An Interesting appendix to Sir William Blackstone's Commentaries on the laws of England : 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.
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [Philadelphia] : America: printed for the subscribers, by Robert Bell, at the late Union-Library, in Third-Street, Philadelphia, MDCCLXXII. [1772-1773] |
| Description | 4 unnumbered pages, iv, 1 unnumbered page, 6-119, 1 unnumbered page, xii, 155, 1 unnumbered page ; 4⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793 author. |
| Other author/creator | Foster, Michael, Sir, 1689-1763 author. |
| Other author/creator | Bell, Robert, 1732?-1784 printer. |
| Other author/creator | Foster, Michael, Sir, 1689-1763. |
| Other author/creator | Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793. |
| Other author/creator | Blackstone, William, 1723-1780. Commentaries on the laws of England. |
| Other author/creator | Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804 Remarks on some paragraphs in the fourth volume of Dr. Blackstone's Commentaries. |
| Other author/creator | Blackstone, William, 1723-1780 Reply to Dr. Priestley's Remarks. |
| Other author/creator | Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804 Answer to Dr. Blackstone's Reply. |
| Other author/creator | Blackstone, William, 1723-1780 Case of the late election for the county of Middlesex. |
| Other author/creator | Furneaux, Philip, 1726-1783. Letters to the Honourable Mr. Justice Blackstone. |
| General note | 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. |
| General note | Publisher's prospectus for Adam Ferguson's Essay on the history of civil society, p. [156]. Though recorded by Evans (entry 12766), the Essay was evidently not published. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library. |
| References | Evans, 12328 |
| References | Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 2750 |
| References | Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 2881 |
| References | Sabin, 5697 |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, W13024. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| Genre/form | Prospectuses. |