{"product_id":"lawmaking-and-legislators-in-pennsylvania","title":"Lawmaking and Legislators in Pennsylvania","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Biographical Dictionary of Pennsylvania Legislators\u003c\/i\u003e is proud to announce publication of Volume 3 of its multi-volume series, \u003ci\u003eLawmaking and Legislators in Pennsylvania. Volume 3\u003c\/i\u003e, distributed by the Penn State University Press, covers the Assembly terms from 1757 through 1775, a period that witnessed the French and Indian War, the expansion of Pennsylvania, with the addition of Bedford, Northumberland, and Westmoreland counties, the Stamp Act crisis, the development of extra-legal committees, the creation of county militias, and the eventual overthrow of the colonial government.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the legislators profiled in \u003ci\u003eVolume 3\u003c\/i\u003e are Benjamin Franklin, William Allen, Joseph Galloway, Daniel Roberdeau, George Bryan, John Armstrong, William Thompson, Henry Keppele, Isaac Norris, Israel Pemberton, James Pemberton, George Taylor, George Ross, Emanuel Carpenter, John Morton, Nathaniel Pennock, Israel Jacobs, Robert McPherson, Edward Biddle, John Potts, Samuel Potts, Thomas Potts, Samuel Miles, Michael Hillegas, and Thomas Willing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso included are a series of introductory essays focusing on such topics as the rules and procedures of the Assembly, the Pennsylvania Iron Industry, the legislators and civic improvement, the Quaker party, and the prelude to revolution. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume also contains 16 charts, two maps, a complete sessions list for those years, and numerous appendices that highlight such topics as the religious affiliations and residences of the legislators, laws enacted in Pennsylvania, and committee assignments by speaker.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54250018439512,"sku":"9780966779455","price":62.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780966779455_af5e9e9b-331b-4818-b889-30debe91b80e.jpg?v=1764324058","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/lawmaking-and-legislators-in-pennsylvania","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}