Anno regni Georgii II. Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ, primo. : At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the ninth day of October, Anno Dom. 1722 ... And from thence continued by several prorogations to the twenty seventh day of June, 1727. Being the sixth session of this present Parliament
Printed by John Baskett ... and Tho. Norris, assignee to George Hills.,
Date of Publication
1727-1728.
Physical Description
42, 666, [2] p. ; 32 cm. (fol.)
Notes
Each act constitutes a chapter; each chapter has a caption title, and most have a general t.p.
LHS copy imperfect: all chapters except 5 (second occurrence), 9, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, and 21 wanting. Transcription of title from general t.p. prefixed to chapter 1.
The general t.p. for the second group of paging has the phrase: At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the twenty third day of January, Anno Dom. 1727 ... being the first session of this present Parliament.
"The plates are of paintings made by Mr. Gerald Cobb ... [for The colour of chivalry, by H. B. Pereira] To complement these pictures a completely new text has been written by various heraldic and historical experts."
A compendious and accurate treatise of fines upon writs of covenant : and recoveries upon writs of entry in the post, with ample and copious instructions on how to draw, acknowledge, and levy the same, in all cases. Being a work performed with great exactness, and full of variety of clerkship. With an addition of several precedents, and many observations, rules and cases concerning the effect and operation of fines and recoveries
Cursus cancellariae, or, The course of proceedings in the High Court of Chancery : wherein the authority, jurisdiction, and modern practice of that court are methodically and distinctly treated of, from the bill filed, and process thereupon, to the final sentence and decree : as also of reversing decrees, by bills of review, and appeals to the House of Lords, and the method of proceedings in the Petty-Bag-Office &c., with a variety of useful precedents throughout, and a compleat table to the whole
v. : maps (part fold.) diagrs., geneal. tables., 25 cm.
Notes
Each volume has special t.p.
LCHS has v.9 - American colonial documents to 1776.
First published 1955, reprinted 1968.
Includes bibliographies.
African American resources at Lancaster ounty Historical Society
Contents
v.l. c.500-1042.--v. 2. 1042-1189, edited by D.C. Douglas and G.W. Greenaway.--v. 3. 1189-1327.-v. 4. 1327--1485.--v. 5. 1485-1558.--v. 6. 1558-1603.--v. 7. 1603-1660.--v. 8. 1660-1714, edited by A. Browning.--v. 9.American colonial documents to 1776, edited by M. Jensen.--v. 10. 1714-1783, edited by D.B. Horn and M. Ransome.--v. 11. 1783-1832.--v. 12.pt.1. 1833-1874, edited by G.M. Young and W.D. Handcock; pt.2. 1874-1914.
The charter of Pennsylvania (4 March 1681).--William Penn: Some account of the province of Pennsilvania (1681).--William Penn: Preface to the first Frame of Government (1642).--The Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges (28 October 1701).--Pennsylvania Flour Inspection Law (20 March 1725).--Pennsylvania law regulating conditions on immigrant ships (27 January1750).--Protest of German Quakers against slavery (18 April 1688).--Benjamin Franklin: proposals relating to the education of youth in Pennsylvania (1749).--Henry Melchior Muhlenberg: account of the Paxton Boys (1-7 February 1764).--Matthew Smith and James Gibson: remonstrance of the Pennsylvania frontiersmen (13 February 1764).--Philadelphia opposition to the tea act.--Pennsylvania assembly instructions against independence (9 November 1775).
The English works of Sir Henry Spelman, Kt. publish'd in his life-time : together with his posthumous works, relating to the laws and antiquities of England, first publish'd by the present Lord Bishop of Lincoln in the year 1695 : together with the life of the author
now revised by His Lordship ; to which are added, two more treatises of Sir Henry Spelman, never before printed, one, of the admiral-jurisdiction and the officers thereof, the other of antient deeds and charters ; with a compleat index to the whole.
The fifth and last part of Modern reports : being a continuationof several special cases in the court of of King's Bench at Westminster, in the 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th years of the reign of the late King William ; and judgments thereupo : together with special pleadings to most of the said cases : none of them ever printed before
A general abridgment of the common law, alphabetically digested under proper titles: with notes and references to the whole. With three tables. The first, of the several titles. The second, of the names of the cases. And the third, of the matter under general heads