Lot 234
Early Pennsylvania Laws - Includes Declaration of Independence. One volume containing laws passed between September 30, 1775 and September 29, 1781. The first section includes the Declaration of Independence, the Pennsylvania State Constitution and the Articles of Confederation of the United States of America. Includes many early Revolutionary War period laws regarding acts of treason, oaths of allegiance, punishments for counterfeiters, and the borrowing of five million Continental Dollars. There is also an act for the creation of the American Philosophical Society (Benjamin Franklin was its first president), as well as a tax act on the "importation of Negros and Mulattos after July 4th 1776." Original leather board covers measuring 12¼ x 8¼". Printed and sold by Francis Bailey, Market Street, Philadelphia, 1782. Original covers and spine are worn and bumped; a 2½ x 1½" area on front cover is dark and missing leather. Interior is basically bright and clean, with some light toning and foxing and a few marginal stains. A wonderful Revolutionary War record of Pennsylvania.
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,250.
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