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1776 Volume of the Laws of New Jersey
Allinson, Samuel [compiler and publisher]. ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW-JERSEY, FROM THE SURRENDER OF THE GOVERNMENT TO QUEEN ANNE, ON THE 17TH DAY OF APRIL, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1702, TO THE 14TH DAY OF JANUARY 1776... Burlington: Printed by Isaac Collins, Printer to the King, for the Province of New-Jersey, 1776. Folio [34.5 by 23.5 cm], later full brown calf, decorated on both boards in blind with a six-sided interlocking star pattern; spine with six raised bands, decorated in blind; earlier red morocco spine label affixed; all board edges hatched in gilt. viii, 493, (1), 6, 6, 4, 4, 3, (1), 12 pages, lacking the final two leaves for completion [volume ends toward the end of the index]. Original manuscript corrections, seen in most copies, present on pages 20, 119, 281 and 291, and possibly elsewhere. Contemporary ownership signatures of Daniel M. Stockton, Esq., Rancocas Village, Willingsborough (now Willingboro) Township, Burlington County. Other early signatures also present on endpapers; D. STOCKTON written in large letters on fore-edge. Some foxing and spotting, though generally unobtrusive. Front flyleaf torn and repaired, with some loss to early ownership signatures. Generally very good in a well-preserved modern binding. The most comprehensive compendium of the laws of New Jersey published in the colonial period. Includes a number of legislative acts pertaining to the issuance of paper money back to 1709 and regulating the circulation of money within the province, including a 1755 act stipulating the death penalty for counterfeiting Bills of Credit, "An Act for the more effectually preventing the Counterfeiting the Bills of Credit of the neighbouring Governments, or uttering the same in this Colony, knowing them to be so counterfeit" (1766), "An Act more effectually to punish the Counterfeiters of foreign Gold or Silver Coin current within the Colony of New-Jersey, and the Utterers thereof, knowing the same to be counterfeit" (1774), and others. An important collection of colonial laws, covering those relevant to most aspects of daily life and business. Evans 14911. Felcone 214: "The third compilation of the laws of New Jersey, and the last of the colonial period." Sabin 53046.
Allinson, Samuel [compiler and publisher]. ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW-JERSEY, FROM THE SURRENDER OF THE GOVERNMENT TO QUEEN ANNE, ON THE 17TH DAY OF APRIL, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1702, TO THE 14TH DAY OF JANUARY 1776... Burlington: Printed by Isaac Collins, Printer to the King, for the Province of New-Jersey, 1776. Folio [34.5 by 23.5 cm], later full brown calf, decorated on both boards in blind with a six-sided interlocking star pattern; spine with six raised bands, decorated in blind; earlier red morocco spine label affixed; all board edges hatched in gilt. viii, 493, (1), 6, 6, 4, 4, 3, (1), 12 pages, lacking the final two leaves for completion [volume ends toward the end of the index]. Original manuscript corrections, seen in most copies, present on pages 20, 119, 281 and 291, and possibly elsewhere. Contemporary ownership signatures of Daniel M. Stockton, Esq., Rancocas Village, Willingsborough (now Willingboro) Township, Burlington County. Other early signatures also present on endpapers; D. STOCKTON written in large letters on fore-edge. Some foxing and spotting, though generally unobtrusive. Front flyleaf torn and repaired, with some loss to early ownership signatures. Generally very good in a well-preserved modern binding. The most comprehensive compendium of the laws of New Jersey published in the colonial period. Includes a number of legislative acts pertaining to the issuance of paper money back to 1709 and regulating the circulation of money within the province, including a 1755 act stipulating the death penalty for counterfeiting Bills of Credit, "An Act for the more effectually preventing the Counterfeiting the Bills of Credit of the neighbouring Governments, or uttering the same in this Colony, knowing them to be so counterfeit" (1766), "An Act more effectually to punish the Counterfeiters of foreign Gold or Silver Coin current within the Colony of New-Jersey, and the Utterers thereof, knowing the same to be counterfeit" (1774), and others. An important collection of colonial laws, covering those relevant to most aspects of daily life and business. Evans 14911. Felcone 214: "The third compilation of the laws of New Jersey, and the last of the colonial period." Sabin 53046.