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The charters of the Province of Pensilvania and City of Philadelphia.

Title: The charters of the Province of Pensilvania and City of Philadelphia.
Author: Pennsylvania.
Publication: Philadelphia : Printed and sold by B. Franklin, MDCCXLII [1742, i.e. 1743]

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Description

30 p.; 30 cm (fol.)

Alternative Title

Charters of the Province of Pennsylvania and City of Philadelphia.

Subject

Note

Not published until 1743. Cf. Miller.
Signatures: [a]² b-g² h1.
Vignette on t.p.: Pennsylvania province seal, with arms. Cf. Reilly, E.C. Dict. of colonial American printers' ornaments and illustrations, 943.

With (note)

With: Pennsylvania. Laws, etc. A collection of all the laws of the Province of Pennsylvania, now in force ... Philadelphia : Printed and sold by B. Franklin, MDCCXLII [1742, i.e. 1743]. Issued together.

Indexed In (note)

ESTC
Evans
Sabin
Hildeburn, C.R. Issues of the press in Pennsylvania, 1685-1784
Miller, C.W. Franklin

Additional Formats (note)

Also available as digital surrogate via Early American Imprints, Ser. I/Digital Evans (American Antiquarian Society copy) and Eighteenth Century Collections Online (Boston Public Library copy).

Provenance (note)

Robert Haydock (autograph on t.p., 1776).

Binding (note)

Modern brown calf, blind-tooled; red morocco spine label with binder's title: Charters of Pennsylvania.

Contents

The royal charter granted to William Penn, Esq., proprietary and governor of Pensilvania -- Certain conditions or concessions agreed upon by William Penn, proprietary and governor of the province of Pensilvania, and those who are the adventurers and purchasers in the same province, the eleventh of July, one thousand six hundred and eighty-one -- The charter of privileges granted by William Penn, Esq., to the inhabitants of Pensilvania and territories -- The charter of the city of Philadelphia.

Call Number

*KD+ 1743 11-200

LCCN

03025029

OCLC

64386317

Author

Pennsylvania.

Title

The charters of the Province of Pensilvania and City of Philadelphia.

Imprint

Philadelphia : Printed and sold by B. Franklin, MDCCXLII [1742, i.e. 1743]

Indexed In:

ESTC W30309

Evans 5033

Sabin 59973

Hildeburn, C.R. Issues of the press in Pennsylvania, 1685-1784, 755

Miller, C.W. Franklin, 288

With:

With: Pennsylvania. Laws, etc. A collection of all the laws of the Province of Pennsylvania, now in force ... Philadelphia : Printed and sold by B. Franklin, MDCCXLII [1742, i.e. 1743]. Issued together.

Additional Formats

Also available as digital surrogate via Early American Imprints, Ser. I/Digital Evans (American Antiquarian Society copy) and Eighteenth Century Collections Online (Boston Public Library copy).

Binding

Modern brown calf, blind-tooled; red morocco spine label with binder's title: Charters of Pennsylvania. NN

Provenance

Robert Haydock (autograph on t.p., 1776). NN

Local Note

Inscription on t.p. heavily inked through, with slight damage to the paper, not affecting text.

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Place of Publication

United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Added Author

Penn, William, 1644-1718.

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. Printer

Philadelphia (Pa.). Charters.

England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II)

England and Wales. Sovereign (1694-1702 : William III)

Haydock, Robert, 1754-1817. Former owner

Research Call Number

*KD+ 1743 11-200

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