| Author | Massachusetts.
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| Title | The colonial laws of Massachusetts / by William H. Whitmore, Record Commissioner ; Pub. by order of the City Council of Boston.
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| Published | Boston : Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1890.
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| Description | xliii, 150, ix p., 1 leaf, 395 (i.e. 401) p. ; 28 cm.
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| General Note | Reprinted from the edition of 1672, with the supplements through 1686. Containing also, a bibliographical preface and introduction treating of all the printed laws from 1649 to 1686. Together with the Body of Liberties of 1641, and the records of the Court of Assistants, 1641-1644.
Three leaves numbered 248 a and b, 292 a and b, and 296 a and b inserted.
Facsimile reproductions of the manuscript Body of Liberties, 1641, and the edition of 1672 of the General Laws and Liberties, with the Supplements, 1672-86.
The bibliographic introduction and prelimary matter were issued separately with title: A bibliographic sketch of the laws of Massachusetts Colony from 1630 to 1636 ... 1890.
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| Subjects | Law -- Massachusetts.
Massachusetts -- History -- Colonial Period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Sources.
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| Other Authors | Whitmore, William Henry, 1836-1900.
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| Organizations | Boston (Mass.). City Council.
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| | WRHS Research Library: F 5 DA M412
mq120323: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 68591] |
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