed before, and distingushed from the old references by this mark [double dagger].
Date of Publication
1703.
Call Number
Book 755 1703
Alternate Title
Commentary upon Littleton, not the name of the author only, but of the law it self
Responsibility
authore Edwardo Coke, milite.
Author
Coke, Edward,
Uniform Title
First part of the institutes of the laws of England
Edition
The tenth edition, carefully corrected from the errors of the former impressions, with an alphabetical table, to which are added two learned tracts of the same author, the first, his Reading upon the 27th of Edward the First, entituled The statute of levying fines, and the second, of Bail and mainprize, in this tenth edition is also added his compleat copy-holder, a learned treatise of the authors never before printed in any of his works in folio, with many thousands of new references to the modern law cases, by an eminent lawyer, never printed before, and distingushed from the old references by this mark [double dagger].
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by William Rawlins, Samuel Roycroft, assigns of Richard Atkins and Edward Atkins, Esquires, and are to be sold by Charles Harper at the Flower-de-luce against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-street and J. Walthoe in Vine-Court, Middle-Temple, adjoyning to the Cloysters,
Date of Publication
1703.
Physical Description
[5] leaves, 88 p., 394, [32] leaves, [1] folded leaf, [2] leaves of plates ; 32 cm. (fol.)
Notes
A reprint of Littleton's Tenures, with a translation in English from Anglo-Norman (Law French), and commentary. Printed in parallel columns.
Some errors in foliation.
Signatures: pi1 [superscript pi]A⁴ a-y² A-3D⁴ [superscript chi]3D² 3E-5E⁴ 5F⁶ ²A-²E⁶.
"Le Reading del mon Seignior Coke, 34 Eliz. anno 1592, sur lestatute de 27 E.I. appelle lestatute de finibus levatis" and "A treatise of bail & mainprize, written by Sir Edward Coke, Knight" on p. 1-27 of the 88 p. sequence; "The compleat copy-holder, being a learned discourse of the antiquity and nature of manors and copy-holds, with all things thereunto incident by Sir Edward Coke, Knight" on p. 29-88 of the 88 p. sequence.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
John Yeate's signature at top of title page under that of former owner J. Hartleys
Book number 755 as assigned by Yeates.
Includes bibliographical references, and index: "A table to the first part of the institutes of the laws of England."
ESTC
Subjects
Land tenure - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Real property - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Fines and recoveries - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Bail - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Manors - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Copyhold - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Bail.
Copyhold.
Fines and recoveries.
Land tenure
Manors.
Real property.
Great Britain.
Early works.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Spine title missing (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Littleton, Thomas,
Coke, Edward,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 755 1703
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The fourth and last part of Modern reports, being a collection of several special cases argued and adjudged in the Court of King & Queen's Bench : in the 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, and 6th years of the reigns of King William and Queen Mary, and 7th year of King William, and judgments thereupon : with several of the pleadings at large, being carefully examined by the records : and also the number-rolls of most of the other cases : very few of these cases were ever printed before

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20954
Corporate Author
England and Wales. Court of King's Bench.
Date of Publication
1703.
Alternate Title
Modern reports
Responsibility
carefully collected by a learned hand.
Corporate Author
England and Wales. Court of King's Bench.
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by the assigns of Rich. and Edw. Atkins Esqrs. for Charles Harper ...,
Date of Publication
1703.
Physical Description
[8], 424, [24] pages ; 32 cm (fol.)
Notes
"Some books printed for, and sold by Charles Harper ... ": last page.
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-3H⁴ 3I-3O².
Includes index.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 128 as assigned by Yeates.
Information struck on title page.
Subjects
Law reports, digests, etc. - Great Britain.
Publishers' advertisements - Great Britain.
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Corporate Author
England and Wales. Court of Queen's Bench.
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The gamesters law; wherein is treated, of unlawful games, and what are esteemed such in our law ... Of the power of the justices by the common and statute law in punishing offenders, and searching gaming-houses

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21146
Date of Publication
1708.
Call Number
Book 446 1700
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Arthur Collins ... and Sam. Butler ...
Date of Publication
1708.
Physical Description
[16], 120, [8] pages 17 cm
Notes
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page with two struck former owners.
Book number 446 as assigned by Yeates.
Subjects
Gambling - Great Britain.
Gambling.
Great Britain.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 446 1700
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The law of ejectments, or, A treatise shewing the nature of ejectione firme, the difference between it and trespass, and how to be brought or removed where the lands lie in franchises. ... As also who are good witnesses or not in the trial on ejectment, and what shall be allowed good evidence or not ... Together with the learning of special verdicts at large, relating to titles of land and estates in several rules, and of judgments with their several forms of entries in special cases ... Very necessary for all lawyers, attornies, and other persons, especially at the assises, &c ?

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20997
Date of Publication
1700.
Call Number
Bookk 197 1700
Alternate Title
Treatise shewing the nature of ejectione firme
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for John Deeve at Bernards Inn Gate in Holbourn,
Date of Publication
1700.
Physical Description
[18], 268, [26] pages ; (8vo)
Notes
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates signature at top of title page under struck former owner.
Book number 197 as assigned by Yeates.
With an index.
Pages 202-208 misnumbered 182-187 and 108.
Signatures: pi1 A-T⁸ U⁴.
With a preliminary advertisement leaf.
ESTC
Wing (2nd ed.)
Subjects
Ejectment - England - Early works to 1800.
Ejectment.
England.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Early works.
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Place
Great Britain England London.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Bookk 197 1700
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