Acts of the General Assembly of the Province of New-Jersey, From the..
New Jersey's Last Colonial-Era Compilation [New Jersey]. Allinson, Samuel [1739-1791], Compiler. 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. To Which is Annexed, The Ordinance for Regulating and Establishing the Fees of the Court of Chancery of the Said Province. With Three Alphabetical Tables, and an Index. Compiled and Published under the Appointment of the General Assembly, and Compared with the Original Acts. Burlington: Printed by Isaac Collins, 1776. viii, 493, [1], 6, 6, 4, 4, 3, [1], 15, [1] pp. Folio (13" x 8-1/2"). Contemporary sheep, blind rules and fillets to boards, raised bands and lettering piece to spine, blind tooling to board edges. Moderate rubbing and some scuffing to boards, which are separated but secured by cords, light wear to extremities, large chip to front joint, chipping to spine ends, corners bumped and worn, small later bookplate (of Louis and Anne Marie Davidson) to front pastedown, which has a few small tears, inscription of Peter D. Vroom indicating that the book belonged to Abraham Staats dated 1786 to front free endpaper. Moderate toning to interior, occasional light foxing, faint dampstaining in a few places, contemporary manuscript corrections (as in all copies) and brief annotations to several leaves. $750. * Only edition. The last compilation of New Jersey's colonial-era laws, commonly referred to as Allinson's Laws, provides a portrait of life in New Jersey from 1702 to the landmark year, 1776. It addresses several topics that relate to the American Revolution, such as the regulation of ammunition and militias. Also included are laws regulating private gun ownership, such as "An Act for the preservation of Deer and other Game, and to prevent trespassing with Guns." Isaac Collins was known for the excellence of his work. After the death of the appointed printer "to the King's Most Excellent Majesty" James Parker in 1770, Collins acquired Parker's business. He achieved additional renown in 1777 as the printer of The New Jersey Gazette, the first regularly published weekly newspaper in the state. According to a note on the front free endpaper, our copy was owned by Abraham Staats, a member of a prominent early New Netherla.
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