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African American lives

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Edition: Widescreen format.

Date of Publication: [2006]

Call Number: 929.373 A258 DVD

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Responsibility: a film by Kunhardt Productions ; executive producers, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., William R. Grant, Peter W. Kunhardt ; written by Henry Louis Gates. Jr. ; series producers, Graham Judd, Leslie D. Farrell ; a production of Kunhardt Productions, Inc. and Thirteen/ WNET New York.

ISBN: 1415716943

Edition: Widescreen format.

Place of Publication: [Alexandria, Va.] : Hollywood, Calif

Publisher: PBS Home Video ; distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment,

Date of Publication: [2006]

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Notes: Originally broadcast as a four-part television series in 2006.; Host: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; features Oprah Winfrey, Chris Tucker, Quincy Jones, Sara-Lawrence-Lightfoot, Mae Jemison, T.D. Jakes, Ben Carson, Whoopi Goldberg.

Contents: Listening to our past / producer and director, Jesse Sweet; editors, Eric Davis, Michael Weingrad -- The promise of freedom / producer and director, Leslie Asako Gladsjo ; editors, Joanna Kiernan, Geeta Gandbhr -- Searching for our names / producer and director, Leslie D. Farrell; editors, Merril Stern, Kathryn Moore -- Beyond the middle passage / producer and director, Graham Judd; editors, Kate Hirson, Stefan Knerrich.

Summary: A compelling combination of storytelling and science, this series uses genealogy, oral histories, family stories and DNA to trace roots of several accomplished African Americans down through American history and back to Africa.

Subjects: African Americans; African American families; DNA fingerprinting.; Documentary television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Documentary - Feature.

Additional Author: Gates, Henry Louis.; Grant, William; Kunhardt, Peter W.; Judd, Graham.; Farrell, Leslie D.; Sweet, Jesse.; Gladsjo, Leslie Asako.; Winfrey, Oprah.; Tucker, Chris,; Jones, Quincy,; Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara,; Jemison, Mae,; Jakes, T. D.; Carson, Ben.; Goldberg, Whoopi,

Additional Corporate Author: Kunhardt Productions.; WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.); PBS Home Video.; Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Media

Call Number: 929.373 A258 DVD

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The awakening and the early progress of the Pequea, Conestoga and other Susquehanna Valley settlements : as shown by official letters, etc., of the time

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Author: Landis, David M.

Date of Publication: 1921.

a warrant dated Dec. 25, 1701 was signed for the same. 1710 In the Taylor Papers, under date of Oct. 16, 1710, there is the original order to survey 10000 acres of land on Pequea Creek to Rudolph Bundely and others, on the authority of a warrant dated Oct. 8, same year, which is therein recited. The

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Responsibility: by David M. Landis.

Author: Landis, David M.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1921.

Physical Description: 5-16 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 25, no. 1

Subjects: Land settlement - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Taylor papers.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 25, number 1 (1921), p. 5-16Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.25

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Church records of the Goshenhoppen Reformed Charge

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Author: Hinke, William J.

Call Number: 905.748 PG v.28

Responsibility: by William J. Hinke.

Author: Hinke, William J.

Notes: In: Pennsylvania German Society, v.28.

Subjects: Goshenhoppen Reformed Charge (Montgomery County, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 905.748 PG v.28

A collection of modern entries, or, Select pleadings in the Courts of King's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer : viz. declarations, pleas in abatement and in bar, replications, rejoinders, &c., demurrers, issues, verdicts, judgments, forms of making up records of nisi prius, and entring of judgments, &c., in most actions. Many of them drawn or perused by Mr. Broderick, Carthew, Comyns, Darnel ... and other learned counsel. As also special assignments of errors, and writs and proceedings thereupon, both in the said courts and in Parliament. With the method of suing to and reversing outlawries by writ of error or otherwise. To which is added a collection of writs in most cases now in practice. With two tables, one of the names of the cases, and the other of the pleadings and writs

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Author: Lilly, John,

Edition: The 3rd ed.

Date of Publication: 1758.

Call Number: Book 728 1758

Responsibility: by John Lilly.

Author: Lilly, John,

Edition: The 3rd ed.

Place of Publication: [London] in the Savoy

Publisher: Printed by H. Lintot for D. Browne ... [et al.],

Date of Publication: 1758.

Physical Description: 4 preliminary leaves, 676, [30] pages ; 36 cm

Notes: Error in paging: no. 361-362 omitted; no. 377-378 duplicated.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 728 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Pleading - Great Britain.; Civil procedure - Great Britain.; Forms (Law) - Great Britain.; Civil procedure.; Forms (Law); Pleading.; Great Britain.; Full leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of King's Bench.; Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas.; Great Britain. Court of Exchequer.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 728 1758

The complete analysis of the Holy Bible : or, how to comprehend Holy Writ from its own interpretation, containing the whole of the Old and New Testaments, collected and systematically arranged in thirty books, together with an introduction setting forth the character of the work, and the immense facility this method affords the reader for understanding the word of God. Also, three different tables of contents prefixed, a general index of subjects and a scripture index subjoined, so elaborated and arranged in alphabetical order as to direct at once to any subject required

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Author: West, Nathaniel,

Date of Publication: 1868.

Call Number: 220 L493 1868

Alternate Title: Holy Bible complete and how to understand it

Responsibility: by Nathaniel West.

Author: West, Nathaniel,

Place of Publication: New York : Cleveland, Ohio

Publisher: A.J. Johnson ; F.G. & A.C. Rowe,

Date of Publication: 1868.

Physical Description: lxiv, 1097, [6] pages : maps, tables ; 27 cm

Notes: Includes indexes.; Viewing bibles contingent on staff availability, an appointment may be required.; Lefevre family Bible.; On inside cover and repeated on lst endpaper: "The Property of David Lefevre A. D. 1868, Price $7.50".; Affixed to back endpapers: Ancestry of Robert G. LeFevre, M. D, 1570-1899.; Half morocco binding with gold title on front and spine; gilt edges.

Subjects: Lefevre family - Genealogy.; Concordances.

Additional Title: Bible.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Bible

Call Number: 220 L493 1868

A complete body of conveyancing, in theory and practice

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Author: Wood, Edward.

Edition: A new ed.,

Date of Publication: 1790-93.

Call Number: Book 199 1793; ook 198 1791; Book 197 1790

Responsibility: by Edward Wood.

Author: Wood, Edward.

Edition: A new ed.,

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed by A. Strahan and W. Woodfall, for J. Johnson,

Date of Publication: 1790-93.

Physical Description: 3 volumes 36 cm

Notes: "In the present edition, the materials contained in the first volume of Wood ... will be selected, and introduced in the form of short elementary treatises at the head of each distinct species of instrument."--To the reader.; Book-plate of James Louis Petigru.; Includes index.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book numbers 197-199 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Conveyancing - Great Britain.; Forms (Law) - Great Britain.; Conveyancing.; Forms (Law); Great Britain.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Marbled end-papers.; Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Powell, John Joseph,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 199 1793; ook 198 1791; Book 197 1790

Conductor generalis, or, The office, duty and authority of justices of the peace, high-sheriffs, under-sheriffs, coroners, constables, gaolers, jury-men, and overseers of the poor : as also, the office of clerks of assize, and of the peace, &c

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21732

Date of Publication: 1792.

Call Number: Book 666 1792

Alternate Title: Conductor generalis; Office, duty and authority of justices of the peace, high-sheriffs, under-sheriffs, goalers, coroners, constables, jury men, over-seers of the poor; Office, duty and authority of justices of the peace

Responsibility: compiled chiefly from Burn's Justice, and the several other books on those subjects, by James Parker ... ; and now revised and adapted to the United States of America, by a Gentleman of the law ; the whole alphabetically digested under the several titles, with a table directing to the ready finding out the proper matter under those titles ; to which are added, the excise and militia laws of the United States, and the acts called the Ten Pound Act of the states of Pennsylvania and New-York.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed for Robert Campbell,

Date of Publication: 1792.

Physical Description: xv, 464 p. ; 22 cm. (8vo)

Notes: Signatures: A-2Gâ¸.; Includes index.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book numbr 666 as assigned by Yeates.; Evans; Cohen, M.L. Bib. of early Amer. law,

Subjects: Justices of the peace - Early works to 1800.; Sheriffs - Early works to 1800.; Coroners - Early works to 1800.; Constables - Early works to 1800.; Jury - Early works to 1800.; Internal revenue law - United States - Early works to 1800.; Fines and recoveries - Pennsylvania - Early works to 1800.; Fines and recoveries - New York (State) - Early works to 1800.; Constables.; Coroners.; Fines and recoveries.; Internal revenue law.; Jury.; Justices of the peace.; Militia.; Sheriffs.; United States - Militia - Early works to 1800.; New York (State); Pennsylvania.; United States.; Early works.; Full leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Parker, James,; Gentleman of the law.; Burn, Richard,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 666 1792

The embassador and his functions

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Author: Wicquefort, Abraham de,

Date of Publication: [1716]

Call Number: Book 712 1716

Responsibility: By Monsieur de Wicquefort. To which is added, an historical discourse, concerning the election of the emperor and the electors. By the same author. Translated into English by Mr. Digby.

Author: Wicquefort, Abraham de,

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed for B. Lintott

Date of Publication: [1716]

Physical Description: 4 preliminary leaves, 570, [28] pages 31 cm

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates'ssignature at top of title page.; Book number 712 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Ambassadors.; Constitutional law - Holy Roman Empire.; Constitutional law.; Europe - Holy Roman Empire.; Ambassadors; Constitutional law - Holy Roman Empire; Full decorated leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding); Blue marbled end papers (Binding)

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

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 712 1716

A history of Bethany Charge of the Reformed Church : in Lancaster County, Pa

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Author: Tobias, D. C.

Date of Publication: 1987]

Call Number: 285.733 T629

Responsibility: by D.C. Tobias.

Author: Tobias, D. C.

Place of Publication: [S.l

Publisher: s.n.,

Date of Publication: 1987]

Physical Description: 43 p. ; 22 cm.

Notes: Reprint. Originally published: Lititz, Pa. : Record Print. Office, 1881.; Includes index.

Subjects: Reformed Church in the United States - Pennsylvania.; Reformed Church in the United States. - Bethany Charge (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Church history.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 285.733 T629

A history of Bethany Charge of the Reformed Church : in Lancaster County, Pa

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Author: Tobias, D. C.

Date of Publication: 1881.

Call Number: 285.8 B562

Responsibility: by D.C. Tobias.

Author: Tobias, D. C.

Place of Publication: Lititz, Pa

Publisher: Record Print. Office,

Date of Publication: 1881.

Physical Description: 43 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Reformed Church in the United States - Pennsylvania.; Reformed Church in the United States. - Bethany Charge (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Church history.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 285.8 B562

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African American lives

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15002

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The awakening and the early progress of the Pequea, Conestoga and other Susquehanna Valley settlements : as shown by official letters, etc., of the time

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3980

Websites

Documents

Church records of the Goshenhoppen Reformed Charge

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14367

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21773

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19610

A complete body of conveyancing, in theory and practice

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20998

Conductor generalis, or, The office, duty and authority of justices of the peace, high-sheriffs, under-sheriffs, coroners, constables, gaolers, jury-men, and overseers of the poor : as also, the office of clerks of assize, and of the peace, &c

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21732

The embassador and his functions

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21762

A history of Bethany Charge of the Reformed Church : in Lancaster County, Pa

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17173

A history of Bethany Charge of the Reformed Church : in Lancaster County, Pa

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3261