"This superb biographical dictionary of Pennsylvania legislators provides elaborate accounts of each Pennsylvania lawmaker who served during the period covered by the volume, with detailed scholarly introductions analyzing the makeup of the legislature and the entire lawmaking process. The introductions alone should be required reading for all students of colonial Pennsylvania. . . . The publication of the first two volumes of this series has set a standard by which similar projects must be measured." (David L. Greene, The American Genealogist)

• ForewordAbout the AuthorsAcknowledgmentsIllustrations and MapsFigures and TablesINTRODUCTIONGeneral BackgroundIntroduction to Volume OneLAWMAKING IN PENNSYLVANIA, 1682-1709: THEMES AND ISSUESThe General Assembly in the Constitutions of Colonial PennsylvaniaVoters and Elections in Colonial Pennsylvania, 1682-1709Legislative Supremacy and Assembly Procedures, 1682-1709The House Committees, 1682-1709Legislation of Pennsylvania, 1682-1709Pennsylvania and the Three Lower Counties, 1682-1704The Pennsylvania Quakers and William PennReligious Factionalism in PennsylvaniaLEGISLATORS OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1682-1709Sessions List:The General Assembly of Pennsylvania, 1682-1709Officers of the House, 1682-1709List of House Committees, 1682-1709Selected Characteristics of the Legislature and Its RepresentativesBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYSGuide to the Biographical EntriesShort Title List of SourcesBiographies and ListingsAPPENDIXESAppendix 1-GlossaryAppendix 2-Chronology of Pennsylvania, 1681-1710Appendix 3-Religious Affiliation of Elected Pennsylvania Legislators, 1683-1709Appendix 4-Provincial Council AttendanceAppendix 5-Laws Enacted in Pennsylvania, 1682-1709Appendix 6-The Keithian Controversy and Factions in Philadelphia CountyINDEX OF SUBJECTSINDEX OF NAMES

"This superb biographical dictionary of Pennsylvania legislators provides elaborate accounts of each Pennsylvania lawmaker who served during the period covered by the volume, with detailed scholarly introductions analyzing the makeup of the legislature and the entire lawmaking process. The introductions alone should be required reading for all students of colonial Pennsylvania. . . . The publication of the first two volumes of this series has set a standard by which similar projects must be measured." (David L. Greene, The American Genealogist)

• ForewordAbout the AuthorsAcknowledgmentsIllustrations and MapsFigures and TablesINTRODUCTIONGeneral BackgroundIntroduction to Volume OneLAWMAKING IN PENNSYLVANIA, 1682-1709: THEMES AND ISSUESThe General Assembly in the Constitutions of Colonial PennsylvaniaVoters and Elections in Colonial Pennsylvania, 1682-1709Legislative Supremacy and Assembly Procedures, 1682-1709The House Committees, 1682-1709Legislation of Pennsylvania, 1682-1709Pennsylvania and the Three Lower Counties, 1682-1704The Pennsylvania Quakers and William PennReligious Factionalism in PennsylvaniaLEGISLATORS OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1682-1709Sessions List:The General Assembly of Pennsylvania, 1682-1709Officers of the House, 1682-1709List of House Committees, 1682-1709Selected Characteristics of the Legislature and Its RepresentativesBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYSGuide to the Biographical EntriesShort Title List of SourcesBiographies and ListingsAPPENDIXESAppendix 1-GlossaryAppendix 2-Chronology of Pennsylvania, 1681-1710Appendix 3-Religious Affiliation of Elected Pennsylvania Legislators, 1683-1709Appendix 4-Provincial Council AttendanceAppendix 5-Laws Enacted in Pennsylvania, 1682-1709Appendix 6-The Keithian Controversy and Factions in Philadelphia CountyINDEX OF SUBJECTSINDEX OF NAMES

"This superb biographical dictionary of Pennsylvania legislators provides elaborate accounts of each Pennsylvania lawmaker who served during the period covered by the volume, with detailed scholarly introductions analyzing the makeup of the legislature and the entire lawmaking process. The introductions alone should be required reading for all students of colonial Pennsylvania. . . . The publication of the first two volumes of this series has set a standard by which similar projects must be measured." (David L. Greene, The American Genealogist)

• ForewordAbout the AuthorsAcknowledgmentsIllustrations and MapsFigures and TablesINTRODUCTIONGeneral BackgroundIntroduction to Volume OneLAWMAKING IN PENNSYLVANIA, 1682-1709: THEMES AND ISSUESThe General Assembly in the Constitutions of Colonial PennsylvaniaVoters and Elections in Colonial Pennsylvania, 1682-1709Legislative Supremacy and Assembly Procedures, 1682-1709The House Committees, 1682-1709Legislation of Pennsylvania, 1682-1709Pennsylvania and the Three Lower Counties, 1682-1704The Pennsylvania Quakers and William PennReligious Factionalism in PennsylvaniaLEGISLATORS OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1682-1709Sessions List:The General Assembly of Pennsylvania, 1682-1709Officers of the House, 1682-1709List of House Committees, 1682-1709Selected Characteristics of the Legislature and Its RepresentativesBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYSGuide to the Biographical EntriesShort Title List of SourcesBiographies and ListingsAPPENDIXESAppendix 1-GlossaryAppendix 2-Chronology of Pennsylvania, 1681-1710Appendix 3-Religious Affiliation of Elected Pennsylvania Legislators, 1683-1709Appendix 4-Provincial Council AttendanceAppendix 5-Laws Enacted in Pennsylvania, 1682-1709Appendix 6-The Keithian Controversy and Factions in Philadelphia CountyINDEX OF SUBJECTSINDEX OF NAMES