The laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; (Vol I & II)

Book

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Wayland Museum

Name/Title

The laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; (Vol I & II)

Entry/Object ID

1988.29.45

Secondary Title

passed from the year 1780, to the end of the year 1800 with the constitutions of the United States of America, and of the commonwealth, prefixed : to which is added, an appendix, containing acts and clauses of acts, from the laws of the late colony, province and state of Massachusetts, which either are unrevised or respect the title of real estate.

Description

Contains the statutes of Massachusetts in chronological order.from the year 1780, to the end of the year 1800. Physical Description: 2 vol (1,073 p.) ; 25 cm. Volume 1: [4], 520, [56] pages; volume 2: [521]-1073, [57] pages

Acquisition

Accession

1988.29

Source or Donor

Storkerson, Marcia

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Massachusetts, Government, Laws, General Court, Washington, George, Real property, Law -- Massachusetts., Massachusetts -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865., Constitutions -- Massachusetts, Massachusetts -- General Court, Session laws -- Massachusetts, Real property--Massachusetts., Washington, George, 1732-1799. Farewell address.

Book Details

Author

Massachusetts

Publisher

Manning & Loring (printer)

Place Published

Location

Boston, MA

Date Published

1801

Publication Language

English

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Date Examined

Jul 1, 2021

Examined By

Gardner-Westcott, Kay

Notes

Leather cover, badly scarred; pages foxed; textblock secured.

General Notes

Note

Notes: "Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Secretary's Office, December 31, 1800. This certifies that I have carefully compared the copies of the Laws of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, as printed in this edition, with the originals deposited in this office, and find them to be correct. John Avery, secretary."--volume 1, verso of title page. "Index to both volumes of the laws of Massachusetts; (the first volume ending at page 520.)"--[56] pages at end of each volume. "President Washington's Address. To the people of the United States."--volume 2, pages [947]-960. Error in paging: volume 1, page 42 misnumbered 44. Vol. 2 is Appendix. Status: OK Status By: Wescott, Kay Status Date: 2021-07-01