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Page 106 - Resolved, That the Secretary transmit a copy of these resolutions to the family of the deceased and that they be published in the papers of the city.
Page 139 - A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW ALBION. And a Direction for Adventurers with small stock to get two for one, and good land freely : And for Gentlemen, and all Servants, Labourers, and Artificers to live plentifully.
Page 85 - The court sat then, as it does at present, or did until lately, in the month of February; so that we had to travel in the depth of winter, through bad roads, in the midst of rain, hail and snow, in no very comfortable way. Nevertheless, as Soon as we were out of the city, and felt the flush of air, we were like school boys...
Page 58 - The Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully held in Bondage, and for Improving the Condition of the African Race," incorporated by Act of Assembly passed the 8th day of December, AD 1789, of which Dr.
Page 89 - That a committee of their body should be added to those before existing; to be denominated ' The Committee of History, Moral Science, and General Literature.' " This name was adopted on the suggestion of Mr. Rawle, who immediately inscribed his name among the members of the new association. The business of the committee, (as is usual in such cases,) was carried on by a few. The active members were Chief Justice Tilghman, (the chairman,) Dr. Wister, Mr. John Vaughan,Mr.
Page 65 - to revise, collate and digest all such public acts and statutes of the Civil Code of this State, and all such British statutes in force in this State, as are general and permanent in their nature," we now respectfully submit to the Legislature, this, our first Report.
Page 65 - A View of the Constitution of the United States" (1825) ; and " The Study of the Law " (1832). To the literature of the Historical society he contributed a " Vindication of the Rev. Mr. Heckewelder's ' History of the Indian Nations,' " a " Biographical Sketch of Sir William Keith," and " A Sketch of the Life of Thomas Mifflin.
Page 62 - ... the bar. A sufficient explanation of the non-continuance of the Law School from the retirement of Judge Wilson, was that it was not yet needed, nor would it have attained a considerable number of students when reopened in 1850, had it not been for the fact that George Sharswood, then the President Judge of the District Court of the City and County of Philadelphia, and afterwards Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, was the first professor of the reorganized school. His relations...
Page 201 - Oh ! that the spirit of God may rule and overrule our spirits, or all we have to say for God can never glorify him, — it is his own that praise and serve him. I could wish my own concerns there, were in a better way, but of that no mure now. I yet hope in the Lord to see you again, and that not long first. — Farewell. Thy real well-wishing friend. "WILLIAM PENN.
Page 86 - ... were handed about, old college stories were revived, songs were sung — in short, it might have been taken for anything but the grave counsellors of the celebrated bar of Philadelphia — except Mr. Ingersoll, who, sad, serious and composed, rode thinking of his causes and little inclined to mirth. Our appearance at the bar of the Supreme Court was always a scene of triumph. We entered the hall together, and Judge Washington was heard to say, "This is my bar.