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A brief narrative of the case and tryal of John Peter Zenger, printer of the New-York weekly journal

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Author
Zenger, John Peter,
Date of Publication
1736.
Call Number
Book 467 1736
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Author
Zenger, John Peter,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Printed and sold by John Peter Zenger,
Date of Publication
1736.
Physical Description
42 (i.e. 40) pages ; 29 cm
Notes
Caption title.
"At a Supream Court of judicature held for the province of New-York, at the City hall of the City of New-York, on Wednesday, the 16th day of April, 1735"--Page 10.
Error in paging: no. 15-16 omitted.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Book number 467 as assigned by Yeates.
At top of first page: Presented to the Lancaster Law Library by Samuel Evans of Columbia, Pa, Feb 28th, 1873.
Evans
Subjects
Zenger, John Peter, - 1697-1746
Trials (Seditious libel) - New York (State) - New York.
Freedom of the press - New York (State)
Freedom of the press.
Trials (Seditious libel)
New York (State)
New York (State) - New York.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Three-quarters leather on linen boards.
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Evans, Samuel.
Additional Corporate Author
New York (Colony). Supreme Court of Judicature.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 467 1736
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Cases in equity during the time of the late Lord Chancellor Talbot, 1730-1737 : with tables of the names of the cases and principal matters

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Edition
2nd ed. /
Date of Publication
1753.
Call Number
Book 706 1753
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Edition
2nd ed. /
Place of Publication
[London] In the Savoy
Publisher
Printed by Henry Lintot for T. Waller,
Date of Publication
1753.
Physical Description
vi, 286, [18] pages ; 33 cm
Notes
The preface to the 3rd edition, 1792, states that the cases were taken from ms. notes of Mr. Forrester, and they are sometimes cited under his name.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 706 as assigned by Yeates.
Hand-written marginalia.
Subjects
Law reports, digests, etc - Great Britain.
Equity - Great Britain - Cases.
Equity.
Law reports, digests, etc.
Great Britain.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Talbot, Charles Talbot,
Forrester, Alexander,
Additional Corporate Author
Great Britain. Court of Chancery.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 706 1753
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A celebrated case : the Raber murder : containing a detailed and accurate account of the murder of Joseph Raber by drowning in Indiantown Creek, Union Township, Lebanon Co., PA., on the 7th day of December, 1878, for the amount of insurance money upon his life, with a verbatim report of the trial and conviction of six men for the crime, and a full history of their lives and confessions

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Author
Drews, Charles,
Date of Publication
1879.
Call Number
345.02523 L442 1879
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Alternate Title
Raber murder
Author
Drews, Charles,
Place of Publication
Lebanon, Pa
Publisher
C.M. Bowman,
Date of Publication
1879.
Physical Description
65, [1], 81 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Notes
McDade, T.M. Murder,
Subjects
Raber, Joseph, - d. 1878.
Drews, Charles, - 1820-1879
Stichler, Franklin, - 1859-1879
Wise, Henry F., - 1845-
Trials (Murder) - Pennsylvania - Lebanon.
Additional Author
Stichler, Franklin,
Wise, Henry F.,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
345.02523 L442 1879
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The Christiana riot and the treason trials of 1851 : an historical sketch

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17928
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Edition
2nd and rev. ed.
Date of Publication
1911.
Call Number
974.80323
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  1 website  
Responsibility
by W.U. Hensel ; With some account of the commemoration of these events, September 9, 1911.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Edition
2nd and rev. ed.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Press of the New Era Print. Co.,
Date of Publication
1911.
Physical Description
ix, 158 p. : ill., facsim., ports. ; 29 cm.
Subjects
United States.
Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana.
Trials (Treason) - Pennsylvania.
Fugitive slaves - United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80323
Websites
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/57021/57021-h/57021-h.htm
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The Christiana Riot and the treason trials of 1851 : an historical sketch

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Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1911
CASTNER HANWAY. ELIJAH LEWIS. JOSEPH SCARLET. TAKEN SOON AFTER THE TREASON T.�I...LS. THE CHRISTIANA RIOT AND THE TREASON TRIALS OF 1851 AN HISTORICAL SKETCH BY W. U. HENSEL PREPARED AND PUBLISHED FOR THE COMMEMORATION OF THESE EVENTS, SEPTEMBER 9, 191l PRESS OF THE NEW ERA PRINTING COMPANY
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Responsibility
by W. U. Hensel.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1911
Physical Description
iii, 1-134 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 8 [supplement]
Notes
Supplement to Lancaster County Historical Journal of October 1911
Subjects
United States.
Trials.
Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana.
Slavery - Pennsylvania.
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Christiana
Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania - Christiana
Fugitive slaves - Legal status, laws, etc. - Pennsylvania.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 15, number 8 [supplement] (1911), p. 1-134Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.15
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Clipping, Newspaper

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/ffe231ca-f092-4415-808c-165210510217
Collection
Christiana Resistance Collection
Title
"The Christiana Treason Trials"
Object ID
Christiana S01 F22
Date Range
1851
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Collection
Christiana Resistance Collection
Title
"The Christiana Treason Trials"
Description
Newspaper article, "The Christiana Treason Trials," New York Daily Times. Vol. 1, no. 65. 2 December 1851. (Original housed in oversized box.)
Admin/Biographical History
The Christiana Resistance, commonly referred to as the "Christiana Riot" occurred in September of 1851 in Christiana, Pennsylvania, a borough in Lancaster County. The events known as the Christiana Resistance include an attack from slaveholders in Maryland on the inhabitants and home of William Parker a free black man living in Christiana, Pennsylvania. The slaveholders crossed the state border, and attempted claim and return the freedom seekers as their property, under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
The violent confrontation resulted in the death of Edward Gorsuch, a slaveholder, and the escape of William Parker to freedom in Canada. Edward's son, Dickinson Gorsuch, was wounded and taken to the farm of Levi Pownall, where the Pownall family nursed him back to health. Historically, this event challenged the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and is considered a precursor to the Civil War.
System of Arrangement
Series 1 Manuscript and Printed Material, 1803-1955
Series 2 Photographs, 1895-1971 and No date
Date Range
1851
Creation Date
1851
Creator
New York Daily Times
Storage Location
Moores Memorial Library, Christiana, PA
Subjects
Riots--Pennsylvania--Christiana
Christiana (Pa.)
Trials
Treason
Trials (Treason)
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Search Terms
Christiana Resistance
Trials
Treason
Newspaper clippings
Extent
1 item
Physical Characteristics
The digital images of the manuscript and printed material are 300 dpi JPGs; the photographs are 600 dpi JPGs.
Object Name
Clipping, Newspaper
Container
Moores Memorial Library Series 01 Folder 22 Newspaper article Newspaper article, "The Christiana Treason Trials," New York Daily Times. Vol. 1, no. 65. 2 December 1851. (Original housed in oversized box.)
2 December 1851
Language
English
Object ID
Christiana S01 F22
Location of Originals
Moores Memorial Library
9 West Slokom Avenue
Christiana, PA 17509
chrlib@christianalibrary.org
610-593-6683 or 610-593-6687
Related Item Notes
Christiana Resistance Collection (CHRISTIANA RESISTANCE) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/1287a022-e430-4f3f-bc97-330571018105
Access Conditions / Restrictions
The attached images have been provided for research. The original items are restricted for preservation purposes.
Copyright
The attached images may be used for research purposes only.
Please contact Moores Memorial Library for a high resolution image and permission to publish:
Moores Memorial Library
9 West Slokom Avenue
Christiana, PA 17509
chrlib@christianalibrary.org
610-593-6683 or 610-593-6687
Credit
Christiana Resistance Collection, Series 1, Folder 22, Moores Memorial Library
Classification
CHRISTIANA RESISTANCE
Christiana S01 F22
Description Level
Folder
Custodial History
Moores Memorial Library (Christiana, Pa.) owns some of the most significant manuscript material relating to the Christiana Resistance. The staff of Moores Memorial Library, part of the Library System of Lancaster County, and the Lancaster County Historical Society worked together to arrange and preserve the collection and create a finding aid to make the materials accessible to the public.
The collection contains correspondence to and from the Pownall family regarding the incident, notes regarding kidnappings in the area from 1850-1851, photocopied pages of Dickinson Gorsuch's diary, and published accounts. An 1896 photograph shows Peter Woods and Samuel Hopkins, survivors of the riot. There are also photographs of the Christiana Riot House, the Pownall farm, and key figures in the riot and at the Treason Trials of 1851.
The staff of Moores Memorial Library, part of the Library System of Lancaster County, and the Lancaster County Historical Society worked together to arrange and preserve the collection and create a finding aid to make the materials accessible to the public. Funds for this project were provided by the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) in 2001.
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Coatesville and the lynching of Zachariah Walker : death in a Pennsylvania steel town

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Author
Downey, Dennis B.,
Date of Publication
2011.
Call Number
364.134 D748c
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  2 websites  
Responsibility
Dennis B. Downey and Raymond M. Hyser.
ISBN
9781609492809
1609492803
Author
Downey, Dennis B.,
Place of Publication
Charleston, SC
Publisher
History Press,
Date of Publication
2011.
Physical Description
158 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Notes
"The present work is a substantial revision of our earlier work entitled No Crooked Death, published by the University of Illinois Press in 1991"--Introduction.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-158).
Contents
"That quiet sabbath evening" -- "A conspiracy of silence" -- "A disgraceful travesty of justice" -- "To humiliate the administration of justice" -- "An American tragedy."
Summary
"On a warm August night in 1911, Zachariah Walker was lynched--burned alive--by an angry mob on the outskirts of Coatesville, a prosperous Pennsylvania steel town. At the time of his very public murder, Walker, an African American millworker, was under arrest for the shooting and killing of a respected local police officer. Investigated by the NAACP, the horrific incident garnered national and international attention. Despite this scrutiny, a conspiracy of silence shrouded the events, and the accused men and boys were found not guilty at trial. On the 100th anniversary of the lynching and the 20th anniversary of the books original release as No Crooked Death, authors Dennis B. Downey and Raymond M. Hyser bring new insight to events that rocked a community."--Page [4] of cover.
Subjects
Walker, Zachariah, - -1911.
Lynching - Pennsylvania - Chester County - Coatesville - Case studies.
Trials (Murder) - Pennsylvania - Coatesville.
Lynching.
Race relations.
Trials (Murder)
Coatesville (Pa.) - Race relations.
Pennsylvania - Chester County - Coatesville.
Case studies.
Additional Author
Hyser, Raymond M.,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
364.134 D748c
Websites
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1601/2011012905-b.html
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1601/2011012905-d.html
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A complete collection of state-trials, and proceedings for high-treason, and other crimes and misdemeanours

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Edition
The fourth edition, commencing with the eleventh year of the reign of King Richard II and ending with the sixteenth year of the reign of King George III, with two alphabetical tables to the whole /
Date of Publication
1776-81.
Call Number
Book 188
Book 189 1777
Book 190 1778
Book 187 1776
Book 191 1779
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Edition
The fourth edition, commencing with the eleventh year of the reign of King Richard II and ending with the sixteenth year of the reign of King George III, with two alphabetical tables to the whole /
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by T. Wright ... for C. Bathurst, J. and F. Rivington, L. Davis, T. Longman, W. Owen, T. Cadell, M. Folingsby, T. Lowndes, B. Law, J. Wilkie, R. Horsefield, M. Hingeston, S. Bladon, T. Carnan, H. Gardner, W. Otridge, and the rest of the proprietors, and sold by G. Kearsly ...,
Date of Publication
1776-81.
Physical Description
11 v. ; 48 cm. (fol.)
Notes
Originally published in 1719 under title: Compleat collection of state-tryals and proceedings upon impeachments for high treason, and other crimes and misdemeanours.
Preface includes bibliographical history of this work; Thomas Salmon edited the 1st ed., Sollom Emlyn the 2nd.
"The first six [volumes] ... printed exactly from the third edition, and the four next from the four supplemental volumes ... As to the eleventh volume, it is reserved wholly for additional matter"--Preface.
Includes index.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates signature at top of title page.
Books187, 188, 189 190, and 191 as assigned by Yeates.
Contents
Vol. 1 1388-1628 -- v. 2. 1648-1679 -- v. 3. 1679-1684 -- v. 4. 1685-1696 -- v. 5. 1696-1709 -- v. 6. 1715-1741 -- v. 7. 1549-1688 -- v. 8. 1689-1722 -- v. 9. 1712/3-1748/9 -- v. 10. 1752-1765 -- v. 11. 1494-1777.
Subjects
Trials - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Trials.
Great Britain.
Early works.
Full leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Hargrave, Francis,
Salmon, Thomas,
Emlyn, Sollom,
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 188
Book 189 1777
Book 190 1778
Book 187 1776
Book 191 1779
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A Correct account of the trials of Charles M'Manus, John Hauer, Elizabeth Hauer, Patrick Donagan, Francis Cox, and others; at Harrisburgh -- June Oyer and Terminer, 1798. For the murder of Francis Shitz, on the night of the 28th December, 1797, at Heidelberg Township, Dauphin County, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Containing, the whole evidence, and the substance of all the law arguments in those celebrated trials

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Date of Publication
1798. (Entered according to law)
Call Number
Book 606 1798
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Place of Publication
[Harrisburgh]
Publisher
Printed at Harrisburgh [Pa.] by John Wyeth,
Date of Publication
1798. (Entered according to law)
Physical Description
[2], 163, [1] pages ; 8vo.
Notes
"The following is the last speech and dying confession of Charles M'Manus ."--Page 161-163.
Half-title: Trials and confessions of John Hauer, Charles M'Manus, &c. for the murder of Francis Shitz.
Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription.
Handwritten contents on front flyleaf.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Book number 606 as assigned by Yeates.
ESTC
Evans
Summary
This is an account of the first murder trial in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, for a crime that took place just outside of Harrisburg in December 1797. "The will of Peter Shitz left most of his estate to his sons Francis and Peter, but if they died without children, part went to his daughter Elizabeth. Hauer was the husband of Elizabeth, and he hired four Irishmen, newly arrived in the country, to kill his brothers-in-law. Two masked men raided the house one night and killed Francis with an ax, but Peter escaped. M'Manus and Hauer were hanged." [Williamreesecompany.com]
Subjects
M'Manus, Charles, - -1798.
Hauer, John, - -1798.
Hauer, Elizabeth.
Donagan, Patrick.
Cox, Francis.
Shitz, Francis, - -1797.
Trials (Murder) - Pennsylvania.
Murder - Pennsylvania - Heidelberg.
Crime - Pennsylvania - Heidelberg.
Executions and executioners - Pennsylvania - Harrisburg.
Crime.
Executions and executioners.
Murder.
Trials (Murder)
Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Harrisburg.
Pennsylvania - Heidelberg.
Three-quarters leather on marbled boards (Binding)
Additional Author
M'Manus, Charles,
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Court of Oyer and Terminer (Dauphin County)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 606 1798
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Decisions in the High Court of Admiralty; during the time of Sir George Hay, and of Sir James Marriott, late judges of that court

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Corporate Author
Great Britain. High Court of Admiralty.
Date of Publication
1801.
Call Number
Book 811 1801
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Corporate Author
Great Britain. High Court of Admiralty.
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
R. Bickerstaff,
Date of Publication
1801.
Physical Description
2 preliminary leaves, xxxii, 322, [3] pages 22 cm
Notes
LHO copy lacks vol 2.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 811 as assigned by Yeates.
Subjects
Admiralty - Great Britain - Cases.
Maritime law - Great Britain - Cases.
Admiralty.
Maritime law.
Great Britain.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Full leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon title page (Binding)
Additional Author
Marriott, James,
Hay, George,
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 811 1801
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