An Interesting appendix to Sir William Blackstone's Commentaries on the laws of England : Containing, I. Priestley's Remarks on some paragraphs in the fourth volume of Blackstone's Commentaries, relating to the dissenters. II. Blackstone's Reply to Priestley's Remarks. III. Priestley's Answer to Blackstone's Reply. IV. The case of the late election of the county of Middlesex considered on the principles of the Constitution and the authorities of law. V. Furneaux's Letters to the Hon. Mr. Justice Blackstone concerning his Exposition of the Act of Toleration, and some positions relative to religious liberty, in his celebrated Commentaries on the laws of England. VI. Authentic copies of the argument of the late Hon. Mr. Justice Foster in the Court of Judges Delegates, and of the speech of the Right Hon. Lord Mansfield in the House of Lords, in the cause between the city of London and dissenters.

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Publication Info[Philadelphia] : America: printed for the subscribers, by Robert Bell, at the late Union-Library, in Third-Street, Philadelphia, MDCCLXXIII. [1773]
Description4 unnumbered pages, iv, 1 unnumbered page, 6-119 pages, 1 unnumbered page, xii, 155 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 23 cm (8vo)
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Other author/creatorFoster, Michael, Sir, 1689-1763.
Other author/creatorMansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793.
Other author/creatorBlackstone, William, 1723-1780. Commentaries on the laws of England.
Included WorkPriestley, Joseph, 1733-1804 Remarks on some paragraphs in the fourth volume of Dr. Blackstone's Commentaries.
Included WorkBlackstone, William, 1723-1780 Reply to Dr. Priestley's Remarks.
Included WorkPriestley, Joseph, 1733-1804 Answer to Dr. Blackstone's Reply.
Included WorkBlackstone, William, 1723-1780 Case of the late election for the county of Middlesex.
Included WorkFurneaux, Philip, 1726-1783. Letters to the Honourable Mr. Justice Blackstone.
SeriesEarly American imprints. First series ; no. 12684. ^A478749
General noteParts I-V have separate title pages, dated 1773. The appendix to part V contains the material listed as Part VI on the general title page.
General noteError in paging: p. 123 misnumbered 113.
General notePublisher's prospectus for Adam Ferguson's Essay on the history of civil society, p. [156].
References Evans 12684
References Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 2859
References Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 2881
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