Bill to Raise a Force for Defence of this Commonwealth.
- imprint_number: 1814.128
- title: [Bill to raise a regular force for the defence of this commonwealth].
- sequence_number: 128
- year: 1814
- place_issued: Richmond
- issuing_press: Deborah W. L. Pleasants
- author: Virginia. General Assembly.
- notes: No copy known extant; the House ordered 250 copies of this bill printed on December 1, 1814, for use of the Assembly in its deliberations; an amended version was printed on January 5, 1815, as well (1815.000); Swem recorded that item, though not this one; the introduction of this bill led to a extended debate that resulted in passage of a lengthy law on January 18th (Chap. VI of Acts of October 1814 Assembly).
Long-time public printer, Samuel Pleasants, died six days before this session opened; the Assembly chose to continue employing his press for most of this session, granting his widow, Deborah W. L. Pleasants, her husband's formal title until January 1, 1815; thereafter, Thomas Ritchie, the printer to the Senate, assumed that larger role, with his protégé, Thomas Burling, taking on his old assignment; this division of labor meant that most of the session's printing was completed at the Argus Office, with Ritchie picking up the load with the start of the new year, just three weeks work; still, the daily House journal was issued from the Argus Office for the duration of the Assembly. This work distribution informs the attribution made here.
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