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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

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

An explanation of the practice of law : containing the elements of special pleading, reduced to the comprehension of every one; also, elements of a plan for a reform: shewing that the plaintiff's costs in a common action, which at present amount to from 25 to 35-1. need not exceed 10-1. and those of the defendant, which are now from 12 to 20-1. need not exceed 6-1

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Author: Schiefer, John Frederic.

Date of Publication: 1793.

Call Number: Bookk 670 1793

Responsibility: By John Frederic Schiefer, member of the Hon. Society of Lincoln's Inn.

Author: Schiefer, John Frederic.

Place of Publication: Dublin

Publisher: Printed by J. Stockdale, for Messrs. E. Lynch, P. Byrne, J. Moore, W. Jones, R. McAllister, H. Watts, and J. Rice,

Date of Publication: 1793.

Physical Description: xxxi, [1], 340 p. ; 21 cm. (8vo)

Notes: Signatures: Aâ¸ aâ¸ B-Yâ¸ ZÂ².; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 670 as assigned by Yeates.; ESTC

Subjects: Pleading - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Law reform - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Law reform.; Pleading.; Great Britain.; Early works; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Stockdale, John,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Bookk 670 1793

An historical view of the English government : from the settlement of the Saxons in Britain to the accession, of the House of Stewart

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Author: Millar, John,

Edition: The 2nd ed.

Date of Publication: 1790.

Call Number: Book 621 1790

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Responsibility: by John Millar, Esq. ...

Author: Millar, John,

Edition: The 2nd ed.

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed for A Strahan, and T. Cadell ... and J. Murray ...,

Date of Publication: 1790.

Physical Description: vii, [9], 565, [19] pages ; 28 cm (4to)

Notes: Error in paging: 237 numbered 372.; Index: p. [2]-[18] at end.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 621 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Constitutional history - Great Britain.; Constitutional history.; Politics and government; Great Britain - Politics and government.; 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 621 1790

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Archive

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Collection: Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers

Title: Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers

Object ID: MG0720

Date Range: 1798-1939

1 document

Collection: Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers

Title: Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers

Description: This collection contains the family papers of Helen Buckwalter Woerner from 1798-1939 including deeds, farm inventories, public sale posters, estate papers, and contracts. Some items of interest are the deeds, public sale documents, and a Campbell's Soup Company contract for tomato growing. A map shows the site master plan for the Lancaster Airport that was built on this family's farmland.

Date Range: 1798-1939

Year Range From: 1798

Year Range To: 1939

Date of Accumulation: 1798-1939

Creator: Woerner family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 15

People: Bassler, Maria; Bernhard, Henry; Bernhardy, Henry; Breitigan, Daniel Mumma; Bomgardener, Elias; Burkholder, Ann; Buckwalter, Barbara; Buckwalter Daniel W.; Buckwalter, David Joseph; Buckwalter, Elam; Buckwalter, Harry Sahm; Burkholder, Henry; Buckwalter, Henry W.; Buckwalter, Hiram; Buckwalter, Ivan; Buckwalter, Joseph; Burkholder, Martha; Buckwalter, Stella; Burkholder, Rebecca; Burkholder, Veronica; Cross, Peter; Drutt, George; Dunlap, W. M.; Dutt, Anne; Dutt, George; Eberle, Ann; Eberly, H. S.; Fory, Zeno; Frank, Christian; Fulmer, Phillip; Hackman, Andrew; Harnish, M. M.; Hartman, Frank; Heidman, Elizabeth; Heilmand, John; Herr, Isaac; Herr, Walter; Hollersten, Peter; Homsher, Fred; Huber, Abraham; Kreider, Abraham; Kreiter, Christian; Landis, Levi; Myers, N. S.; Myers, Samuel; Masterson, Maria; Masterson, Thomas; Newcomer, Jacob; Nolly, Loretta Jane; Peifer, Amos; Ritter, Benjamin; Ruth, John; Sahm, Aaron; Sahm, David C.; Sahm, Eliza Gross; Sahm, George; Sahm, Henry Gross; Sahm, Lizzie M. Longenecker; Sahm, Levi; Sahm, Menno L.; Shriner, Daniel; Snyder, H. B.; Spacht, Ralph M.; Stauffer, Christian; Weidman, David; Witmer, David M.

Subjects: Airports; Auctions; Broadsides; Campbell Soup Company; Contracts; Deeds; Inventories; Loans; Maps; Probate records; Receipts (Acknowledgments); Runways (Aeronautics); Stocks; Taxation; Wills

Search Terms: Administrators' accounts; Agreements; Airports; American Union Telephone Company; Auctions; Broadsides; Campbell Soup Company; Contracts; Deeds; East Petersburg, East Hempfield Twp.; Estate inventories; Executors' accounts; Farm Debt Adjustment Committee; Farmers Market Company; Federal Land Bank of Baltimore; Financial records; Guardianship accounts; Inventories; Kissel Hill Telephone Company; Lancaster Abattoir Company; Lancaster Trust Company; Leaf Tobacco Company; Livestock; Loans; Manheim Fairview Cemetery; Manheim Twp.; Maps; Mount Joy Mutual Fire Insurance Company; Neffsville, Manheim Twp.; Penn Twp.; Phoenix Water Power Company; Probate records; Reading Transit and Light Company; Receipts; Runways; Stocks; Taxation; Taxes; Warwick Twp.; West Lampeter Twp.; Wills

Extent: 2 boxes, 46 folders, 1 rolled map, 2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0720

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Helen Buckwalter Woerner Family Papers (MG0720), Folder #, 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-720

Other Number: MG-720

Classification: MG0720

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by EH, Fall 2014. Added to database 26 May 2021.

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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

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21478

Agreement

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/1ea5136b-8f03-44fb-a83d-910054039847

Altar

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An essay on the learning of contingent remainders and executory devises

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21049

An essay towards the further elucidation of the law of descents

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21435

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21736

An historical view of the English government : from the settlement of the Saxons in Britain to the accession, of the House of Stewart

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