The Acts of Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania, carefully compared with the originals: and an appendix, containing such acts and parts of acts, relating to property, as are expired, altered or repealed; together with the royal, proprietary, city and borough charters; amd the original concession of the Honourable William Penn to the first settlers of the province

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Published by Printed and sold by Hall and Sellers, Philadelphia, 1775

About this Item

xxi,536,22,[12],3pp. Bound to style in half calf and marbled boards, leather label. Two faint old library stamps and embossed blindstamp on titlepage, minor foxing. In a cloth clamshell case. Acts of the Assembly up to the Revolution An important and useful one-volume digest of the colonial laws of Pennsylvania, collecting all of the acts of the Pennsylvania assembly still in force, beginning in 1700 and running through September 1775. This major law book effectively became the basis for all provincial law as it translated to the new state. Also given are the short titles of expired laws. Edited by the Pennsylvania Assembly member and eventual Loyalist, Joseph Galloway. The twenty-two-page appendix has a separate titlepage. This copy with the 3pp. addendum at the end, which is not always present. Evans 14364; Hildeburn 3147; NAIP W006509; Sabin 59820; Tower Collection 754. Bookseller Inventory # 29388

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Acts of Assembly of the Province of ...

Publisher: Printed and sold by Hall and Sellers, Philadelphia

Publication Date: 1775

Binding: Folio