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Author
Paine, Thomas,
Date of Publication
[1777]
Call Number
973.3 P544 1777
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Responsibility
by the author of Common sense.
Author
Paine, Thomas,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed and sold by Styner and Cist, in Second-street, six doors above Arch-street. Where also may be had no. I. and II.,
Date of Publication
[1777]
Physical Description
[25]-56 p. ; 18 cm.
Notes
Signed: Common sense; dated: Philadelphia, April 19, 1777.
On the verso of the t.p. is a proclamatin by General Washington concerning deserters, dated April 6, 1777; also a general order, dated April 8, 1777.
Summary
One of Thomas Paine's 16 "American Crisis " patriotic essays written during the American Revolution between 1776 and 1783.
Subjects
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States - History - Revolution - Contemporary opinion.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
973.3 P544 1777
Websites
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An interesting appendix to Sir William Blackstone's Commentaries on the laws of England : containing, I. Priestley's Remarks on some paragraphs in the fourth volume of Blackstone's Commentaries, relating to the dissenters. II. Blackstone's Reply to Priestley's Remarks. III. Priestley's Answer to Blackstone's Reply. IV. The case of the late election of the county of Middlesex considered on the principles of the Constitution and the authorities of law. V. Furneaux's Letters to the Hon. Mr. Justice Blackstone concerning his Exposition of the Act of Toleration, and some positions relative to religious liberty, in his celebrated Commentaries on the laws of England. VI. Authentic copies of the argument of the late Mr. Justice Foster in the Court of Judges Delegates, and of the speech of the Right Hon. Lord Mansfield in the House of Lords, in the cause between the City of London and the dissenters

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22120
Date of Publication
1772.
Call Number
Book 950 1772
Place of Publication
America
Publisher
Printed for the subscribers, by Robert Bell ..., Philadelphia,
Date of Publication
1772.
Physical Description
[4], iv, [1], 6-119, [1], xii, 155, [1] p. ; 24 cm. (4to)
Notes
Also issued in the same year in an octavo edition.
Signatures: pi⁶ B⁸ D-F⁴ [G]⁴ H-2M⁴.
Part I-V have special t.p.; t.p. for V is dated 1773.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 950 as assigned by Yeaetes.
Cohen, M.L. Bib. of early Amer. law,
Eller
Evans
Contents
I. Priestley's Remarks on some paragraphs in the 4th vol. of Blackstone's Commentaries, relating to the dissenters.--II. Blackstone's Reply to Priestley's Remarks.--III. Priestley's Answer to Blackstone's Reply.--IV. The case of the late election of the county or Middlesex considered on the principles of the constitution and the authorities of law.--V. Furneaux's Letters to the Hon. Mr. Justice Blackstone concerning his exposition of the Act of toleration, and some positions relative to religious liberty, in his celebrated Commentaries.--VI. Authentic copies of the Argument of the late Hon. Mr. Justice Foster in the Court of judges delegates, and of the Speech of the Right Hon. Lord Mansfield in the House of lords, in the cause between the city of London and the dissenters.
Subjects
Great Britain. - Parliament - Elections.
Great Britain. - Parliament.
Dissenters, Religious - England - Early works to 1800.
Law - Great Britain.
Dissenters, Religious.
Elections.
Law.
England.
Great Britain.
Early works.
Prospectuses - Great Britain - 18th century.
Full leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Foster, Michael,
Mansfield, William Murray,
Blackstone, William,
Furneaux, Philip,
Priestley, Joseph,
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Title
Case of the late election of the county of Middlesex considered on the principles of the Constitution and the authorities of the law.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 950 1772
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Articles of Confederation and perpetual union between the states of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21608
Corporate Author
United States.
Date of Publication
1777.
Call Number
Book 587 1777
Corporate Author
United States.
Uniform Title
Articles of Confederation
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
Printed by Francis Bailey,
Date of Publication
1777.
Physical Description
26 pages ; 30 cm
Notes
Title within ornamental border; symbolic woodcut (Christ on the Emmaus Road?) at head of first p. of text.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeaates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 587 as assigned by Yeates.
Handwrittne Index precedes text.
Evans
Subjects
United States. - Early works to 1800.
Constitutional history - United States - Sources - Early works to 1800.
Constitutional history.
Politics and government.
United States - Politics and government - 1775-1783 - Early works to 1800.
United States.
Paper bindings (Binding)
Stabbing (Binding)
Chainlines (Paper)
Catchwords (Printing)
Printers' devices (Publishing)
Marginalia (Provenance)
Autographs (Provenance)
Early works.
Sources.
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 587 1777
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A brief narrative of the case and tryal of John Peter Zenger, printer of the New-York weekly journal

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21351
Author
Zenger, John Peter,
Date of Publication
1736.
Call Number
Book 467 1736
Author
Zenger, John Peter,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Printed and sold by John Peter Zenger,
Date of Publication
1736.
Physical Description
42 (i.e. 40) pages ; 29 cm
Notes
Caption title.
"At a Supream Court of judicature held for the province of New-York, at the City hall of the City of New-York, on Wednesday, the 16th day of April, 1735"--Page 10.
Error in paging: no. 15-16 omitted.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Book number 467 as assigned by Yeates.
At top of first page: Presented to the Lancaster Law Library by Samuel Evans of Columbia, Pa, Feb 28th, 1873.
Evans
Subjects
Zenger, John Peter, - 1697-1746
Trials (Seditious libel) - New York (State) - New York.
Freedom of the press - New York (State)
Freedom of the press.
Trials (Seditious libel)
New York (State)
New York (State) - New York.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Three-quarters leather on linen boards.
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Evans, Samuel.
Additional Corporate Author
New York (Colony). Supreme Court of Judicature.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 467 1736
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British spy map of Southeastern Pennsylvania from the Susquehanna to the Delaware River

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15169
Date of Publication
c.1776.
Call Number
974.8 SEPA 500
Place of Publication
[s.l.]
Publisher
[s.n.] ,
Date of Publication
c.1776.
Physical Description
1 map : photocopy ; 49 x 96 cm.
Notes
Clinton Map #250 University of Michigan.
"General Sir William Howe may have used this map on his march from the Chesapeake Bay to Philadelphia in September 1777".
Subjects
United States - History - Revolution - 1775-1783.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Map
Call Number
974.8 SEPA 500
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Cases argued and adjudged, in the Court of King's Bench, at Westminster : in the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th years of the reign of his late Majesty, King George, the Second. [1733-1738] During which time the late Lord chief Justice Hardwicke presided in that court

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20969
Corporate Author
Great Britain. Court of King's Bench.
Date of Publication
1770.
Call Number
Book 137 1770
Responsibility
To which are added, some determinations of the late Lord Chief Justice Lee ; and also two equity ones by Lord Chancellor Hardwicke. Published under the inspection of a noble lord, and eminent lawyer ; with notes and references to all the contemporary reporters. Likewise, two tables ; one of the names of the cases ; and the other of the principal matters therein containe.
Corporate Author
Great Britain. Court of King's Bench.
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by W. Strahan and Woodfall, for W. Johnston and G. Kearsley,
Date of Publication
1770.
Physical Description
8 preliminary leaves, 417, [22] pages ; 32 cm
Notes
Supposed to have been edited by Annaly, and sometimes cited in his name ... In 1815 Thomas Lee edited an edition, with many corrections and improvemets. Since then the citation has been Lee temp. Hard. cf. Soule, Lawyer's reference manual.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Signature of Yeates's at top of title page.
Book number 137 as assigned by Yeates.
Subjects
Law reports, digests, etc. - Great Britain.
Law reports, digests, etc.
Great Britain.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Hardwicke, Philip Yorke,
Lee, William,
Annaly, John Gore,
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 137 1770
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Cases argued and adjudged, in the Court of King's Bench, at Westminster : in the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th years of the reign of his late Majesty, King George, the Second. [1733-1738] During which time the late Lord chief Justice Hardwicke presided in that court

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20970
Corporate Author
Great Britain. Court of King's Bench.
Date of Publication
1770.
Responsibility
To which are added, some determinations of the late Lord Chief Justice Lee ; and also two equity ones by Lord Chancellor Hardwicke. Published under the inspection of a noble lord, and eminent lawyer ; with notes and references to all the contemporary reporters. Likewise, two tables ; one of the names of the cases ; and the other of the principal matters therein containe.
Corporate Author
Great Britain. Court of King's Bench.
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by W. Strahan and Woodfall, for W. Johnston and G. Kearsley,
Date of Publication
1770.
Physical Description
8 preliminary leaves, 417, [22] pages ; 32 cm
Notes
Supposed to have been edited by Annaly, and sometimes cited in his name ... In 1815 Thomas Lee edited an edition, with many corrections and improvemets. Since then the citation has been Lee temp. Hard. cf. Soule, Lawyer's reference manual.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Signature of Yeates at top of title page.
Book number 137 as assigned by Yeates.
Subjects
Law reports, digests, etc. - Great Britain.
Law reports, digests, etc.
Great Britain.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Hardwicke, Philip Yorke,
Lee, William,
Annaly, John Gore,
Yeates, Jasper,
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Cases argued and decreed in the High Court of Chancery ... [1660-1697]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21747
Corporate Author
Great Britain. Court of Chancery.
Edition
3rd ed., carefully corr. from the errors of former impressions,
Date of Publication
1735.
Call Number
Book 693 1735
Corporate Author
Great Britain. Court of Chancery.
Edition
3rd ed., carefully corr. from the errors of former impressions,
Place of Publication
[London] In the Savoy
Publisher
Printed by C. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling for J. Walthoe,
Date of Publication
1735.
Physical Description
3 volumes in 1 ; 33 cm
Notes
Pt. 2, 2nd edition; pt. 3, 4th edition.
Title of pt. 3: Select cases in the High Court of Chancery, solemnly argued and decreed by the late Lord Chancellor, with the assistance of the judges, with an exact table to the whole ...
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 693 as assigned by Yeates.
Subjects
Law reports, digests, etc. - Great Britain.
Law reports, digests, etc.
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 693 1735
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Cases argued and determined, in the High Court of Chancery, in the time of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke, from the year 1746-7, to 1755. : With tables, notes, and references

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21744
Corporate Author
Great Britain. Court of Chancery.
Date of Publication
1771.
Call Number
Book 687 1771
Responsibility
by Francis Vezey ...
Corporate Author
Great Britain. Court of Chancery.
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall ... for T. Cadell ...,
Date of Publication
1771.
Physical Description
2 volumes ; 33 cm (fol.)
Notes
Index at end of each volume.
Errata: v. 1, p. [9]-[11] at front.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature ata top of title page above those of John Carey and L G. Yost {?]
Book number 686 as assigned by Yeates.
ESTC
Subjects
Law reports, digests, etc. - Great Britain.
Equity - Great Britain.
Equity.
Law reports, digests, etc.
Great Britain.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Vesey, Francis,
Hardwicke, Philip Yorke,
Yeates, Jasper,
Cary, John,
Location
Lancaster History Archive - Government Record
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 687 1771
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A collection of decisions of the Court of King's Bench upon the Poor's Laws : down to the present time. In which are contained many Cases never before published ; extracted from the Notes of a very Eminent Barrister deceased: The whole digested in a regular Order. By a barrister at law of the Inner Temple. To which are prefixed, extracts from the statutes concerning the poor

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21730
Corporate Author
Great Britain. Court of King's Bench.
Date of Publication
[1770?]
Call Number
Book 663 1770
Corporate Author
Great Britain. Court of King's Bench.
Place of Publication
London : For P. Uriel in Inner Temple-Lane, and W. Griffin in Catherine-Street in the Strand
Publisher
Printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall, Law-Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty ;
Date of Publication
[1770?]
Physical Description
[38], LXXIII, 291 [i.e. 292, 3] pages)
Notes
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page; original owner's signature removed.
Book number 663 as assigned by Yeates.
English Short Title Catalog,
Subjects
Law reports, digests, etc. - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Poor laws - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Law reports, digests, etc.
Poor laws.
Great Britain.
Early works.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Additional Author
Bott, Edmund.
Yeates, Jasper,
Place
Great Britain England London.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 663 1770
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