An interesting appendix to Sir William Blackstone's Commentaries on the laws of England.
Contributors: 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.; Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793.; Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner.; Blackstone, William, Sir, 1723-1780.; Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804.; John Adams Library (Boston Public Library)
Series: Yale Blackstone collection -- no. 256.
Publisher: Printed for the subscribers, by R. Bell ...
Published: 1773
Place of publication: Philadelphia, America
Subjects: Blackstone, William, Sir, 1723-1780.; Dissenters, Religious -- England.; Dissenters, Religious -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- England.; Law -- Great Britain.; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1760-1820.
Table of contents: value: I. Priestley's Remarks on some paragraphs in the 4th vol. of Blackstone's Commentaries, relating to the dissenters; value: II. Blackstone's Reply to Priestley's Remarks; value: III. Priestley's Answer to Blackstone's Reply; value: IV. The case of the late election of the county of Middlesex considered on the principles of the Constitution and the authorities of law; value: V. Furneaux's Letters to the Honourable Mr. Justice Blackstone concerning his exposition of the Act of Toleration, and some positions relative to religious liberty, in his celebrated Commentaries; value: VI. Authentic copies of the Argument of the late Honourable Mr. Justice Foster in the Court of Judges Delegates, and of the Speech of the Right Honourable Lord Mansfield in the House of Lords, in the cause between the city of London and the dissenters.