Journal of the first session of the tenth House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Lancaster, on Tuesday, the third day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and of the Commonwealth the twenty-fourth
"Appendix. Receipts and expenditures in the Treasury of Pennsylvania, from the first of January to the thirty-first of December, 1799, both days inclusive."--Page 59, [1] p. at end, with separate title page.
"Report of the register-general of the state of Pennsylvania for the year 1799"--18 p. at end, with separate title page.
Journal of the first session of the eleventh House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which commenced at Lancaster, on Wednesday, the fifth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
Printed by Francis Bailey, in the square north-east of the court-house.,
Date of Publication
1800[-1801].
Physical Description
[2], 474, 67, [1], 21, [1], 6 p. ; (fol.)
Notes
Through Feb. 27, 1801.
Coat of arms on title page.
"Appendix. Receipts and expenditures in the Treasury of Pennsylvania, from the first of January to the twenty-ninth of November, 1800, both days inclusive." "Report of the register-general of the state of the finances of Pennsylvania, from the first of January to the twenty-ninth of November, 1800, both days inclusive."--67 p., with separate title page, dated 1800.
"Report of the comptroller-general of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania."--6 p., with separate title page, dated 1800.
"Report of the register-general of the state of the finances of Pennsylvania. From the first of January to the thirtieth of November, 1800, both days inclusive."--21 p., with separate title page, dated 1800.
Receipts and expenditures in the treasury of Pennsylvania : from the first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and three, to the thirtieth of November, one thousand eight hundred and four, inclusive
Report of the register-general on the state of the finances of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania : from the first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and three, until the thirtieth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and four--both days inclusive
Journal of the first session of the twelfth House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which commenced at Lancaster on Tuesday the first day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and one, and of the Commonwealth the twenty-sixth
Appendix: Receipts and expenditures in the Treasury of Pennsylvania, from the fourteenth January to the thirtieth November, 1801, both days inclusive. Lancaster : Printed by Francis Bailey, 1801.--Report of the Register-General, of the state of the finances of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for the year 1801. Lancaster : Printed by William & Robert Dickson, March, 1802.
The opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States : on the act of the 3d, of April 1792, delivered in February term, 1805, in the case of the lessee of H.I. Huidekoper vs. James Douglass : after argument on questions stated by the Circuit Court of the United States, in and for the Pennsylvania district of the Third Circuit, for the judgement and decision of the Supreme Court
Journal of the seventeenth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : commenced at Lancaster, on Tuesday, the second day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, and of the commonwealth the thirty-first
Journal of the session which began Dec. 2, 1806 and concluded Apr. 13, 1807.
Error in paging: p. 496 misnumbered 474.
Last page blank.
Signature of Yeates at top of title page.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Book number 28 as assigned by Yeates
"Index to the Journal of the seventeenth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Lancaster: Printed by William Hamilton, West King-Street. 1807"--Xxxix p., 2nd count. With separate title page.
Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which commenced on Tuesday, the first day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and seven
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-196) and index.
Contents
A short history of fugitives in America and an African named James Somerset -- The original meaning of the fugitive slave clause -- The Fugitive Slave Act, kidnapping, and the powers of dual sovereigns -- The rights of slaveholders and those of free Blacks in Pennsylvania's Personal Liberty Law of 1826 -- Black sailors, kidnapped freemen, and a crisis in northern fugitive slave jurisprudence -- Arresting Margaret -- Arresting Edward Prigg -- Before the court -- Deciding Prigg -- After the court.
Summary
Margaret Morgan was born in freedom's shadow. Her parents were slaves of John Ashmore, a prosperous Maryland mill owner who freed many of his slaves in the last years of his life. Ashmore never laid claim to Margaret, who eventually married a free black man and moved to Pennsylvania. Then, John Ashmore's widow sent Edward Prigg to Pennsylvania to claim Margaret as a runaway. Prigg seized Margaret and her children, one of them born in Pennsylvania and forcibly removed them to Maryland in violation of Pennsylvania law. In the ensuing uproar, Prigg was indicted for kidnapping under Pennsylvania's personal liberty law. Maryland, however, blocked his extradition, setting the stage for a remarkable Supreme Court case in 1842.
Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Lancaster, the sixth day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and three, and of the independence of the United States of America the twenty-eighth. : Volume XIV
