A geography of Pennsylvania : containing an account of the history, geographical features, soil, climate, geology, botany, zoology, population, education, government, finances, productions, trade, railroads, canals &c. of the state : with a separate description of each county, and questions for the convenience of teachers : to which is appended, a travellers' guide, or table of distances on the principal rail road, canal and stage routes in the state
Laws enacted in the second sitting of the tenth General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which commenced at Philadelphia, on the twenty-first day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six
Place of publication and name of printer from colophon.
Signatures: C-Y² [Z]².
Sideglosses.
Includes acts and laws numbered Chap. V-XXXII signed and enacted in the months of February through April by Thomas Mifflin, speaker [of the Pennsylvania state House of Representatives] and Samuel Bryan, clerk of the General Assembly.
Pagination continues: Laws enacted in the first sitting of the tenth General Assembly, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which commenced at Philadelphia, on Monday the twenty-fourth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, Philadelphia, [1786] (Evans 19885).
Handwritten index precedes text.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 588 as assigned by Yeates.
With: Pennsylvania. Laws enacted in the third sitting of the tenth General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia : T. Bradford, [1786] --Pennsylvania. Laws enacted in the first sitting of the eleventh General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia : T. Bradford, [1786] --Pennsylvania. Laws enacted in the second sitting of the eleventh General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia : [T. Bradford, 1786].
Laws enacted in the third sitting of the tenth General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which commenced at Philadelphia, on the twenty-second day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six
Place of publication and name of printer from colophon.
Signatures: 2A-2Z² (2Z2 verso blank) chi² (chi2 verso blank).
Sideglosses.
Includes acts and laws numbered Chap. XXXIII-LVIII signed and enacted in the months of August and September by Thomas Mifflin, speaker [of the Pennsylvania state House of Representatives] and Samuel Bryan, clerk of the General Assembly.
Pagination continues: Laws enacted in the first sitting of the tenth General Assembly, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which commenced at Philadelphia, on Monday the twenty-fourth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, Philadelphia, [1786] (Evans 19885).
Laws enacted in the first sitting of the eleventh General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which commenced at Philadelphia, on the twenty third day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six
Includes acts and laws numbered Chap. LIX-LXIV signed and enacted in the months of November and December by Thomas Mifflin, speaker [of the Pennsylvania state House of Representatives] and Peter Zachary Lloyd, clerk of the General Assembly.
Pagination continues: Laws enacted in the first sitting of the tenth General Assembly, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which commenced at Philadelphia, on Monday the twenty-fourth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, Philadelphia, [1786] (Evans 19885).
Laws enacted in the second sitting of the eleventh General Assembly, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which commenced at Philadelphia, on the twentieth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven
Includes acts and laws numbered Chap. LXV-CIII signed and enacted in the months of February and March by Thomas Mifflin, speaker [of the Pennsylvania state House of Representatives] and Peter Zachary Lloyd, clerk of the General Assembly.
Pagination continues: Laws enacted in the first sitting of the tenth General Assembly, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which commenced at Philadelphia, on Monday the twenty-fourth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, Philadelphia, [1786] (Evans 19885).
Laws enacted in the third sitting of the twelfth General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which commenced at Philadelphia, on Tuesday the second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight
Place of publication and name of printer from colophon.
Signatures: 6B-6Z² ( -6Z2) (6Y2 verso blank).
Sideglosses.
Includes acts and laws numbered Chap. CLVI-CLXXIV signed and enacted in the months of September and October by Thomas Mifflin, speaker [of the Pennsylvania state House of Representatives] and Peter Zachary Lloyd, clerk of the General Assembly.
Pagination continues: Laws enacted in the first sitting of the tenth General Assembly, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which commenced at Philadelphia, on Monday the twenty-fourth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, Philadelphia, [1786] (Evans 19885).
Laws of the fourteenth General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, enacted in the second sitting : which commenced at Philadelphia, on Tuesday the second day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ninety
Machine generated contents note: Table of Contents 1. Early America and the Coming of the Transportation Revolution 2. The State of Pennsylvania's Program of Canals and Railroads (1826-1858) 3. The Eastern Division of the Pennsylvania Canal 4. The Western Division of the Pennsylvania Canal 5. The Juniata Division of the Pennsylvania Canal 6. The Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad 7. The Allegheny Portage Railroad 8. The Susquehanna, West Branch, and North Branch Divisions 9. The Delaware Division of the Pennsylvania Canal 10. Pittsburgh to Lake Erie -- The French Creek Division, the Beaver Division, and the Erie Extension 11. The Gettysburg Extension and the Demise of the State of Pennsylvania's Canals and Railroads Bibliography Index -- About the Author.
Summary
"Between 1826 and 1858 the state of Pennsylvania built and operated the largest and most technologically advanced system of canals and railroads in North America-almost one thousand miles of transport that stretched from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh and beyond. The construction of this ambitious transportation system was accompanied with great euphoria. It was widely believed that the revenue created from these canals and railroads would eliminate the need for all taxes on state citizens. Yet with the Panic of 1837, a financial crisis much like boom and bust cycle that ended in 2008, a deep recession fell across the country.By 1856, Pennsylvania had sold all canals and railroads to private companies, often for pennies-on-the-dollar. Over the Alleghenies: Early Canals and Railroads of Pennsylvania is the definitive history of the state of Pennsylvania's incredible canal and railroad system. Although often condemned as a colossal failure, this construction effort remains an innovative, magnificent feat that ushered in modern transportation to Pennsylvania and the entire country. With extensive primary research, over one hundred illustrations, newspapers clippings, and charts and graphs, Over the Alleghenies examines and dissects the infrastructure project that bankrupted the wealthiest state in the Union. "--
Laws enacted in the third sitting of the seventh General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Philadelphia, on Thursday, the fourteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred eighty and three
Place of publication supplied by Hildeburn and Evans.
Pagination continues: Laws enacted in the sixth General Assembly of the representatives of the freemen of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, at the sitting which commenced at Philadelphia on Monday, the twenty-second day of October, and continued by adjournment to Friday, the twenty-eighth day of December, A.D. one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, Philadelphia, 1782 (Evans 17659).
Includes acts and laws numbered Chap. LXXI-CII signed and enacted in the months of August and September, 1783 by Frederick Muhlenburg, speaker [of the Pennsylvania state House of Representatives] and Peter Z. Lloyd, clerk of the General Assembly.
Laws enacted in the first sitting of the tenth General Assembly, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Philadelphia, on Monday the twenty-fourth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five
Place of publication and name of printer from colophon.
Includes acts and laws numbered Chap. I-IV signed and enacted in the months of November and December by Thomas Mifflin, speaker [of the Pennsylvania state House of Representatives] and Samuel Bryan, clerk of the General Assembly.
Laws enacted in the first sitting of the twelfth General Assembly, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Philadelphia, on the twenty second day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven
Place of publication and name of printer from colophon.
Includes acts and laws numbered Chap. CXXX-CXXXII signed and enacted in the month of November by Thomas Mifflin, speaker [of the Pennsylvania state House of Representatives] and Peter Zachary Lloyd, clerk of the General Assembly.
Pagination continues: Laws enacted in the first sitting of the tenth General Assembly, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which commenced at Philadelphia, on Monday the twenty-fourth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, Philadelphia, [1786] (Evans 19885).
Introduction / Dr. Leroy T. Hopkins, Jr. -- Foreword / June Burk Lloyd -- Slavery in Pennsylvania and the early abolitionist movement -- The early growth of the Underground Railroad -- Prigg v. Pennsylvania -- An open pathway for fugitives -- From discord toward dissolution -- The bloody road to emancipation -- Afterword / James McClure -- Appendix A : Reported Underground Railroad conductors in York County -- Appendix B : The slaveholder's prayer.
Minutes of the Convention of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which commenced at Philadelphia on Tuesday the twenty-fourth day of November, in the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eight-nine, for the purpose of reviewing, and if they see occasion, altering and amending the constitution of this state
Bound with Minutes of the proceedings of the convention of the state of Pennsylvania...fifteenth day of July 1776 - Minutes of the convention of the commonwealth of Pennsylvvania...twentieth day of November 1787...Philadelphia: Hall and Sellers, 1787 - Minutes of the grand committee of the whole convention of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania..twentieth-fourth day of November, 1789 - Index to the journal of the convention who framed the present constitution...Philadelphia: John Bioren, 1808.
A declaration and remonstrance of the distressed and bleeding frontier inhabitants of the province of Pennsylvania, presented by them to the Honourable the governor and Assembly of the province, shewing the causes of their late discontent and uneasiness and the grievances under which they have laboured, and which they humbly pray to have redress'd
On the massacre of the Conestoga Indians by the "Paxton Boys" and the Indian policy of the Pennsylvania authorities.
"Signed on behalf of ourselves, and by appointment of a great number of the frontier inhabitants. Matthew Smith. James Gibson. February 13th, 1764"--Page 18.
Printer's name and place of publication supplied by Evans.
Signatures: A-B4 C2 (C2 blank).
Reproduction from Library of Congress by Eighteenth Century Collections Online Print Editions, date not specified.
Evans
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania,
Summary
These documents were created by representatives of the Paxton Boys as a written defence of their massacre of the Conestoga Indians. "A Declaration" was written before the Paxton Boys arrived in Germantown, and Matthew Smith and James Gibson completed the "Remonstrance" on February 13. Both documents were later published together as "A declaration and remonstrance of the distressed and bleeding frontier inhabitants of the province of Pennsylvania". This book is a facsimile of an early published copy of the texts.
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
Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Lancaster, the third day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and five, and of the independence of the United States of America the thirtieth. : Volume XVI
Journal of the session which began Dec. 3, 1805 and concluded Mar. 31, 1806.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Signature of Yeates at top of title page.
Book number 28 as assigned by Yeates.
"Appointments made by the governor of Pennsylvania, since March seventeenth, one thousand eight hundred, (the date of the last report of the secretary of the commonwealth, to the legislature) with the dates of their commissions, and the names of their sureties ..."--Page 423-461.
"Expiration of the appointments of the members of Senate."--Page 478.
Report of a committee 21 pages printed by William Hamilton.
Shaw & Shoemaker
Full tooled leather binding with maroon title on spine.
A Correct account of the trials of Charles M'Manus, John Hauer, Elizabeth Hauer, Patrick Donagan, Francis Cox, and others; at Harrisburgh -- June Oyer and Terminer, 1798. For the murder of Francis Shitz, on the night of the 28th December, 1797, at Heidelberg Township, Dauphin County, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Containing, the whole evidence, and the substance of all the law arguments in those celebrated trials
"The following is the last speech and dying confession of Charles M'Manus ."--Page 161-163.
Half-title: Trials and confessions of John Hauer, Charles M'Manus, &c. for the murder of Francis Shitz.
Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription.
Handwritten contents on front flyleaf.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Book number 606 as assigned by Yeates.
ESTC
Evans
Summary
This is an account of the first murder trial in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, for a crime that took place just outside of Harrisburg in December 1797. "The will of Peter Shitz left most of his estate to his sons Francis and Peter, but if they died without children, part went to his daughter Elizabeth. Hauer was the husband of Elizabeth, and he hired four Irishmen, newly arrived in the country, to kill his brothers-in-law. Two masked men raided the house one night and killed Francis with an ax, but Peter escaped. M'Manus and Hauer were hanged." [Williamreesecompany.com]
