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An Interesting appendix to Sir William Blackstone's Commentaries on the laws of England : Containing, I. Priestley's Remarks on some paragraphs in the fourth volume of Blackstone's Commentaries, relating to the dissenters. II. Blackstone's Reply to Priestley's Remarks. III. Priestley's Answer to Blackstone's Reply. IV. The case of the late election of the county of Middlesex considered on the principles of the Constitution and the authorities of law. V. Furneaux's Letters to the Hon. Mr. Justice Blackstone concerning his Exposition of the Act of Toleration, and some positions relative to religious liberty, in his celebrated Commentaries on the laws of England. VI. Authentic copies of the argument of the late Hon. Mr. Justice Foster in the Court of Judges Delegates, and of the speech of the Right Hon. Lord Mansfield in the House of Lords, in the cause between the city of London and dissenters.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793., Author.
- Foster, Michael, Sir, 1689-1763., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.
- Law.
- Dissenters, Religious--England--Early works to 1800.
- Dissenters, Religious.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1820--Early works to 1800.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain. Parliament--Elections--Early works to 1800.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource ([4],iv,[1],6-119,[1],xii,155,[1]p. )
- Other Title:
- Interesting appendix to Sir William Blackstone's Commentaries on the laws of England.
- Place of Publication:
- [Philadelphia] : America: printed for the subscribers, by Robert Bell, at the late Union-Library, in Third-Street, Philadelphia, MDCCLXXIII. [1773]
- Notes:
- Parts I-V have separate title pages, dated 1773. The appendix to part V contains the material listed as Part VI on the general title page.
- Error in paging: p. 123 misnumbered 113.
- Publisher's prospectus for Adam Ferguson's Essay on the history of civil society, p. [156].
- Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
- Cited in:
- Evans, 12684
- Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 2859
- Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 2881
- English Short Title Catalog, W12870.
- OCLC:
- 642769070
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