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PENNSYLVANIA] The Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Enacted into Laws since the Declaration of Independence, on the 4th Day of July, 1776 . Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 1779 (main title), but the individual parts John Dunlap: Philadelphia and Lancaster, 1777-1781 (except for the May 1777 Session, printed Lancaster: Francis Bailey, 1777, because of the British occupation of Philadelphia). First editions (with the exception of the first two parts, which are in the 1779 Dunlap reprint) of the so-called "Dunlap Laws," the excessively rare Session Laws of Pennsylvania passed during the Revolution that were printed by John Dunlap. Full burgundy morocco. 12 1/4 x 8 inches; [2], [1]-488 pp. Light binding wear, Bar Association stamps, some sections toned, occasional slight foxing. Occasional annotations in a contemporary hand. Both the meetings of the Assembly, and the printing of the laws themselves, were conducted under gravely difficult conditions, as witness the displacement of the meeting (and printings) from Philadelphia to Lancaster, when the British occupied the city between September 1777 and June 1778. These works, all extremely rare, are shown with between two and five institutional locations on ESTC. This copy consists of the following components. 1. Laws enacted in the First sitting of the First General Assembly of Pennsylvania, which began at Philadelphia, Nov. 28, 1776, and was continued by Adjournments to March 21, 1777. [2-general title], pp. [1]-[50] pp. 2. Laws enacted in the Second sitting of the First General Assembly .... which commenced at Philadelphia the 12th Day of May, 1777, and continued to the 19th day of June in the same year, pp. [19], [1]. 3. Laws enacted in General Assembly .... held at Philadelphia the 12th day of May, 1777, and continued by adjournment to Lancaster, until the 14th Day of Oct., 1777. (Lancaster: F. Bailey), pp. [2-title], [51]-68. 4. Laws enacted in the Second General Assembly .... at the sitting which began at Lancaster on the 27th day of October, 1777, and continued by adjournment to the 2d day of January, 1778. (Lancaster: John Dunlap), pp. [69]-100. 5. Laws enacted in the Second sitting of the Second General Assembly .... which began at Lancaster the 18th day of February, 1778, pp. 101-132. 6. Laws enacted in the Third sitting of the Second General Assembly .... which began at Lancaster .... the 13th day of May, 1778, pp. 133-136. 7. Laws enacted at the fourth sitting of the Second General Assembly .... which commenced at Philadelphia on the 4th day of Aug., 1778, pp. 137-164. 8. Laws enacted at the third General Assembly .... which met at Philadelphia the 26th day of Oct., 1778, and in the third year of the Independence of the United States of North America, pp. 165-178. 9. Laws enacted in the Second sitting of the Third General Assembly .... which commenced at Philadelphia .... the first day of Feb., 1779, and continued to the fifth day of April of the same year, pp. 177-228. 10. Laws enacted in the third sitting of the Third General Assembly .... which commenced at Philadelphia .... the 30th day of Aug., 1779, pp. 229-260. 11. Laws enacted in the First Sitting of the Fourth General Assembly .... which met at Philadelphia .... the 25th day of Oct., 1779, pp. 261-282. 12. Laws enacted in the Second Sitting of the Fourth General Assembly .... which met at Philadelphia .... the 19th day of January, 1780, pp. 283-366. 13. Laws enacted in the Third Sitting of the Fourth General Assembly .... which commenced at Philadelphia .... on the 10th Day of May, 1780, pp. 367-384. 14. Laws enacted in the Fourth Sitting of the Fourth General Assembly .... which commenced at Philadelphia .... the First day of September, 1780, pp. 385-396. 15. Laws enacted at the First Sitting of the Fifth General Assembly .... which met at Philadelphia .... the 23rd day of October, 1780, pp. 397-418. 16. Laws enacted in the Second Sitting of the Fifth General Assembly .... which com