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The Mexican war and its warriors; comprising a complete history of all the operations of the American armies in Mexico; with biographical sketches and anecdotes of the most distinguished officers in the regular army and volunteer force

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Author
Frost, John,
Date of Publication
1848.
Call Number
973.62 F939
  1 website  
Responsibility
By J. Frost ...
Author
Frost, John,
Place of Publication
New Haven, Philadelphia
Publisher
H. Mansfield,
Date of Publication
1848.
Physical Description
6, [vii]-viii p., 1 ø, 9-330, 11 p. illus., plates, ports. 20 cm.
Subjects
Mexican War, 1846-1848.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
973.62 F939
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The life of Major-General Peter Muhlenberg : of the Revolutionary Army

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4816
Author
Muhlenberg, Henry A.
Date of Publication
1849.
Call Number
923.5 M952m
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Henry A. Muhlenberg.
Author
Muhlenberg, Henry A.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Carey and Hart,
Date of Publication
1849.
Physical Description
456 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 19 cm.
Summary
The service of General Muhlenberg in the colonial army during the Revolutionary War takes up the largest part of this biography. There is an appendix that includes letters from Muhlenberg to other officers during the war ,and letters he received from Washington and other commanders. Also in the appendix is a list of all generals that participated in the war and General Muhlenberg's daily journal of 1784 The sources for the book are shown in his preface and in footnotes .
Subjects
Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel, - 1746-1807.
Generals - Pennsylvania - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
923.5 M952m
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Date of Publication
1848-1892.
Call Number
391 P485
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Alternate Title
Ladies' national magazine
Peterson's magazine of art, literature and fashion
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
C.J. Peterson,
Date of Publication
1848-1892.
Physical Description
90 v. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Publication Frequency
Monthly
Dates of Publication
Vol. 13, no. 1 (Jan. 1848)-v. 102, no. 5 (Nov. 1892).
Notes
Founded in Jan. 1842, by Charles J. Peterson, this women's magazine included serial installments, short stories, poems, patterns, publisher's notes, and book reviews. Among its contributors were Mrs. Ann S. Stephens and Emily H. May Cf. American periodicals, 1741-1900.
Title from caption.
Library has: 1870 ; 1871 ; 1872 ; 1876.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
391 P485
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The art of single-entry book-keeping : improved by the introduction of the proof or balance

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Author
Marsh, C. C.
Edition
4th ed., rev. and corr.
Date of Publication
1844, c1836.
Call Number
657 A784
  1 website  
Responsibility
by C.C. Marsh.
Author
Marsh, C. C.
Edition
4th ed., rev. and corr.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
J.C. Riker,
Date of Publication
1844, c1836.
Physical Description
128 p. : forms ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Bookkeeping.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
657 A784
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History of Lancaster county. To which is prefixed a brief sketch of the early history of Pennsylvania. Comp. from authentic sources

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3630
Author
Rupp, I. Daniel
Date of Publication
1844.
Call Number
090 L244hi 1844
  1 website  
Responsibility
By I. Daniel Rupp ...
Author
Rupp, I. Daniel
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Penn
Publisher
G. Hills,
Date of Publication
1844.
Physical Description
531 p. front., plates, fold. tab. 21 cm.
Notes
Geology, natural history, etc.: p. 465-511.
Copy 5: bound in three-quarter maroon leather and linen and marbled end papers.
Copy 5: Bookplate of Redmond Conyngham,No. 3133.
Subjects
Natural history - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244hi 1844
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Date of Publication
1836-1840.
Call Number
630.5 F23
  1 website  
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
Moore & Waterhouse,
Date of Publication
1836-1840.
Physical Description
4 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Publication Frequency
Monthly, Feb. 15, 1838-July 15, 1840
Dates of Publication
Vol. 1, no. 1 (July 1, 1836)-v. 4, no. 12 (July 15, 1840) = [whole no. 1]-whole no. 66.
Notes
Library has Vol. 1, no.w (July 1,1836-July 1, 1837)
Title from caption.
"Devoted to agriculture, horticulture, and rural economy."
Later issues published by Kimber & Sharpless.
Subjects
Agriculture - Periodicals.
Agriculture - United States - Periodicals.
Livestock - United States - Periodicals.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
630.5 F23
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The history and topography of Dauphin, Cumberland, Franklin, Bedford, Adams, and Perry Counties; containing a brief history of the first settlers, notices of the leading events, incidents and interesting facts, both general and local, in the history of these counties, general & statistical descriptions of all the principal boroughs, towns, villages, &c. with an appendix, embellished with several engravingsj compiled from numerous authentic sources by I. Daniel Rupp

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16890
Author
Rupp, I. Daniel
Date of Publication
1846.; 1975]
Call Number
974.84 R946
  1 website  
Author
Rupp, I. Daniel
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa. [Carlisle, Pa
Publisher
Gilbert Hills, Cumberland Historical Society
Date of Publication
1846.; 1975]
Physical Description
xii, 723 p.; illus; 22 cm.
Notes
Includes index by John Cecil Fralish, Jr.; p. 609-723.
Another edition, pub. the same year, includes the history of Somerset, Cambria and Indiana counties.
Subjects
Dauphin Co., Pa. - History.
Cumberland County, Pa. - History.
Franklin County, Pa. - History.
Bedford Co., Pa. - History.
Adams Co., Pa. - History.
Perry Co., Pa. - History.
Additional Author
Fralish, John Cecil.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.84 R946
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A geography of Pennsylvania : containing an account of the history, geographical features, soil, climate, geology, botany, zoology, population, education, government, finances, productions, trade, railroads, canals &c. of the state : with a separate description of each county, and questions for the convenience of teachers : to which is appended, a travellers' guide, or table of distances on the principal rail road, canal and stage routes in the state

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18340
Author
Trego, Charles B.,
Date of Publication
1843.
Call Number
917.48 T784
  2 websites  
Responsibility
by Charles B. Trego ; illustrated by a map of the state and numerous engravings.
Author
Trego, Charles B.,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Edward C. Biddle,
Date of Publication
1843.
Physical Description
384 p. : ill., fold. map ; 20 cm.
Subjects
Travel.
Pennsylvania - Description and travel.
Pennsylvania - History.
Pennsylvania.
History.
Additional Corporate Author
Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
917.48 T784
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Report of the trial and acquittal of Edward Shippen, Esquire, Chief Justice, and Jasper Yeates and Thomas Smith, Esquires, Assistant Justices, of the Supreme court of Pennsylvania, on an impeachment, before the Senate of the Commonwealth, January, 1805

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13770
Author
Shippen, Edward,
Date of Publication
[1805]
Call Number
090 L244h 1818
  1 website  
Responsibility
by William Hamilton.
Author
Shippen, Edward,
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
Printed by the reporter,
Date of Publication
[1805]
Physical Description
287, 293-491, 96 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes
Pages 288-292 omitted in numbering; text continuous.
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Smith, Thomas,
Hamilton, William,
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General assembly, 1805. Senate.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244h 1818
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The Washingtoniana: containing a sketch of the life and death of the late Gen. George Washington, with a collection of elegant eulogies, orations, poems, &c., sacred to his memory

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15597
Date of Publication
1802.
Call Number
090 L244h 1802
  1 website  
Responsibility
Also, an appendix, comprising all his most valuable puplic papers, and his last will and testament.
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
Printed and sold by William Hamilton,
Date of Publication
1802.
Physical Description
320, 78, [401]-411 p. 2l cm.
Notes
Introductory note signed: F. Johnston, W. Hamilton.
Subjects
Washington, George, - 1732-1799.
Washington, George, - 1732-1799
Additional Author
Johnston, Francis,
Hamilton, William,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244h 1802
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Oliver Dyer's phonographic report of the proceedings of the National Free Soil Convention at Buffalo, N. Y., August 9th and 10th, 1848

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16106
Date of Publication
1848]
Call Number
815 P769 # 32
  1 website  
Meeting
Free-soil Party. National Convention (1848 : Buffalo)
Place of Publication
Buffalo, New-York
Publisher
G. H. Derby & Co.; Andrews & Boyle; [etc., etc.,
Date of Publication
1848]
Physical Description
32 p. 22 1/2 cm.
Notes
In: Political Speeches.
Phonographic reporting refers to a particular form of stenographic writing in which vowel sounds are optional if the word can be understood by consonants alone.
Additional Author
Dyer, Oliver,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
815 P769 # 32
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Comly's reader, and book of knowledge : with exercises of spelling and defining : intended for the use of schools and for private instruction

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Author
Comly, John,
Date of Publication
1847.
Call Number
810 P544 1847
  1 website  

The army and navy of America: containing a view of the heroic adventures, battles, naval engagements, remarkable incidents, and glorious achievements in the cause of freedom, from the period of the French and Indian Wars to the close of the Mexican War; independent of an account of warlike operations on land and sea

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9157
Author
Neff, Jacob K.
Date of Publication
1849.
Call Number
090 L244hi 1849
  1 website  
Author
Neff, Jacob K.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
G. Hills,
Date of Publication
1849.
Physical Description
684 p. illus. 22 cm.
Subjects
Military art and science.
United States - History, Military - To 1900.
United States - History, Naval - To 1900.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244hi 1849
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A history of the original settlements on the Delaware : from its discovery by Hudson to the colonization under William Penn : to which is added an account of the ecclesiastical affairs of the Swedish settlers, and a history of Wilmington, from its first settlement to the present time

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7586
Author
Ferris, Benjamin,
Date of Publication
1846.
Call Number
974.802814 F394
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Benjamin Ferris.
Author
Ferris, Benjamin,
Place of Publication
Wilmington
Publisher
Wilson & Heald,
Date of Publication
1846.
Physical Description
312 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Delaware - History.
Delaware - Church history.
Wilmington (Del.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
974.802814 F394
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Journal of the first session of the tenth House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Lancaster, on Tuesday, the third day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and of the Commonwealth the twenty-fourth

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20528
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.
Date of Publication
1799 [i.e. 1800].
Call Number
Book 20a.1
  1 website  
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.
Place of Publication
Lancaster [Pa.]
Publisher
Printed by Francis & Robert Bailey, in King-Street.,
Date of Publication
1799 [i.e. 1800].
Physical Description
439, [1], 59, [1], 18 p. ; 34 cm. (fol.)
Notes
The session ended March 17, 1800.
Signatures: [A]² B-5S² ²[A]² ²B-P² ³ [A]² ³B-D² ³E1.
Title vignette: state seal.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Signature of Richard Smith at top of title page.
Book number 20a.1 as arranged by Yeates.
"Appendix. Receipts and expenditures in the Treasury of Pennsylvania, from the first of January to the thirty-first of December, 1799, both days inclusive."--Page 59, [1] p. at end, with separate title page.
"Report of the register-general of the state of Pennsylvania for the year 1799"--18 p. at end, with separate title page.
Evans
Bound in library boards with leather spine.
Subjects
Finance, Public - Pennsylvania.
Finance, Public.
Pennsylvania.
Relief prints - Seals - Pennsylvania - 1800.
Additional Author
Bailey, Francis,
Bailey, Robert,
Yeates, Jasper,
Smith, Richard.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Treasury.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 20a.1
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Journal of the first session of the thirteenth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which commenced at Lancaster, on Tuesday, the seventh day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and two

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20599
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. House of Representatives
Date of Publication
1802.
Call Number
Yeates Book 24b 1802
  1 website  
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. House of Representatives
Place of Publication
Lancaster [Pa.]
Publisher
Printed by George Helmfold, Junior,
Date of Publication
1802.
Physical Description
679 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes
Jasper Yeates Colonial Law Library.
Signature of Yeates at top of title page.
Book number 24 as assigned by Yeates.
Full leather binding with morocco spine label and printed label Yeates 168 above..
Subjects
Legislative journals - Pennsylvania.
Politics and government
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Place
United States Pennsylvania Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Yeates Book 24b 1802
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[Colonial records of Pennsylvania]

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Date of Publication
1838-1853.
Call Number
974.8 P415
  1 website  
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
Printed by T. Fenn,
Date of Publication
1838-1853.
Physical Description
16 volumes illustrations (volumes 7) tables 22 cm
Notes
The first three volumes of the Colonial records are from the first edition. Their pagination does not correspond to the references from Dunn's "Index to the Colonial Records". Dunn's index refers to the second edition. Patrons can find the second editions of volumes 1-3 online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010447960. A link to this webpage is near the bottom of this library record. Look for the field "Electronic Location".
Collection of documents, supplemented by the companion series "Pennsylvania archives". (See preliminary reports of the committees, and of the editors, S. Hazard, and the Act providing for the publication, 1837, in Pennsylvania archives, v. 1, p. 1-23, especially p. 7 and 17-23, where the present collection is officially designated as the "Colonial records", a title not used in printing, the volumes having special titles only, as given in "Contents" below).
Errors in paging: nos. 158-167, 499 ommitted, v. 3; nos. 209-224 repeated, v. 16; numerous other errors.
V. 12, minutes of the Supreme executive council from May 21, 1779-July 12, 1781; v. 13, July 13, 1781-Dec. 31, 1783; v. 14, Jan. 1, 1784-Apr. 3, 1786; v. 15, July 4, 1786-Feb. 6, 1789; v. 16, Feb. 7, 1789-Dec. 20, 1790.
Contents
v. 1-10. Minutes of the Provincial council of Pennsylvania, from the organization to the termination of the proprietary government: v. 1, Mar. 10, 1683-Nov. 27, 1700; v. 2, Dec. 18, 1700-May 16, 1717; v. 3, May 31, 1717-Jan. 23, 1735-6: v. 4, Feb. 7, 1735-6-Oct. 15, 1745: v. 5, Dec. 17, 1745-Mar. 20, 1754: v. 6, Apr. 2, 1754-Jan. 29, 1756: v. 7, Jan. 29, 1756-Jan. 11, 1758: v. 8,Jan. 13, 1758-Oct. 4, 1762; v. 9, Oct. 15, 1762-Oct. 17, 1771; v. 10, Oct. 18, 1771-Sept. 27, 1775, with minutes of the Council of safety from June 30, 1775, to Nov. 12, 1776.--v. 11-16. Minutes of the Supreme executive council of Pennsylvania, from its organization to the termination of the revolution: v. 11, Proceedings of Council of safety, Nov. 13, 1776-Mar. 17 [i.e. 13] 1777, Oct. 17-Dec. 4, 1777; memorandum from Dec. 31, 1776-Mar. 17, 1777; minutes of the Supreme executive council Mar. 4, 1777-May 20, 1779.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Sources.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Sources.
Pennsylvania.
United States.
History.
Sources.
Additional Author
Hazard, Samuel,
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Provincial Council.
Pennsylvania. Committee of Safety.
Pennsylvania. Supreme Executive Council.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
974.8 P415
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Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Lancaster, the third day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and five, and of the independence of the United States of America the thirtieth. : Volume XVI

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20690
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Date of Publication
1805 [i.e. 1806].
Call Number
Book 28 1805
  1 website  
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate.
Place of Publication
Lancaster [Pa.]
Publisher
Printed by John Burnside.,
Date of Publication
1805 [i.e. 1806].
Physical Description
478 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes
Journal of the session which began Dec. 3, 1805 and concluded Mar. 31, 1806.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Signature of Yeates at top of title page.
Book number 28 as assigned by Yeates.
"Appointments made by the governor of Pennsylvania, since March seventeenth, one thousand eight hundred, (the date of the last report of the secretary of the commonwealth, to the legislature) with the dates of their commissions, and the names of their sureties ..."--Page 423-461.
"Expiration of the appointments of the members of Senate."--Page 478.
Report of a committee 21 pages printed by William Hamilton.
Shaw & Shoemaker
Full tooled leather binding with maroon title on spine.
Subjects
Legislative journals - Pennsylvania.
Employees.
Legislative journals.
Politics and government
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.
Pennsylvania - Officials and employees.
Pennsylvania.
Additional Author
Burnside, John,
Yeates, Jaspe,r
Place
United States Pennsylvania Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 28 1805
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Journal of the seventeenth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : commenced at Lancaster, on Tuesday, the second day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, and of the commonwealth the thirty-first

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20691
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.
Date of Publication
1806 [i.e. 1807].
Call Number
Book 28a 1806
  1 website  
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.
Place of Publication
Lancaster [Pa.]
Publisher
Printed by William Hamilton, West King-Street.,
Date of Publication
1806 [i.e. 1807].
Physical Description
876, xxxix, [1] p. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Journal of the session which began Dec. 2, 1806 and concluded Apr. 13, 1807.
Error in paging: p. 496 misnumbered 474.
Last page blank.
Signature of Yeates at top of title page.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Book number 28 as assigned by Yeates
"Index to the Journal of the seventeenth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Lancaster: Printed by William Hamilton, West King-Street. 1807"--Xxxix p., 2nd count. With separate title page.
Shaw & Shoemaker
Subjects
Legislative journals - Pennsylvania.
Legislative journals.
Politics and government
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.
Pennsylvania.
Additional Author
Hamilton, William,
Yeates, Jasper,
Place
United States Pennsylvania Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 28a 1806
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Journal of the eighteenth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : commenced at Lancaster, on Tuesday, the first day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seven, and of the commonwealth the thirty-second

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20695
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.
Date of Publication
1807.
Call Number
Yeates Book 29 1807-1808
  1 website  
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives.
Place of Publication
Lancaster [Pa.]
Publisher
Printed by Benjamin Grimler.,
Date of Publication
1807.
Physical Description
2 v. in 1 ; 22 cm.
Notes
Vol. 1 contains the proceedings from the start of the session on Dec. 1, 1807 through Jan. 28, 1808; v. 2 contains the proceedings from Jan. 29, 1808 through Mar. 28, 1808.
Title of v. 2 varies, with addition of "Vol. II."
Imprint of v. 2 varies: Lancaster, Printed by Benjamin Grimler--1808.
Vol. 1: 442 p.; v. 2: 455, [1], 16, 40 p.
Errors in paging: v. 1, p. 10, 211 misnumbered 01, 111; v. 2, p. 203 misnumbered 103.
"In the House of Representatives, Saturday, March 26th, 1808. Resolved, that the clerk of the House of Representatives insert at the end of the Journal of this session, the titles of all petitions, reports, bills and resolutions, that have, or may be acted upon and left unfinished ..."--V. 2, 16 p., 2nd count.
"Index to the Journal of the eighteenth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Lancaster, Printed by Benjamin Grimler. 1808"--V. 2, 40 p., 3rd count. With separate title page.
Jasper Yeastes's Colonial Law Library.
Signature of Yeates at top of title page of volume 1.
Book number 29 as assigned by Yeates.
Shaw & Shoemaker
Full leather binding with maroon spine title.with Yeates 157 above title.
Subjects
Legislative journals - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.
Additional Author
Grimler, Benjamin,
Yeates, Jasper,
Place
United States Pennsylvania Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Yeates Book 29 1807-1808
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