Proceedings and debates in the House of Representatives of the state of Delaware, on the petitions for contesting the election of David Hall, Esq
Subtitle: To which are added, the proceedings in the Senate, and a summary of the debates in that House
By: By Th. Clayton
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 2040
Publisher: Printed by William Black.
Published: 1802
Place of publication: Dover [Del.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 59
Subjects: Elections; Politics and government
Notes: Regarding the 1801 general election for governor in Delaware, in which David Hall defeated rival Nathaniel Mitchell by eighteen votes.

"The publisher is unable to write short-hand. He took down the following debates in short notes, which he afterwards enlarged at his leisure. He assures the public that he has omitted no arguments which were advanced on either side; and as far as he has been able he has pursued the language of the gentlemen. In many instances this has been impossible, and he has been obliged to substitute his own for theirs ... "--Preface, p. [3].

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"Errata."--p. 59.

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