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American convention for promoting the abolition of slavery and improving the condition of the African race at Philadelphia, in October, 1819, to the people of the United States

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13728
Date of Publication
1819.
Call Number
326 P544 1819
326 A512
  1 website  
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by S.W. Conrad,
Date of Publication
1819.
Physical Description
43 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Meeting convened in Philadelphia, October 15, 1819.
Report from the Columbia, Pa. Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, p. 11-14.
Subjects
Slavery - United States
Abolitionists - United States
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
326 P544 1819
326 A512
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The Christian's defence against the fears of death : with seasonable directions how to prepare ourselves to die well

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Author
Drelincourt, Charles,
Edition
From the 22nd London ed.
Date of Publication
1818.
Call Number
242.4 D772
  1 website  
Responsibility
written originally in French by Charles Drelincourt ; to which is prefixed The life of the author, and his behaviour in his last moments.
Author
Drelincourt, Charles,
Uniform Title
Consolations de l'ame fidele contre les frayeurs de la mort.
Edition
From the 22nd London ed.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed and published by Simon Probasco,
Date of Publication
1818.
Physical Description
612 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Translation of: Les consolations de lame fidele contre les frayeurs de la mort.
Inscribed Jno. N. Woods on title page.
Subjects
Death.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
242.4 D772
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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Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Harrisburg the fifth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, and of the independence of the United States of America the fortieth. : Volume XXVI

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20840
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Date of Publication
1815.
Call Number
Book 38 1815
  2 websites  
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg [Pa.]
Publisher
Printed by Christian Gleim.,
Date of Publication
1815.
Physical Description
415, [1], 97, [1], 14 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Journal of the session which began Dec. 5, 1815 and concluded Mar. 19, 1816.
"Members of Senate, whose seats will be vacated."--Page [416], 1st count.
"Appendix to the Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Session 1815-16"--97 p., 2nd count.
"Index to the Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Session 1815-16"--14 p., 3rd count.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number38 as assigned by Yeates.
Shaw & Shoemaker
Subjects
Legislative journals - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.
Full leather (Binding)
Additional Author
Gleim, Christian,
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Title
Appendix to the Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Session 1815-16.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Harrisburg.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 38 1815
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Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Harrisburg, the first day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and of the independence of the United States of America the thirty-seventh. : Volume XXIII

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20819
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Date of Publication
1812 [i.e. 1813].
Call Number
Book 35a 1812
  1 website  
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg [Pa.]
Publisher
Printed by William Greer.,
Date of Publication
1812 [i.e. 1813].
Physical Description
620 [i.e. 618], [2], 24 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Journal of the session which began Dec. 1, 1812 and concluded Mar. 29, 1813.
Errors in paging: numbers 465-466 omitted; p. 306, 313, 314, 496 misnumbered 506, 213, 214, 696.
"Index to the Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Session, 1812-13. Harrisburg: Printed by William Greer. 1813"--24 p., 2nd count. Recorded separately by Shaw & Showmaker as entry 29472.
Jasper Yeates Colonial Law Library.
Yeates signature at top of title page.
Book number 35 as assigned by Yeates.
"Expiration of the appointments of the members of Senate."--Page 620.
Shaw & Shoemaker
Subjects
Legislative journals - Pennsylvania.
Politics and government
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.
Additional Author
Greer, William,
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Title
Index to the Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Session, 1812-13.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Harrisburg.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 35a 1812
Websites
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Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Harrisburg the seventh day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, and of the independence of the United States of America the thirty-eighth. : Volume XXIV

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20834
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Date of Publication
1813.
Call Number
Book 36 1813
  1 website  
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg [Pa.]
Publisher
Printed by Christian Gleim,
Date of Publication
1813.
Physical Description
560, 42 [i.e. 24] p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Journal of the session which began Dec. 7, 1813 and concluded Mar. 28, 1814.
Error in paging: p. 24, 2nd count, misnumbered 42.
"Index to the Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, session 1813-14"--24 p., 2nd count. Recorded separately by Shaw & Shoemaker as entry 32469.
"Members of Senate, whose seats will be vacated."--Page 560.
Jasper Yeates Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 36 as assigned by Yeates.
Shaw & Shoemaker
Subjects
Legislative journals - Pennsylvania.
Legislative journals.
Politics and government
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.
Pennsylvania.
Full leather (Binding)
Blind tooling with maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Gleim, Christian,
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Title
Index to the Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, session 1813-14.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Harrisburg.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 36 1813
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Journal of the twenty sixth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. : Commenced at Harrisburg, Tuesday the fifth of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, and of the commonwealth the fortieth

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.
Date of Publication
1815 [i.e. 1816].
Call Number
Book 37 1815
  2 websites  
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg [Pa.]
Publisher
Printed by James Peacock.,
Date of Publication
1815 [i.e. 1816].
Physical Description
715, [1], 84, lvii [i.e. lix], [1] p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Journal of the session which began Dec. 5, 1815 and concluded Mar. 19, 1816.
Errors in paging: p. 329 misnumbered 229; numbers lv-lvi repeated.
Last page blank.
Jasper Yeates Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at tope of title page.
Book number 37 as assigned by Yeates.
Shaw & Shoemaker records the Appendix (84 p., 2nd count) separately as entry 38577.
"Appendix to the Journal of the twenty sixth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 1815-16"--Page [1]-84, 2nd count.
"Index to the Journal of the twenty sixth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 1815-16"--Page [i]-lvii, 3rd count.
Shaw & Shoemaker
Subjects
Legislative journals - Pennsylvania.
Legislative journals.
Politics and government
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.
Pennsylvania.
Full leather (Binding)
Blind tooling with maroon title (Binding)
Additional Author
Peacock, James,
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Title
Appendix to the Journal of the twenty sixth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 1815-16.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Harrisburg.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 37 1815
Websites
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Letters, addressed to the people of Pennsylvania respecting the internal improvement, of the commonwealth; by means of roads and canals

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Author
Duane, William J.
Date of Publication
1811.
Call Number
Book 461 1811b
  1 website  
Responsibility
By William J. Duane.
Author
Duane, William J.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by Jane Aitken, No. 71, North Third street,
Date of Publication
1811.
Physical Description
1 preliminary leaf, 125 pages 23 cm
Notes
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 461 as assigned by Yeates.
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.
Subjects
Canals - Pennsylvania.
Roads - Pennsylvania.
Canals.
Roads.
CHR 1811.
PRO Norris, Charles Camblos, 1876- (donor) (RBC copy 2)
Pennsylvania.
Three-quarter leather on marbled boards (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 461 1811b
Websites
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The life of Robert Fulton

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Author
Colden, Cadwallader D.
Date of Publication
1817.
Call Number
926 F974c
  1 website  
Responsibility
by his friend Cadwallader D. Colden. Read before the Literary and philosophical society of New York. Comprising some account of the invention, progress, and establishment of steam boats ... With an appendix.
Author
Colden, Cadwallader D.
Place of Publication
New-York
Publisher
Published by Kirk & Mercein, no. 22 Wall-street.
Date of Publication
1817.
Physical Description
vi, 371, [1] p. front. (port.) fold. tab. 22 cm.
Subjects
Fulton, Robert, - 1765-1815.
Naval architects - United States
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
926 F974c
Websites
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The life of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin / written by himself ; together with a number of his humorous, moral, and literary essays, chiefly in the manner of the Spectator

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Author
Franklin, Benjamin,
Date of Publication
ca.1817.
Call Number
923.2 F831
  1 website  
Alternate Title
Life of the late Doctor Benjamin Franklin.
Author
Franklin, Benjamin,
Uniform Title
Selections.
Date of Publication
ca.1817.
Physical Description
303 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes
Includes Stueber's continuation of Franklin's Life.
Title page missing; information from 1823 ed. in Library of Congress.
Ford, P.L. Franklin bibliography,
Subjects
Franklin, Benjamin, - 1706-1790.
Statesmen - United States - Biography.
Additional Author
Stueber, Henry,
Franklin, Benjamin,
Martin, William
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.2 F831
Websites
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