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An institute of the laws of Scotland in civil rights: with observations upon the agreement or diversity between them and the laws of England. In four books. After the general method of the Viscount of Stair's Institutions by Lord Andrew Macdowall Bankton

Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery, and of some special cases adjudged in the Court of King's bench [1695-1735]: collected by William Peere Williams ... Published, with notes and references, and two tables to each volume; one of the names of the cases, the other of the principal matters: by his son William Peere Williams by William Peere Williams

Anno regni Annæ Reginæ Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ decimo. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the twenty-fifth day of November, 1710... and from thence continued by several prorogations, to the seventh day of December, 1711, being the second session of this present Parliament by Great Britain (Parliament)

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The reports and entries of Sir Edward Lutwyche, kt. ... [1683-1704] The several cases therein are truly stated upon the respective pleadings and entries, in English. Also every citation in the report is carefully examin’d by the law-books to which they refer, and where they agree, and where they differ from the point in question made appear; and those ranged in that order as in many places to form an argument where there was none before; with large observations. Likewise many obsolete words and difficult by Sir Edward Lutwyche

Reports of cases argued and adjudged in the courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, in the reigns of the late King William, Queen Anne, King George the First, and His Present Majesty. [1694-1732] Taken and collected by the Right Honourable Robert lord Raymond by Lord Robert Raymond

The reports of that reverend and learned judge, the Right Honourable Sir Henry Hobart, knight and baronet, lord chief justice of his Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, and chancellor to both their highnesses Henry and Charles, princes of Wales. [1603-1625] by Henry Hobart

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TagsBritish Law (112), Case Law (61), History (34), British History (14), Legal History (8), Law (8), British Politics (6), Reference (6), Religion (6), Canon Law (5) — see all tags

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About meThe Pennsylvania General Assembly was founded during the early colonial period. Today it is the legislative branch of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania's government.

About my libraryThe Pennsylvania General Assembly Collection was the 422-volume library of Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Currently residing in the Rare Books Room of the State Library of Pennsylvania, the General Assembly Collection slipped out of history after its move from Philadelphia to Harrisburg in the early years of the 19th century. It was only in the 1960s that dedicated researchers from Independence National Historic Park and the State Library of Pennsylvania realized the historical value of this collection, and that all of the volumes were still together.

The first books in the collection, the 'Statutes at Large,' were purchased after the Assembly directed its clerk, Benjamin Franklin, in 1745 to buy some law books and maps for their use. Starting in 1752, the Assembly's Speaker, Isaac Norris II, worked to purchase further books for the collection. Norris and Franklin purchased the books from dealers in London.

In following years, the books were boxed up and moved several times to protect them from war, and to follow the Assembly. Both General Assembly and its library moved to Harrisburg in 1812.

The books in this virtually intact colonial-era library are the core of today's State Library of Pennsylvania. Much of the Assembly Collection was conserved during 2007-2008 at the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (Philadelphia, PA) under a prestigious "Save America's Treasures" grant. "Save America's Treasures" is a public-private partnership between the National Park Service and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Homepagehttp://www.statelibrary.state.pa.us

Real namePennsylvania General Assembly

LocationState Library of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

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