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Law book owned by George Douglass (father and son).

George Douglass

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Series of two images showing the title page and inscription pages from a law book titled ”The Charters and Acts of Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania....” printed by Peter Miller and Company, Philadelphia, 1762. Title page indicates that this book is Volume I of a two-volume set. However, the book’s owner indicates that this particular book has Volumes I and II bound together. Image #2 is a composite image of two separate pages. The inscriptions indicate that both George Douglass, Sr. (1783) and George Douglass, Jr. (1822) claimed ownership of the book. Both George Douglasses undoubtedly consulted the law book for guidance and the pursuit of remedies arising from their diverse and complex transactions involving real estate, owning a wayside tavern, trading in iron, operating a country store business, money lending activities, funeral services, and in their judicial roles as Justices of the Peace. Larry Ward

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Catalog number
1006.01.020
Alternate number
GDTXT4
Accession number
1006.01
Date
1762
Object name
Book
Record type
Archive
Classification
Documentary Artifact

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