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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

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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 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

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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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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

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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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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

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Author
Rupp, I. Daniel
Date of Publication
1846.; 1975]
Call Number
974.84 R946
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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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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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Author
Gallatin, Albert,
Date of Publication
1847.
Call Number
815 P769 # 7
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Albert Gallatin.
Author
Gallatin, Albert,
Place of Publication
[N.p.]
Date of Publication
1847.
Physical Description
16 p. 23 cm.
Notes
In: Political Speeches.
Summary
Former Congressman, diplomat, and Secretary of the Treasury, Gallatin examines the annexation of Texas by the United States and the resulting war with Mexico. He believed that the United States's insistence that the Rio Grande River be considered as the Texas boundary was an act of war . He opposed the Mexican War.
Subjects
United States - Politics and government - 1845-1849.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
815 P769 # 7
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Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery in Ireland : during the time of Lord Redesdale

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21508
Corporate Author
Ireland. High Court of Chancery.
Date of Publication
1808-1811.
Call Number
Book 542 1808
Book 543 1811
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Responsibility
by John Schoales and Thomas Lefroy.
Corporate Author
Ireland. High Court of Chancery.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
I. Riley,
Date of Publication
1808-1811.
Physical Description
2 volumes ; 24 cm
Notes
Vol. 2 has imprint: New York : Franklin Co.
Includes indexes.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signataure at top of title page.
Book numbers 542 and 543 as assigned by Yeates.
Contents
v. 1. The cases from the beginning of Easter term, 1802 to the end of Easter term, 1804 -- v. 2. The cases from the beginning of Trinity term, 1804 to the period of Lord Redesdale's resignation of the Great Seal [i.e. 1807].
Subjects
Law reports, digests, etc. - Ireland.
Equity - Ireland - Cases.
Equity.
Law reports, digests, etc.
Ireland.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Redesdale, John Mitford,
Schoales, John.
Lefroy, Thomas Langlois,
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 542 1808
Book 543 1811
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Index to the journal of the convention who framed the present Constitution, and of the convention in committee of the whole. : Also, a concise index to the Constitution itself

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention
Date of Publication
1808.
Call Number
Book 585 1808
  1 website  
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention
Place of Publication
Philadelphia [Pa.]
Publisher
Printed by John Bioren, No. 88, Chesnut-Street.,
Date of Publication
1808.
Physical Description
20 p. ; 22 cm (8vo)
Notes
Not in Shaw & Shoemaker.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Book number 585 as assigned by Yeates.
Contents
Bound with Minutes of the proceedings of the convention of the state of Pennsylvania...Philadelphia, Henry Miller, 1776 - Minutes of the convention of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania...Philadelpha: Hall and Sellers, 1787 - Minutes of the convention of the commonwealth of Pennshvania...Philadelphia: Zacharia Poulson, 1789 - Minutes of the grand committee of the whole convention of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania,..Philadelphia: Zachariah Poulson, 1789. - Minutes of the grand committee of the whole convention of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania...the twenty-fourth day of November 1790.
Subjects
Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania. - Constitutional Convention - (1789-1790)
Politics and government.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.
Three-quarters leather on blue boards.
No spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 585 1808
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Debates and other proceedings of the Convention of Virginia : convened at Richmond, on Monday the second day of June, 1788, for the purpose of deliberating on the Constitution recommended by the grand Federal convention ; to which is prefixed the Federal Constitution

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21683
Corporate Author
Virginia.
Edition
2d ed.
Date of Publication
1805.
Call Number
Book 604 1805
  1 website  
Responsibility
taken in short hand by David Robertson of Petersburg.
Corporate Author
Virginia.
Edition
2d ed.
Place of Publication
Richmond
Publisher
Ritchie & Worsley and Augustine Davis,
Date of Publication
1805.
Physical Description
viii, 477 pages ; 22 cm
Notes
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 604 as assigned by Yeates.
Subjects
Virginia. - Convention - (1788)
Virginia. - Convention.
Constitutions - United States.
Constitutions.
United States.
Annotations - 19th century.
Printed books - 19th century - United States - Virginia - Richmond - Specimens.
Digital images.
Full leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Robertson, David,
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 604 1805
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Reports of the trials of Colonel Aaron Burr, (late vice president of the United States,) for treason, and for a misdemeanor, in preparing the means of a military expedition against Mexico, a territory of the King of Spain, with whom the United States were at peace. In the Circuit court of the United States, held at the city of Richmond, in the district of Virginia, in the summer term of the year 1807. To which is added, an appendix, containing the arguments and evidence in support and defence of the motion afterwards made by the counsel for the United States, to commit A. Burr, H. Blannerhassett [sic] and I. Smith to be sent for trial to the state of Kentucky, for treason or misdemeanor, alleged to be committed there

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Author
Burr, Aaron,
Date of Publication
1808.
Call Number
Book 617 1808
  2 websites  
Responsibility
Taken in short hand by David Robertson ...
Author
Burr, Aaron,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Published by Hopkins and Earle, Fry and Kammerer, printers,
Date of Publication
1808.
Physical Description
2 volumes 23 cm
Notes
LCHS wanting vol. 2.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 617 as assigned by Yeates.
Subjects
Burr, Aaron, - 1756-1836
Burr, Aaron, - 1756-1836.
Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807.
Trials (Treason) - United States.
Trials (Treason)
United States.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Trial proceedings - Pennsylvania - 19th century.
Repaired spine on blue boards (Binding)
Printed label on spine (Binding)
Additional Author
Blennerhassett, Harman,
Smith, I.
Robertson, David,
Yeates, Jasper,l
Additional Corporate Author
United States. Circuit Court (District of Virginia)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 617 1808
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Date of Publication
1836-1840.
Call Number
630.5 F23
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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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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

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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

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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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