LAWS ENACTED IN THE THIRD SITTING OF THE NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY, OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, WHICH COMMENCED AT PHILADELPHIA, ON THE FIRST DAY OF FEBRUARY, [1785].
[Philadelphia: Thomas Bradford, 1785]. Folio. [589] - 704, iii [Table of Acts], [1 blank] pp [as issued]. Caption title, as issued. Two rubberstamps to title page, scattered light to moderate foxing. About Very Good, in modern buckram, gilt-lettered morocco spine labels.
An interesting Post-Revolutionary session, leading with an Act prohibiting the establishment of any other State within the boundaries of the Commonwealth; laws protecting the western frontier from Indian depredations; regulating elections; repealing the Act establishing the Bank of North America on the ground that it is "injurious to the welfare of this State;" an early bankruptcy statute, and detailed procedures and grounds for divorce.
Evans 19161. NAIP w023490 [6]. Item #32603
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