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Thursday, February 26, 1756. At the cockpit, before the Lords of Trade and Plantations. One of the petitions from the province of Pennsylvania, signed by a great number of the chief inhabitants, was read, setting forth the defenceless state of that colony ...
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- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Great Britain. Board of Trade 7875
- Forrester, Alexander, -1787 54303, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 9,[1]p. ; 2°.
- Place of Publication:
- [Philadelphia : Printed by B. Franklin, 1756]
- Notes:
- Reprinting the debate before the Lords of Trade on the effectiveness of the bitterly disputed money and militia bills approved late in 1755 by the Pennsylvania General Assembly. Containing the speeches of Mr. Yorke (Lord Hardwicke) and Mr. Forrester for the petition, and Messrs. Henley (Lord Northington) and Pratt (Lord Camden) against it.
- Title from caption title and opening lines of text.
- "Ascribed to B[enjamin] F[ranklin]'s press on the evidence of the type, paper, and typographical design."--Miller.
- Local Notes:
- HSP in LCP.
- Cited in:
- Evans 7676; Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 1454; Miller, C.W. Franklin, 637
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