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THE CHARTER GRANTED BY THEIR MAJESTIES KING WILLIAM AND QUEEN MARY, TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE PROVINCE OF MASSACHUSETTS-BAY IN NEW- ENGLAND
by [Massachusetts]
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About This Item
Boston: S. Kneeland, 1759.. 14pp. [bound with:] ACTS AND LAWS OF HIS MAJESTY'S PROVINCE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS-BAY IN NEW-ENGLAND. Boston. 1759-1770. 24,[2],568pp. Antique-style half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt with raised bands, gilt leather label. Very minor shelf wear. Bookplate on front pastedown. Titlepage lightly toned, top half-inch trimmed away. Light toning and some foxing throughout. Else very good. A fine mid-18th-century collection of the laws of Massachusetts. As is often the case with this and earlier collected editions, this copy includes the separately issued CHARTER (here bound first) and the full compilation of laws for 1759, with the addition of twenty-six subsequent separately printed session laws through 1770. Among the acts printed here are the Stamp Act, as well as the act indemnifying those afflicted by the Stamp Act. The miscellaneous acts and laws provide a massive body of New England legal, social, and economic information. They paint a vivid picture of the development of the region, with the founding of towns and public works such as the building of the Plymouth lighthouse. But throughout, the presence of tariff acts and taxes map the route to the American Revolution. Charter: EVANS 8400. Acts: EVANS 8399, 8913- 6, 9173-6, 9428-9, 9721-4, 10052-4, 10370-3, 10675-7, 10959-60, 11723.
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- William Reese Company
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- Title
- THE CHARTER GRANTED BY THEIR MAJESTIES KING WILLIAM AND QUEEN MARY, TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE PROVINCE OF MASSACHUSETTS-BAY IN NEW- ENGLAND
- Author
- [Massachusetts]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- S. Kneeland
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1759.
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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