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Title

A collection of all the laws of the province of Pennsylvania now in force : published by order of Assembly.

Publication

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

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Details

Additional Authors

• Kinsey, John, 1693-1750.
• Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
• Pennsylvania. General Assembly.
• England and Wales. Sovereign.
• Great Britain. Sovereign.

Description

562, iv, 24, xi, [1] p.; 30 cm (fol.)

Alternative Title

Appendix; containing a summary of such acts of Assembly as have been formerly in force within this province ...

Subjects

• Law > Pennsylvania > Early works to 1800
• Inheritance and succession > Pennsylvania > Early works to 1800

Note

• Edited by John Kinsey. Cf. Hildeburn; Miller.
• Not published until 1743. Cf. Miller.
• Signatures: [A]² B-6R² 6S²(-6S2) 6T-7C² [a]² b-g² 2a-c².
• Several errors in paging, e.g. p. [402-403] numbered 442-443; p. [434-435] numbered 418-419.
• Vignette on both title pages: Pennsylvania province seal, with arms. Cf. Reilly, E.C. Dict. of colonial American printers' ornaments and illustrations, 943.
• "An appendix; containing a summary of such acts of Assembly as have been formerly in force within this province, for regulating of descents, and transfering the property of lands, &c. But since expired, altered or repealed": iv, 24 p., with special t.p.
• "The table": xi p. at end.
• Side notes.

With (note)

• With: Pennsylvania. [Charters] The charters of the province of Pensilvania and city of Philadelphia. 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. of 1st work, 1776).

Binding (note)

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

Call Number

*KD+ 1743 11-200

OCLC

63579296

Title

A collection of all the laws of the province of Pennsylvania now in force : published by order of Assembly.

Imprint

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

Indexed In:

ESTC W1554

Evans 5033

Sabin 59982

Hildeburn, C.R. Issues of the press in Pennsylvania, 1685-1784, 757

Miller, C.W. Franklin, 288

With:

With: Pennsylvania. [Charters] The charters of the province of Pensilvania and city of Philadelphia. 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. of 1st work, 1776). NN

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Full text available via HathiTrust - 1866 Ch. 151/200= 29/30 Vic.

Place of Publication

United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Added Author

Kinsey, John, 1693-1750.

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. Printer

Pennsylvania. General Assembly.

England and Wales. Sovereign.

Great Britain. Sovereign.

Haydock, Robert, 1754-1817. Former owner

Added Title

Appendix; containing a summary of such acts of Assembly as have been formerly in force within this province ...

Research Call Number

*KD+ 1743 11-200