Acts of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania January 7, 1800- February 26, 1801

[Pennsylvania Laws]

Verlag: Erscheinungsdatum: 1800

Hardcover. This collection of acts is more interesting than it may sound. The first printed act is rather specific - declaring the marriage of Alexander de Tilly and Maria Matilda Bingham to be fraudulent, null and void. It goes on to describe in detail how Alexander seduced 15 year old Maria through letters, how the couple eloped without her parent's knowledge, were married under false pretenses, and how Alexander attempted to extort money from his bride's parents. Maria Bingham (1783 - 1849) was an American heiress who went on to marry two more times. All three of her marriages were to prominent European aristocrats. Many of the other included acts read more like court rulings rather than laws and address estate issues, land allocations, building permissions, bridge building, the creation of county lines, patenting land, establishing lotteries to raise money, and more. Full leather binding with red leather title label to spine. This book has been rebacked using the original boards and pieces of the original spine. Chipping to leather along hinges with new material visible. Hinges partly detached. Repaired cracks to leather on front board and wear / bumping to corners. Offsetting from the leather on the first and last few pages otherwise the interior is clean and bright. Lacks title page. Chipping to edges of a few pages with partial loss to page 623/624. Includes chapters 230 - 345 and two tables summarizing the contents of each act. Also includes two folded manuscript pages bound in at front including an Account of the Direct Tax on Land and results of the general election held at Wilsonville in the Palmyra township. 188 pages. (531-719). Mid-Atlantic States. PA2/03301. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 7064

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Acts of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania...
Erscheinungsdatum: 1800
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good Minus