The magic city : a massive portfolio of original photographic views of the great World's Fair and its treasures of art, including a vivid representation of the famous Midway Plaisance
with graphic descriptions by America's brilliant historical and descriptive writer J.W. Buel.
Place of Publication
St. Louis, Mo
Publisher
Historical Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1894.
Physical Description
1 v. : chiefly ill. ; 29 x 36 cm.
Series
Historical fine arts series
Notes
"A photographic and historical representation of the "magic city" by-the-lake, with its vast treasures of the world's art, reproduced in splendid realism, as it was seen by millions of viewers, in a series of 300 magnificent photographic views."
Proceedings of the manufacturers, mechanics, merchants, traders and others of the City and County of Philadelphia signers of the memorial to Congress asking for the return of the government deposites to the Bank of the United States : with a report of the delegates appointed to represent at Washington the views and wishes of the memorialists, and a statement of their interview with Andrew Jackson
Plan of Lancaster City; a correct survey of the whole; representing all the streets, lots, roads, lanes, alleys, water courses, extension of water mains and their several calibres, plugs and stop cocks, & beautiful views of the city
A Cadastral map showing lot numbers, several calibres, plugs, stop cocks, & beautiful views of the city.
Includes text, list of city ordinances, statistical data as of Jan. 1850, and illus.
Original version ; Philadelphia : P.S. Duval's Steam Lith. Press, [1850?].
Original version : "Entered acording to the act of Congress in the year 1848, by J. Franklin Reigart, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania."
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
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: piⶠB⸠D-Fâ´ [G]â´ H-2Mâ´.
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.
Pennsylvania and the Centennial exposition: comprising the preliminary and final reports of the Pennsylvania board of Centennial managers, made to the Legislature at the sessions of 1877-8; together with a list of the officers and members of the Board and of the associated committees; and historical sketch of the exhibition; an alphabetical catalogue of Pennsylvania exhibitors; and a series of articles relative to the industries, resources and capabilities of the commonwealth
Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : passed at a session, which was begun and held at the city of Philadelphia on Tuesday, the third day of December, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three ... Published by authority. passed at a session, which was begun and held at the city of Philadelphia on Tuesday, the third day of December, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three ... Published by authority
Williams' Lancaster city and county directory for 1896 : including a classified general and business directory of Lancaster city and the boroughs of Adamstown, Akron, Christiana, Columbia, Elizabethtown, Ephrata, Lititz, Manheim, Marietta, Mount Joy, New Holland, Quarryville and Washington; and a general and business directory of the townships of Lancaster County ... Also an appendix, containing a list of county, city and borough officers, churches, societies, etc
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
Proceedings of the right worshipful Grand lodge of the most ancient and honorable fraternity of Free and accepted masons of Pennsylvania, and masonic jurisdiction thereunto belonging, at its celebration of the bi-centenary of the birth of Right Worshipful past grand master brother Benjamin Franklin, held in the Masonic temple, in the city of Philadelphia on Wednesday, March the seventh A. D. 1906--A. L. 5906. Together with an account of the memorial service at his tomb, on Thursday, April the nineteenth A. D. 1906--A. L. 5906
A Brief history of the city of Lancaster : containing an introduction to the settlement of the county, reminiscences of the past and present of the city, the poor house and hospital, the court house, the county jail, the water works, the railroad, the Franklin and Marshall College, the manufactories, the gas works and agricultural park, with many of the old land marks, &c. ; also, the business cards of the principal merchants and manufacturers
Published by Francis Kilburn ; Pearsol & Geist, printers,
Date of Publication
1870.
Physical Description
40 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Notes
Bound with The Bible in Iron (1914) and Old Home Week Manheim, Pa. (1912) -- this copy is missing as of 4/11/2024. Please access using the electronic copy.
The political class-book of the state of Pennsylvania; comprising a familiar exposition of its constitution, and of some of the more important features of the political institutions established in accordance therewith; together with copious remarks on the general principles of governmental power
Cotton mills of Lancaster City, Pennsylvania : a collection of historical information about cotton from the Colonial Days (1770) of Lancaster City, through the 1800's when cotton mills were established, to the demise of the largest mill in the city in 1949, together with data on cotton production and the cotton market through 1976
Loan exhibition of portraits of the signers and deputies to the convention of 1787 and signers of the Declaration of Independence : including their families and associates ... the Corcoran Gallery of Art, city of Washington, November 27, 1937, to February 1, 1938
A brief history of the city of Lancaster; Containing an introduction to the settlement of the county; reminiscences of the past and present of the city; the poor house and hospital; the court house; the county jail; the water works; the railroad; the Franklin and Marshall College; the manufactories; the gas works and agricultural park; with many of the old "land marks," &c
Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania in the olden time : being a collection of memoirs, anecdote, and incidents of the city and its inhabitants, and of the earliest settlements of the inland part of Pennsylvania, from the days of the founders : intended to preserve the recollections of olden time, and to exhibit society in its changes and manners and customs, and the city and country in their local changes and improvements
The American statesman: a political history, exhibiting the origin, nature and practical operation of constitutional government in the United States; the rise and progress of parties, the legislation relating to all matters of national importance, with views of distinguished statesmen on questions of foreign and domestic policy
The City of Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : ... Together with an introductory sketch of the County and City, embracing the commercial, industrial, educational and social life therein : with a brief glance at the work of the various departments of the municipal government
Germantown and the Germans : an exhibition of books, manuscripts, prints, and photographs from the collections of the Library Company of Philadelphia and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, October 1983 to January 1984
The doctrine of the new birth, : exemplified in the life and religious experience of Onesimus, from the eleventh to the twenty-fifth year of his age, or from the year 1779 to 1793, inclusive. : Also, the visions which he saw concerning the city of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, in the days when George Washington was the president of the United States of North America, and in the year of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 1792. The visions with several of the special events of his life shall be illustrated with twenty plates, and the whole designed as a defence of the truth of the Gospel, and proof of the immortality of the human soul. Written in twenty letters, and dedicated to Elder Joseph Maylin. Onesimus
The Christian's new and complete family Bible: or, Universal library of divine knowledge: being a clear, full, and comprehensive exposition and commentary on the Holy Scriptures, containing the sacred texts of the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocrypha at large; illustrated with annotations and commentaries ... Together with practical reflections on each chapter, and notes, historical, chronological, biographical, moral, and divine
by those eminent divines, Henry, Doddridge, Gill, Brown, &c. &c. ...
Place of Publication
Berwick
Publisher
Printed for John Taylor.
Date of Publication
[1788]?.
Physical Description
568 leaves plates 41 cm (fol.)
Notes
Printed in double columns.
Some plates engraved by E. Kirkall, J. Mynde and others, after L. Cheron, Raphael, and others.
New Testament has special t.p. with imprint: Berwick: Printed by and for John Taylor; and sold by the booksellers of London, Edinburgh ... [etc.] and by all the other booksellers in Great-Britain.
