This pamphlet reprints an act of Parliament from 1799 that amends an earlier act (from 1756) enabling King George II to grant commissions to foreign Protestant officers and engineers to serve in America. The amendment likely addressed issues or gaps in the original act. Published in London by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, the pamphlet is a folio-sized document.
Subject: Parliamentary procedure
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This pamphlet reprints an act of Parliament from November 18, 1746, extending the provisions of an earlier act (from June 5, 1740) granting naturalization rights to foreign Protestants in the American colonies. Significantly, this extension also applied to foreign Protestants who conscientiously scrupled taking an oath, effectively including Jews who were exempt from oaths according to the laws of England. The reprinted act was published in 1747 by Thomas Baskett, Printer to the King. This copy is a first printing and shows the coat of arms on the title page. This pamphlet is significant for its inclusion of Jews under the definition of those entitled to naturalization, reflecting the evolving legal landscape of religious tolerance in the 18th century.
This pamphlet reprints the text of the Jewish Naturalization Act of 1753, an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The act, which received royal assent on July 7, 1753, aimed to allow Jews to become naturalized British subjects through application to Parliament. The act was repealed later in the same year due to significant public opposition. The pamphlet includes details about the historical context of the Act, including the debate surrounding its passage and its eventual repeal.
This pamphlet is the first printing of the Act that repealed Britain's 1753 Jewish Naturalization Act. Published in London by Thomas Baskett in 1754, this Act was a response to widespread public outcry and opposition to the earlier act, which had granted British Jews certain rights. The repeal is a landmark document in Jewish history, highlighting the intense social and political climate surrounding Jewish emancipation in 18th-century Britain. The Act itself declares the 1753 act void, citing the disquiet it caused among the King's subjects.