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An abridgment of the first part of my Ld. Coke's Institutes : with some additions explaining many of the difficult cases, and shewing in what points the law has been altered by late resolutions and acts of parliament

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Author: Coke, Edward,

Edition: The fifth edition, to which is now added a large index in the nature of an analysis of the most general heads.

Date of Publication: MDCCXXXVI [1736]

Call Number: Book 508a 1736

Responsibility: by William Hawkins, serjeant at law.

Author: Coke, Edward,

Uniform Title: First part of the institutes of the laws of England

Edition: The fifth edition, to which is now added a large index in the nature of an analysis of the most general heads.

Place of Publication: In the Savoy [London]

Publisher: Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling (assigns of Edw. Sayer, Esq.), for T. Osborne, in Gray's Inn,

Date of Publication: MDCCXXXVI [1736]

Physical Description: vi, 501, [99] p. ; 17 cm. (12mo)

Notes: Hawkins's abridgment of the commentary of Sir Edward Coke on Littleton from Coke's First part of the institutes of the laws of England. Hawkins omits Coke's reprint of Littleton's Tenures and such parts of Coke as were obsolete when the work was compiled. Cf., J.G. Marvin, Legal bibliog.; Signatures: Aâ´( -A4) B-2CÂ¹Â².; Publisher's advertisements, "Books sold by T. Osborne in Grays Inn," on final leaf (leaf 2C12).; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 508a as assigned by Yeates.; Includes bibliographical references and index.; ESTC

Subjects: Land tenure - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Real property - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Land tenure; Real property.; Great Britain.; Early works.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Littleton, Thomas,; Hawkins, William,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 508a 1736

An historical account of the original and nature, as well as the law of devises and revocations

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Author: Gilbert, Geoffrey,

Date of Publication: 1739.

Call Number: Book 214 1739

Responsibility: by a ... Learned judge.

Author: Gilbert, Geoffrey,

Place of Publication: [London]

Publisher: Walthoe,

Date of Publication: 1739.

Physical Description: xii, 174 pages [28] 19 cm

Notes: Later editions issued under title: The law of devices, revocations and last wills.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 214 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Inheritance and succession - England; Inheritance and succession.; England.; History.; 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 214 1739

An institute of the laws of England, or, The laws of England in their natural order, according to common use : published for the direction of young beginners or students in the law, and of others that desire to have a general knowledge in our common and statute laws : in four books

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Author: Wood, Thomas,

Edition: The sixth edition.

Date of Publication: MDCCXXXVIII [1738]

Call Number: Book 713 1738

Alternate Title: Institute of the laws of England; Laws of England in their natural order, according to common use

Responsibility: by Thomas Wood ...

Author: Wood, Thomas,

Edition: The sixth edition.

Place of Publication: In the Savoy [London]

Publisher: Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling (assigns of Edward Sayer Esq.) for Henry Lintot ... and for Thomas Osborne ...,

Date of Publication: MDCCXXXVIII [1738]

Physical Description: [2], xi, [1], 663, [35] p. 37 cm (fol.)

Notes: Signatures: [a]Â² b-cÂ² d1 B-4Pâ´ 4Q-4ZÂ² 5A1.; Includes index.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 713 as assigned by Yeates.; English short title catalogue,

Subjects: Law - England - Early works to 1800.; Law.; England.; Early works.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon title page (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 713 1738

Archive

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Collection: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Title: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Object ID: MG0410

Date Range: 1691-1963

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. Language: English Biographical and Historical Note: Source of Acquisition: Deeds in folders 1-18 were a gift of Fianna

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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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The arguments and reports of Sr. Hen. Pollexfen ... in some special cases; by him argued during the time of his practice at the barr. [1669-1685]

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Corporate Author: Great Britain. Courts.

Date of Publication: 1702.

Call Number: Book 581 1702

Responsibility: Together with divers decrees in the High Court of Chancery. Upon limitations of trusts of terms for years. The whole printed from the authors original manuscript. Revised and corrected with his own hand. And published with the allowance and approbation of the lord keeper, and all the judges.

Corporate Author: Great Britain. Courts.

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed for R. Smith,

Date of Publication: 1702.

Physical Description: 6 preliminary leaves, 250 (i. e. 246), 369-664, [8] pages 33 cm

Notes: Signatures: 2 l. unsigned, AÂ², aÂ², B-ZÂ², Aa-ZzÂ², AaaÂ²-RrrÂ¹, Aaaaa-ZzzzzÂ², Aaaaaa-ZzzzzzÂ², 7A-7ZÂ², 8A-8GÂ².; Errors in paging: p. 173-176, 649 and 652 incorrectly numbered 176-179, 652 and 629, respectively; nos. 181-184, 188 omitted, no. 189 duplicated.; Includes index.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 581 as assigned by Yeates.; Printedn and hane-written marginalia.

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

Additional Author: Pollexfen, Henry,; Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Corporate Author: England and Wales. Court of Chancery.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 581 1702

The attorney's practice in the Court of King's Bench : or, An introduction to the knowledge of the practice of that court, as it now stands under the regulation of several late acts of Parliament, rules and determinations of the said court : with variety of useful and curious precedents in English, settled or drawn by counsel ; and a complete index to the whole

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Author: Richardson, Robert,

Date of Publication: 1739.

Call Number: Book 432 1739

Responsibility: by a Gentleman of the Inner Temple.

Author: Richardson, Robert,

Place of Publication: [London]

Publisher: In the Savoy : Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (assigns of E. Sayer, Esq.) for T. Woodward ...,

Date of Publication: 1739.

Physical Description: [2], 240 pages

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 432 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Great Britain. - Court of King's Bench.; Civil procedure - Great Britain.; Criminal procedure - Great Britain.; Civil procedure.; Criminal procedure.; Great Britain.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)

Additional Author: Nutt, Elizabeth,; Nutt, Richard,; Sayer, Edward,; Woodward, Thomas,; Yeates, Jasper,Ud1745-1817,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 432 1739

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

The civil law in its natural order, together with the publick law

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Author: Domat, Jean,

Edition: The second edition, with additions.

Date of Publication: MDCCXXXVII [1737]

Call Number: Book 714 1737; Book 715 1737

Responsibility: written in French by Monsieur Domat, the late French King's Advocate in the Presidial Court of Clermont in France, and translated into English by William Strahan, LL. D. Advocate in Doctors Commons ; with additional remarks on some material differences between the civil law and the law of England.

Author: Domat, Jean,

Uniform Title: Loix civiles dans leur ordre naturel.

Edition: The second edition, with additions.

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed for D. Midwinter, A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, G. Strahan, J. and J. Pemberton, R. Ware, C. Rivington, F. Clay, J. Batley and J. Wood, A. Ward, J. and P. Knapton, T. Longman, and R. Hett,

Date of Publication: MDCCXXXVII [1737]

Physical Description: 2 volumes ; 36 cm (fol.)

Notes: In this second edition, vol. 1 ends on p.670 and the last numbered page in vol. 2 is p.676 [i.e. 706], pp. 700-706 being misnumbered pp. 670-676; after p. 676 comes the unpaginated index.; In double columns with marginalia.; Includes index and errata at end of vol. 2.; Engraved initials, head- and tail-pieces.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 714 as assigned by Yeates.; ESTC,; Bibliothecae ecclesiae Cicestrensis librorum catalogus (1871),

Subjects: Civil law - Early works to 1800.; Civil law.; Early works.; Full blind-tooled leather (Bindingh); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Strahan, William; Freeland, James Bennett,; Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Corporate Author: Chichester Cathedral,

Place: Great Britain England London.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 714 1737; Book 715 1737

Declarations and pleadings in the most usual actions brought in the several courts of King's-Bench and Common-Pleas at Westminster ... : also (incidently) shewing the forms of proceedings as well in the Petty-Bag Office in Chancery, as in corporation courts, &c

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Author: Bohun, William.

Date of Publication: 1733.

Call Number: Book 1032 1733

Responsibility: by W. Bohun ...

Author: Bohun, William.

Place of Publication: [London] In the Savoy

Publisher: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling ... for Daniel Browne .. and John Shuckburgh ...,

Date of Publication: 1733.

Physical Description: [12], 448 pages : forms ; 20 cm (8vo)

Notes: Signatures: Aâ¸ aâ´ B-2Fâ¸.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Bookk number 1033 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Declaration of intention - Great Britain.; Pleading - Great Britain.; Declaration of intention.; Pleading.; Great Britain.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Huntington, Joshua,; Huntington, Jabez,; Nutt, Elizabeth,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 1032 1733

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