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History of the early settlement of the Juniata valley: embracing an account of the early pioneers, and the trials and privations incident to the settlement of the valley, predatory incursions, massacres, and abductions by the Indians during the French and Indian wars, and the war of the revolution, &c

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Author
Jones, U. J.
Date of Publication
c1940]
Call Number
974.802 P968 1940
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Responsibility
By U. J. Jones. With notes and extensions compiled as a glossary from the memoirs of early settlers, the pension statements of revolutionary war soldiers, and other source material, by Floyd G. Hoenstine ...
Author
Jones, U. J.
Place of Publication
[Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
The Telegraph Press,
Date of Publication
c1940]
Physical Description
440 p. incl. illus., plates, front. 24 cm.
Notes
Maps on lining-papers.
First edition published at Philadelphia, 1856.
Appendix, prepared by William H. Egle (including a biographical sketch of U. J. Jones and The Pattersons of Juniata): p. [351]-421.
Subjects
Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania.
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.
Juniata River Valley (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Egle, William Henry,
Hoenstine, Floyd G.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802 P968 1940
Websites
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Southeastern Pennsylvania, a history of the counties of Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia and Schuylkill

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Author
Nolan, J. Bennett
Date of Publication
[1943]
Call Number
974.800912 N791
Responsibility
J. Bennett Nolan, supervising editor ...
Author
Nolan, J. Bennett
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, New York
Publisher
Lewis historical publishing company, inc.
Date of Publication
[1943]
Physical Description
3 v. fronts., ill. (incl. maps) plates, ports., facsims. (part col. 1 double) col. coats of arms, col. geneal. tables. 27 1/2 cm.
Notes
Vols. 1 and 2 paged continuously.
Vol. 3 consists of biographies.
LCHS has vols. 1 and 3 only.
Includes bibliographies.
Subjects
Berks County (Pa.) - History.
Bucks County (Pa.) - History.
Chester County (Pa.) - History.
Delaware County (Pa.) - History.
Montgomery County (Pa.) - History.
Philadelphia County (Pa.) - History.
Schuylkill County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.800912 N791
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The Nanticoke Indians; a refugee tribal group of Pennsylvania

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Author
Weslager, C. A.
Date of Publication
1948.
Call Number
974.8011 W513
Author
Weslager, C. A.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,
Date of Publication
1948.
Physical Description
vi, 159 p. illus., port., maps. 23 cm.
Notes
"References cited in text.": p. 125-132.
Subjects
Nanticoke Indians.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8011 W513
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A collection of modern entries, or, Select pleadings in the Courts of King's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer : viz. declarations, pleas in abatement and in bar, replications, rejoinders, &c., demurrers, issues, verdicts, judgments, forms of making up records of nisi prius, and entring of judgments, &c., in most actions. Many of them drawn or perused by Mr. Broderick, Carthew, Comyns, Darnel ... and other learned counsel. As also special assignments of errors, and writs and proceedings thereupon, both in the said courts and in Parliament. With the method of suing to and reversing outlawries by writ of error or otherwise. To which is added a collection of writs in most cases now in practice. With two tables, one of the names of the cases, and the other of the pleadings and writs

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Author
Lilly, John,
Edition
The 3rd ed.
Date of Publication
1758.
Call Number
Book 728 1758
Responsibility
by John Lilly.
Author
Lilly, John,
Edition
The 3rd ed.
Place of Publication
[London] in the Savoy
Publisher
Printed by H. Lintot for D. Browne ... [et al.],
Date of Publication
1758.
Physical Description
4 preliminary leaves, 676, [30] pages ; 36 cm
Notes
Error in paging: no. 361-362 omitted; no. 377-378 duplicated.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 728 as assigned by Yeates.
Subjects
Pleading - Great Britain.
Civil procedure - Great Britain.
Forms (Law) - Great Britain.
Civil procedure.
Forms (Law)
Pleading.
Great Britain.
Full leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Corporate Author
Great Britain. Court of King's Bench.
Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas.
Great Britain. Court of Exchequer.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 728 1758
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An introduction to the making of Latin : comprising, after an easy, compendious method, the substance of the Latin syntax : with proper English examples, most of them translations from the classic authors, in one column, and the Latin words in antoher : to which is subjoin'd, in the same method, a succinct account of the affairs of ancient Greece and Rome, intended at once to bring boys acquainted with history, and the idiom of the Latin tongue with rules for the gender of nouns

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Author
Clarke, John,
Edition
The sixteenth edition, revised and carefully corrected.
Date of Publication
MDCCLII [1752]
Call Number
Book 1038 1752
Responsibility
by John Clarke ...
Author
Clarke, John,
Edition
The sixteenth edition, revised and carefully corrected.
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes in Pater-Noster-Row, and J. Hodges on London-Bridge,
Date of Publication
MDCCLII [1752]
Physical Description
xii, 297, [3] p. ; 17 cm. (12mo)
Notes
"A dissertation upon the usefulness of translations of classic authors, both literal and free, for the easy and expeditious attainment of the Latin tongue" (p. [277]-297) has special title page.
Signatures: A-N¹².
Bookseller's advertisement on last three pages.
Apparently from Jasper Yeates's personal libarary.
Yeates's signature at top of title page under that of John Yeates.
Book nunber 1038 not assigned by Yeates.
Subjects
Latin language - Early works to 1800.
Latin language - Readers
Latin language.
Latin language
Rome - History.
Greece - History - To 146 B.C.
Greece.
Rome (Empire)
Early works.
History.
Readers.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
No spine title.
Additional Author
Clarke, John,
Yeates, Jasper,
Yeates, John,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 1038 1752
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A general abridgment of cases in equity, argued and adjudged in the High court of chancery, &c. [1667-1744] With several cases never before published, alphabetically digested under proper titles; with notes and references to the whole. And three tables, the first of the names of the cases, the second of the several titles, with their divisions and subdivisions; and the third, of the matter under general heads

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Corporate Author
Great Britain. Court of Chancery.
Date of Publication
M. DCC. XXXII-LVI. [1732-1756]
Call Number
Book 697 1756
Book 696 1732
Responsibility
By a gentleman of the Middle Temple.
Corporate Author
Great Britain. Court of Chancery.
Place of Publication
[London] In the Savoy
Publisher
Printed by E. and R. Nutt, R. Gosling (assigns of E. Sayer) for H. Lintot,
Date of Publication
M. DCC. XXXII-LVI. [1732-1756]
Physical Description
2 volumes 33 cm
Notes
Attributed variously to Robert Foley, Sir Geoffrey Gilbert, Matthew Bacon, and Henry Pooley. cf. Brit. mus. Catalogue.
Subtitle of v. 2 varies.
Vol. 2 printed by H. Lintot, for T. Waller.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title pages.
Book numbers 696 and 697 as assigned by Yeates.
Subjects
Equity - England - Early works to 1800.
Equity - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Law reports, digests, etc - England - Early works to 1800.
Law reports, digests, etc - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Equity.
Law reports, digests, etc.
England.
Great Britain.
Early works.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Foley, Robert.
Gilbert, Geoffrey,
Bacon, Matthew,
Pooley, Henry.
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 697 1756
Book 696 1732
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Apple in the attic, a Pennsylvania legend

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Author
Jordan, Mildred,
Date of Publication
1942.
Call Number
813.52 J82a
Responsibility
by Mildred Jordan.
Author
Jordan, Mildred,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
A.A. Knopf,
Date of Publication
1942.
Physical Description
xi p., 2 ø., 3-200 p. 1 ø. 20 cm.
Summary
The story of a fictional Pennsylvania Dutch, married couple in which a submissive wife endures the anger of her husband to the point of him vowing to no longer speak with her.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History - Fiction.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
813.52 J82a
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The attorney's practice in the Court of King's Bench, or an introduction to the knowledge of the practice of that Court, as it now stands under the regulation of several late acts of Parliament, rules and determinations of the said Court : with variety of useful and curious precedents in English, settled or drawn by counsel, and a complete index to the whole

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22063
Author
Richardson, Robert,
Edition
The fourth edition,
Date of Publication
1759.
Call Number
Book 874 1759
Book 875 1759
Responsibility
by a Gentleman of the Inner Temple.
Author
Richardson, Robert,
Edition
The fourth edition,
Place of Publication
In the Savoy [London]
Publisher
Printed by Catherine Lintot, Law-Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, for D. Browne, J. Shuckburgh, J. Worrall, and G. Hawkins ...,
Date of Publication
1759.
Physical Description
2 v. ; 21 cm (8vo)
Notes
"In two volumes".
Vol. 1: [8], 521, [69] p.; v. 2: [4], 537, [25] p.
Publisher's advertisments: v. 1, p. [2] in front; v. 2, p. [2] in front.
LC copy has inscriptions: Thomas G. Addison, 1802; H. Rideout.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page over struck name of previous owner.
Book numbers 874 and 875 as assigned by Yeates.
ESTC
Subjects
Great Britain. - Court of King's Bench.
Civil procedure - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Criminal procedure - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Civil procedure.
Criminal procedure.
Great Britain.
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 874 1759
Book 875 1759
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The attorney's practice in the Court of Common Pleas; or, An introduction to the knowledge of the practice of that court, as it now stands on the regulation of several late acts of Parliament, rules, and determinations of the said court; with variety of useful and curious precedents in English, drawn or perused by counsel; and a complete index to the whole

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Author
Richardson, Robert,
Edition
3d ed., with large additions.
Date of Publication
1758.
Call Number
Book 876 1758
Book 877 1758
Responsibility
By the author of The attorney's practice in the Court of King's Bench.
Author
Richardson, Robert,
Edition
3d ed., with large additions.
Place of Publication
[London]
Publisher
In the Savvy, H. Lintot,
Date of Publication
1758.
Physical Description
2 volumes 21 cm
Notes
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book numbers 876 and 877 as assigned by Yeates.
Subjects
Great Britain. - Court of Common Pleas.
Civil procedure - Great Britain.
Civil procedure.
Great Britain.
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 876 1758
Book 877 1758
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A description of the true and of the false church : as outlined in a certain history, properly named The bloody theatre, or Martyrs mirror, by Thieleman J. van Braght, 1660, and A solution to wor[l]d problems

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Author
Braght, Thieleman J. van
Edition
3d ed.
Date of Publication
1945.
Call Number
272 B813
Responsibility
compiled by Menno Sauder.
Author
Braght, Thieleman J. van
Edition
3d ed.
Place of Publication
Elmira, Ont
Publisher
Menno Sauder,
Date of Publication
1945.
Physical Description
viii, 228 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Cover title: The true and the false church ...
Subjects
Church history.
Martyrs.
Additional Author
Sauder, Menno,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
272 B813
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