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Acts passed at the first session of the Congress of the United States of America, begun and held at the city of New-York on Wednesday the fourth of March in the year M, DCC, LXXXIX, and of the independence of the United States, the thirteenth

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22148
Corporate Author
United States.
Date of Publication
1793.
Call Number
Book 1016 1793
Book 1015 1798
Corporate Author
United States.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by E. Oswald,
Date of Publication
1793.
Physical Description
2 volumes 22 cm
Notes
Vol. 2 has title: Acts passed at the first session of the Second Congress of the United States of America, begun and held at the city of Philadelphia, on Monday the twenty-fourth of October, in the year M, DCC, XCI, and of the independence of the United States, the sixteenth.
Each vol. includes all sessions of the respective Congress.
Includes indexes.
Cf. Evans 27825-6.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book numbers 1015 and 1016 as assigned by Yeates.
Subjects
Law - United States.
Law.
United States.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Corporate Author
United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 1016 1793
Book 1015 1798
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Acts passed at the first [-third] session of the fifth Congress of the United States of America : begun and held at the city of Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania, on Monday the fifteenth of May, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven : and of the independence of the United States, the twenty-first : published by authority

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21033
Corporate Author
United States.
Date of Publication
1797.
Call Number
Boook 244 1797
Alternate Title
Laws of the United States
Corporate Author
United States.
Uniform Title
Laws, etc. (Session laws : 1797-1799)
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by William Ross ...,
Date of Publication
1797.
Physical Description
240, vii, [4], 244-561, [1], 26, iv, [48] pages ; 21 cm (8vo)
Notes
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-2G⁴ [2H]⁴ 2I-4M⁴.
Printed marginalia.
Includes treaties.
Includes index.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 244 as assigned by Yeates.
Subjects
Session laws - United States - Early works to 1800.
Diplomatic relations.
Session laws.
United States - Foreign relations - Early works to 1800.
United States.
Early works.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Bindingn)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,Ud1745-1817,
Additional Corporate Author
United States. Congress
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Boook 244 1797
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Alta California : embracing notices of the climate, soil, and agricultural products of northern Mexico and the Pacific seaboard : also, a history of the military and naval operations of the United States directed against the territories of northern Mexico, in the year 1846-'47 : with documents declaratory of the policy of the present administration of the national government in regard to the annexation of conquered territory to this union, and the opinion of the Hon. James Buchanan on the Wilmot Proviso, &c

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18954
Author
Captain of volunteers.
Date of Publication
1847.
Call Number
979.4403 C254
  1 website  
Responsibility
by a Captain of volunteers.
Author
Captain of volunteers.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
H. Packer & Co. ...,
Date of Publication
1847.
Physical Description
[2], 5-64 p. (first leaf blank) ; 25 cm.
Notes
This copy is a reproduction ISBN 0548410593.
Description of area: p. 9-12; history and documentation: p. 13-64.
Anti-annexation tract.
Summary
The 1847 publication briefly address climate soil and agriculture in Alta and Baja California in chapter I. The following eight chapters consist of communications from the U.S. Government consisting of instructions in the event Mexico declared war, justification of and motives for war, various reports to Washington, communications with Mexican officials in Alta California, accounts of the military operations in California, the articles of capitulation entered into at Rancho of Cowanga on January 13, 1847, all of which are interspersed with personal observations and comments by the author. The final chapter deals with the question of whether slavery would be allowed in California, the policy of the South and its motive for a slave market and emigrants to California and Northern Mexico [from California State University's Digital Commons]
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Mexican War, 1846-1848.
California - Description and travel.
California - History - 1846-1850.
Mexico, North - Description and travel.
California - Annexation to the United States.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
979.4403 C254
Websites
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American historical and literary curiosities : consisting of fac-similes of original documents relating to the events of the revolution, &c. &c. with a variety of reliques, antiquities, and modern autographs

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Author
Smith, John Jay,
Edition
3rd ed. :
Date of Publication
1847.
Call Number
973.3 S651 Oversize
Responsibility
Collected and ed. by J. Jay Smith and John F. Watson.
Author
Smith, John Jay,
Edition
3rd ed. :
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Lloyd P. Smith,
Date of Publication
1847.
Physical Description
2 v. in 1. : ill. (65 pl.) ; 35 x 28 cm.
Notes
The plates, part printed on both sides, include 1 mounted illustration and 2 mounted portraits.
Includes letter of Robert Fulton; poem and profiles cut by John Andre.
Subjects
Autographs - United States
United States - History - Revolution - Sources.
Additional Author
Watson, John F.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.3 S651 Oversize
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The American loyalists; or, Biographical sketches of adherents to the British crown in the war of the revolution; alphabetically arranged; with a preliminary historical essay

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1156
Author
Sabine, Lorenzo,
Date of Publication
1847.
Call Number
973.314 S116
Responsibility
By Lorenzo Sabine.
Author
Sabine, Lorenzo,
Place of Publication
Boston
Publisher
C.C. Little and J. Brown,
Date of Publication
1847.
Physical Description
1 p.l., v, 733 p. 23 cm.
Notes
Published in 1864 under title: Biographical sketches of loyalists of the American Revolution.
Subjects
American loyalists.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.314 S116
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The American Revolution : written in the style of ancient history : in two volumes

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Author
Snowden, Richard,
Date of Publication
1793-1794.
Call Number
810 P544 1793
Author
Snowden, Richard,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by Jones, Hoff & Derrick,
Date of Publication
1793-1794.
Physical Description
2 v. ; 17 cm. (12mo)
Notes
Published anonymously. Written by Richard Snowden. Cf. Evans.
Publisher statement varies; v. 2 reads: Printed by Jacob Johnson ...
Vol. 1: xii, 226, [2] p. (the last leaf blank); v. 2: [12], 216 p.
LCHS missing volume 2.
LC copy imperfect: vol. 2 wanting four leaves of Contents (p. [3]-[10]).
Evans
Subjects
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Miscellanea.
Additional Corporate Author
American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
810 P544 1793
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An enquiry into the principles and tendency of certain public measures

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Author
Taylor, John,
Date of Publication
1794.
Call Number
Yeates Book 459 1794
Author
Taylor, John,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by Thomas Dobson ...,
Date of Publication
1794.
Physical Description
iv, 92 p. ; 23 cm. (8vo)
Notes
Attributed to Taylor by Evans.
Signatures: [A]² B-M⁴ N².
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 459 as assigned by Yeates.
Bound with An address, etc. recommendations to the states, by the United States in Congress assembled. Philadelphia: Printed by David C. Claypoole, 1783; -- 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 -- lbert 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
Gilreath, J. Jefferson's library,
Subjects
Bank of the United States (1791-1811)
Finance - United States - Early works to 1800.
Finance.
Politics and government
United States - Politics and government - 1789-1797.
United States.
Early works.
Three-quarters leather on marbled boards (Binding)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Yeates Book 459 1794
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An introductory lecture to a course of law lectures

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Author
Wilson, James,
Date of Publication
1791.
Call Number
Book 662 1791a
Responsibility
by James Wilson ... ; to which is added, a plan of the lectures.
Author
Wilson, James,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
From the press of T. Dobson,
Date of Publication
1791.
Physical Description
96 p. ; 20 cm. (8vo)
Notes
Signatures: pi² A-L⁴ M².
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Book number 662 as assigned by Yeates.
Bound with Collectanea Juridica. consisting of tracts relative to the law and constitution of England London: E. and R. Brooke, 1791.
Evans
Subjects
Law - United States - Early works to 1800.
Law.
Law
United States.
Early works.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 662 1791a
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An oration delivered on the anniversary of the Scientific Society, eleventh November, 1793, at Society-Hall, Strasburg Village, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : at the request of the members

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Author
Shippen, John.
Date of Publication
1794.
Call Number
808.51 P544 1794
Responsibility
by John Shippen ...
Author
Shippen, John.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by Francis Bailey ...,
Date of Publication
1794.
Physical Description
23, [1] p. ; 18 cm. (12mo)
Notes
Inscribed to Gen'l Jas. Ross, Lancaster by the author.
Signatures: A-B⁶.
Evans
Bound in red linen.
Subjects
Political science - Early works to 1800.
United States - Politics and government - 1789-1797.
Additional Author
Ross, James,
Additional Corporate Author
American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
808.51 P544 1794
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Appendix to the Congressional Globe for the first session, thirtieth congress : containing speeches and important state papers

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Date of Publication
1848.
Call Number
328.7302 W317 1848 Oversize
Responsibility
by Blair and Rives.
Place of Publication
Washington, D.C
Publisher
Blair & Rives,
Date of Publication
1848.
Physical Description
1213 pages ; 29 cm
Notes
Full leather tooled binding with maroon spine labels.
Subjects
United States. - Congress.
Additional Corporate Author
Blair & Rives.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
328.7302 W317 1848 Oversize
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