Lawmaking and Legislators in Pennsylvania, Volume 1, 1682-1709: A Biographical Dictionary

by Craig W. Horle (Editor), Marianne S. Wokeck (Editor), Jeffrey L. Scheib (Editor), David Haugaard (Editor), Joy Wiltenburg (Editor)

Overview

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780812230673
Publisher:	University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
Publication date:	10/29/1991
Series:	Anniversary Collection
Edition description:	Reprint 2016 ed.
Pages:	904
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

Foreword
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
Illustrations and Maps
Figures and Tables

INTRODUCTION
General Background
Introduction to Volume One

LAWMAKING IN PENNSYLVANIA, 1682-1709: THEMES AND ISSUES
The General Assembly in the Constitutions of Colonial Pennsylvania
Voters and Elections in Colonial Pennsylvania, 1682-1709
Legislative Supremacy and Assembly Procedures, 1682-1709
The House Committees, 1682-1709
Legislation of Pennsylvania, 1682-1709
Pennsylvania and the Three Lower Counties, 1682-1704
The Pennsylvania Quakers and William Penn
Religious Factionalism in Pennsylvania

LEGISLATORS OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1682-1709
Sessions List:
The General Assembly of Pennsylvania, 1682-1709
Officers of the House, 1682-1709
List of House Committees, 1682-1709
Selected Characteristics of the Legislature and Its Representatives

BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS
Guide to the Biographical Entries
Short Title List of Sources
Biographies and Listings

APPENDIXES
Appendix 1-Glossary
Appendix 2-Chronology of Pennsylvania, 1681-1710
Appendix 3-Religious Affiliation of Elected Pennsylvania Legislators, 1683-1709
Appendix 4-Provincial Council Attendance
Appendix 5-Laws Enacted in Pennsylvania, 1682-1709
Appendix 6-The Keithian Controversy and Factions in Philadelphia County
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NDEX OF SUBJECTS
INDEX OF NAMES

Editorial Reviews

"This superb biographical dictionary of Pennsylvania legislators provides elaborate accounts of each Pennsylvania lawmaker who served during the period covered by the volume, with detailed scholarly introductions analyzing the makeup of the legislature and the entire lawmaking process. The introductions alone should be required reading for all students of colonial Pennsylvania. . . . The publication of the first two volumes of this series has set a standard by which similar projects must be measured."

The American Genealogist David L. Greene

"This superb biographical dictionary of Pennsylvania legislators provides elaborate accounts of each Pennsylvania lawmaker who served during the period covered by the volume, with detailed scholarly introductions analyzing the makeup of the legislature and the entire lawmaking process. The introductions alone should be required reading for all students of colonial Pennsylvania. . . . The publication of the first two volumes of this series has set a standard by which similar projects must be measured."—David L. Greene, The American Genealogist

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