TRIAL OF FREDERICK EBERLE AND OTHERS...BEFORE THE HONORABLE JASPER YEATES, JUSTICE, FOR ILLEGALLY CONSPIRING TOGETHER BY ALL MEANS LAWFUL AND UNLAWFUL, "WITH THEIR BODIES AND LIVES" TO PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE INTO THE SERVICE OF S
Carson, James [reporter]:
Philadelphia: Published for the Reporter, 1817. 240pp. Later 19th-century half calf and marbled boards, leather labels, raised bands. Spine scuffed. Old bookplate and library ink stamp and blind stamp on titlepage. Some scattered foxing. Overall just about very good. Extensive report of this interesting case in which Federick Eberle and others were charged with conspiracy for blocking the use of the English language in Lutheran churches in Philadelphia. Presiding over the case was Jasper Yeates, a justice of the supreme court of Pennsylvania. A trial transcript full of interesting social detail. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 42325.
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