Journal of the first session of the second House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which commenced at Philadelphia, on Tuesday the sixth day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one
Appendix: State of the finances of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as reported to the Governor, by the Comptroller-General, the Register-General, and Treasurer of the said Commonwealth. --Appendix containing the schedules referred to in the preceding statement. [Philadelphia : Printed by Francis Bailey & Thomas Lang, 1791] --State of the finances of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, from November 1st to December 31st, 1791. [Philadelphia : Printed by Francis Bailey & Thomas Lang, 1792].
Journal of the first session of the sixth House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Philadelphia, on Tuesday, the first day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, and of the Commonwealth the twentieth
Printed by Francis & Robert Bailey, at Yorick's Head, No. 116, High-Street.,
Date of Publication
M, DCCC, XCV [1795].
Physical Description
487, [1],19,[1], 12 p. ; 32 cm.
Notes
The session ended April 4, 1796.
Title vignette: state seal.
Appendix: Report of the Register-General of the state of the finances of Pennsylvnia, for the year M,DCC,XCV. Philadelphia: Printed by Francis & Robert Bailey,at Yorick's Head, no. 116, High-Street; Accounts of the Treasury of Pennsylvania, from the first of January to the thirty=first of December, inclusive. Philadelphia: Printed by Francis & Robert Bailey,at Yorick's Head, no. 116, High-Street
Jasper Yeates Colonial Library.
Book number 17b as assigned by Yeates.
At top of title page: signature of Matthias Barton.
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 tenth House of Representatives: Tuesday, December 3, 1799, p.m. This being the day appointed by the Constitution for the meeting of the General Assembly, a number of gentlemen, elected members of the House of Representatives, met accordingly; but not being a quorum, they adjourned until ten o'clock to-morrow, am. Wednesday, December 4, 1799 a.m., a number of gentlemen, sufficient to constitute a quorum, met
Printed by Francis & Robert Bailey in King street1799 [i e. 1800]
Physical Description
439, [1], 59, [1], 12 p. ; 34 cm. (fol.)
Notes
The session ended March 17, 1800.
Signatures B-Z 2A-2Z 3A-Z 4A-Z 5A-S A-O B-C;
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Book number 21 as arranged by Yeates.
"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.
This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
