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The following petition and remonstrance was read in the House of Assembly on the fifteenth instant : and as it has been said to be "improper, indecent and insulting," the subscriber wishes to give the world an opportunity of judging on its merits, and therefore presents this printed copy of it. /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Fitch, John, 1743-1798
Corporate Author:	Pennsylvania. General Assembly
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Philadelphia] : [publisher not identified], [1789]
Series:	Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 45475.
Subjects:	Rumsey, James, > 1743?-1792. Pennsylvania. > General Assembly. Inventions > Pennsylvania. Inventors > Pennsylvania. Patent laws and legislation > Pennsylvania. Patent laws and legislation > United States. Broadsides.
Online Access:	Evans Digital Edition

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