Act of Parliament, dated 1739

Description

This
Act of Parliament, dated
1739,
has to do with
the Will of Daniel Wiseman, deceased, and the disposition of his estate.
The item consists of a “standard” cover sheet identifying the parliamentary session that approved the Act,
followed by
eight pages of text (designated pages 227 to 234) containing
the full text of the Act.
The document's
cover sheet
reads
“At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the Fourteenth Day of January, Anno Dom. 1734 in the Eighth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second, by the Grace Of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, etc. And from thence continued by several Prorogations to the First Day of February, 1738. being the Fifth Session of the present Parliament”.
The sheet also shows the name of the printer and year of printing. The first picture above shows this cover sheet.
The
Act
is written in its whole on
the following pages,
and is titled
“An Act for applying a Sum of Money, given by the Will of Daniel Wiseman Esquire, deceased, for finishing the new Church at Woolwich in the County of Kent; and for raising an Annuity by an Assessment on the Parish of Woolwich, during the Lives of Mary Wiseman and Elizabeth Crouch, and the Life of the Survivor of them, pursuant to the said Will”
The second picture above show
s
the
first page of the
text of the Act.
The document, which is approximately 7 ½ x 12 inches, was
“Printed by John Baskett, Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty”
in 1739 in London. The
disbound pages are tanned with chipping along the edges. Several pages are semi-detached. The text is clear and easily read.
The item is a first edition and not a modern reprint or scanned copy of an original.