Horle / Wokeck / Scheib Lawmaking and Legislators in Pennsylvania, Volume 1, 1682-1709

A Biographical Dictionary
Nachdruck 2016
ISBN: 978-1-5128-1700-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 904 Seiten, Web PDF

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Horle, Craig W.

Wokeck, Marianne S.

Scheib, Jeffrey L.

Haugaard, David

Wiltenburg, Joy

Foster, Joseph S.

Beiler, Rosalind J.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Biografische Nachschlagewerke: (Who's Who)
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte Regionalgeschichte der USA: Einzelne Staaten, Städte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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