Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvanian · Province of Pennsylvania · the State of Pennsylvania · the state of Pennsylvania
in the texts
Construction Construed and Constitutions Vindicated
The state whose presidency (executive office) Franklin held without accepting compensation, cited as an example of disinterested public service.
Even this excitement was viewed by Doctor Franklin as so dangerous to liberty, that he wished for its suppression, and refused to receive any compensation as president of Pennsylvania;
Pennsylvania.
The Unconstitutionality of Slavery
State whose preamble mentions 'slaves' and whose constitution is argued incompatible with slavery.
of all the inhabitants) “of the state of Pennsylvania.
The 46th section of the frame of government is in these words.
The constitution of Pennsylvania, (adopted in 1776,) uses the word in the same sense:
The Genius of the Common Law
Colony/state founded under William Penn's charter, noted for its dispensation from Quia Emptores.
We may note for curiosity that William Penn’s charter of 1681 contained, among other ample and regal franchises, a dispensation from Quia Emptores, by force whereof, as I understand, in the State of Pennsylvania rents are reserved on conveyances in fee simple to this day;
As to the complication added to the Pennsylvanian doctrine, it seems without sufficient cause, by a modern decision, see Gray on Perpetuities, § 26.
An Essay on the Trial by Jury
A U.S. state whose statutory juror qualifications or selection method are surveyed as part of the author's state-by-state argument that American juries are generally illegal.
How jurors are appointed, and what are their qualifications, in New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Delaware, South Carolina, Kentucky, Iowa, Texas, and California, I know not.