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The constitution and ordinances of the city of Philadelphia

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Corporate Author: Philadelphia (Pa.)

Date of Publication: MDCCXC. [1790]

Call Number: Book 615 1790

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Corporate Author: Philadelphia (Pa.)

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed by Hall & Sellers, in Market between Front and Second-Streets.,

Date of Publication: MDCCXC. [1790]

Physical Description: xxxii, 87, [1] p. ; 20 cm. (12mo)

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 615 as assigned by Yeates.; Evans

Subjects: Philadelphia (Pa.). - Councils. - Common Council - Rules and practice.; Philadelphia (Pa.). - Mayor.; Philadelphia (Pa.). - Councils. - Common Council.; Ordinances, Municipal - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Municipal corporations - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Municipal corporations.; Ordinances, Municipal.; Politics and government.; Philadelphia (Pa.) - Politics and government.; Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Rules.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Hall, David,; Hall, William,; Sellers, William,; Yeates, Jasper,

Place: United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 615 1790

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Claypoole's American daily advertiser

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Date of Publication: 1796-1800.

Call Number: Newspaper 1 1791-1792; Newspaper 2 1795; Newspaper 3 1796; Newspaper 4 1797; Newspaper 5 1798; Newspaper 11 1794

Alternate Title: American daily advertiser

ISSN: 2638-4876

Place of Publication: Philadelphia [Pa.]

Publisher: D.C. and S. Claypoole,

Date of Publication: 1796-1800.

Physical Description: 5 volumes : illustrations (chiefly advertisements) ; 49-55 cm

Publication Frequency: Daily (except Sunday)

Dates of Publication: No. 5219 (Jan. 1, 1796)-no. 7421 (Sept. 30, 1800).; LHO has No. 18 (JUn 1, 1791- -no. 6879 (Dec 31 1798)

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeate's signature on some of individual issues.; Newspaper 1-5 as assigned by LHO.; Brigham, C.S. Amer. newspapers

Subjects: Philadelphia (Pa.) - Newspapers.; Philadelphia County (Pa.) - Newspapers.; Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Pennsylvania - Philadelphia County.; Newspapers.; Vol. 1: Three-quarters leather on marbled boards (Binding); Vols 2-5: Three-quarters leather on blue boards (Binding); Typed title affixed to spine (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Place: United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia Philadelphia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Newspaper 1 1791-1792; Newspaper 2 1795; Newspaper 3 1796; Newspaper 4 1797; Newspaper 5 1798; Newspaper 11 1794

The Independent gazetteer, or, The chronicle of freedom

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Date of Publication: 1782-1790.

Call Number: Newspaper 9 1782-1783; Newspaper 10 1783-1785; Newspaper 14 1785-1786; Newspaper 15 1786-1787; Newspaper 16 1787-1788; Newspaper 17 1788-1789; Newspaper 18 1789-1890

Alternate Title: Independent gazetteer; Chronicle of freedom

ISSN: 2575-0801

Place of Publication: Philadelphia [Pa.]

Publisher: E. Oswald,

Date of Publication: 1782-1790.

Physical Description: volumes ; 29 cm

Publication Frequency: Daily (except Sunday), Oct. 7, 1786-Jan. 9, 1790

Dates of Publication: No. 1 (Apr. 13, 1782)-no. 199 (Aug. 20, 1785) ; vol. 4, no. 200 (Aug. 27, 1785)-v. 9, no. 1270 (Jan. 9, 1790).

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; No signature.; Newspaper 9-10 as assigned by LHO.; Brigham, C.S. Amer. newspapers

Subjects: Philadelphia (Pa.) - Newspapers.; Philadelphia County (Pa.) - Newspapers.; Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Pennsylvania - Philadelphia County.; Newspapers.; Periodicals.; Three-quarters leather on marbled boards (Binding); Typed label affixed to spine (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,,

Place: United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia Philadelphia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Newspaper 9 1782-1783; Newspaper 10 1783-1785; Newspaper 14 1785-1786; Newspaper 15 1786-1787; Newspaper 16 1787-1788; Newspaper 17 1788-1789; Newspaper 18 1789-1890

Rice and Co's catalogue of books

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Corporate Author: Rice and Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Date of Publication: 1790?]

Call Number: Book 1035 1790?

Corporate Author: Rice and Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Place of Publication: [Philadelphia

Publisher: s.n.,

Date of Publication: 1790?]

Physical Description: 60 p. ; 17 cm. (12mo)

Notes: The only known copy, held by the American Antiquarian Society, lacks title page. Title taken from caption title.; Rice and Co. were booksellers in Philadelphia from Oct. 4, 1787 to Dec. 1, 1792. Page [19] of this catalogue lists "Picture of England 1790." Bristol suggests 1791 as the date of publication.; Signatures: A-Eâ¶ (E6 missigned F).; Apparently from the personal library of Yeates.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 1035 not assigned by Yeates.; Bristol, R.P. Supplement to Charles Evans' American bibliography,; Shipton, C.K. National index of American imprints through 1800,; Winans, R.B. Descriptive checklist of book catalogues separately printed in America, 1693-1800,; English short title catalogue,

Subjects: Booksellers and bookselling - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Booksellers and bookselling.; Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Booksellers' catalogs - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Three-quarters leather on linen boards (Binding); No spine title (Binding).

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Place: United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 1035 1790?

Philadelphia gazette and universal daily advertiser

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Date of Publication: 1794-1800.

Call Number: Newspaper 30 1799; Newspaper 31 1800; Newspaper 32 1801; Newspaper 33 1802; Newspaper 34 1803; Newspaper 35 1806; Newspaper 36 1807; Newspaper 37 1808; Newspaper 38 1809; Newspaper 39 1811; Newspaper 40 1812; Newspaper 41 1814; Newspaper 42 1815

Alternate Title: Philadelphia gazette & universal daily advertiser; Universal daily advertiser

Place of Publication: [Philadelphia, Pa.]

Publisher: Andrew Brown,

Date of Publication: 1794-1800.

Physical Description: 13 volumes : illustrations (chiefly advertisements) ; 48-55 cm

Publication Frequency: Daily (except Sun.)

Dates of Publication: Vol. 16, no. 3187 (Jan. 2, 1799) - no. 3484 (Dec. 31, 1799).

Notes: Published by Brown & Relf, July 2, 1799-June 17, 1800.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; No signatures.; Newspaper number 30-42 as assigned by LHO.

Subjects: American newspapers - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; American newspapers.; Philadelphia (Pa.) - Newspapers.; Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Newspapers.; Three-quarter leather on blue boards (Binding); 1812 and 1815 volumes havwe three-quarters leather on marbled boards (Binding); 1814 volume had three-aquarter leather on decorated boards (Binding); Typed title affixed to spine (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Place: United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Newspaper 30 1799; Newspaper 31 1800; Newspaper 32 1801; Newspaper 33 1802; Newspaper 34 1803; Newspaper 35 1806; Newspaper 36 1807; Newspaper 37 1808; Newspaper 38 1809; Newspaper 39 1811; Newspaper 40 1812; Newspaper 41 1814; Newspaper 42 1815

Archive

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Collection: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Title: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Object ID: MG0331

Date Range: 1762-2003

8 Scope and Content Note: The Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection contains correspondence between Adam Reigart, Jr. in Lancaster and Philip Wager in Philadelphia and their families. The letters are primarily from the early nineteenth century and provide information about family illness

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Collection: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Title: Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection

Description: The Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection contains correspondence between Adam Reigart, Jr. in Lancaster and Philip Wager in Philadelphia and their families. The letters are primarily from the early nineteenth century and provide information about family illness, travel, visits, business, and family chatter. The receipts and invoices show purchases made in Lancaster and Philadelphia, especially clothing, fabric, dry goods, and meat. The remainder of the collection is made up of newspaper articles, books, and an album of poetry and drawings. The items were housed in a gig trunk which is now in the museum collection.

Admin/Biographical History: Adam Reigart, Jr. (1765-1844) was born in Lancaster. He was the eldest son of Col. Adam Reigart, owner of the Grape Tavern which served as general headquarters during the Revolutionary War. Adam Jr. founded the Reigart Wine Store in 1785 and was in business with Philip Wager in Philadelphia and Philip's son Peter throughout his career. He was the first president of the Lancaster branch of the Bank of Pennsylvania, and was involved with the Conestoga Navigation Company and the Union Fire Company.; Adam Jr. married Mary Magdalena Wager (1772-1806) in 1791. Mary was the daughter of Philip Wager, a Philadelphia wine merchant. They had eight daughters and a son. Susan married Stephen C. Slaymaker and Margaretta married Henry Y. Slaymaker.

Date Range: 1762-2003

Year Range From: 1762

Year Range To: 2003

Date of Accumulation: 1762-2003

Creator: Murphy, John Slaughter, 1921-2011

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Arnold, Benedict; Baker, W.; Bare, Jacob; Blight, Peter; Boughter, Charles; Breidenhart, George; Brien, Edward; Brown, Luke; Butter, Charles; Cassidy, Edward; Clarke, John; Clendenin, Samuel; Coleman, Edward; Coleman, William; Edwards, Susanna; Ehler, John; Fisher, Sammy; Fox, Sam M.; Frey, John; Gaskill, Edmund; Gay, Edward F.; Getz, John; Givens, John; Graeff, George; Greland, D.; Hahn, B. Christian; Harrison, George; Haverstick, William; Hopkins, A. R.; Hopkins, Ann; Houston, James; Hubley, Frederick; Hubley, Joseph; Hultzheimer, N.; Hyde, Charles; Irving, Robert; Jack, Joshua; Kauffman, Jacob; King, George; Kirkpatrick, William; Kline, Jacob; Lane, John; Leiper, George G.; Lowry, Robert; Lowry, Robert K.; Mayer, George Louis; Metzger, Emanuel; Metzger, George; Metzger, Jacob; Miller, Barbara; Miller, Henry; Miller, Martin; Miller, Philip; Montgomery, William; Morris, John; Mosher, Joseph; Murphy, John Slaughter; Myer, John; Myers, John; Newlin, Nathaniel; Nice, Levi; Nimrod, Maxwell; Ogilby, Joseph; Otto, Jacob S.; Otto, John C.; Pennington, Edward; Peters, Abraham; Phinney, Zina; Price, Joseph; Price, Richard; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Adam, Jr.; Reigart, Ann; Reigart, Emanuel; Reigart, Henrietta; Reigart, Maria Wager; Reigart, Mary; Reigart, Mary C.; Reigart, Philip Wager; Reigart, Susan; Rimfast, John; Sample, Joseph; Schaubel, Johannis; Sener, Samuel Miller; Sewell, Charles S.; Shaeffer, Jacob; Shenk, Abraham; Shenk, Christian; Shippen, Peggy; Singer, A.; Slaymaker, Henry Edwin; Slaymaker, Mary Steele; Slaymaker, Stephen Cochran; Smith, Ann; Smith, Anthony; Smith, Ralph; Stein, Philip; Steinman, George; Stewart, William; Sullivan, Susannah; Wager, George; Wager, Hannah; Wager, James; Wager, Mary; Wager, Peter; Wager, Philip H.; Wager, Sally; Wager, Sophia; Wager, William; Walsh, Christopher; Wentz, Thomas; Wertz, Christian; Wharton, Charles; Whitaker, George; Whitaker, John; Wimer, Michael; Winroth, Margaret; Witmer, David; Woodmund, William; Yeiser, Philip

Other Creators: Reigart family

Subjects: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Invoices; Letters; Obituaries; Receipts (Acknowledgments)

Search Terms: Adam Reigart and Son; Albums; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Boston, Massachusetts; Brenner and Reed; Cambridge, Massachusetts; Cape May, New Jersey; Charles C. and J. Watson; Christ Church Burial Ground; Cincinnati, Ohio; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Delaware; Dixon Walker and Company; Earp and Brothers; Finding aids; Grape Hotel; Greene County, New York; H. Behlen and Company; Illnesses; Invoices; J. Walker and Company; John Warden and Sons; Kentucky; Lancaster; Lancaster County Almshouse; Lancaster Bar Association; Lancaster Intelligencer; Lancaster Journal; Lancaster New Era; Lancaster Sunday News; Lane Slaymaker and Company; Letters; London, England; Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; Lowry and Myers; Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; Manuscript groups; Margaretta Furnace; Marietta Bank; Morning News; Mount Auburn Cemetery; New York, New York; Newspaper clippings; Obituaries; Ohio; Pennsylvania German Society; Pensacola, Florida; Peter Wager and Company; Philadelphia Inquirer; Pratt and Kintzing; Race Street; Receipts; Reeve's Tavern; South Carolina; Southwark, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Spain; St. James Episcopal Church; Union Fire Company; Vintners; Wager and Company; Washington Fire Company; West Point Military Academy; William Noyes and Company; Wine merchants; York Springs Boarding House; York Springs, York County, Pennsylvania; York, York County, Pennsylvania

Extent: 2 boxes, 35 folders, 1.5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0331

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Gig trunk (2003.078); Adam Reigart Collection (MG0122)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection (MG0331), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2003.078

Other Numbers: MG-331

Classification: MG0331

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid created by KR. Added to database 8 March 2022.

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Dunlap's American daily advertiser

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Date of Publication: 1791-1793.

Call Number: Newspaper 6 1791; Newspaper 7 1792; Newspaper 8 1973

Alternate Title: American daily advertiser

Place of Publication: Philadelphia [Pa.]

Publisher: Printed by John Dunlap,

Date of Publication: 1791-1793.

Physical Description: 3 volumes ; 49-53 cm

Publication Frequency: Daily (except Sun.)

Dates of Publication: No. 3720 (Jan. 1, 1791)-no. 4574 (Dec. 7, 1793).

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; No signature.; Newspapers numbers 6-9 as assigned by LHO.; Vols 1 and 2 have list of Lancaster items laid behind front cover.

Subjects: Philadelphia (Pa.) - Newspapers.; Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.; Newspapers.; Vol 1: Threee-quarters leather on marblede boards (Binding); Vols. 2-5: Three-quarters leather on blue boards (Binding); Typed label affixed to spine.

Additional Author: Dunlap, John,; Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Corporate Author: American Antiquarian Society.

Place: United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia Philadelphia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Newspaper 6 1791; Newspaper 7 1792; Newspaper 8 1973

Record, Judicial

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Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: AUG 1793 F002 QS

Date Range: 1793/08

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

System of Arrangement: Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.; Arranged by case number within each term.

Date Range: 1793/08

Year: 1793

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

People: Sulkey, Catharine; Heist, Catharine; Sulkey, Peter

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Orders; Order for removal; Overseers of the Poor; Little Britain Twp.; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: AUG 1793 F002 QS

Additional Notes: Also: Catharine Heist.; Order of removal from the Overseers of the Poor of Little Britain Twp. to the Overseers of the Poor of Philadelphia.; Additional name: Peter Sulkey.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Probate

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Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Object ID: Ren 1882 F015

Date Range: 1882

Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Description: Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.

Date Range: 1882

Date of Accumulation: 1762-1820, 1821-1842, 1880-1906

Year: 1882

Creator: Register of Wills

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0012

People: Campbell, William Anthony; Campbell, Carrie; Moore, Robert W.

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Renunciation; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Extent: 12 cubic feet

Object Name: Probate

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Ren 1882 F015

Box Number: 012

Associated Material: Administrators Accounts; Miscellaneous Orphans' Court Papers

Additional Notes: Renouncer: Campbell, Carrie.; Administrator: Moore, Robert W.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.

Classification: RG 03-00 0115

Description Level: Item

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The constitution and ordinances of the city of Philadelphia

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21697

Websites

Claypoole's American daily advertiser

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22178

The Independent gazetteer, or, The chronicle of freedom

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22179

Rice and Co's catalogue of books

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22162

Philadelphia gazette and universal daily advertiser

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22184

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/8b950e59-596d-4ffd-bc86-444331137484

Documents

Dunlap's American daily advertiser

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22177

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/6f6f2817-d72e-49ab-ab6b-112596818000

Record, Judicial

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/bec56da5-c4a3-44f5-8adf-742339583090

Probate

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/27a444f2-7cbc-478b-8d50-982927526842