The Pennsylvania State Trials.Francis Hopkinson, And John Nicholson Trials; Hogan, Edmund, Reporter Antiquarian & Scholarly

Philadelphia: Francis Bailey, 1794. Pennsylvania State Trials [Trials]. [Hogan, Edmund, Reporter]. The Pennsylvania State Trials: Containing the Impeachment, Trial, And Acquittal of Francis Hopkinson, And John Nicholson, Esquires. Volume I [All Published]. Philadelphia: Francis Bailey, 1794. xii, 776 pp. Each trial with special title page. The Names of the Subscribes on pages iv-xii. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Early 20th century tan cloth, red and black calf lettering pieces to spine, endpapers renewed. Light soiling, some rubbing to spine, corners lightly bumped, front hinge starting. Moderate toning to interior, light foxing in a few places. $250. * Only edition. Hopkinson, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was charged and subsequently acquitted of allegations stemming from a quarrel with the Pennsylvania State Board of Treasury while he was treasurer of loans and judge of the admiralty in 1780. Nicholson was an extremely important figure during the Revolutionary period in Pennsylvania. As Comptroller General of the State, he had the sole authority over all state accounts. This power prompted some to question his integrity. In 1793 he was impeached by the Pennsylvania House for redeeming his own state certificates instead of funding them in federal certificates. He was acquitted by the Senate in 1794. Not in Cohen. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School (1909) II:1105.