An Interesting appendix to Sir William Blackstone's Commentaries on the laws of England.
Subtitle: Containing, I. Priestley's Remarks on some paragraphs in the fourth volume of Blackstone's Commentaries, relating to the dissenters. II. Blackstone's Reply to Priestley's Remarks. III. Priestley's Answer to Blackstone's Reply. IV. The case of the late election of the county of Middlesex considered on the principles of the Constitution and the authorities of law. V. Furneaux's Letters to the Hon. Mr. Justice Blackstone concerning his Exposition of the Act of Toleration, and some positions relative to religious liberty, in his celebrated Commentaries on the laws of England. VI. Authentic copies of the argument of the late Hon. Mr. Justice Foster in the Court of Judges Delegates, and of the speech of the Right Hon. Lord Mansfield in the House of Lords, in the cause between the city of London and dissenters.
Contributors: Foster, Michael, Sir, 1689-1763.; Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793.; Blackstone, William, Sir, 1723-1780.; Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804.; Blackstone, William, Sir, 1723-1780.; Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804.; Blackstone, William, Sir, 1723-1780.; Furneaux, Philip, 1726-1783.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 12328.
Publisher: America: printed for the subscribers, by Robert Bell, at the late Union-Library, in Third-Street, Philadelphia.
Published: 1772
Place of publication: [Philadelphia]
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 155
Subjects: Great Britain. -- Parliament -- Elections.; Dissenters, Religious -- England.; Law -- Great Britain.; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1760-1820.
Notes: Parts I-V have separate title pages. Part V is described as "The second edition, with additions, and an appendix," and dated MDCCLXXIII on the title page. The appendix to Part V contains the material described on the general title page as comprising part VI.

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Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 12328)