"I hold every man a debtor to his profession; from the which, as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavour themselves, by way of amends, to be a help and ornament thereto."-Lord Bacon. Marims of the Law, Preface.

"Et professioni meæ pluris me agnosco debitorem, quam quod omnes mei exantlati pariter ac fideles retribuere quæant labores."-9 Rep., Preface.

VIEW

OF

THE LAND LAWS

OF

PENNSYLVANIA.

WITH

NOTICES OF ITS EARLY HISTORY AND LEGISLATION.

BY.

THOMAS SERGEANT, ESQ.

PHILADELPHIA:

JAMES KAY, JUN. AND BROTHER, 122 CHESTNUT STREET.

PITTSBURGH: JOHN I. KAY & CO.

1838.