Lawmaking and Legislators in Pennsylvania: A Biographical Dictionary, Vol. 3 (two-book set)

The Biographical Dictionary of Pennsylvania Legislators is proud to announce publication of Volume 3 of its multivolume series, Lawmaking and Legislators in Pennsylvania . Distributed by the Penn State University Press, it 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. Among the legislators profiled in Volume 3 are William Allen, John Armstrong, Edward Biddle, George Bryan, Emanuel Carpenter, Benjamin Franklin, Joseph Galloway, Michael Hillegas, Israel Jacobs, Henry Keppele, Robert McPherson, Samuel Miles, John Morton, Isaac Norris, Israel Pemberton, James Pemberton, Nathaniel Pennock, John Potts, Samuel Potts, Thomas Potts, Daniel Roberdeau, George Ross, George Taylor, William Thompson, and Thomas Willing. Also included are 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. The volume also contains sixteen charts, two maps, a complete sessions list for those years, and numerous appendixes that highlight such topics as the religious affiliations and residences of the legislators, laws enacted in Pennsylvania, and committee assignments by speaker.