Laws of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania : from the fourteenth day of October, one thousand seven hundred, to the twentieth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ten. : Republished, under the authority of the legislature. : With notes and references. : In four volumes. Vol. I[-V].

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Book

Author/Creator:

Pennsylvania.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 21026.

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 26414.

Standardized Title:

Laws, etc. (Compiled statutes : 1810)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Pennsylvania.

Law.

Constitutions.

Pennsylvania.

Constitutions--United States.

United States.

Constitutions--Pennsylvania.

Physical Description:

5 volumes ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia: : Printed and published by John Bioren, no. 88, Chesnut-Street., 1810[-1812].

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Notes:

Title of v. 4-5 varies: Laws of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, from the fourteenth day of October, one thousand seven hundred. Republished, under the authority of the legislature. With notes and references. Vol. IV[-V].

"The Governor be, and he hereby is authorized and required to receive proposals, and contract with John Bioren, for thirteen hundred and fifty copies of his proposed edition of the Acts of Assembly of this commonwealth, to the end of the present session of the legislature, to be printed correctly on good paper, with entirely new small pica type, in four volumes royal octavo, of six hundred pages, each well bound and lettered, at the price of two dollars and fifty cents per volume ... approved--the twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ten. Simon Snyder."--v. 1, p. [iii].

"Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ... John Bioren is hereby authorized to close the fourth volume of the new edition of the laws with the laws of the session of one thousand eight hundred and seven-eight; and that all the laws subsequently passed, and which may be passed during the present session, shall be published and included in a fifth volume ... approved--the seventeeth [sic] day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twelve. Simon Snyder."--v. 4, verso of title page.

Vol. 5 has imprint date: 1812.

Vol. 1: lix, [1], 560 p.; v. 2: xxvi, 622 p.; v. 3: xliv, 556 p.; v. 4: xix, [1], 563, [1] p.; v. 5: xxxi, [5], 445, [1], 393, [1] p. Last p. of v. 4-5 blank.

Error in paging: v. 3, p. xxxvii misnumbered xxxvi.

"General index to the laws of Pennsylvania, in five volumes. From the year 1700, to the thirty-first of March, 1812, inclusive. Philadelphia: Printed by John Bioren, no. 88 Chesnut-street. 1812."--v. 5, 393 p., 3rd count. Also recorded separately by Shaw & Shoemaker as entry 26410.

Shaw & Shoemaker records v. 1-4 as entry 21026, and the complete set as entry 26414.

With a separate index to each of v. 1-4.

"Constitution of the United States of America."--v. 3, p. [xxvi]-xxxv.

"Constitution of the state of Pennsylvania."--v. 3, p. [xxxvi]-xliv.

"Certificate, notes, & extracts, by the secretary of the land-office."--v. 5, p. [x]-xxxi.

"Errata."--v. 5, p. [xxxiii-xxxvi].

"Appendix."--v. 5, p. [397]-445, 2nd count.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 21026).

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 26414).

Contains:

United States. Constitution.

Pennsylvania. Constitution (1790).

General index to the laws of Pennsylvania, in five volumes. From the year 1700, to the thirty-first of March, 1812, inclusive.

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