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Abstract of report on water supply sewerage and sewage treatment for the city of Lancaster, Pa

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Corporate Author: The J. N. Chester Engineers, firm

Date of Publication: 1931.

Call Number: 352.6 L246a

Corporate Author: The J. N. Chester Engineers, firm

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa

Date of Publication: 1931.

Physical Description: 16 p. , 28 cm.

Subjects: Water supply - Lancaster, Pennsylvania.; Sewage - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.

Additional Corporate Author: Lancaster (Pa.). City Council.; Lancaster (Pa.). Public Safety Department.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 352.6 L246a

The accomplish'd practiser in the High Court of Chancery : shewing the whole method of proceedings, according to the present practice, from the bill to the appeal inclusive

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Author: Harrison, Joseph,

Edition: 7th ed., (being a new one) upon a plan different from that pursued in the former editions of this work with all the practice enlarged under every head, and an addition of precedents of all kinds; the proceedings upon a commission of lunacy; with additional notes and references to the ancient and modern reports in equity /

Date of Publication: 1790.

Call Number: Book 512 1790; Book 513 1790

Alternate Title: Harrison's chancery practice

Responsibility: by Joseph Harrison.

Author: Harrison, Joseph,

Edition: 7th ed., (being a new one) upon a plan different from that pursued in the former editions of this work with all the practice enlarged under every head, and an addition of precedents of all kinds; the proceedings upon a commission of lunacy; with additional notes and references to the ancient and modern reports in equity /

Place of Publication: London : for T. Whieldon ; and R. Pheney

Publisher: Printed by A. Strahan and W. Woodfall ;

Date of Publication: 1790.

Physical Description: 2 volumes ; 22 cm

Notes: "Containing the original power and jurisdiction of the Chancery, both as a court of law and equity; the Office of the Lord Chancellor, Master of the Rolls, and the rest of the officers; also, the best forms and precedents of bills, answers, pleas, demurrers, writs, commissions, interrogatories, affidavits, petitions, and orders: together with a list of the officers and their fees: likewise other matters useful for practisers."; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 512 as assigned by Yeates.; Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Great Britain. - Court of Chancery - Early works to 1800.; Great Britain. - Court of Chancery.; Equity pleading and procedure - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Equity pleading and procedure.; Great Britain.; Early works.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Williams, John Griffith,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 512 1790; Book 513 1790

Agreement

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Concurrence for bridge payment

Object ID: Bridge F0445 I004

Date Range: 1799

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Concurrence for bridge payment

Description: Court term: August 1799.; Location: Over Conestoga Creek.; Document type: Concurrence for bridge payment.

System of Arrangement: Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.

Date Range: 1799

Year: 1799

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0007

People: Binkley

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Agreements; Binkley's Bridge; Bridges; Conestoga Creek; Creeks; Lampeter Twp.; Manheim Twp.

Place: Lampeter Twp. and Manheim Twp.

Extent: 1 item, 1 piece

Object Name: Agreement

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0445 I004

Box Number: 007

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Altar

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Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Object ID: P.00.34.1

Date Range: c. 1805

Collection: Heritage Center Collection

Description: Communion altar from Brickerville United Lutheran Church (originally Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church). Rectangular altar of painted softwood, panelled construction all four sides with pegged mortise and tenon joints. Small panels over large. Door in the back with a recessed panel and knob handle. Molding around base, the edge of the top, and framing the recessed panels.; Modification to altar in 1947 by Bob Helman (signature underneath when removed 10-17-00) was a long platform shelf covering the back 2/5 of the top, with holes at the back, including an electrical outlet. Entire altar has been given a new coat of paint, a light chocolate brown on top and white on the sides. The unpainted interior has one shelf with a vertical divider.; Altar has been used since circa 1800 to serve communion, using the Brickerville United Lutheran Church's ten-piece pewter communion service which is also in collections (P97.08.01-10).; Perhaps made by Emanuel Dyer of Manheim or Mr. Zartman of Brickerville.

Provenance: Purchased directly from the church.

Date Range: c. 1805

Year Range From: 1790

Year Range To: 1815

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Groff Gallery

Subcategory: Ceremonial Artifact

Object Name: Altar

Oither Names: Altar, Communion

Material: Wood

Height (in): 45.25

Length (in): 49

Width (in): 33.5

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2016-04-15

Condition Notes: Large crack on top, approx. 4" from front, running halfway across top. Recently painted. Some separation at moldings. Large hole bored in altar top (for electric wire) underneath the added platform, now removed. The modern base molding also removed. Repainted top with brown and attached molding at ends of top to secure plexi top. Paint removed on door.

Object ID: P.00.34.1

Place of Origin: Lancaster County

Credit: Heritage Center Collection, acquired through generosity of James Hale Steinman Foundation and V. Ronald Smith

Accession Number: P.00.34

American colonists in English records. A guide to direct references in authentic records, passenger lists not in "Hotten", &c., &c., &c

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Author: Sherwood, George Frederick Tudor,

Date of Publication: 1932.

Call Number: 929.3 S554

Author: Sherwood, George Frederick Tudor,

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: George Sherwood,

Date of Publication: 1932.

Physical Description: 99 p. 26 cm.

Subjects: British - United States.; United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Sources.; United States - Emigration and immigration.; Great Britain - Emigration and immigration.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929.3 S554

American colonists in English records. a guide to direct references in authentic records, passenger lists not in "Hotten", &c., &c., &c

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Author: Sherwood, George Frederick Taylor,

Date of Publication: 1933.

Call Number: 929.3 S554 2d. series

Author: Sherwood, George Frederick Taylor,

Place of Publication: London, England

Publisher: G. Sherwood,

Date of Publication: 1933.

Physical Description: p. 101-215 ; 26 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: British - United States.; United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Sources.; United States - Emigration and immigration.; Great Britain - Emigration and immigration.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929.3 S554 2d. series

The American Society of Lancaster County for the Promotion of Domestic Manufactures and National Industry

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Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Date of Publication: 1930

was made from a species of grass never before used for that purpose. Soon women, and a great number of children at the public school in the city, mastered the art of plaiting the straw. The grass from which the hat was made grew abundantly, at that time, in Lancaster county. Joel Lightner, Jr., was

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Responsibility: by William Frederic Worner.

Author: Worner, William Frederic.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1930

Physical Description: 110-113 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 34, no. 5

Subjects: American Society of Lancaster County for the Promotion of Domestice Manufactures and National Industry (Lancaster, Pa.); Manufactures - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society Volume 34, number 5 (1930), p. 110-113Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.34

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An account of the trial of Thomas Muir, Esq. younger, of Huntershill, before the High Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh, on the 30th and 31st days of August, 1793, for sedition : [Three lines in Latin from Tacitus]

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Date of Publication: 1794.

Call Number: Book 606 1794

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Place of Publication: --New-York-- : No. 37, Hanover-Square

Publisher: Printed and sold by Samuel Campbell ;

Date of Publication: 1794.

Physical Description: 148 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : 1 portrait ; 24 cm (8vo)

Notes: "To the public." signed by the editor, James Robertson.; Frontispiece portrait of Muir engraved by John Scoles.; Handwritten contents on front flyleaf.; Jasper Yeates Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 606 as assigned by Yeates.; Evans

Subjects: Muir, Thomas, - 1765-1799.; Muir, Thomas, - 1765-1799; Sedition - Scotland.; Trials (Sedition) - Scotland.; Sedition.; Trials (Sedition); Scotland.; Portraits.; Three-quarters leather on marbled boards (Binding)

Additional Author: Robertson, James.; Scoles, John,; Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Corporate Author: Scotland. High Court of Justiciary.

Place: United States New York New York.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 606 1794

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An essay on the learning of contingent remainders and executory devises

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Author: Fearne, Charles,

Date of Publication: 1795.

Call Number: Book 284 1795; Book 283 1795

Responsibility: by Charles Fearne.

Author: Fearne, Charles,

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Strahan,

Date of Publication: 1795.

Physical Description: 2 volumes ; 21 cm

Notes: Consists of various editions: v. 1, 5th ed., v. 2, 4th ed., by John Joseph Powell.; Star-paged.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book numbers 283 and 284 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Remainders (Estates) - Great Britain.; Executory interests - Great Britain.; Executory interests.; Remainders (Estates); 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 284 1795; Book 283 1795

An essay towards the further elucidation of the law of descents

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Author: Watkins, Charles,

Date of Publication: 1794.

Call Number: Book 496 1794

Responsibility: by Charles Watkins, Esq..

Author: Watkins, Charles,

Place of Publication: Dublin

Publisher: Printed for John Exshaw, Grafton Street, and Henry Watts, Christ-Church Lane,

Date of Publication: 1794.

Physical Description: viii, 192, [16] p., [1] folded leaf of plates ; 1 illustration (engraving) ; 21 cm. (8vo)

Notes: Signatures: aâ´ B-Oâ¸.; Includes index.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book numbe 496 as assigned by Yeates.; ESTC; NUC pre-1956

Subjects: Inheritance and succession - Great Britain.; Inheritance and succession.; Great Britain.; Full leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 496 1794

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