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A True and impartial state of the province of Pennsylvania : 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.
1759
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The Sid Lapidus '59 Collection on Liberty and the American Revolution
After nearly 60 years of collecting, Sid Lapidus ’59 has presented to the Library more than 2700 volumes representing the fruits of his enthusiasm. Broadly conceived, the collection charts the definition and re-definiton of rights and liberties endemic to Western political traditions. The main focus is texts and documents relating to the American Revolution, its run-up dating back to the Commonwealth men, and coming down to documents of the early Federal government.
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- Related Name
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
- Language
- English
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- Title
- A True and impartial state of the province of Pennsylvania : 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.
- Call Number
- EX 1212.915
- Lapidus 5.172
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/8910k4175
- Language
- English
- Date Created
- 1759
- Extent
- 173, 34 p. 20 cm.
- Provenance
- Princeton copy 1 Bookplate 'Ex libris W. F. G' (William F. Gable of Altoona, PA. Designed and engraved on the wood block by George Wolfe Plank.)
- Princeton copy 1 Booklabel of Cyrus Hall McCormick (who records he purchased it at the Braislin sale (Anderson Galleries) in March 1927.)
- Princeton copy 2 Bookplate of Marshall C. Lefferts.
- Princeton copy 2 From the collection of Cyrus Hall McCormick (who records he purchased it at the Allis sale (Anderson Galleries) in 1912.).
- Princeton copy 3 Stamp of the Mercantile Library of Philadelphia on titlepage.
- Princeton copy 3 Inscribed on title page 'Levi Holl[---] Bot of A. Herme.
- Source Acquisition
- Princeton copy 3 Gift; Sidney Lapidus, Princeton Class of 1959, 2021.
- References
- ESTC W29591
- Rights Statement
- No Known Copyright
- Notes
- Attributed to Joseph Galloway; formerly sometimes attributed to Benjamin Franklin. The two pamphlets mentioned are by William Smith.
- Binding Note
- Princeton copy 1 Bound in green goatskin, gilt, red endpapers, a.e.g. by Riviere & Son.
- Princeton copy 2 Bound in brown goatskin, gilt, marbled endpapers.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 227
Institutional Information
- Collection
- The Sid Lapidus '59 Collection on Liberty and the American Revolution
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/74929b79-3ae6-4541-be8d-42b3521740fe/manifest