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The speech of John Wright, Esq; one of the magistrates of Lancaster County, to the court and grand-jury, on his removal from the Commission of the Peace at the quarter-sessions held at Lancaster for the said county in May 1741. Published by order of the grand-jury.
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- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (Lancaster County) 53288
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 4p. ; 2°.
- Place of Publication:
- [Philadelphia : Printed by Benjamin Franklin, 1741]
- Notes:
- Charge to the grand jury and a valedictory by Wright who, anticipating dismissal from office, offers his final "observations on power and government." - Caption title.
- Ascribed to the press of Franklin by Miller.
- Local Notes:
- Library copy: MS. docket title
- HSP in LCP.
- Cited in:
- Evans 4872; Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 740; Miller, C.W. Franklin, 271
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