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The pretensions of Thomas Jefferson to the presidency examined ; and the charges against John Adams refuted : addressed to the citizens of America in general ; and particularly to the electors of the president

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Author
Smith, William Loughton,
Date of Publication
October 1796.
Call Number
Yeates Book 459 1796
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Thacher's tracts
Author
Smith, William Loughton,
Place of Publication
United States [Philadelphia]
Publisher
[Printed by John Fenno],
Date of Publication
October 1796.
Physical Description
64 pages ; 22 cm (8vo)
Notes
Attributed to William Smith by Evans. "In their preparation Mr. Smith is said to have been assisted by Oliver Wolcott."
"End of first part."--Foot of p. 64. The second part was published in November.
Place of publication and printer's name suggested by Evans.
Jasper Yeate's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature as Judge Yeates at top of title page.
Book number 459 as assigned by Yeates.
Bound with 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 -- An enquiry into the principles and tendency of certain public measures. Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson... 1784 -- Observations on the speech of Albert 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,
Subjects
Adams, John, - 1735-1826.
Jefferson, Thomas, - 1743-1826.
Politics and government
United States - Politics and government - 1789-1797.
United States.
Three-quarters leather on marbled boards.
Additional Author
Wolcott, Oliver,
Fenno, John,
Thacher, George,
Yeates, Jasper,
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Yeates Book 459 1796
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The Speeches at full length of Mr. Van Ness : Mr. Caines, the Attorney-general [Ambrose Spencer], Mr. Harrison, and General Hamilton, in the great cause of the people, against Harry Croswell, on an indictment for a libel on Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States

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Date of Publication
1804 (New York :
Call Number
Book 600 1804
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Place of Publication
[Place of publication not identified]
Publisher
[publisher not identified], G. & R. Waite)
Date of Publication
1804 (New York :
Physical Description
78 pages ; 23 cm
Notes
"This was an issue of traverse upon an indictment, found at the general sessions of the peace for the county of Columbia [N.Y.] ... and removed into the Supreme Court by Certiorari, and tried before his honor the Chief Justice, at the Circuit in Columbia ..." [p. [3].
Concerns request for a new trial.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 600 as assigned by Yeates.
Hand-written eontents on flyleaf.
Bound with Trial of Thomas O. Selfridge...for killing Charles Austin,,,Boston: Russell and Cutler, 1807? - The trial of the boot & shoemakers of Philadelphia...Philadelphia: B. Graves, 1806 - A faithfull report of the trial of the cause of Philip I. Arcularius...New York: Bernard Dornin, 1807.-.A correct statement of the whole preliminary controversy between Tho. O. Selfridge and Benj. Austin...Charlestown: Samuel Etheridge, 1807.
Subjects
Jefferson, Thomas, - 1743-1826.
Libel and slander - New York (State)
Libel and slander.
New York (State)
Full leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Croswell, Harry,
Van Ness, William Peter,
Hamilton, Alexander,
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Corporate Author
New York (State). Supreme Court.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 600 1804
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Milcah Martha Moore's book : a commonplace book from Revolutionary America

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Date of Publication
c1997.
Call Number
810.8 M823
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Responsibility
edited by Catherine La Courreye Blecki and Karin A. Wulf.
ISBN
0271016906 (cloth : alk. paper)
0271016914 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Place of Publication
University Park, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press,
Date of Publication
c1997.
Physical Description
xxiv, 341 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-327) and indexes.
Summary
"Moore compiled her commonplace book during the American Revolution, carefully selecting works of poetry and prose that she and her friends most enjoyed reading and wanted to remember. Contained are 126 works of prose and poetry by at least sixteen different authors, mostly women....Moore's Book is the richest surviving body of evidence revealing the nature and substance of women's intellectual community in British America" [from the publisher]
Subjects
Moore, Milcah Martha, - 1740-1829 - Friends and associates.
American literature
American literature - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Commonplace-books.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - Intellectual life - 18th century - Sources.
Additional Author
Moore, Milcah Martha,
Blecki, Catherine L.
Wulf, Karin A.,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
810.8 M823
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Memory's daughters : the material culture of remembrance in eighteenth-century America

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Author
Stabile, Susan M.,
Date of Publication
2004.
Call Number
974.81102 S775
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Responsibility
Susan M. Stabile.
ISBN
0801440319 (acidfree paper)
Author
Stabile, Susan M.,
Place of Publication
Ithaca
Publisher
Cornell University Press,
Date of Publication
2004.
Physical Description
xiii, 284 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes
This book studies the writings of Elizabeth Fergusson, Hannah Griffitts, Deborah Logan, Annis Stockton, and Susanna Wright.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-276) and index.
Summary
"They wrote and exchanged thousands of poems and maintained elaborate handwritten commonplace books of memorabilia. Through their creativity and celebrated hospitality , they initiated a salon culture in their great country houses in the Delaware Valley .... Susan Sabile shows that these female writers sought to memorialize their lives and aesthetic experience - a purpose that stands in marked contrast to the civic concerns of male authors in the republican era." [from the dust cover]
Subjects
Women - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Women poets, American - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - Biography.
American poetry
Memory - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Material culture - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Architecture, Domestic - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Commonplace books.
Souvenirs (Keepsakes) - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Women and literature - United States
Philadelphia (Pa.) - Intellectual life - 18th century.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.81102 S775
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Celebration in Lancaster in honor of Jefferson's inauguration

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1930
Celebration in Lancaster in Honor of Jefferson's Inauguration By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER W EDNESDAY, March 4th, 1801, the day on which Thomas Jefferson was inaugurated third president of the United States, was celebrated in Lancaster with festive joy. The early beams of the day were announced by
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Responsibility
by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1930
Physical Description
182-183 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 34, no. 8
Subjects
Jefferson, Thomas, - 1743-1826 - Inauguration 1801.
Presidents - United States
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 34, number 8 (1930), p. 182-183Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.34
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A narrative of the suppression by Col. Burr, of the history of the administration of John Adams, late President of the United States, written by John Wood ... To which is added a biography of Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States; and of General Hamilton: with strictures on the conduct of John Adams, and on the character of General C.C. Pinckney. Extracted verbatim from the suppressed history

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Author
Cheetham, James,
Date of Publication
1802.
Call Number
Book 460 1802
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Responsibility
By a citizen of New-York.
Author
Cheetham, James,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Printed by Denniston and Cheetham,
Date of Publication
1802.
Physical Description
72 pages 21 cm
Notes
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Book number 460 as asssigned by Yeates.
Bound with Features of Mr. Jay's treaty. to which is annexed a view of the commerce of the United States, as it stands at present, and as it is fixed by Mr. Jay's treaty. Philadelphia: printed by Land & Ustick, for Mathew Carey, 1795. -- Report of the Commmittee of the House of Representatives of the United States appointed to prepare and report articles of impeachment against William Blount, a Senator of the United States.... Printed by John Fenno, Place and date not specified -- Instructions to the envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary from the United States of Ameridca, to the French Republic,.... Philadelphia: Printed by W. Ross in Locust Street...[1798].--.Message from the President of the United States, accompanying sundry papers relative to the affairs of the United States with the French Republic. 18 January,1799, published by order of the House of Representatives -- Message from the President of the United States, accompanying a report of the Secretary of State....Philadelphia: Printed by John Ward Fenno. 1700.--.Report of the Committee, to whom was referred, so much of the President's speech, as relates to a revision and amended of the judiciary system.1 May 1800, published by order of the House of Representatives
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Preface -- A narrative [of the suppression by Col. Burr of the history of the administration of John Adams] -- Biography of Mr. Jefferson -- Biography of Mr. Hamiltion -- Of General Washington -- Of Jonathan Dayton -- Of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney -- Quarrell at Trenton between Mr. Adams and his ministers.
Subjects
Wood, John, - 1775?-1822.
Adams, John, - 1735-1826.
Jefferson, Thomas, - 1743-1826.
Hamilton, Alexander, - 1757-1804.
Burr, Aaron, - 1756-1836.
Three-quarters leather on marbled boards (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 460 1802
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Essays on the literary and intellectual history of South Carolina : from The XIX century, 1869-1870

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Author
Simms, William Gilmore,
Date of Publication
1977.
Call Number
928.1 R179s
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Responsibility
by William Gilmore Simms ; with a preface and an index by J.R. Scafidel.
Author
Simms, William Gilmore,
Place of Publication
Columbia
Publisher
Southern Studies Program, University of South Carolina,
Date of Publication
1977.
Physical Description
iii, 61 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Limited ed. of 300 copies issued with the College of Charleston.
Reprinted from the original issues in the South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina.
Contents
Intellectual growth in the Southern states.--Our early authors.--Intellectual progress in the South.--Early literary progress in South Carolina.--Early writers of South Carolina.--Reminiscences of South Carolina literary progress.
Subjects
Ramsay, David, - 1749-1815.
American literature - South Carolina
American literature
Southern States - Intellectual life.
Additional Title
The XIX century (Charleston, S.C.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
928.1 R179s
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Obsequies held in Lancaster in honor of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1930
, Wednesday, June 25th, 1845. 2 Lancaster Democrat, Wednesday, June 25th, 1845. 3 The oration of Judge Ellis Lewis was published in the Lancaster Demo- crat of Wednesday, July 2nd, 1845, and in the Examiner and Herald of the same date. Obsequies Held in Lancaster In Honor of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams By
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by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1930
Physical Description
204-207 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 34, no. 9
Subjects
Jefferson, Thomas, - 1743-1826.
Adams, John, - 1735-1826.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 34, number 9 (1930), p. 204-207Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.34
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When Lancaster was Pennsylvania's capital

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Author
Heiges, George L.
Date of Publication
1951
come to Lancaster in 1794 from Philadelphia where he had learned the printing trade in the office of Benjamin Franklin Bache. Taking over the ownership of the Journal in 1796, Hamilton at that time favored Jeffersonian principles and espoused the cause of Thomas Jefferson for the Presidency, but by the
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Responsibility
by George L. Heiges.
Author
Heiges, George L.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1951
Physical Description
[1]-48 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 55, no. 1
Copy of entire series bound at LC 09 H465.
Subjects
Mifflin, Thomas, - 1744-1800.
McKean, Thomas, - 1734-1817.
Jefferson, Thomas, - 1743-1826.
Elections - United States.
Elections - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Capital and capitol.
Pennsylvania - History - 1775-1865.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 55, number 1 (1951), p. 1-48Lancaster History Library - Lancaster CountyLancaster History Library - Journal974.815 LACI H465974.9 L245 v.55
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Lancaster at play : leisure in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Date of Publication
2007.
Call Number
790 L244
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Responsibility
editors: James T. Alton and Thomas R. Ryan.
Place of Publication
Ephrata, Pa
Publisher
Cadmus Communications,
Date of Publication
2007.
Physical Description
vi.; 138 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Project manager: Marianne Heckles.
Summary
The third book in a series of photographic histories of the county highlights how Lancastrians had fun and spent their leisure time from the late 1800s to 1970. Its chapters cover a wide range of subjects-from amusement parks to swimming holes to movie theaters to athletic events.
Subjects
Leisure - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - Pictorial works.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 19th century - Pictorial works.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs - 20th century - Pictorial works.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs - 19th century - Pictorial works.
Additional Author
Heckles, Marianne.
Abel, Michael L.
Alton, James T.
Ryan, Thomas R.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
790 L244
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