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Peters' Admiralty Dec. in the Pennsylvania Dist., 1780-1807, 2v
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Admiralty decisions in the District Court of the United States for the Pennsylvania District, by the Hon. Richard Peters; Comprising also some
decisions in the same court by the late Francis Hopkinson, Esq.; To which are added cases determined in other districts of the United States; With an
appendix containing; The Laws of Oleron; The Laws of Wisbuy; The Law of the Hanse Towns; The marine ordinances of Louis XIV; A treatise on the rights and
duties of owners, freighters, and masters of ships, and of mariners; and the laws of the United States relative to Mariners; in two volumes: n.a.,
vii+502p, Philadelphia, Patrick Byrne, 1807. Cite as Pet. Adm. (Despite the legend “In two volumes,” contained in the title, the main text of this work
has a single continuous pagination, which has led LLMC to treat it as a single-volume work. The title page to “Vol. II” appears at p. 261. The
Appendix, which follows the main text, is paginated separately in two sequences of roman numerals, with the exhibits appearing as follows: First no. sequence
--The Laws of Oleron {iii}; The Laws of Wisbuy{lxvii}; The Law of the Hanse Towns (xci}; Index to first no. sequence {cxiii}; Second no. sequence
--The marine ordinances of France {iii}; A treatise on the rights and duties of owners, freighters, and masters of ships, and of mariners {lxiv}; and the
laws of the United States relative to Mariners {xciii}, and Index to second no. sequence {cxxxi}.)
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Title:
Admiralty decisions in the District Court of the United States, for the Pennsylvania District, by the Hon. Richard Peters : comprising also some decisions in the same court, by the late Francis Hopkinson, Esq. : to which are added cases determined in other districts of the United States : with an appendix containing -- The laws of Oleron -- The laws of Wisbuy -- The laws of the Hanse towns -- The Marine ordinances of Louis XIV -- A treatise on the rights and duties of owners, freighters, and masters of ships, and of mariners; and the laws of the United States relative to mariners.
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OCLC Number:
817010813
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