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Collection: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Title: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Object ID: MG0410

Date Range: 1691-1963

, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org 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

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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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A brief narrative of the case and tryal of John Peter Zenger, printer of the New-York weekly journal

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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

Cases argued and decreed in the High Court of Chancery ... [1660-1697]

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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

Eight centuries of reports : or, eight hundred cases solemnly adjudged in the Exchequer-Chamber, or, upon writs of error

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20916

Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Exchequer Chamber.

Edition: The 2nd ed. corrected;

Date of Publication: 1734.

Call Number: Book 99 1734

Responsibility: published originally in French and Latin by Judge Jenkins.

Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Exchequer Chamber.

Edition: The 2nd ed. corrected;

Place of Publication: [London] In the Savoy : For John Worrall at the Dove in Bell-Yard near Lincoln's Inn ; And Thomas Worrall at Judge Coke's Head against St. Dunstan's Church, Fleetstreet

Publisher: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (assigns of E. Sayer, Esq) ;

Date of Publication: 1734.

Physical Description: x, [10], 341, [28] pages ; 32 cm

Notes: "Now carefuly translated, with the addition of many thousand references: particularly to such statutes as have altered or amended the law to this time ... by a Gentleman of the Middle-Temple.; "There are actually very few Exchequer cases among them, and they would come more appropriately, perhaps, under the head of King's bench reports. The book is more like an abridgement than like an ordinary volume of reports, most of the cases being taken from other reporters. The word centuries is not used here in its chronological meaning, but indicates that the cases are grouped by hundreds." cf. Soule. Lawyer's ref. manual, 1884.; Translated by Theodore Barlow?; Signatures: [a]Â²-fÂ², BÂ²-4XÂ².; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page to the left of William Whitestraw struck.; Book number 99 as assigned by Yeates.; Bookplate of William Whitstraw with name partially struck on back of front cover.; At top of inside front cover: One pound 18-0.; Handwritten at top of first flyleaf: This Book is quoted as an Authority in 3 Pure? Wm. 475.; Nuc pre-1956,

Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc. - Great Britain.; Law reports, digests, etc.; Great Britain.

Additional Author: Jenkins, David,; Barlow, Theodore.; Yeates, Jasper,; Whitestraw, William,

Additional Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of King's Bench.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 99 1734

Eight centuries of reports : or, eight hundred cases solemnly adjudged in the Exchequer-Chamber, or, upon writs of error

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20917

Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Exchequer Chamber.

Edition: The 2nd ed. corrected;

Date of Publication: 1734.

Responsibility: published originally in French and Latin by Judge Jenkins.

Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Exchequer Chamber.

Edition: The 2nd ed. corrected;

Place of Publication: [London] In the Savoy : For John Worrall at the Dove in Bell-Yard near Lincoln's Inn ; And Thomas Worrall at Judge Coke's Head against St. Dunstan's Church, Fleetstreet

Publisher: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (assigns of E. Sayer, Esq) ;

Date of Publication: 1734.

Physical Description: x, [10], 341, [28] pages ; 32 cm

Notes: "Now carefuly translated, with the addition of many thousand references: particularly to such statutes as have altered or amended the law to this time ... by a Gentleman of the Middle-Temple.; "There are actually very few Exchequer cases among them, and they would come more appropriately, perhaps, under the head of King's bench reports. The book is more like an abridgement than like an ordinary volume of reports, most of the cases being taken from other reporters. The word centuries is not used here in its chronological meaning, but indicates that the cases are grouped by hundreds." cf. Soule. Lawyer's ref. manual, 1884.; Translated by Theodore Barlow?; Signatures: [a]Â²-fÂ², BÂ²-4XÂ².; Nuc pre-1956,

Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc. - Great Britain.; Law reports, digests, etc.; Great Britain.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label.

Additional Author: Jenkins, David,; Barlow, Theodore.

Additional Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of King's Bench.

A general abridgment of cases in equity, argued and adjudged in the High court of chancery, &c. [1667-1744] With several cases never before published, alphabetically digested under proper titles; with notes and references to the whole. And three tables, the first of the names of the cases, the second of the several titles, with their divisions and subdivisions; and the third, of the matter under general heads

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21751

Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Chancery.

Date of Publication: M. DCC. XXXII-LVI. [1732-1756]

Call Number: Book 697 1756; Book 696 1732

Responsibility: By a gentleman of the Middle Temple.

Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Chancery.

Place of Publication: [London] In the Savoy

Publisher: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, R. Gosling (assigns of E. Sayer) for H. Lintot,

Date of Publication: M. DCC. XXXII-LVI. [1732-1756]

Physical Description: 2 volumes 33 cm

Notes: Attributed variously to Robert Foley, Sir Geoffrey Gilbert, Matthew Bacon, and Henry Pooley. cf. Brit. mus. Catalogue.; Subtitle of v. 2 varies.; Vol. 2 printed by H. Lintot, for T. Waller.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title pages.; Book numbers 696 and 697 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Equity - England - Early works to 1800.; Equity - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Law reports, digests, etc - England - Early works to 1800.; Law reports, digests, etc - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Equity.; Law reports, digests, etc.; England.; Great Britain.; Early works.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Foley, Robert.; Gilbert, Geoffrey,; Bacon, Matthew,; Pooley, Henry.; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 697 1756; Book 696 1732

Precedents in Chancery

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Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Chancery.

Date of Publication: 1733.

Call Number: Book 703 1733

Responsibility: being a collection of cases, argued and adjudged in the High Court of Chancery; from the year 1689, to 1722.

Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Chancery.

Place of Publication: [London] In the Savoy

Publisher: Printed by E. And R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, for Arthur Bettesworth,

Date of Publication: 1733.

Physical Description: 4 preliminary leaves, 598 (i. e. 588), [40] pages 31 cm

Notes: Paging irregular; p. 357-366 omitted in numbering.; Issued anonymously; notes of cases to 1708 ascribed by Lord Hardwicke to Mr. Pooley, and from that period to Mr. Robins; in 1786 the work was edited by Thomas Finch. cf. Marvin, Legal bibl.; Wallace, The reporters; Bridgman, Legal bibl.; Viner, Abridgment.; Includes index.; Hand-written marginalia.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 703 as assigned by Yeates.; Bookplate of William Whitebread pasted on inside front cover.

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: Finch, Thomas,; Yeates, Jasper,; Whitebread, William,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 703 1733

A report of all the cases determined by Sir John Holt, knt. from 1688 to 1710, during which time he was Lord Chief Justice of England : containing many cases never before printed, taken from an original manuscript of Thomas Farresley ... also several cases in Chancery and the Exchequer-Chamber

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21766

Author: Holt, John,

Date of Publication: 1738.

Call Number: Book 717 1738

Alternate Title: Holt's reports

Author: Holt, John,

Place of Publication: Savoy [London]

Publisher: Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling for J. Hazard, T. Osborne, J. Wortall, C. Corbett, C. Ward, and R. Chandler, J. Wood, C. Waller, and G. Hawkins,

Date of Publication: 1738.

Physical Description: [2], iii, [16], [90] pages ; 32 cm (fol.)

Notes: "Cases determined by Sir John Holt. K.B., Ch., Ex. Mainly collected from the printed Reports, with additional cases from the manuscript of Thomas Farresley. "The whole alphabetically digested under proper heads," like an Abridgment. Said to have been edited by Giles Jacob."--The lawyer's reference manual of law books and citations, by Charles C. Soule, 1953.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page over that of E. Biddle.; Book number 717 as assigned by Yeates.; Handwritten note at bottom of title page concerning Giles Jacob, author of the Law Dictionary "is reputed to be the collector or at least the Publisher of these Reports. (Vide Preface to Chief Justice's Holt's Life, vol IV)

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: Farresley, Thomas.; Giles, Jacob,; Yeates, Jasper,; E. Biddle,

Additional Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Chancery.; Great Britain. Court of King's Bench.; Great Britain. Court of Exchequer Chamber.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 717 1738

The reports of several cases argued and adjudged in the Court of King's Bench at Westminster; with some special cases in the courts of Chancery, Common Pleas and Exchequer. In the I, II, III, IV, and V years of His present Majesty King George II [1727-1732]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21522

Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of King's Bench.

Date of Publication: 1732.

Call Number: Book 556b 1732

Responsibility: With two tables; the one of the names of the cases, the other of the principal matters therein contained. By John Fitz-Gibbons.

Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of King's Bench.

Place of Publication: [London] In the Savoy

Publisher: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling (assigns of E. Sayer) for J. Walthoe,

Date of Publication: 1732.

Physical Description: 2 preliminary leaves, 321, [15] pages 31 cm

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 556b as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc. - Great Britain.; Law reports, digests, etc.; Great Britain.; Full blind-toooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Fitz-Gibbons, John,; Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Chancery.; Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas.; Great Britain. Court of Exchequer.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 556b 1732

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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

Cases argued and decreed in the High Court of Chancery ... [1660-1697]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21747

Eight centuries of reports : or, eight hundred cases solemnly adjudged in the Exchequer-Chamber, or, upon writs of error

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20916

Eight centuries of reports : or, eight hundred cases solemnly adjudged in the Exchequer-Chamber, or, upon writs of error

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20917

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21751

Precedents in Chancery

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21755

A report of all the cases determined by Sir John Holt, knt. from 1688 to 1710, during which time he was Lord Chief Justice of England : containing many cases never before printed, taken from an original manuscript of Thomas Farresley ... also several cases in Chancery and the Exchequer-Chamber

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21766

The reports of several cases argued and adjudged in the Court of King's Bench at Westminster; with some special cases in the courts of Chancery, Common Pleas and Exchequer. In the I, II, III, IV, and V years of His present Majesty King George II [1727-1732]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21522