Lawmaking And Legislatures in Pennsylvania: A Biographical Dictionary : 1757-1775 (Lawmaking & Legislators in Pennsylvania) (2 book set) [Hardcover]

Craig W. Horle (Author, Editor)

Book Description

Series: Lawmaking & Legislators in Pennsylvania | Publication Date: December 30, 2005

The Biographical Dictionary of Pennsylvania Legislators is proud to announce publication of Volume 3 of its multivolume series, Lawmaking and Legislators in Pennsylvania. Distributed by the Penn State University Press, this two book set covers the Assembly terms from 1757 through 1775, a period that witnessed the French and Indian War, the expansion of Pennsylvania with the addition of Bedford, Northumberland, and Westmoreland counties, the Stamp Act crisis, the development of extra-legal committees, the creation of county militias, and the eventual overthrow of the colonial government. Among the legislators profiled in Volume 3 are William Allen, John Armstrong, Edward Biddle, George Bryan, Emanuel Carpenter, Benjamin Franklin, Joseph Galloway, Michael Hillegas, Israel Jacobs, Henry Keppele, Robert McPherson, Samuel Miles, John Morton, Isaac Norris, Israel Pemberton, James Pemberton, Nathaniel Pennock, John Potts, Samuel Potts, Thomas Potts, Daniel Roberdeau, George Ross, George Taylor, William Thompson, and Thomas Willing. Also included are introductory essays focusing on such topics as the rules and procedures of the Assembly, the Pennsylvania iron industry, the legislators and civic improvement, the Quaker party, and the prelude to revolution. The volume also contains sixteen charts, two maps, a complete sessions list for those years, and numerous appendixes that highlight such topics as the religious affiliations and residences of the legislators, laws enacted in Pennsylvania, and committee assignments by speaker.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Historians will want this volume just for Joseph S. Foster s bravura biography of Benjamin Franklin, which runs to thirty-four pages of text plus six pages of notes. --Scott C. Steward, National Genealogical Society Quarterly

About the Author

Craig W. Horle is the Director and Chief Editor of the Biographical Dictionary of Early Pennsylvania Legislators, 1682-1790, Project located at Temple University.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 818 pages
• Publisher: Pennsylvania State Univ Pr; illustrated edition edition (December 30, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966779452
• ISBN-13: 978-0966779455
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,696,890 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)