Pennsylvania. General Assembly. The Great Law, 1682
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| TITLE INFORMATION | |||
| Title | Pennsylvania. General Assembly. The Great Law, 1682 | ||
| ASSOCIATED NAMES | |||
| Creator | Pennsylvania General Assembly | ||
| CONTENT DESCRIPTION | |||
| Abstract | This collection contains a copy of the Great Law signed between William Penn and colonists when he arrived in the colony in 1682. The original is in the State Archives of Pennsylvania. Influenced by Quaker principles, the Great Law listed the crimes and punishments that the new colony would enforce and aimed to regulate morality and behavior. | ||
| Note | Conservation note at the front of the object reads: "Cleaned; resized; flattened and mended; 13 page repairs; title page backed in Japan vellum; pages stripped with japan vellum; reserved in arches paper protective folder rich cloth reinforcing strip; buckram four flap, ribbon tied portfolio. 01/15/1936. C. P. Rugh" | ||
| Language | English (ENG) | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Colonial Politics | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Government Affairs | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Law | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Pennsylvania History | ||
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |||
| Type | Text | ||
| Genre | Legal Records | ||
| Genre | Official Government Documents and Records | ||
| Format | text | ||
| Format | text | ||
| Extent | 28 pages | ||
| Digital Origin | reformatted digital | ||
| Reformatting Quality | access | ||
| ORIGIN INFORMATION | |||
| Date Issued | 1682 | ||
| Date Modified | 2015-10-26 | ||
| Place | Pennsylvania | ||
| Place | United States | ||
| PARENT COLLECTION | |||
| Title | Mss.345.12.P38L | ||
| Call Number | Mss.345.12.P38L | ||
| ACCESS INFORMATION | |||
| Use | The APS has an Open Access Policy for all unrestricted material in the digital library. Open Access Materials can be used freely for non-commercial, scholarly, educational, or fair use as defined under United States copyright law. Read the full policy and learn more about our Rights and Reproduction at: http://www.amphilsoc.org/library/rights | ||
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