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The acts of the General assembly, of the common-wealth of Pennsylvania, enacted into laws, since the Declaration of independence on the fourth day of July, A.D. 1776

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania.
Date of Publication
1779.
Call Number
Book 584 1779
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by John Dunlap,
Date of Publication
1779.
Physical Description
1 preliminary leaf, [68] pages, 1 leaf 31 cm
Notes
Signatures: 1 leaf unsigned, A-M², 3 leaves unsigned, P-S².
Page [1], caption title: Laws enacted in the first sitting of the First General assembly, of Pennsylvania, which began at Philadelphia, November 28, 1776, and was continued by adjournments to March 21, 1777.
Page [51], caption title: Laws enacted in the second sitting of the First General assembly, of the common-wealth of Pennsylvania, which commenced at Philadelphia, the twelfth day of May one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven, and continued to the nineteenth day of June in the same year.
"A reprint of the first two sessions on a smaller page than the original editions, unpaged, and with a general title page."--Evans, American bibl. #16427.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 584 as assigned by Yeates.
Evans
Sabin
Contents
LCHS copy has bound in a copy of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as established by the General Convention elected for that purpose. and held at Philadelphjia, July 15th 1776: Philadelphia: printed by John Dunlap, in Market-Street, 1777, and 24 pages of handwritten index.
Bound with the Laws enacted in the second General Assembly of the Representatives of the Freemen of the Common-weatlh of Pennsylvania, Lancaster: ,John Dunlap, 1778 - Laws enacted in the third General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which met at Philadelphia,... Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 1778 - Laws enacted in the third General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennshylvania, Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 1778 - Laws enacated by the second sitting of the third General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylania..., 1779; Laws enacted in the third sitting of the third General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania..., 1779; - Laws enacted in the first sitting of the fourth General Assembly of the Commonweath of Pennsylvania...1779; Laws enacted in the second sitting of the fourth General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,...1780 - Laws enacted by the third sitting of the fourth General Assembly, of the Commonwealth of Pennylvania...1780.- Hand-written index to the laws enacted by the General Assembly of the Common Wealth of Pennsylvania since the Declaration of Independence.
Subjects
Constitutions - Pennsylvania
Decorated boards with stamped title (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 584 1779
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An examination of the Connecticut claim to lands in Pennsylvania : with an appendix, containing extracts and copies taken from original papers

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Author
Smith, William,
Date of Publication
1774.
Call Number
Book 468 1774
Author
Smith, William,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by Joseph Crukshank, in Market Street,
Date of Publication
1774.
Physical Description
94, 32 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : map (folded, color) ; 20 cm.
Series
Pamphlets ; v. 4, no. 5
Notes
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signagture at top of title page.
Book number 468 as assigned by Yeates.
Sabin,
Evans,
Subjects
Susquehanna Claim, 1753-1808.
Boundaries.
Politics and government.
Pennsylvania - Boundaries.
Connecticut - Boundaries.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - To 1775.
Connecticut - Politics and government - To 1775.
Connecticut.
Pennsylvania.
Full vellum (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 468 1774
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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

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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 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

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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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A complete collection of state-trials, and proceedings for high-treason, and other crimes and misdemeanours

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Edition
The fourth edition, commencing with the eleventh year of the reign of King Richard II and ending with the sixteenth year of the reign of King George III, with two alphabetical tables to the whole /
Date of Publication
1776-81.
Call Number
Book 188
Book 189 1777
Book 190 1778
Book 187 1776
Book 191 1779
Edition
The fourth edition, commencing with the eleventh year of the reign of King Richard II and ending with the sixteenth year of the reign of King George III, with two alphabetical tables to the whole /
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by T. Wright ... for C. Bathurst, J. and F. Rivington, L. Davis, T. Longman, W. Owen, T. Cadell, M. Folingsby, T. Lowndes, B. Law, J. Wilkie, R. Horsefield, M. Hingeston, S. Bladon, T. Carnan, H. Gardner, W. Otridge, and the rest of the proprietors, and sold by G. Kearsly ...,
Date of Publication
1776-81.
Physical Description
11 v. ; 48 cm. (fol.)
Notes
Originally published in 1719 under title: Compleat collection of state-tryals and proceedings upon impeachments for high treason, and other crimes and misdemeanours.
Preface includes bibliographical history of this work; Thomas Salmon edited the 1st ed., Sollom Emlyn the 2nd.
"The first six [volumes] ... printed exactly from the third edition, and the four next from the four supplemental volumes ... As to the eleventh volume, it is reserved wholly for additional matter"--Preface.
Includes index.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates signature at top of title page.
Books187, 188, 189 190, and 191 as assigned by Yeates.
Contents
Vol. 1 1388-1628 -- v. 2. 1648-1679 -- v. 3. 1679-1684 -- v. 4. 1685-1696 -- v. 5. 1696-1709 -- v. 6. 1715-1741 -- v. 7. 1549-1688 -- v. 8. 1689-1722 -- v. 9. 1712/3-1748/9 -- v. 10. 1752-1765 -- v. 11. 1494-1777.
Subjects
Trials - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Trials.
Great Britain.
Early works.
Full leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Hargrave, Francis,
Salmon, Thomas,
Emlyn, Sollom,
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 188
Book 189 1777
Book 190 1778
Book 187 1776
Book 191 1779
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Considerations on criminal law

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Author
Dagge, Henry.
Date of Publication
MDCCLXXII [1772]
Call Number
Book 938 1772
Author
Dagge, Henry.
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for T. Cadell ...,
Date of Publication
MDCCLXXII [1772]
Physical Description
[2], xxxii, 434 p. ; 22 cm. (8vo)
Notes
Attributed to Henry Dagge.
Signatures: A⁸ a⁸ B-2E⁸ 2F1.
LC copy wanting half title reported by ESTC.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book numbefr 938 as assigned by Yeates.
ESTC
Subjects
Criminal law - England - Early works to 1800.
Criminal law - Early works to 1800.
Criminal law
England.
Early works.
Full blind-tooled decorated leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 938 1772
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Considerations on the law of forfeitures, for high treason. With an appendix concerning estates-tail in Scotland

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Author
Yorke, Charles,
Edition
4th ed., cor. and enl., with notes, references, &c.
Date of Publication
1775.
Call Number
Book 1022 1775
Author
Yorke, Charles,
Edition
4th ed., cor. and enl., with notes, references, &c.
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
J. Williams,
Date of Publication
1775.
Physical Description
x, [6], 193 pages 22 cm
Notes
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 1022 as assigned by Yeates.
Subjects
Treason - Great Britain.
Inheritance and succession - Great Britain.
Land tenure - Scotland.
Inheritance and succession.
Land tenure
Treason.
Great Britain.
Scotland.
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 1022 1775
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A declaration of the people's natural right to a share in the legislature, which is the fundamental principle of the British constitution of state

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Author
Sharp, Granville,
Date of Publication
1774.
Call Number
342.05341 P544 1774
  1 website  
Responsibility
By Granville Sharp. ; [Two lines in Latin].
Author
Sharp, Granville,
Place of Publication
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
London, printed: Philadelphia, reprinted, and sold by John Dunlap, at the newest printing-office, in Market-Street.,
Date of Publication
1774.
Physical Description
21, [3] p. ; 2 cm.
Notes
Evans
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania,
Adams, T.R. Amer. pamphlets,
Subjects
Constitutional law.
Representative government and representation.
Constitutional law - Great Britain.
Great Britain - Politics and government - 1760-1789.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
342.05341 P544 1774
Websites
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Die Ernsthaffte Christen-Pflicht : darinnen schöne geistreiche Gebäter, darmit sich fromme Christen-Hertzen zu allen Zeiten und in allen Nöthen trösten können

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Date of Publication
anno MDCCLXX [1770]
Call Number
090 E63br 1770
Place of Publication
Ephrata [Pa.]
Publisher
Drucks u. Verlags der Brüderschafft,
Date of Publication
anno MDCCLXX [1770]
Physical Description
99, [1], 248 p. ; 17 cm (12mo)
Notes
"Christliches Gemuths-Gespräch von dem geistlichen und seligmachenden Glauben ... [by Gerhard Roosen]"--248 p., with separate title page. . Two settings of type of the title page.
Signatures: A-2F⁶.
ESTC
Evans
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania,
Bötte & Tannhof. German printing,
Tooled full leather binding with clasp, inscribed Anna Schwarr, c.1.
Tooled full leather binding with two clasps, straps missing, letters and symbols etched incover leather, pin-prick letters on first page, c. 2.
Subjects
Devotional exercises - Early works to 1800.
Mennonites - Catechisms
Mennonites - Early works to 1800.
Additional Author
Roosen, Gerhard,
Additional Corporate Author
Ephrata Cloister,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 E63br 1770
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