MINUTES OF THE FOURTH SITTING OF THE FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. WHICH MET AT PHILADELPHIA, ON FRIDAY THE FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER, ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY.
[Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 1780 or 1781]. Folio. [1], 267-298, [1 blank] pages. Caption title, as issued. Lightly toned, a rubberstamp. Very Good. Bound in later buckram.
ESTC W42652 [1- HSP]. Not in Evans.
[bound with] MINUTES OF THE FIRST SITTING OF THE FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, WHICH MET AT PHILADELPHIA ON MONDAY THE TWENTY-THIRD DAY OF OCTOBER, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY. [Philadelphia: John Dunlap. 1780]. Folio. Caption title, as issued. [1], 302-357, [1 blank] pp. One closed tear at leaf 355-356, one rubberstamp. Else Very Good.
ESTC W42262 [2- HSP, LCP]. Evans 16934.
[bound with] MINUTES OF THE SECOND SITTING OF THE FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. [Philadelphia: John Dunlap. 1781]. Folio, caption title. [1], 360-434 pp. First two leaves torn at lower outer corner, light spotting. Good+/
ESTC W42261 [2- HSP, LCP]. Evans 17292.
The Sittings were consumed primarily with the Crisis of the Revolution. Messages from the Supreme Executive Council, signed in type by President Joseph Reed: dislocations caused by "the devastation of the enemy, and the inhabitants to consequent poverty and temporary distress;" the value of Continental Bills of Credit; requisitions of food and supplies for the army; estate forfeitures and treason; payment of soldiers and officers; negotiation of foreign loans; prisoners of war; the militia; erection of forts and defenses; the problem of Quaker refusal to participate in the Revolution for reasons of conscience and religious liberty; elections during wartime; reports on military engagements; review of letters from General Washington, General Wayne and others seeking supplies for the winter; and a host of other material. Item #37227
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