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Acts passed at the first session of the Congress of the United States of America, begun and held at the city of New-York on Wednesday the fourth of March in the year M, DCC, LXXXIX, and of the independence of the United States, the thirteenth

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Corporate Author: United States.

Date of Publication: 1793.

Call Number: Book 1016 1793; Book 1015 1798

Corporate Author: United States.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed by E. Oswald,

Date of Publication: 1793.

Physical Description: 2 volumes 22 cm

Notes: Vol. 2 has title: Acts passed at the first session of the Second Congress of the United States of America, begun and held at the city of Philadelphia, on Monday the twenty-fourth of October, in the year M, DCC, XCI, and of the independence of the United States, the sixteenth.; Each vol. includes all sessions of the respective Congress.; Includes indexes.; Cf. Evans 27825-6.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book numbers 1015 and 1016 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Law - United States.; Law.; United States.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Corporate Author: United States.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 1016 1793; Book 1015 1798

Acts passed at the first [-third] session of the fifth Congress of the United States of America : begun and held at the city of Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania, on Monday the fifteenth of May, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven : and of the independence of the United States, the twenty-first : published by authority

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Corporate Author: United States.

Date of Publication: 1797.

Call Number: Boook 244 1797

Alternate Title: Laws of the United States

Corporate Author: United States.

Uniform Title: Laws, etc. (Session laws : 1797-1799)

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed by William Ross ...,

Date of Publication: 1797.

Physical Description: 240, vii, [4], 244-561, [1], 26, iv, [48] pages ; 21 cm (8vo)

Notes: Signatures: [A]â´ B-2Gâ´ [2H]â´ 2I-4Mâ´.; Printed marginalia.; Includes treaties.; Includes index.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 244 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Session laws - United States - Early works to 1800.; Diplomatic relations.; Session laws.; United States - Foreign relations - Early works to 1800.; United States.; Early works.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Bindingn)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,Ud1745-1817,

Additional Corporate Author: United States. Congress

Place: United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Boook 244 1797

The American Revolution : written in the style of ancient history : in two volumes

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Author: Snowden, Richard,

Date of Publication: 1793-1794.

Call Number: 810 P544 1793

Author: Snowden, Richard,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed by Jones, Hoff & Derrick,

Date of Publication: 1793-1794.

Physical Description: 2 v. ; 17 cm. (12mo)

Notes: Published anonymously. Written by Richard Snowden. Cf. Evans.; Publisher statement varies; v. 2 reads: Printed by Jacob Johnson ...; Vol. 1: xii, 226, [2] p. (the last leaf blank); v. 2: [12], 216 p.; LCHS missing volume 2.; LC copy imperfect: vol. 2 wanting four leaves of Contents (p. [3]-[10]).; Evans

Subjects: United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Miscellanea.

Additional Corporate Author: American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 810 P544 1793

An enquiry into the principles and tendency of certain public measures

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Author: Taylor, John,

Date of Publication: 1794.

Call Number: Yeates Book 459 1794

Author: Taylor, John,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed by Thomas Dobson ...,

Date of Publication: 1794.

Physical Description: iv, 92 p. ; 23 cm. (8vo)

Notes: Attributed to Taylor by Evans.; Signatures: [A]Â² B-Mâ´ NÂ².; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 459 as assigned by Yeates.; Bound with An address, etc. recommendations to the states, by the United States in Congress assembled. Philadelphia: Printed by David C. Claypoole, 1783; -- An examaination of the Constitution for the United States of America, submitted to the people fy the General Convention....Philadelphia: Printed by Zacharariah Poulson, Junr...1788 -- Proceedings in the House of Representatives of the United States of America respecting the contested election for the eastern district of Georgia. : Philadelphia, printed by Parry Hall...1792 -- A calm appeal to the people of the State of Delaware. ... Philadelphia: Printed by Zachariah Poulson, Junr... date not specified -- lbert Gallatin, in the House of Representatives of the United States, on the foreign intercourse bill. Washington: Printed by John Colerick, 1798 -- The speech of Mr. Bayard on the foreign intecourse bill delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States on the third day of March 1798. -- The address of the minority in the Virginia Legislature to the people of that state; containing a vindication of the constitutionality of the alien and sedition laws Printer not specified, date not specified -- Letter from the Secfretary of State enclosing the reports of the late and present director of the mint....Philadelphia: Printed by Francis and Robert Bailey...1795 -- Analysis of the report of the committee of the Virginia Assembly, on the preceedings of sundry of the other States in answer to their resolutions. Philadelphia, printed by Zachariah Poulson, junior, 1800 -- Proceedings of the Virginia Assembly, on the answers of sundry states to their resolutions, passed in December, 1798. Philadelphia, printed by James Carey, 1800.; Evans; Gilreath, J. Jefferson's library,

Subjects: Bank of the United States (1791-1811); Finance - United States - Early works to 1800.; Finance.; Politics and government; United States - Politics and government - 1789-1797.; United States.; Early works.; Three-quarters leather on marbled boards (Binding)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Yeates Book 459 1794

An introductory lecture to a course of law lectures

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Author: Wilson, James,

Date of Publication: 1791.

Call Number: Book 662 1791a

Responsibility: by James Wilson ... ; to which is added, a plan of the lectures.

Author: Wilson, James,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: From the press of T. Dobson,

Date of Publication: 1791.

Physical Description: 96 p. ; 20 cm. (8vo)

Notes: Signatures: piÂ² A-Lâ´ MÂ².; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Book number 662 as assigned by Yeates.; Bound with Collectanea Juridica. consisting of tracts relative to the law and constitution of England London: E. and R. Brooke, 1791.; Evans

Subjects: Law - United States - Early works to 1800.; Law.; Law; United States.; Early works.; 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 662 1791a

An oration delivered on the anniversary of the Scientific Society, eleventh November, 1793, at Society-Hall, Strasburg Village, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : at the request of the members

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Author: Shippen, John.

Date of Publication: 1794.

Call Number: 808.51 P544 1794

Responsibility: by John Shippen ...

Author: Shippen, John.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed by Francis Bailey ...,

Date of Publication: 1794.

Physical Description: 23, [1] p. ; 18 cm. (12mo)

Notes: Inscribed to Gen'l Jas. Ross, Lancaster by the author.; Signatures: A-Bâ¶.; Evans; Bound in red linen.

Subjects: Political science - Early works to 1800.; United States - Politics and government - 1789-1797.

Additional Author: Ross, James,

Additional Corporate Author: American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 808.51 P544 1794

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Collection: Paxton Boys and Conestoga Massacre Papers

Title: Paxton Boys and Conestoga Massacre Papers

Object ID: MG0614

Date Range: 1764-1766, 1795

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Collection: Paxton Boys and Conestoga Massacre Papers

Title: Paxton Boys and Conestoga Massacre Papers

Description: This collection contains items related to the Paxton Boys and Conestoga Massacre. April 1764 issue of The Gentleman's Magazine includes article on massacre by Benjamin Franklin. 10 January entry in Charles Mason's diary contains discussion of massacre. Manuscript copy of remonstrance, signed by Matthew Smith and James Gibson and sent to Governor John Penn, lays out grievances against provincial government and justifies attacks on Native Americans.

Date Range: 1764-1766, 1795

Creation Date: 1764-1766, 1795

Date of Accumulation: 1764-1766, 1795

Creator: LancasterHistory

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 13

People: Cresap, Thomas; Franklin, Benjamin; Gibson, James; Jardine, L. S.; Mason, Charles; Penn, John; Smith, Matthew

Subjects: Conestoga Indians; Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763; Court records; Diaries; Fort Augusta (Sunbury, Pa.); Letters; Northumberland County (Pa.); Paxton Boys; Remonstrances

Search Terms: Conestoga Indians; Conestoga Massacre; Conojocular War; Cresap's War; Diaries; Gentleman's Magazine; Indigenous peoples; Letters; London Chronicle; Native Americans; Northumberland County, Pennsylvania; Paxton Boys; Persons of color; Remonstrances; Universal Evening Post

Extent: 1 box, 5 folders,1 clamshell box on shelf,.25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0614

Associated Material: Please see See Digital Paxton: Digital Collection, Critical Edition, and Teaching Platform for digital copies and transcriptions of orginal documents; related publications and scholary works; and educational materials; http://digitalpaxton.org/works/digital-paxton/introduction?path=index

Related Item Notes: Please see the collections catalog for published works about the Paxton Boys and the Conestoga Massacre.; https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).; LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As historical resources, the items in this collection reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions noted at the item level.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please contact Research Staff or Archives Staff with questions.; Note: See Digital Paxton: Digital Collection, Critical Edition, and Teaching Platform for historical overviews and additional information,; http://digitalpaxton.org/works/digital-paxton/introduction?path=index

Credit: Papers regarding the Paxton Boys and the Conestoga Massacre Collection (MG-614), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.

Other Numbers: MG-614

Classification: MG0614

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database on 11 August 2017.

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Collection: Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection

Title: Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection

Object ID: MG0205

Date Range: 1699-1934

Ledger Collection, Series 10 Estate Records on 20 March 2009. Folder 36 Restricted access—please use transcription in the library. Letter copybook of Jasper Yeates. Contains copies of his correspondence to friends, family members and colleagues13 and is indexed. The letters are on a variety of topics as

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Collection: Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection

Title: Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection

Description: Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection provides insight into the Yeates family, local social history, and details of legal business from 1743-1870. These documents have been collected by the Lancaster County Historical Society over many years. Collection includes letters, receipts, articles, eviction notice, advertisement, estate inventories, wills, deeds, treaty, court transcript, drawings, photographs, copy of house plan, post road distances, daybook, letter book, catalog of books in Jasper Yeates' library, and an alphabetical catalog of law books.

Date Range: 1699-1934

Year Range From: 1699

Year Range To: 1934

Date of Accumulation: 1699-1934

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 05

People: Atkinson, Matthew; Bausman, William; Bond, Phineas; Bowman, Valentine; Bradford, W.; Brien, Edward; Burd, Edward; Carson, John; Coates, Samuel; Conyngham, David; Conyngham, Elizabeth Yeates; Conyngham, Redmond; Dallas, George M.; Davis, Jonathan; Davison, Benjamin; Dickey, Robert; Duncannon, Thomas; Edward, Thomas; Erter, Henry; Ewing, John; Ferguson, John; Fohren, Michael; Gibson, John; Gillchrist, John; Godcharles, Frederic A.; Graff, Conrad; Gregg, Andrew; Grubb, Peter; Hamilton, Charles; Hamilton, James; Hamilton, John; Hamilton, William; Hand, Edward; Hand, Jasper; Hayes, A. L.; Henry, John; Hess, David; Jago, John; Javin, William; Keeportz, Daniel; Kittera, William; Kremer, Philip; Krug, Jacob; Kurtz, William; Lindsay, William; Loudersmith, Wendel; Lyon, Joseph Barnet; Magaw, David; Marshall, J.; McClellan, John; McKean, Thomas; Millar, John; Miller, Michael; Minich, Henry; Muhlenberg, William Augustus; Nesbitt, John; Nissley, Martin; Ord, John; Philips, David; Postlethwaite, John; Poultney, Thomas; Price, Eli K.; Probst, John; Ramsey, Robert; Rawle, William; Riegart, Adam; Rine, Widow; Ross, George; Ross, J.; Scott, James; Sergeant, Thomas; Shippen, Edward; Shippen, Evans Wallis; Shippen, Robert; Simpson, John; Smith, Charles; Smith, Mary Yeates; Stein, Charles; Steinman, Fredrick; Stevenson, Henry; Stewart, Charles; Sturmii, Johannis Christophorus; Thomas, John; Tilghman, Benjamin C.; Tilghman, E.; Tilghman, Edward; Tilghman, William; Tilghman, William B.; Towson, William; Underwood, John; Wallace, George; Wallace, William; Waln, Nicholas; Warden, J.; White, William; Wickersham, Elijah; Willson, Samuel; Yeates, Catharine; Yeates, Jasper; Yeates, Jasper, Jr.; Yeates, John, Jr.; Yeates, John, Sr.; Yeates, Margaret; Yeates, Sarah Burd "Sally"; Zantzinger, Paul

Subjects: Business records; Deeds; Family records; Law libraries; Letters; Library catalogs; Wills

Search Terms: Business records; Correspondence; Deeds; Family records; Finding aids; Letters; Manuscript groups; Wills

Extent: 6 boxes, 49 folders, 13 books, 6 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0205

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Copies: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Yeates, Aungst Collection (MG0206); Yeates, Carson Collection (MG0207); George M. Steinman Collection (MG0184); Jasper Yeates Colonial Law Library; Objects in the Curatorial Collection

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection (MG0205), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions noted at the item level. The letter copybooks in Folders 31 and 36 are restricted--please use the transcriptions available in the library.

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-205

Classification: MG0205

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Folders 1-34 and Books 1-2 were processed and finding aid prepared prior to 1997. Added to PP on 26 March 2022.

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Collection: Yeates, Aungst Collection

Title: Yeates, Aungst Collection

Object ID: MG0206

Date Range: 1765-1810

Collection: Yeates, Aungst Collection

Title: Yeates, Aungst Collection

Description: The Yeates, Aungst Collection provides insight into the Yeates, Shippen, and Burd families, local social history, eighteenth century legal issues, and details of legal business from 1765-1810. The collection consists mainly of business correspondence and legal documents, and also includes receipts, an impression of the Burd family coat of arms, bail bonds, and a one shilling note.

Date Range: 1765-1810

Creation Date: 1765-1810

Year Range From: 1765

Year Range To: 1810

Creator: Yeates family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 05

People: Aby, Jacob; Atlee, William Augustus; Bailey, William; Barr, John; Bickham, James; Biddle, Edward; Bradford, W.; Bright, Michael; Bryan, George; Burd, Edward; Burd, Edward S.; Clark, Brice; Coope, Caleb; Cunningham, James; Dunlop, Andrew; Edwards, Thomas; Evans, Joel; Findley, William; Galbreath, Bartram; Graydon, Andrew; Greides, Michael; Hamilton, William; Hanna, John A.; Hartley, Thomas; Hildebrand, Jacob; Hinkle, Jacob; Hollingsworth, John; Horner, Michael; Hubley, Adam; Hubley, John; Irwin, Moses; Lowrey, Alexander; McCulloch, William; McGinnes, Hamilton; Mifflin, John; Montgomery, J.; Parke, Thomas; Peters, William; Porter, Thomas; Pusey, Joshua; Regg, Elisha; Rosenthal, L. N.; Rosenthal, Max; Ross, George; Rush, Richard; Sewright, William; Shippen, Edward; Shippen, Joseph; Smith, James; Smith, Joseph; Smith, Thomas; Snyder, Charles; Strettells, Amos; Swift, Joseph; Townshend, George; Webb, James; Work, James; Yeates, Jasper; Yeates, John; Yeates, Sarah Burd "Sally"; Zantzinger, Paul

Other Creators: Shippen family; Burd family

Subjects: Bail; Business records; Heraldry; Letters

Search Terms: Bail bonds; Business records; Correspondence; Finding aids; Letters; Manuscript groups; Receipts

Extent: 1 box, 3 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0206

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Yeates, Carson Collection (MG0207); Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection (MG0205)

Notes: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please contact Research Staff or Archives Staff with questions.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: MG0206

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database on 11 August 2017.

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Collection: Joseph Simon Papers

Title: Joseph Simon Papers

Object ID: MG0623

Date Range: 1754-1786

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Collection: Joseph Simon Papers

Title: Joseph Simon Papers

Description: This collection contains financial and legal papers of Joseph Simon, including a mortgage, his will, and a bill of exchange. There is also a 1768 letter of introduction from Thomas Barton, rector of St. James Episcopal Church to William Johnson, First Baronet.

Admin/Biographical History: Joseph Simon was a successful trader and owned enormous tracts of land in the West. As the head of one of the earliest Jewish families in Lancaster County, he was also a religious leader in Lancaster,Pa. See Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 3, number 7 (1899), p. 165-172.; https://www.lancasterhistory.org/finding-aids/simon-joseph-simon-papers-1754-1786/; https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/viewer?file=%2fmedia%2flibrary%2fdocs%2fvol3no7pp165_172_224559.pdf#search=Simon%2c%20Joseph&phrase=false; https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/viewer?file=%2fmedia%2flibrary%2fdocs%2fedit_vol80no4pp211_322.pdf#search=Simon%2c%20Joseph&phrase=false

Date Range: 1754-1786

Creation Date: 1754-1786

Date of Accumulation: 1764-1766, 1795

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 13

People: Barton, Thomas; Johnson, William; Simon, Joseph

Subjects: Letters; Wills; Indian traders; Jewish businesspeople

Search Terms: Correspondence; Jewish businesspeople; Letters; Merchants; Mortgages; Wills

Extent: 1 box, 2 folders

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0623

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions noted at the item level.

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: Papers regarding the Paxton Boys and the Conestoga Massacre Collection (MG-614), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.

Other Numbers: MG-623

Other Number: MG-623

Classification: MG0623

Description Level: Fonds

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Acts passed at the first session of the Congress of the United States of America, begun and held at the city of New-York on Wednesday the fourth of March in the year M, DCC, LXXXIX, and of the independence of the United States, the thirteenth

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22148

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The American Revolution : written in the style of ancient history : in two volumes

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An enquiry into the principles and tendency of certain public measures

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An introductory lecture to a course of law lectures

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An oration delivered on the anniversary of the Scientific Society, eleventh November, 1793, at Society-Hall, Strasburg Village, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : at the request of the members

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