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" ... by and with the advice, assent, and approbation of the freemen of the said country, or the greater part of them, or of their delegates or deputies... "
The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: American politics before the revolution - Page 2
by Benjamin Franklin - 1809
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History of Washington County: From Its First Settlement to the Present Time ...

Alfred Creigh - Mason-Dixon Line - 1871 - 520 pages
...This document is nearly two hundred years old. Under the provisions of this charter, William Penn, by and with .the advice, assent, and approbation of the freemen of the said country, had authority to ordain, make, and enact laws. Accordingly, on the 25th of April, 1682, William Penn...
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Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Volume 10

Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Bibliography - 1872 - 474 pages
...his letters patent to the Proprietor, commands that the laws to be enacted by him or his Lieutenant, by and with the advice, assent and approbation of the freemen of this country, or the greater part of them, or of their Delegates, shall be most absolute and available...
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Correspondence Between William Penn and James Logan, Secretary ..., Volumes 1-2

William Penn - Pennsylvania - 1872 - 476 pages
...his letters patent to the Proprietor, commands that the laws to be enacted by him or his Lieutenant, by and with the advice, assent and approbation of the freemen of this country, or the greater part of them, or of their Delegates, shall be most absolute and available...
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Political Essays

John Elliott Cairnes - Colonies - 1873 - 452 pages
...spirit which animates it is the same. Thus Lord Baltimore, the founder of Maryland, is authorized " by and with the advice, assent, and approbation of the freemen of Maryland, or the greater part of them, or their delegates and deputies, to enact any laws whatever,...
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The History of Pennsylvania from the Earliest Discovery to the Present Time ...

William Mason Cornell - Dutch - 1876 - 598 pages
...peace, or safety of the said country, or unto the private utility of particular persons, according unto their best discretion, by and with the advice, assent,...or the greater part of them, or of their delegates or deputies, whom, for the enacting of the said laws, when and as often as need may require, we will...
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The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 43

Pennsylvania - 1919 - 418 pages
...discretion, whether relating to the public state of the province, or the private utility of individuals, by and with the advice, assent and approbation of the freemen of the same province, or the greater part of them, or of their delegates or deputies, whom We will shall be...
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Charter to William Penn, and Laws of the Province of Pennsylvania ..., Volume 2

Pennsylvania - Courts - 1879 - 638 pages
...Lieutenants, for the good & happy Government -of the said Country, by and with the advice, assent & approbation, of the Freemen of the said Country, or the Greater part of them, or of their Delegates or Deputies in assembly, when and as often as need should require, to ordain, make and Enact, any Laws...
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The Development of Constitutional Liberty in the English Colonies of America

Eben Greenough Scott - History - 1882 - 368 pages
...of January in every year," it granted to Penn, among many franchises, the right of making the laws " with the advice, assent, and approbation of the freemen...or the greater part of them, or of their delegates or deputies," so long as they should not be repugnant to those of England ; but the right was reserved...
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The Foundation of Maryland and the Origin of the Act Concerning Religion of ...

Bradley Tyler Johnson - History - 1883 - 228 pages
...absolute power by the tenor of these presents to Ordain, Make, and Enact LAWS of what kind soever ... of and with the Advice, Assent and Approbation of the FREEMEN of the same Province, or of the greater part of them, or of their Delegates or Deputies whom WE will shall...
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The Colonial Records of North Carolina, Volume 3

North Carolina - North Carolina - 1886 - 674 pages
...the Proprietors. The words, (after a recital of the words empowering the Proprietors) are these viz* "by and with the advice, assent and approbation of the Freemen of the said Province or Territory, or of the Freemen of the County, Barony or Colony for which such Law or Constitution...
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