Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives of the Province of Pennsylvania, Beginning the Fourteenth Day of October, 1767. Volume The Sixth

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Brown leather/boards. 5 raised bands; gilt lettering. 766 pp. with no illus. A bit overweight at 8 pounds, and will require extra postage. Volume XI, beginning the 14th of October, 1767 and running through Sept. 26, 1776. "The printing of this sixth volume of a collection of the Votes and proceedings of the House of Representatives of the province of Pennsylvania, ending with the government under the Crown of Great Britain, was finished by Henry Miller, Philadelphia : Printed and sold by Henry Miller, in Race-Street, MDCCLXXVI." Proceedings during the governorships of John Penn, Richard Penn, and (again), John Penn. John Penn was the last governor of colonial Pennsylvania, serving in that office from 1763 to 1771 and from 1773 to 1776. John and Richard both were grandsons of William Penn. Front cover detached but present. Back cover/spine leather wearing/rubbed. Pencil inscription in two places: "Presented to the National Museum by Peter B. Long." Very occasional marginalia (on about 5 pages) in the sections from 1774-5. Light foxing to some page edges. Nothing offensive. An occasional page corner turned over. Some sort of oil or water stain to part of very lower margin area of first few pages, and age darkening to same. Text block, in general, tight, mostly clean, and very readable. Would be a lovely copy to have repaired. Original Edition (not a reprint or e-book). N° de ref. del artículo 157780

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