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(Harrisburg: )., 1879 329 p. Issued without a general title page. 8vo. Attractive original plain half leather binding, with the small printed paper label of Lane S. Hart, Binder, Harrisburg. Hardbound. Very Good. Testimony relating to alleged corruption and bribes paid by oil and railroad companies to influence the vote on the 'Riot Bill'. Scarce. PA 26. Hardcover.
[drop-title] Report of the committee appointed to investigate the official conduct of Thomas Sergeant, Secretary of the Commonwealth. by Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives - 1819]
by Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives
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[drop-title] Report of the committee appointed to investigate the official conduct of Thomas Sergeant, Secretary of the Commonwealth.
by Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives
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[Harrisburg, 1819]. 8vo. 26 pp..
Sergeant is alleged to have solicited $2000 a year from applicants for the post of clerk, the money to be paid to a relative; and, in other ways here enumerated, to have misused his office to the detriment of the government, all while serving as Secretary of the Commonwealth.
The American Antiquarian Society catalog record for this work gives the pagination as "26, [2] p." and says "Text stops in midsentence on p. [27]." Shaw & Shoemaker give the pagination as "26 p.
Shaw & Shoemaker 49050. Folded and stitched, as issued. Lacks the wrappers. Uncut, unopened. Staining to last leaf.
Sergeant is alleged to have solicited $2000 a year from applicants for the post of clerk, the money to be paid to a relative; and, in other ways here enumerated, to have misused his office to the detriment of the government, all while serving as Secretary of the Commonwealth.
The American Antiquarian Society catalog record for this work gives the pagination as "26, [2] p." and says "Text stops in midsentence on p. [27]." Shaw & Shoemaker give the pagination as "26 p.
Shaw & Shoemaker 49050. Folded and stitched, as issued. Lacks the wrappers. Uncut, unopened. Staining to last leaf.
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGED CORRUPTION IN REGARD TO HOUSE BILL NO. 103 - THE RIOT BILL.
by Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives
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Report of the Select Committee Relative to the Soldiers' National Cemetery
by Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives
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Harrisburg: Singerly & Myers, State Printers, 1864. Hardcover. G/Fair, covers are heavily worn, stained on back cover. Pages have heavy to moderate foxing, previous owener pasted newspaper clipping to endpaper and flyleafs.Maps are in good condition. Good re-bind candidate.. Dark brown fine rib cloth. 108, [4] p. (last page blank), [2] leaves of plates (1 folded) : maps. Address of Hon. Edward Everett, at the consecration of the National Cemetery, and the other exercises of the occasion": pages [57]-[111]; includes "Dedicatory address of President Lincoln" (Gettysburg Address). As reported to the House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, March 31, 1864.
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