Articles of Confederation and perpetual union between the states of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia
An interesting appendix to Sir William Blackstone's Commentaries on the laws of England : containing, I. Priestley's Remarks on some paragraphs in the fourth volume of Blackstone's Commentaries, relating to the dissenters. II. Blackstone's Reply to Priestley's Remarks. III. Priestley's Answer to Blackstone's Reply. IV. The case of the late election of the county of Middlesex considered on the principles of the Constitution and the authorities of law. V. Furneaux's Letters to the Hon. Mr. Justice Blackstone concerning his Exposition of the Act of Toleration, and some positions relative to religious liberty, in his celebrated Commentaries on the laws of England. VI. Authentic copies of the argument of the late Mr. Justice Foster in the Court of Judges Delegates, and of the speech of the Right Hon. Lord Mansfield in the House of Lords, in the cause between the City of London and the dissenters
Printed for the subscribers, by Robert Bell ..., Philadelphia,
Date of Publication
1772.
Physical Description
[4], iv, [1], 6-119, [1], xii, 155, [1] p. ; 24 cm. (4to)
Notes
Also issued in the same year in an octavo edition.
Signatures: piⶠB⸠D-Fâ´ [G]â´ H-2Mâ´.
Part I-V have special t.p.; t.p. for V is dated 1773.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 950 as assigned by Yeaetes.
Cohen, M.L. Bib. of early Amer. law,
Eller
Evans
Contents
I. Priestley's Remarks on some paragraphs in the 4th vol. of Blackstone's Commentaries, relating to the dissenters.--II. Blackstone's Reply to Priestley's Remarks.--III. Priestley's Answer to Blackstone's Reply.--IV. The case of the late election of the county or Middlesex considered on the principles of the constitution and the authorities of law.--V. Furneaux's Letters to the Hon. Mr. Justice Blackstone concerning his exposition of the Act of toleration, and some positions relative to religious liberty, in his celebrated Commentaries.--VI. Authentic copies of the Argument of the late Hon. Mr. Justice Foster in the Court of judges delegates, and of the Speech of the Right Hon. Lord Mansfield in the House of lords, in the cause between the city of London and the dissenters.
Laws enacted in the third General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which met at Philadelphia, on Monday the twenty-sixth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight, and in the third year of the independence of the United States of America
Pagination continues session laws from Nov. 1776 (Evans 15539).
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 584 as assigned by Yeates.
Evans
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania,
Contents
LCHS copy has bound in a copy of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as established by the General Convention elected for that purpose. and held at Philadelphjia, July 15th 1776: Philadelphia: printed by John Dunlap, in Market-Street, 1777, and 24 pages of handwritten index.
Charter to William Penn, and laws of the province of Pennsylvania, passed between the years 1682 and 1700, preceded by Duke of York's laws in force from the year 1676 to the year 1682, with an Appendix containing laws relating to the organization of the provincial courts and historical matter
iv, 614 p. front. (port.) illus., facsims. (part fold.) 25 cm.
Notes
In pocket of volume is a "Fac-simile of the charter granted by Charles the Second to William Penn for the 'province of Pensilvania,' engraved from the original on file in the office of the secretary of the commonwealth."
Laws enacted in the fourth sitting of the second General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which commenced at Philadelphia, on the fourth day of August, A.D. one thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight
Pagination continues session laws from Nov. 1776 (Evans 15539).
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 584 as assigned by Yeates.
Evans
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania,
Contents
LCHS copy has bound in a copy of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as established by the General Convention elected for that purpose. and held at Philadelphjia, July 15th 1776: Philadelphia: printed by John Dunlap, in Market-Street, 1777, and 24 pages of handwritten index.
Bound with the Laws enacted in the second General Assembly of the Representatives of the Freemen of the Common-weatlh of Pennsylvania, Lancaster: ,John Dunlap, 1778 - Laws enacted in the third General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which met at Philadelphia,... Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 1778 - Laws enacted in the third General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennshylvania, Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 1778 - Laws enacated by the second sitting of the third General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylania..., 1779; Laws enacted in the third sitting of the third General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania..., 1779; - Laws enacted in the first sitting of the fourth General Assembly of the Commonweath of Pennsylvania...1779; Laws enacted in the second sitting of the fourth General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,...1780 - Laws enacted by the third sitting of the fourth General Assembly, of the Commonwealth of Pennylvania...1780.- Hand-written index to the laws enacted by the General Assembly of the Common Wealth of Pennsylvania since the Declaration of Independencea
An illustrated history of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, civil, political, and military, from its earliest settlement to the present time including historical descriptions of each county in the state, their towns, and industrial resources
Anno regni Georgii III. Regis, Magnae Britanniae, Franciae & Hiberniae, decimo tertio. : At a General Assembly of the province of Pennsylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, the fourteenth day of October, anno Domini 1772 ... And from thence continued by adjournments to the twenty-sixth day of February, 1773
Printed and sold by Hall and Sellers, at the new printing-office, near the market.,
Date of Publication
MDCCLXXIII. [1773]
Physical Description
pages [2], 293-355, [1] ; 34 cm
Notes
Pagination continues session laws published from Feb. 1770 (Evans 11800).
Pennsylvania arms on title page.
Eighteen pages of hand-written notes at end of volume.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 583 as assigned by Yeates.
Evans
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania,
Contents
Bound with Anno Regni Georgii III Regis...And from thence continued by Adjournments to the Twentieth Day of February 1768, Philadelphia, D. Hall and W. Sellers,1768; - Anno Regni Georgii III Regis...And from thence continued by Adjourments to the highteenth# Day of February 1769, Philadelphia: D. Hall, and W. Sellers, 1769 - Anno Regni Georgii II Regis...And from thence continued by Adjournments to the Twenty-fourthDay of February, 1770, Philadelphhia, D. Hall and W Sellers, 1770 - Anno Regni Gerogii III Regis...And from thence continured by Adjournments to the Twenty-first Day of March 1772, Philadelphia, Hall and Sellers, 1772.
Reports of cases, upon appeals and writs of error, in the High Court of Parliament ; from the year 1701, to the year 1779. With tables, notes and references. By Josiah Brown, Esq. Barrister at law
Historical map of Pennsylvania. Showing the Indian names of streams, and villages, and paths of travel; the sites of old forts and battle-fields; the successive purchases from the Indians; and the names and dates of counties and county towns; with tables of forts and proprietary manors
Drop-head title, p[iii]: 'Preface to the sixth edition, M. DCC. LXXI'.
Includes: 'An analysis of the laws of England', 'An essay on collateral consanguinity', 'Considerations on copyholders', 'Observations on the Oxford press' and 'The Great Charter, and charter of the forest, . To which is prefixed an introductory discourse. The charters themselves have a separate (Roman) pagination sequence, though the introduction to them continues the main sequence.