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Report of the trial of Friends, in the city of Philadelphia, June, 1828, before the Honourable Edward King, Esq. president judge of the Court of Common Pleas, for the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania : or, The case of Edmund Shotwell, Joseph Lukins, Charles Middleton, and two others, who had been, by the mayor of the city, committed to prison, whence they were brought up by habeas corpus, June 9th, 1828 / taken in short-hand, by M.T.C. Gould, stenographer.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - American Imprints 1828 Shotwel
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shotwell, Edmund.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shotwell, Edmund.
- Lukins, Joseph.
- Middleton, Charles.
- Society of Friends--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Society of Friends.
- Trials (False imprisonment)--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Trials (False imprisonment).
- Habeas corpus--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Habeas corpus.
- Physical Description:
- xii, [1], 14-154, [2] p. ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Case of Edmund Shotwell, Joseph Lukins, Charles Middleton, and two others, who had been, by the mayor of the city, committed to prison, whence they were brought up by habeas corpus, June 9th, 1828
- Binder's title: Trial of the Friends
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : J. Harding, printer, 1828.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- "Errors corrected"--P. [2] of the last sequence.
- Copyright June 28, 1828 by M.T.C. Gould.
- Two impressions noted. This, the first impression, has the date "June 9th" on the cover, title page, and in the copyright statement, and "June 9" at the head of p. [13]. The second impression has the date "June 16th" on the cover, title page, and in the copyright statement, and "June 16" at the head of p. [13]. At p. 104 in both impressions, June 17 is given as the second day of the trial.
- Binding: Publisher's half bound in brown calf with marbled paper. Spine with maroon label bearing title in gilt lettering and fillets.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy is bequest of George Vaux, 1996.
- Athenaeum copy: The Vaux bequest of 1996 consists of books from the library of the prominent Philadelphia Quaker family established in America by James Vaux (1748-1812), who emigrated in 1771. Most of the books are inscribed by George Vaux VII (1779-1836), George Vaux VIII (1832-1915), George Vaux Jr. (1863-1927), and the donor George Vaux (1908-1996).
- Athenaeum copy: Front pastedown of the library copy inscribed as: Geo Vaux Jr.
- Cited in:
- Shoemaker 35005
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