A true and impartial state of the province of Pennsylvania [electronic resource] : Containing, an exact account of the nature of its government; the power of the proprietaries, and their governors; as well those which they derive under the royal grant, as those they have assumed in manifest violation thereof, their father's charter, and the rights of the people: also, the rights and privileges of the Assembly, and people, which they claim under the said grant, charter, and laws of their country, confirmed by the royal approbation. With a true narrative of the dispute between the governors and assemblies, respecting the grants of supplies so often made by the latter, and rejected by the former. In which is demonstrated, by incontestable vouchers, that arbitrary proprietary instructions, have been the true and only cause of the refusal of such supplies, and the late defenceless state of the province. The whole being a full answer to the pamphlets intitled A brief state, and A brief view, &c. of the conduct of Pennsylvania. [Nine lines from Cato's letters] .
Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803.; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.; Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, dedicatee.; Dunlap, William, d. 1779, printer.; Kingston, Stephen, former owner.; McAllister, John, 1786-1877, former owner.; Mallin, William, former owner.; Pennypacker, Samuel W. (Samuel Whitaker), 1843-1916, former owner.; Thomson, Mary, former owner.
1759
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A true and impartial state of the province of Pennsylvania [electronic resource] : Containing, an exact account of the nature of its government; the power of the proprietaries, and their governors; as well those which they derive under the royal grant, as those they have assumed in manifest violation thereof, their father's charter, and the rights of the people: also, the rights and privileges of the Assembly, and people, which they claim under the said grant, charter, and laws of their country, confirmed by the royal approbation. With a true narrative of the dispute between the governors and assemblies, respecting the grants of supplies so often made by the latter, and rejected by the former. In which is demonstrated, by incontestable vouchers, that arbitrary proprietary instructions, have been the true and only cause of the refusal of such supplies, and the late defenceless state of the province. The whole being a full answer to the pamphlets intitled A brief state, and A brief view, &c. of the conduct of Pennsylvania. [Nine lines from Cato's letters] .
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Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803.
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Philadelphia : Printed by W. Dunlap, at the newest-printing-office, M,DCC,LIX. [1759]
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United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
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English
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[2],v,[2],4-173[i.e., 4-175],[1],34,[2]p. ; 8⁰.
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Attributed to Joseph Galloway; formerly sometimes attributed to Benjamin Franklin. The two pamphlets mentioned are by William Smith.
Two states of the dedication (p. [i]-v) noted. One begins "Dedication, to the Right Honorable William Pitt ..."; the other "To the Right Honorable William Pitt ..." - Error in paging: page numbers 79 and 80 repeated. In some copies, p. 31 is numbered "[31["; in others, "[31]".
"Errata"--p. 173.
"An appendix to the foregoing work"--34, [2] p. at end.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Two states of the dedication (p. [i]-v) noted. One begins "Dedication, to the Right Honorable William Pitt ..."; the other "To the Right Honorable William Pitt ..." - Error in paging: page numbers 79 and 80 repeated. In some copies, p. 31 is numbered "[31["; in others, "[31]".
"Errata"--p. 173.
"An appendix to the foregoing work"--34, [2] p. at end.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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Evans, 8349
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 1649
Sabin, 60742
English Short Title Catalog, W29591.
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 1649
Sabin, 60742
English Short Title Catalog, W29591.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, dedicatee.
Dunlap, William, d. 1779, printer.
Kingston, Stephen, former owner.
McAllister, John, 1786-1877, former owner.
Mallin, William, former owner.
Pennypacker, Samuel W. (Samuel Whitaker), 1843-1916, former owner.
Thomson, Mary, former owner.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, dedicatee.
Dunlap, William, d. 1779, printer.
Kingston, Stephen, former owner.
McAllister, John, 1786-1877, former owner.
Mallin, William, former owner.
Pennypacker, Samuel W. (Samuel Whitaker), 1843-1916, former owner.
Thomson, Mary, former owner.
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