This book presents a collection of wills registered at York, providing insights into the history, language, and statistics of the region, dating back to the year 1300. A valuable resource…

The University of Washington was founded in 1861, when Seattle was a tiny village. It struggled to survive during its early years, but after Washington achieved statehood in 1889, the…

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Title: Leisure Lays … With biographical introduction by John Paul. [With a portrait.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is…

Based on the work of Jacob Martin and John P. Smith. Names of persons mentioned in the original will, witnesses, dates when written and proven, executors, guardians, trustees, references to…

The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists…

As readers will discover, the long and the short of it is this: Will changed the English language forever. Backmatter includes an author’s note, a bibliography, and a timeline. –Provided…

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…