An act for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies, and for the more speedy and effectual punishing the rioters. : Whereas of late several dangerous riots and tumults have been in the back parts of this province ... Be it enacted by the Honourable John Penn, Esq; lieutenant-governor .. of the province of Pennsylvania ... by and with the advice and consent of the representatives ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pennsylvania.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 42267.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Riots--Pennsylvania.

Riots.

Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

History.

Pennsylvania--Politics and government--To 1775.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Broadsides.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 sheet (1 unnumbered page))

Place of Publication:

[Philadelphia] : [Printed by D. Hall, and W. Sellers], [1771]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

"Issued by the governor, February 9, 1771." The governing proprietors of the province, Thomas and Richard Penn, were in England at this time, and John Penn was acting as governor in their behalf.

David Hall and William Sellers were printers for the provincial government in 1771.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 42267).

Cited in:

Bristol B3374

Shipton and Mooney 42267

Metzger, E.M. Pennsylvania, 358

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