Laws of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania : from the fourteenth day of October, one thousand seven hundred, to the sixth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and two. : Republished, under the authority of the legislature, by M. Carey and J. Bioren. : Vol. I[-VI].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pennsylvania.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 4842.

Standardized Title:

Laws, etc. (Compiled statutes : 1803)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Pennsylvania.

Law.

Constitutions.

Pennsylvania.

Constitutions--United States.

United States.

Constitutions--Pennsylvania.

Physical Description:

6 volumes ; 22-23 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia: : Printed by J. Bioren, no. 88, Chesnut-Street, for Mathew Carey and self., 1803.

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Notes:

"Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ... that the Governor of this commonwealth be, and he is hereby required to subscribe for one thousand copies of the laws of this commonwealth, as proposed to be printed by Mathew Carey and John Bioren; to be neatly and correctly printed, in six volumes, octavo, with a complete index, with notes and references, well bound and lettered, at ten dollars for each set ..."--v. 1, p. [3], 1st count.

Imprint varies: v. 2 lacks the comma after "J. Bioren." Vol. 3 lacks hyphen in "Chesnut-Street." Vol. 4 has imprint: Philadelphia: Printed by Francis Bailey, Lancaster, for Mathew Carey, and John Bioren.

Vol 1: [4], 529, [1] p.; v. 2: [4], 521, [1] p.; v. 3: [4], 457, [1] p.; v. 4: [2], xxxiii, [1], 429, [1] p.; v. 5: [4], 426, [2] p.; v. 6: [4], 332, 95, [1], 63, [1]. Last p. of all vols. blank.

Errors in paging: v. 1, p. 310 misnumbered 210; v. 2 p. 310 misnumbered 210; v. 3, p. 240, 273 misnumbered 140, 473; v. 4, p. 224 misnumbered 124; v. 5, p. 411 misnumbered 111.

"Errata."--v. 1, p. 529; v. 2, p. 521; v. 3, p. 457; v. 4: p. 429; v. 5, p. [427]; v. 6, p. 332.

"The Constitution of the United States of America."--v. 4, p. [iii]-xviii.

"The Constitution of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania."--v. 4, p. [xix]-xxxiii.

"Appendix, containing ancient charters, public records, and legislative acts. Formerly in force in Pennsylvania, and still connected, in a variety of particulars with the laws and policy of the commonwealth."--v. 6, 95 p., 3rd count.

"Index."--v. 6, 63 p., 4th count.

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Contains:

United States. Constitution.

Pennsylvania. Constitution (1790).

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