Laws of the first sitting of the fifth General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which met at Philadelphia, on Tuesday, the twenty-third day of October, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty
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.
Laws enacted in the third sitting of the ninth General Assembly, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which commenced at Philadelphia, on Tuesday the twenty-third day of August, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred eighty and five
State of the accounts of William Hay, Esq. collector of excise for Lancaster County : From August 10, 1782, to August 10, 1783. : In which is exhibited, the amount of the monies received and accounted for also, lists shewing the names of the persons from whom excise became due, and was received: likewise, the payments made to the state treasurer
State of the accounts of Samuel Turbett, Esquire, collector of excise for the county of Lancaster; from the time of his appointment until the 24th of February, 1786
Laws enacted in the third sitting of the eighth General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which commenced at Philadelphia on Tuesday the twentieth day of July, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred eighty and four
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.
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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."
Handwritten of title page: By Dr. Woodeson, Ninerian Professor at Oxford.
English short title catalogue,
Contents
Lecture the first: Of the laws of man's nature --- Lecture the second: Of civil, positive, or instituted law --- Lecture the third: Of the several species of magistracy --- Lecture the fourth: Of the law of nations --- Lecture the fifth: Of the laws of England, in a general view, and with respect to the various sources from which they have been derived --- Lecture the sixth: Of the study and profession of the laws of England, with a delineation of the plan pursued in the remaining lectures.
An account of the arguments of counsel, and the directions of the court, on a plea of Auterfois Acquit : pleaded by James Foy, at the Summer Assizes 1786 ... to an indictment for procuring ... Andrew Creagh, otherwise Craig ... to slee and murder Patrick Randal McDonnell, Esquire, and Charles Hipson, with the pleadings in that case
With half-title: An account of the arguments of counsel and the directions of the Court in the case of the King and Foy.
Signatures: pi4 A-K4 (pi1 verso, pi2 verso, K3 verso blank).
Bound with The trials of George Robert Fitzgerald, Esq; and Timothy Brecknock...the murder of Pat. Ran. McDonnell and Charles Hipson...Dublin: P. Byrne, 1786 - The trial of John Magee for....libel against Richard Daly...Dublin: P. Byrne, 1790 - Ten thousand pounds damages...a report on the trial ...brought by the Reverand Charles Massy against...the Marquis of Headfort for criminal conversation with plaintiff's wife...Philadelphia: P. Byrne, 1804 - Trial of Fracis Bellew, esq...for appearing in arms with a mob of defenders...Dublin: P. Byrne, 1794 - A faithful report of the trial of the proprietors of the Northern Star...Belfast, 1794.