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 COLLECTION 
 
 OF 
 
 American Colonial Laws. 
 
 PRIVATELY PRINTED FOR 
 
 THE HISTORICAL SOCIHTY OF PHNNSYLVANIA. 
 1890.
 
 CONTENTS. 
 
 Biographical Sketch 5 
 
 Letter of Presentation and Proceedings .... '7 
 
 Catalogue of American Law.s . ■ 29 
 
 Catalogue of Americana 265
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
 
 CHARLEMAGNE TOWER. 
 
 IIARLEMAGNE TOWER was the seventh in descent 
 from John Tower, the son of Robert Tower, of Ilingham, 
 in Norfolk, England, and of his wife, Margaret Ibrook, 
 who came to America with a colony led by Rev. Peter Hobart, 
 from old Hingham, and settled in Massachusetts at what is now 
 ITingham, in the year 16-37. He was born on the 18th of April, 
 1809, in the Township of Paris (so called from Isaac Paris, a man 
 noted for his piililic benefactions after the American Revolution), 
 in Oneida County, New York, some twelve miles south of Utica. 
 His father, Reuben Tower, a well-known and public-spirited man, 
 born at Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts, on the l.")th 
 day of February, 1787, and married in the To\\'nship of Paris on 
 the 15th day of February, 1808, was active in the development of 
 the pubHc improvements of his time, in the State of New York, 
 notably the Chenango Canal, and was also a member of the 
 Legislature of New York in 1828. He died at the age of forty- 
 five, on the 14th of March, 1882, in St. Augustine, Florida, where 
 he had gone for his health. His mother, Deborah Taylor (Pearce) 
 Tower, was born at Little Compton, in Rliode Island, on tlio tlth 
 day of July, 1785. 
 
 Mr. Tower's education was begun in his native iilace. aad 
 carried on subsequently at the Oxford Academy, in Chenango 
 County, and at the Clinton Academy, and the Utica Academy.'in 
 Oneida County, New York. It is worthy of note tliat lie tanglit 
 school in the common schools of the townships of Paris and 
 
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 8 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 Marshall, in Oneida County, for two consecutive years, when he 
 was but fourteon and fifteen years of age ; and in 1825 he was 
 assistant teacher in the Utica Academy. lie was also shortly 
 after engaged in business as a clerk with Messrs. Hart & Gridley, 
 merchants, in Utica. In 1826 his father took him to Cambridge, 
 Massachusetts, and placed him under the tutorship of Rev. Caleb 
 Stetson, to prepare him for admission to Harvard University. He 
 entered the Freshman class, at Harvard, in February, 1827, and 
 was graduated there in the year 1830. Among his classmates 
 was Charles Sumner, between whom and Mr. Tower a very close 
 friendship grew up, which continued through many years, and 
 lasted until Mr. Sumner's death.* 
 
 After graduation, Mr. Tower began, in 1831, the study of the 
 law, in the office of Hon. Harmanus Bleecker, in Albany, New 
 York. The death of his father occurring in the next year, his 
 family interests recalled him to Watervillc, Oneida County, New 
 York, the home of his family, where he continued his studies. 
 He went later to New York City, and finished his study of the 
 law in the office of Messrs. John L. and James L. Graham. He 
 was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the State of 
 New York, at Utica, in October, 1836. He began the profession, 
 in New York City, in the office of Messrs. Graham and Sanford, 
 continued it later in Waterville, and was engaged at the latter 
 place, for some years, in manufacturing and commercial pursuits. 
 Returning, however, to his practice, he won a fi^remost place at 
 the bar of Oneida County. 
 
 Some legal questions that arose in connection with his practice 
 took him to Pennsylvania, in 1846, for the examination of the 
 title to large bodies of mineral land, lying chiefly in the County of 
 Schuylkill. Resulting from tliis, Mr. Tower married Amelia 
 Malvina Bartle, the daughter of Lambert B. Bartle and Sarah 
 (Herring) Bartle, his wife, at Orwigsburg, on the 14th day of 
 * See Peirec's Life i>f Sumner, passim.
 
 CHARLEMAGNE TOWER. W 
 
 June, 1847, Ijy whom he had one son and six daughters ; and his 
 legal interests induced him to take up his residence in Pennsyl- 
 vania, which he did, in the spring of 1848, at Orwigsburg, at that 
 time the county-seat of Schuylkill County, where he lived until 
 1850, when, upon the removal of the county-seat to Pottsville, he 
 also moved his residence to that place. He lived in Pottsville 
 from 1850 to 1875. 
 
 Mr. Tower's career at the bar in Pennsylvania brought him in 
 contact with some of the most difficult and intricate questions of 
 law, more especially upon the subject of titles to lands. The 
 great coal-fields of the State had become the subject of wide- 
 spread litigation, which led to the trial of cases tliat frequently 
 involved estates of large value, and the conduct of which called 
 into action the best legal talent of the day. Mr. Tower's life 
 during this period of more than twenty-five years was exceedingly 
 active and laborious. It was his custom to prepare his cases for 
 trial, not only with a wonderful nicety of detail, so that in coming 
 before the court he was prepared to meet the most exacting 
 inquiry, but also to go out upon the lands themselves, which often 
 lay in a mountainous country, almost inaccessible by reason of 
 thick forest and heavy undergrowth, and to run the lines and 
 establish the monuments himself, in company with his engineers. 
 
 His excellent training in early life, his patient labor and un- 
 tiring industry, as well as his good judgment in questions of law, 
 and his able treatment of them, won for him a standing at the bar 
 among the foremost lawyers in Pennsylvania. While his devo- 
 tion to the interests of his clients, and his sterling integrity as a 
 man, brought him a very wide practice, his ojiinion upon ques- 
 tions of title was esteemed so highly that it is not unusual, even 
 now, to hear him quoted in open court as authority. 
 
 Mr. Tower was the leading counsel in the famous trials that 
 arose out of questions relating to the Munson and Williams 
 estate, in Schuylkill County, comprising a large body of coal
 
 10 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 lands, the litigation in regard to which he carried along for more 
 than twenty-five years. He mastered it, and perfected the title to 
 these lands, which are now the property of the Philadelphia and 
 Reading Coal and Iron Company; and his footsteps may be 
 traced through many other great legal battles in different counties 
 of Pennsylvania. 
 
 At the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion, Mr. Tower's 
 loyalty to the Union was instant and decisive. Although he was 
 fifty-two years of age, and long accustomed to the sedentary 
 habits of his profession, he determined to take the field, lie 
 enlisted a body of two hundred and seventy men, \vithin one 
 week, at Pottsvillc, and proceeded with them to Ilarrisburg, 
 where they were mustered into the service of the United States 
 on the 21st day of April, 1861. They were divided into two 
 whole companies and part of a third, and attached to the Sixth 
 Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, in the three months' cam- 
 paign. Mr. Tower having asked to be made captain, received his 
 commission at the time of their entering the service and com- 
 manded, throughout its term, one of his companies, — Company 
 H, Sixth Regiment. He was under the command of General 
 Robert Patterson, and moved into Virginia by way of Chambers- 
 burg and Hagerstown, crossing the Potomac River at Williams- 
 port, June 21, 1861, and taking part in the action at Falling 
 Waters, very early in the war. Mr. Tower provided uniforms for 
 his whole company at his own expense. He was mustered out of 
 service \vith his men, at the end of their term of service, at 
 Ilarrisburg, on the 26th of July, 1861, whence he returned to his 
 family. Afterwards he paid a bounty of five dollars a man to 
 a fiill company, recruited for three years by Captain Henry 
 Pleasants (his second lieutenant in the tiiree months' cam^jaign ; 
 later, brigadier-general); this was Company C, Forty-eighth 
 Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, which performed much honor- 
 able service and became distinguished in the war.
 
 CHARLEMAGNE TOWER. 11 
 
 On the loth of August, 1861, Mr. Tower's men, who had 
 served under him in the campaign, marched to his residence in 
 Poltsville and presented liim witli an exceedingly handsome 
 sword, bearing this inscription : 
 
 Presented by the Tower Guards, of Potts ville, Pa., 
 
 To Capt. Chablemaone Tower, 
 As a token of their respect for him as a man and 
 soldier, and of their esteem for him as a friend. 
 August 10, 1861. 
 
 Mr. Tower was appointed United States Provost Marshal for 
 the Tenth Congressional District of Pennsylvania, on the 18th of 
 April, 1863, which commission he held until his resignation on 
 the 1st of May, 1864, during a period of great national anxiety 
 and many difficulties that at this time grew out of the carrying on 
 of the war. His administration was soldierly, vigorous, and con- 
 sistent, and won for him high distinction at Washington. 
 
 Mr. Tower continued in the practice of his profession, after his 
 return from the war, until 1875, when he retired from activity at 
 the bar, and in the fall of that year moved to Philadelphia, in 
 order to devote himself to his jirivate interests, in various indus- 
 tries and enterprises, which had grown to be verj* large. During 
 his residence in Pennsvlvania hu had become owner of larije 
 bodies of coal land, and was director in several corporations, in 
 which he was a party in interest. lie was part owner in the well- 
 known Coxe and Tower lands, on the Green Mountains in 
 Schuylkill County. He was one of the original proprietors of the 
 " Honey Brook Coal Company,"' and for many years one of its 
 managers, and he took an active part, in conjunction with Mr. 
 Charles Parrish and Mr. John Taylor .Johnston, in transforming 
 that successful enterprise into the " Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre 
 Coal Company." He was also actively interested in the construc- 
 tion and management of the Northern Pacific Railroad, and a
 
 12 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 member of its Board of Directors for several years. The assist- 
 ance given by him to this road, by both personal attention to its 
 affairs and financial support, frequently, when it became necessary, 
 were of very great value to the company; and Mr. Tower may 
 fairly be said to have contributed largely to its ultimate success. 
 His judgment and foresight in business affairs placed him among 
 the few men who never lost confidence in the value of this road, 
 or in the great future development of the country through which 
 it has been built. 
 
 The greatest and the most successful undertaking, perhaps, of 
 Mr. Tower's long business career was his development of the iron 
 resources of Minnesota, now well known to the world as the 
 Vermilion Range. The presence of large deposits of iron ore in 
 that country ha^^ng been brought to his attention about the year 
 1875, he made a thorough investigation of their quantity and 
 value by sending out several expeditions to exj^lore them and 
 report to him; the result of which having proved extremely 
 favorable, he concluded to proceed with their actual development. 
 The enterprise was a daring one. These ore bodies lay in St. 
 Louis County, Minnesota, some ninety miles north-east from 
 Duluth and about seventy miles in a direct line north from the 
 north shore of Lake Superior. The country was densely wooded, 
 was traversed by many small streams and broken by long stretches 
 of swamp that in the summer season were almost impassable. 
 Provisions, as well as materials and supplies, could only be trans- 
 ported in midwinter, laboriously, over the frozen ground and on 
 the snow, frequently at a temperature of forty degrees Fahrenheit 
 below zero, and in the summer carried upon the backs of men, or 
 over a circuitous route by Indians in canoes. The opening and 
 working of the iron mines at this great distance from the out- 
 skirts of civilization implied a formidable expenditure ; but this 
 was far surpassed by the necessity of constructing a railroad 
 seventy miles long to the nearest water communication, the shore
 
 CHARLEMAGNE TOWER. 13 
 
 of Lake Superior, and equipping it, in order to transport the 
 product of tlie mines to market, and tlie construction of sufficient 
 dock and harbor facilities for vessels to receive it at the water's 
 edge. Many experienced business men, consulted in regard to 
 the enterprise, drew back from an undertaking fraught with so 
 many and so great dangers. But Mr. Tower's courage was sup- 
 ported by his judgment derived from careful and systematic 
 investigation, and he determined, at the age of seventy-three, to 
 carry out his purpose single-handed. After having acquired title 
 to the lands which contained the ore deposits, and also to a Itody 
 of land lying upon Lake Superior, known then a.s Burlington Bay 
 and Agate Bay, which he afterwards called Two Harbors, he 
 formed in 1888 two companies, the " Minnesota Iron Company" 
 and the " Duluth and Iron Range Railroad Company," the former 
 of which owned the latter. He built the railroad from the mines 
 at Lake Vermilion to Two Harbors, on Lake Superior, seventy 
 miles ; erected large docks, round-houses, machine-shops and saw- 
 mills, and pro\nded equipment for the transportation of the ore ; 
 besides carrying along the development of the mines in order that 
 their product might be ready for shijiment at the completion of 
 the railroad. The iron ore lay in veins, tilted into a position 
 almost vertical, extending for more than a mile in a north-easterly 
 and south-westerly direction, and varying in thickness from forty 
 to one hundred and fifty feet. Tin- ore was a hard specular 
 hematite, jieldiug by analysis sixty-eight per cent, of metallic 
 iron and from thirty-thousandths to fifty-thousandths of phos- 
 phorus, free from sulpluir and all refractory substance. 
 
 Mr. Tower carried along this enterprise with vigor and deter- 
 mination until August, 1884, when the railroad was completed 
 and put into operation, and the first shipments of ore were made 
 from Two Harbors to Cleveland. These shipments met ^-ith 
 great favor after haNnng been largely distributed among the iron 
 and steel manufacturers of Illinois, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, and
 
 14 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 almost from its departure, Mr. Tower's enterprise was proved to 
 be successful. The country opened very rapidly, and soon after a 
 considerable town, called Tower, grew up on the shore of Lake 
 Vermilion, and another at Two Harbors; whilst along the line 
 of the railroad, lumbering interests, the quarrying of granite, and 
 various industries sprang up mth the increase of population. In 
 1886 the railroad line was constructed along the shore of Lake 
 Superior, twenty-seven miles, to Duluth. The annual shipments 
 of ore from the mines at Tower, which in 1884, at the opening of 
 the railroad, were sixty-eight thousand tons, increased in 1885 to 
 two hundred and twenty-five thousand tons, in 1886 to three hun- 
 dred thousand tons, and in 1887 to four hundred thousand tons. 
 This industry, planted by the energy and courage of a single man 
 in a remote and difficult country, placed the State of Minnesota, 
 hitherto unkno^\ni as a mineral-producing district, in the space of 
 four years among the foremost iron markets of the United States, 
 employed fifteen hundred men in its mines, and gave support, 
 directly and indirectly, to more than five thousand people. It is 
 not too much to say that this was one of the most remarkable 
 developments ever made in the United States. Its value to 
 Minnesota, and indeed to the whole country of the North-west, in 
 the benefits that are likely to be derived from it, are almost incal- 
 culable. Mr. Tower in it erected a proud monument to himself 
 as a man and a benefactor of his fellow-man that will endure and 
 grow greater as time goes on. 
 
 In the year 1887 it was found that valuable deposits of iron ore 
 existed throughout a long stretch of country lying to the east and 
 north-east of the Minnesota Iron Company's property at Tower. 
 These were explored after the opening of the railroail and they 
 had been acquired by various individual owners and companies, 
 who were ready to open new mines upon the extension to tiiem 
 of the railroad by whicii they might reach a nuirket with tiieir 
 product. Mr. Tower concluded that, having carried out success-
 
 CHARLEMAGXE TOWEE. 15 
 
 fully his own undertaking, he did not msh singly to build the 
 road to an unlimited extent in order to supply the demands that 
 naturally arose as the country was more fully explored ; neither 
 did he wish to separate his railroad from the mines at Tower by 
 transferring its ownership from the Minnesota Iron Company. 
 He therefore concluded to make a combination \\-ith a syndicate 
 formed in Xew York and Chicago, which already had large 
 interests to the east of him. 
 
 These gentlemen bought from him his entire property in May, 
 1887, which he then transferred to them, retaining, however, an 
 interest considerably smaller than his former holding, in the new 
 organization which they formed, called " The Minnesota Mining 
 and Railroad Syndicate." This arrangement was highly advan- 
 tageous in a financial sense to Mr. Tower, who now had the 
 gratification of having proved the wisdom of his foresight and of 
 having seen his great undertaking carried through to an emi- 
 nently successftil issue, and in a very short time. He retained the 
 Presidency of the Minnesota Iron Company, at the request of the 
 syndicate, until October, 1887, when he resigned his office. 
 WTiereupon the Board of Directors, composed of the new owners, 
 passed the following resolution, which they had handsomely 
 engrossed and sent to him. 
 
 Resolred, That in thus severing, at his request, the active 
 connection of Mr. Tower with the Company, we desire to place 
 upon the permanent records of the organization our high appre- 
 ciation of the great service he has performed in developing and 
 rendering successful the enterprise. Mr. Tower came to its 
 support in itd infancy, and has been, from the beginning, its pro- 
 moter and ruling spirit, giving to it always, unselfishly, the benefit 
 of his ripe jn<lgnient and business exiierience, as well as unlimited 
 aid from bis own financial resources. During all tlie years of his 
 connection with it, including years of general financial distress 
 and anxiety, he has never faltered, and the full measure of pros- 
 perity which the Company now enjoys is largely due to his per-
 
 16 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 sonal efFort.s, and is a sufficient tribute at once to his business 
 capacity and his patient courage. "We exceedingly regret that 
 Mr. Tower feels compelled to retire from the ser\-ice of the 
 Company, but beg to assure him that he carries with him the 
 gratitude and best wishes of the Board and of all interested in the 
 property. 
 
 Mr. Tower was a man of cultivated tastes, a lover of books, 
 particularly of those relating to the history of America. He was 
 one of the first to recognize the importance of the comparative 
 study of American colonial law. His unrivalled collection on 
 this subject was begun nearly forty years ago, and was latterly 
 supplemented with many rare and costly works bi-longiiig to the 
 general field of Americana. He was a member of the Board of 
 Overseers of Harvard University from 1884 until his death. He 
 died at his summer residence in Waterville, Oneida County, New 
 York, on the 24th of July, 1889, in the eighty-first year of 
 his age. 
 
 Mr. Tower's life was one of integrity, patient labor, and of great 
 good to others with whom he has lived. His influence extended 
 very widely throughout the United States. As a citizen, in peace 
 and in war, and as a professional man, in business and in private 
 life, his career made him one of the remarkable men of his 
 country and of his time.
 
 PRESENTATION PROCEEDINGS.
 
 LETTER OF 
 PRESENTATION AND PROCEEDINGS. 
 
 PFTER the death of Mr. Tower his library passed, under 
 his will, to his widow, who, after careful consideration, 
 decided she could best carry out his wishes in regard 
 to its disposition by presentinsj that portion of it which com- 
 prised the collection of Laws and Americana to tlie Historical 
 Society of Pennsylvania, where it would form not only an ap- 
 propriate memorial of her husband, but would also fulfil the 
 object tor which he had gathered it, — benefit and enlighten the 
 student of American history. This she did in tlie following letter 
 addressed to the President of the Society: 
 
 1525 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, 
 4 March, 1890. 
 
 Brintox Coxe, Esq., 
 
 President of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania : 
 Sir, — I luTel)y present, through you, to the Historical Society 
 of Pennsylvania the collection of books made during his lifetime 
 by my husband, Charlemagne Tower, a list of which I send you 
 with tliis letter. There are, as you see, some two hundred 
 volumes, composed largely of original copies of the printed pro- 
 vincial laws of the present States of the Union and of other early 
 works relating to the settling and development of America. 
 Many i>f them are exceedingly rare and valuable. I desire and 
 
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 20 THE TOWER COLLEC?riON. 
 
 request that the Historical Society shall always keep these books 
 together in one collection, to be known as " The Charlemagne 
 Tower Collection," in order that they may sorv^e as a memorial 
 to him and to the interest that he felt in the Ilistorical Society 
 and its work. In giving these books to the Society, I believe I 
 am doing what my husband would wish to have done if he were 
 now living. 
 
 It gives me great pleasure, in making this presentation, to do so 
 through you who for many years were among those of Mr. 
 Tower's friends for whom he had the highest consideration and 
 respect. 
 
 I am, sir, 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 Amelia Malvina Tower. 
 
 To this Mr. Coxe replied : 
 
 Aiken, South Carolina, 
 March fi, 1800. 
 
 Madam, — Your letter of March 4, addressed to me as President 
 of the Ilistorical Society of Pennsj^lvania, has been received at 
 the Society. In accordance with my instructions and by my 
 autliority, Mr. F. D. Stone, our lil)rarian, has already answered 
 it preliminarily, and I now myself write, without delay, in 
 answer. Before leaving i'liihulelphia I had an opportunity of 
 examining the precious library of books relating to American 
 history and law, which will be henceforth known as " The 
 Charlemagne Tower Collection." Your gift, madam, is a munili- 
 cent one, indeed, and one which our Society accepts with pro- 
 found gratitude. It will be a noble monument to the memory of 
 Mr. Tower. That such a monument should be confided to our 
 care will always be a source of great pride to us. The security 
 and proper use of the rare, precious, and useful books composing 
 this unrivalled collection will always be the object of our as- 
 siduous attention. The trusts and duties which you impose 
 upon us in your letter will always be scrupulously observed and 
 jierformed. 
 
 /riie concluding paragraph of your letter touches me greatly. 
 The intimacy between the families of Mr. Tower and of my father 
 is now one of long standing. It is, I assure you, very highly
 
 PRESENTATION PROCEEDINGS. 21 
 
 valued on our part. The feelings which Mr. Tower entertained 
 towards me arc a very great honor. I am very grateful to you for 
 speaking of them to me in your letter. 
 
 I am, madam, with great respect, 
 
 Faithfully yours, 
 
 Brinton Coxe, 
 President of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 
 
 To Mrs. Charlemagne Tower, 
 
 1525 Spruce Street, 
 
 Philadelphia. 
 
 Mr. Coxe immediately notilied the Society of Mrs. Tower's gift 
 in the following letter : 
 
 Aiken, South Carolina, 
 6th March, 1890. 
 
 To William Brooke Raavle, Esq., 
 
 Secretary of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 
 Sir, — I write you otRcially, as President of the Historical 
 Society of Pennsylvania, upon an important event, of which I 
 request you to inform the Society at the earliest opportunity. 
 You are aware of the great value of the rare volumes comprising 
 the unrivalled collection of Americana, made by the late Charle- 
 magne Tower, and of its double importance from the point of 
 \'iew of the historian and lawyer. This precious collection has 
 been pi'csented to our Society by Mrs. Tower, as a monument to 
 the memory of Mr. Tower. It is, therefore, Mrs. Tower's wish 
 that the Society shall always preserve the volumes of her gift in 
 one collection, to be known as " The Charlemagne Tower Collec- 
 tion." An exhaustive report upon the invaluable contents of the 
 collection cannot l)e made at once, for it is a work requiring skill, 
 time, and labor. An elaborate catalogue made by an expert 
 l)ibliographer will itself be a work of great value, especially to 
 students at a distance. The mere inspection of the preliminary 
 catalogue is of the liighest interest. It shows that the volumes of 
 the collection are naturally divided into two classes, — namely, 
 those which relate to the history of the laws of the several colo- 
 
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 22 THE TOWER CXJLT^ECTION. 
 
 nies and States, and those which relate to American history in 
 treneral. The books of tlie former chiss phice our Society at tlie 
 head of the depositories of first editions of the laws of the dif- 
 ferent colonies. These rare works are, however, something more 
 than first editions. They are the original promulgations of the 
 laws of the several colonies. There is one portion of this class 
 wliicli our members will contemplate with peculiar satisftu'tion 
 and pride. It is the precious and wonderful series of the original 
 promulgations of the printed laws of Pennsylvania. The second 
 division of the collection is that relating to American history in 
 general. At this distance from you it is impossible for me to 
 attempt to do justice to its treasures. I must leave that pleasing 
 task to others more competent. 
 
 Mrs. Tower has made this donation to the Society in a letter 
 she has done me the honor of addressing to me. Li my answer I 
 have expressed to her the deep appreciation which our members 
 feel of the value and utility of her munificent gift. I have as- 
 sured her that we will always execute the duties and trusts im- 
 posed upon us by the possession of this noble monument to the 
 memory of Mr. Tower. 
 
 In conclusion, sir, I move you to take early action to afibrd the 
 Society an opportunity of expressing its sentiments upon coming 
 into possession of " The Charlemagne Tower Collection." 
 
 Respectfully yours, 
 
 Brinton Coxe, 
 
 President. 
 
 The first and last of these letters ha\nng been laid before the 
 Council at a special meeting on the 8th of March, 1800, on motion 
 of Mr. Baker it was 
 
 Resolced, That the Secretary be instructed to address a letter to 
 Mrs. Charlemagne Tower expressing the thanks of the Council 
 for her munificent gift. 
 
 Resolved, That Mrs. Tower be made an honorary life member 
 of the Society, in recognition of the great benefit she has conferred 
 upon it.
 
 PRESENTATION" PROCEEDINGS. 23 
 
 * 
 
 The letter sent in conformity with the resolution was as follows : 
 
 The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 
 
 1300 LocrsT Street, 
 
 Philadelphia, March 11, 1890. 
 
 Mrs. Charlem.agxe Tower : 
 
 Dear Madam, — I have the honor to inform you that your 
 munificent gift to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania of the 
 unique collection of colonial laws and other books relating to 
 American history from the library of the late Mr. Tower was 
 made the subject of a special meeting of the Council of the Societj' 
 on the 8th instant, when your letter to Mr. Brinton Coxe, the 
 President of the Society, was read, and his acceptance of your 
 present was communicated. It was unanimously resolved that 
 the Secretary' be instructed to convey to you the most grateful 
 acknowledgment's of the Council for your extraordinary gift, and 
 to assure you of the inestimable value of it to the members of the 
 Society and all students of history in our city, and to express their 
 eminent satisfaction at having been selected as the guardians of 
 so great a treasure and so appropriate a memorial to the late 
 possessor of it. 
 
 At a stated meeting of the Historical Society- itself, held last 
 evening, the 10th instant, announcement was made of your in- 
 valuable gift, and the action of the Council wa.s approved in terms 
 denoting the highest appreciation of your priceless present. 
 I have the honor to be 
 
 Respectfulh' yours, 
 
 Gregory B. Keex, 
 Corresponding Secretary and Secretary of (he Council 
 of the Historical Society of Pennsylrania. 
 
 The letters, together with the following description of the 
 collection, were read to the Society at a stated meeting, held 
 March 10, 1890. 
 
 This collection, one of the most important ever formed in this 
 city, and in its special line unequalled in the world, consists 
 entirely of books whose great rarity renders them precious as well 
 for their historical importance as for their extreme costliness.
 
 24 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 The special object which Mr. Tower had in view was the collect- 
 ing of material for the comparative study of our colonial laws, l)ut 
 the works on the early history of this country, which were at first 
 acquired only as illustrative and supplemental to the scries of 
 laws, are so numerous and valuable as to form a distinct collec- 
 tion of great importance. 
 
 The collection of colonial laws, with a number of volumes 
 which the Society can add to it, embraces the tirst extant edition 
 issued by each of the twelve colonies which formed the United 
 States, except Rhode Island, New Jersey, and Maryland, the first 
 edition of the laws of Vermont, as well as those of the British and 
 Danish West Indies. In nearly every case the first edition is 
 supplemented not only by all or almost all of the subsequent 
 revisions issued prior to 1800, but, with the exception of North 
 Carolina and Georgia, by those rarest of rare books, the original 
 session laws. The number of titles of the various issues of the 
 laws of each of the colonies is about : Barbados, 2 ; Bermuda, 
 1 ; Caribbee Islands, 3 ; Connecticut, 96 ; Danish Colonies, 1 ; 
 Delaware, 7 ; Georgia, 3 ; Jamaica, 5 ; Maryland, 6 ; Massachu- 
 setts, 407 ; Montserrat, 1 ; Nevis, 1 ; New England, 2 ; New Hamp- 
 shire, 6 ; New Jersey, 25 ; New York, 56 ; New York City, 4 ; 
 North Carolina, 2; Nova Scotia, 2; Pennsylvania, 151; Quebec, 
 7; Rhode Island, 74; St. Christopher, 2; South Carolina, 5; Ver- 
 mont, 2 ; and Virginia, 39. 
 
 The set of Pennsylvania laws is not only unequalled, l)Ut a 
 junction of all the other known collections would not produce one 
 as complete. The series of Massachusetts laws had as a nucleus 
 the collection of Dr. George H. Moore, of New York, which has 
 been styled by the editor of the reprint of the revision of 1672 the 
 finest private collection in existence, and to it Mr. Tower was 
 fortunately able to make important additions, so that it is now 
 the finest and most complete set in any one place. Beginning 
 with the earliest re^•ision known to be extant, — tliat printed at
 
 PRESENTATION PROCEEDINGS. 25 
 
 Cambridge in 1660, — the collection of revisions is complete down 
 to 1788. The session laws begin in 1673 and run, -with gaps of 
 varying length, to 1714, from which period to the Revolution they 
 are absolutely complete. The temporary laws lack only about ten 
 pages of the sessional issues of Ijeing e(jually perfect, and the 
 series of tax laws from 1699 to 1800 is probably the best in exist- 
 ence. The series of New Hamjjshire laws begins with the only 
 known copy of the tirst issuetl, — a thin volume printed in Boston 
 in 1699, — which is followed by the only two colonial revisions 
 issued and several session laws. Of Rhode Island, Connecticut, 
 New York, New Jersey, and Maryland but one revision is lacking 
 of each colony, while of session laws the Connecticut and New 
 York series are very good. New Jersey is fairly represented, 
 and the Rhode Island series, nearly complete from 1757 to 1800, 
 is very tine. The edition of the laws of New York, printed 
 in 1789, is an especially noteworthy book, from its historical 
 associations and as a very remarkable specimen of eighteonth- 
 century American binding. It is the copy specially bound for 
 presentation to General AYashington, whose autogra[)h and book- 
 plate appear in each volume. The copy of the first edition is an 
 exceptionally fine one. It is a volume of great rarity, but six 
 others being known, and the esteem in which it is held may be 
 judged of from the fact that the three copies which have changed 
 hands within the last ten years have sold for $1450, §1600, and 
 $1750 respectively. The laws and ordinances of the city of New 
 York are also very rare books, the original editions having been 
 very limited. This collection contains four of the six editions 
 known to be extant. All the Delaware revisions arc in the collec- 
 tion, as well as a number of session laws. The Virginia series 
 is very fine, and the first edition, printed in London in 1662, with 
 its contemporaneous manuscript connection to 1684, which differs 
 from the accepted text, is one of many highly -important volumes 
 contained in this collection.
 
 26 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 The whole collection has been sumptuously bound on a uni- 
 form plan by the Bradstreet Company, of Xew York. The two 
 great series of Pennsylvania and Massachusetts laws and the first 
 edition of each of the colonies have been bound in fiill-crushed 
 Levant morocco ; the exterior style is Jansenist, while the inside 
 panel has been tooled to a delicate Grolier pattern, in the centre 
 of which is a graceful sjTnbolical design surrounded by an appro- 
 priate legend. The laws of each colony have been bound in one 
 special color, selected as far as possible for its appropriateness ; 
 the inside panel has been varied from red to blue as best con- 
 trasted with the exterior, and a rich orange-colored watered silk 
 with a handsomely-tooled border has been used throughout for 
 the fly-leaves. The other volumes have been bound in half- 
 crushed Levant with cloth sides, on which has been impressed the 
 central design of the panel of the fiill-bound volumes. 
 
 Among the miscellaneous Americana there are the earliest 
 general histories of the original colonies, such as Neal's " 'New 
 England;" Belknap's "N'ew Hampshire;" Hutchinson's " Massa- 
 chusetts;" Peters's "Connecticut;" Smith's "New Jersey;" 
 Proud's "Pennsylvania;" Beverley's Stith's and Burk's "Vir- 
 ginia;" "Williamson's "North Carolina;" Archdale's and Glenn's 
 "South Carolina;" Hewatt's "South Carolina and Georgia." 
 There are also many volumes on America printed in the sixteenth 
 and seventeenth centuries. Of these may be mentioned Zeigler's 
 "Syria, Schondia," etc., Strasburg, 1532; Robertus Moncechus's 
 "Bellum Christianorum," Basle, 1.533; Mauri's " Sphera Vol- 
 gare," Venice, 1537 ; Tevet's " Ilistoria dell' India America," 
 Venice, 1561 ; Benzoni's " Historia de Mondo Nuovo," Venice, 
 1572; Monardes's "Historia de las Indias," Seville, 1574; the 
 same in English, London, 1580; Acosta's "Historia de las 
 Indias," Seville, 1590; the same in English, London, 1604; 
 Linschoten's "Voyages," London, 1598; Peter Martj-r's "West 
 Indies," London, 1612; Wliitbourne's "Newfoundland," 1622;
 
 PRESENTATION PROCEEDINGS. 27 
 
 Vaughan's " Golden Fleece," London, 1626; Smith's "Virginia," 
 1627 ; Stigliani's " H Mondo Xuovo," Rome, 1628 ; White's " The 
 Planter's Plea," London, 1630; Castell's "Petition concerning 
 the Propagation of the Gospel among the Lidians," London, 
 1641 ; AVilliams's " Virginia," London, 1650, and several other 
 early tracts relating to Virginia. In regard to the Indians, we 
 have Hubbard's " Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians," 
 Boston, 1G77, with the rare original map; Colden's "History of 
 the Five Nations," London, 1750 ; " A Treaty held at Lancaster," 
 Philadeli)hia : B. Franklin, 1744; " Several Conferences between 
 the Quakers and the Six Jfations," Xewcastle-upon-Tyne, 1756 ; 
 "The Mohawk Prayer-Book," London, 1787; Doddridge's 
 "Indian Wars," Wellsburg, Va., 1824, and a very tine series of 
 the Eliot Indian tracts. 
 
 Beginning with the first of these quaintly-worded titles, we 
 have : " Xew England's First Fruits, in respect of the Conversion 
 of some, Conviction of Divers, and Preparation of Sundry of the 
 Indians," 1643 ; " The Day Breaking, if not the Sunrising of the 
 Gospel with the Indians," 1647; "The Clear Sunshine of the 
 Gospel breaking forth upon the Indians," 1648 ; " The Glorious 
 Progress of the Gospel among the Indians," 1649 ; " The Light 
 appearing more and more towards the Perfect Day," 1651 ; 
 "Strength out of Weakness," 1652, in all its three variations; 
 " Tears of Repentence," 1653 ; and " A Late and Further Mani- 
 festation of the Progress of the Gospel among the Indians," 
 1653. 
 
 Vice-President Charles J. Stille, LL.D., moved that the action 
 of the Council in reference to the munificent gift of Mrs. Tower 
 be ratified and confirmed by the Society, and in doing so spoke 
 of the great value of the books which Mrs. Tower had kindly 
 presented. 
 
 They were not valuable simply because they were rare, and
 
 28 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 therefore costly, or as magnificent specimens of the bookbinder's 
 art. All this they undoubtedly were, and their rarity and beauty 
 were to be considered as evidences of the value attached to them 
 by Mr. Tower. They had been to him doubtless as the apple of 
 his eye, and we should feel honored that Mrs. Tower had made 
 us the depository of his treasure. But after all the books are 
 priceless to us because of their historical use and value. No one 
 who has studied American history or any other history fails to 
 see the importance of going to the original source for informa- 
 tion, for he can be certain of nothing unless such a source is open 
 to him. We have now what must alwaj's be a desideratum in the 
 study of our colonial history, — a series of books containing b}- 
 authority the original statutes. May they long enlighten the 
 student here, and while he works among them his heart will be 
 filled with thankfiilness that such persons as Mr. and Mrs. Tower 
 have been raised up to help thcni. 
 
 The resolution of Dr. Stille was thereupon unanimously 
 adopted.
 
 ACTS AND LAWS 
 
 AMERICAN COLONIES.
 
 COLONIAL LAWS. 
 
 1704 
 
 |X I ABRIDGEMENT | of the | Laws | In Force and Use 
 in I Her Majesty's Plantations ; | (Viz.) Of | Virginia,- New- 
 England, I Jamaica, i New- York, | Barhadoes, i Carolina, 
 &c. I Maryland, | Digested under proper Heads in the Me- | thod of 
 Mr. Wingate, and Mr. Wa.shington's | Abridgements. | London, \ 
 Printed for John Nicholmn at the King'.'i-Ann.s in \ Little Britain, R. 
 Parko; and B. Smith, undei- \ the Royal^Exchange, and Benj. Tooke 
 at the Middle- \ Temple-Gate in Fleet street, 1704. | IGmo. 1 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf ; Preface, pp. (2); Laws of Virginia, pp. 1-91; Laws of 
 Jamaica, pp. 93-180; Laws of Barbados, pp. 181-284; Laws of Maryland, pp. 1-71, 
 87, p. 81 to 87, having been misprinted 6-5-71 ; Laws of New England, pp. 1-100 for 
 104; Appendix, pp. 28.5-304. The last part consists of a few acts passed in New 
 York, New England, South Carolina, and Bermuda. 
 
 BARBADOS. 
 
 1721 
 
 CTS I of I Assembly, | Passed in the | Island of Barbadoes, | 
 From 1G48, to 1718. | G R | [Royal Arms.] | London, \ 
 Printed by John Ba.-ikeft, Printer to the King's mod Ex- \ 
 ccllcnt 3Iajesty, And by the Assigns of Tlmnas Newcomb, \ and Heni-y 
 Hills, deceased. MDCCXXI. | Folio. 2 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Index, pp. iii-xxxii; text, pp 1-314. 
 
 1764 
 
 ACTS, I Passed in the Island | of | Barbados. | From 1643, to 
 1 762, inclusive ; | Carefully revised, innumerable Errors corrected ; and 
 the Whole | compared and e.xaniinwl, with the original Acts, | In the 
 Secretaiy's Office. | By the late | Richard Hall, Esquire : | One of the 
 Representatives in the Gencral-Assemblv, for the Parish | of St. 
 
 31
 
 32 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 Michael ; and one of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace, for the said 
 I Island,,.near Thirty Years ; | And since his Death, continued by his 
 Son, I Riciiard Hall. | To which is added, | An Index ; and Abridg- 
 ment : I M'ith many useful | Notes, References and Observations, never 
 before publishetl. | And also | A list of all the Laws, passed from the 
 Settlement of the Island ; | which are now become Obsolete, Expiretl, 
 or have had their Effect. | \_Royal Annx.'\ | London: Printed for 
 Richard Ball. | MDCCLXIV. | Folio. 3 
 
 Collation : Hnlf title, 1 p. ; Advertisement, 1 p. ; Title, 1 leaf; Dedication, pp. v-vii ; 
 1 p. blnnk ; Prefaci', pp. ix-xi ; 1 j). blank ; Subscribers, pp. i-iv ; text, pp. 1-526 ; 
 Title to Abridijiiicnt ; 1 leaf; Abridgment, pp. 1-7.3, 1 p. blank; Index, pp. 75-84. 
 The half title reads: Acts | P,*.ssed in the Island of | B-\rbado8 | From 1G43, 
 TO 17C2, iNCLi'siVE. I The title to the Abridgment reads: An | Abrido.ment | ok 
 THE I Acts, | In Force, in the Island of | Barbados. | Fro.m 1G43, to 1762, 
 inclusive. I Digested under Alphabetical Heads. | By Richard Hall. | 
 [Royal Anns.'\ | Lmidon: \ Printed fm- Richard Hall. \ MDCCLXIV. | This copy 
 has added in manuscript four acts passed between 1774 and 1782. 
 
 BERMUDA. 
 
 1719 
 
 CTS I of I Assembly, | Made and Enacted in the | Bermuda or 
 Summer-Islands, | From 1600, to 1713-14. | G R | [Eoyal 
 Arms.^ I London, \ Printed by John Ba.skeft, Printer to the 
 Kings most Ex- \ cellent Majesty, And by the Assigns of Thomas New- 
 comb, I and Henry Hills, deceas'd. ^IDCCXIX. | Folio. 4 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Index, pp i-v ; 1 p. blank; text, pp. 1-79. There are 
 separate title-pages to various sessions, at pages 23, 41, and 55, each of which are dated 
 MDCCXVIII. Pages 4, 22, 24, 30, 40, 42, 44, 54, 56, and 58 are blank except a head 
 line on the first. 
 
 CHARIBBEE LEEWARD ISLANDS. 
 
 17.34 
 
 jlCTS I of I Assembly, | Pa.ssed in the | Charibbee Leeward 
 Islands. | From 1690, to 1730. | [Royal Arms.] | London, \ 
 Printed, by Order of the Lords Commissioners of Trade and \ 
 Plantations, by John Baskett, Printer to the King's most \ Excellent Ma- 
 jesty. 1734. I Folio. 5 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Table, pp. 3-15; 1 p. blank; text, pp. 1-24; Table (to 
 pp. 24), pp. (4) ; Laws of Antigua, pp. 2-S-231 ; 1 p. blank ; Table, pp. (30).
 
 COLONIAL CHARTERS. 33 
 
 1740 
 
 ACTS I of I vVssembly, | Passed in the | Charibbee Leeward | Isl- 
 ands, I From 1(590, to 1705. | [lioyiil Anii>!.] | London: | Printed, by 
 Order of the Lords Commiimoners of Trade | and I^/antationx, by John 
 Baskdt, Printer to the \ King's Mont Excellent Majesty. M.DCC.XL. 
 I Folio. 6 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Table, pp. iii-v; 1 p. Wank; text, pp. 1-24. 
 
 ACTS I of I Assembly, | Passed in tiie | Charibbee Leeward | 
 Islands. | From 1690, to 1730. | [Royal Arms.'] \ London, \ Printed 
 by Order of the Lords Commissioners of Dade and | Plantatiowf, by 
 John Baskett, Printer to the Kiwfs most \ Excellent Majesty. 1740. | 
 Folio. 7 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Table, pp. 3-5; 1 p. blank ; text, pp. 1-24; Table, pp. (4). 
 A reprint of the preceding. 
 
 COLONIAL CHARTERS. 
 
 1741 
 
 LIST I of I Copies of Charters, | from the | Commis- 
 sioners for Trade and Plantations, | Presented to the Hon- 
 ourable the I House of Commons, | in | Pursuance of their 
 Addre.ss to His Majesty, of the | 2oth of April 1740. | Viz. | Mary- 
 land Charter, granted ■ by King Charles I. in the 8th i Year of His 
 Reign. • Connecticut Charter, ;• grantitl by King Charles II. in • the 
 14th Year of His Reign • Rhode-Island Charter, | grantetl bv Kiuw 
 Charles II. in • the loth Year of His Reign, j Penn.sylvania Charter, | 
 granted by King Charles II. in | the P,'M Year of His Reign. | Ma.ssa- 
 chusetts Bay Char- | ter, grantetl by King William and | Queen Marv, 
 in the ;3d Year of | Their Reign. | Georgia Charter, granti><l bv | His 
 present Majesty, in the | 5th Year of His Reign. | London : \ Printed 
 in the Year M.DCC.XLI. | Folio. 8 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Murvlnnd Charter, pp. 1-12; Connectiout Clmrter, pp. 
 1-10; Rhode Island Charter, pp. 1-14; Pennsylvania Charter, pp. 1-12; Massachu- 
 setts Charter, pp. 1-21. The Georgia Charter, pp. 1-18, is wanting.
 
 34 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 1766 
 
 THE I CHARTERS | Of the following Provinces of | North 
 ^Vmerica ; | viz. | Virginia, Pennsylvania, | Maryland, Ma-ssachiisett's 
 Ba}', I Connecticut, and | Rhode Island, Georgia. | To M-hich is pre- 
 fixed, I A Faithful Narrative of the | Proceedings | of the | North 
 American Colonies, | In Consequence of the late | Stamp-Act. | Lon- 
 don: I Printed for W. Owen at Temple- Ba r ; J. Alinon, in Piccadilly ; 
 and F.Blythat John's \ Coffee-House, Royal-Exchange. \ ^IDCCLXVI. 
 I Price Tico Shillings and Six-Pence. | Sm. 4to. 9 
 
 Collation: 1 folded map ; Title, 1 leaf; Proceedings, pp. 1-18 ; Virginia Cliartci-s, 
 pp. 1-15, 1 p. blank ; Marj'land Charter, pp. 1—5, 1 p. blank ; Connecticut Charter, 
 pp. 1-4; Rhode Island Charter, pp. 1-6; Pennsylvania Charter, pp. 1-5, 1 p. blank; 
 Mivssachusetts Bay Charter, pp. 1-9, 1 p. blank ; Georgia Charter, pp. 1-7. 
 
 1775 
 
 THE I CHARTERS | of the | British Colonies | in | America. | 
 London : | Printed for J. Almon, opposite Burlington-LIouse, in \ 
 Piccadi/fy. [ITT.J.] fsvo. 10 
 
 Collation : Title, 1 p. ; Contents, 1 p. ; Charters, pp. 1-142. This edition contains 
 the first and second Charters of Miussachusetts Bay, and those granted to Connecticut, 
 Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, .Maryland, Virginia, and Georgia. 
 
 CONNECTICUT. 
 
 1073 
 
 HE 1 ROOK of the General | Laws | For the People within 
 tlic Jurisdiction of | Conccticut ; | Collected out of the 
 Records of the | General Court, | Lately Revised, and Avith 
 some EiiK'iidations and Additions Established and Pub- | lished by the 
 Authority of the General Court of Conecticut, | holden at Hartford 
 in October, 1672. | [»Sea/.] | Rom. 13. 1, 2. | Let every Soul be subject 
 unto the Higher Powers; for there is no Power but of (iod, the | 
 Powers that be are Ordained of Gcxl. | Whosoever therefore resisteth 
 the power resisteth the Ordinance of God : and they | that resist, shall 
 receive to themselves Damnation. | Cambridge: \ Printed by Samuel 
 Green. 167:}. | Folio. 11 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; To our beloved Brethren, pp. (2) ; te.\t, pp. 1-71 ; Table, 
 pp. (6).
 
 CONNECTICUT. 35 
 
 1673-1865 
 
 THE I LAWS I of I Connecticut. | An Exact Reprint | of the | 
 Original Edition | Of 167.'5 | With a Prefatory Xote | by | (ieorge 
 Brinley. | H'uijord : \ Printed J'or Private Dintribntion. | 1865. | 
 Folio." 12 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 loiif; Dedication, 1 leaf; Prefatory Note, pp. v-vii ; 1 p. blank; 
 Title to reprint, 1 leaf; To our beloved Brethren, pp. (2); text, pp. 1-71; Table, 
 pp. (5). The edition was limited to one hundred and fifty copies. 
 
 1715 
 
 ACTS I and | Laws, ] Of His Majesties Colony | of | Connecticut 
 I iu I New-England. | \_Royal Arms.'\ | New-London: \ Re-printed 
 and Sold by Timothy (rreen, \ Printer to Im Honour the Go- \ vernour 
 and Council. \ ITIo. | Folio. 13 
 
 Collation: Title to Charter, 1 leaf; Charter, pp. 1-6; Table, pp. (12); Title, 1 
 leaf; te.\t, pp. 1-210. This copy ha-s the session laws paged in continuation of it down 
 to 1744 nearly perfect, but lacks the original Table, that which it contains having 
 been issued in 1719. The Charter which is prefixed was not printed till three years 
 after the " Body of Laws.' The title to it reads : The | Charter | Granted by | 
 His Majesty | Kino Charles II. | to the | Goversour & Company | of the | 
 Engli.sh Colony | of | Connecticut | in | New-England | in | America. | Neic- 
 Lrjiuhn : I I'liiited and Sold by Timuthy Green, Printer in \ the Gorernottr and Company 
 of I thf Colony ulxjcesa'ul. 1718. | 
 
 1716 
 
 \_Royal Armx.'\ | ACTS and Laws | Passe<l by the (lenenil Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesties Colony | of Connecticut in New-England: 
 Begun and Held at Hartford, upon | Thursday the Tenth Day of 
 May, in the Second Year of the | Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George, 
 Kingof fii'eat- | Britain, ttc. Anno Domini, 1716. | [^Colophon.'] Xew- 
 London : Printed and Sold by Timothy (ireen, near the | Meeting- 
 Hause: where aim in to be Sold the Body of the lAiiri< \ of Connecticut, 
 newly PritUed. [ITKi.] | Folio, pp. 211-21*4. 14 
 
 [^Royal Ann.'<.'\ | ACTS and Laws | Pa.«.sed by the f ienei-al Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesties Colony | of Connecticut in New-England: 
 Begun and Held at New-Haven, | the Eleventh Day of October, in the 
 Third Yesir of the Reign of | Our Sovereign Lord George, King of 
 Great Britain, ttc. | Anno Domini, ITKi. | [Colophon.'^ Xeu--Lo)idon : 
 Printed by T. Green, Printer to hin Honour the Gov. ti: Council. 1716. 
 I Folio, pp. 215-218. 15
 
 36 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 1717 
 
 [Royal Anm.l \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the General Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesties Colony of | Conneotioiit in Xew-Enfrland : 
 Begun and Held at Hartford, ujjon | Tiuu-sday the Ninth Day of May, 
 in the Thii"d Year of the Reign | of Our Sovereign Lord George, King 
 of Great | Britain, ite. Anno Domini, 1717. | [ColophoH.'\ Xcir-Loii- 
 don: Fiinted and >Sold by Timothy Green, near the Meeting Honne, \ 
 lehere also *s to be Sold the Body of Connecticut^Laws, with their Addi- 
 tions I since tJie Book was Printed. 1717. | Folio, pp. 219-221. IG 
 
 [Royal Arms.'^ \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the General Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesties Colony | of Connecticut in New-England : 
 Begun and Held at New- Haven, | on the 10th Day of Octoljer, in the 
 Fourth Year of the Reign of | Our Sovereign Lord Cieorge, King of 
 (ireat-Britain, <S:c. | Anno Domini, 1717. | [Neio London: Timothy 
 Gh-een, 1717.] | Folio, pp. 223-232. 17 
 
 171$ 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the General Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesties Colony of | Connecticut in New-England : 
 Begun and Held at Hartford the 8th | Day of May, in the Fourth 
 Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign | Lord George, King of Great- 
 Britain, &c. Anno Dom. 1718. | [Xew London: Timothy Green, 1718.] 
 Folio, pp. 233-23G. 18 
 
 [Royal Anna.] \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the (General Court or 
 Assembly of His ilajesties Colony | of Connc<'ticut in New-England : 
 Begun and Held at New-Haven, | the Nintli Day of October, in the 
 Fifth Year of the Reign of Our | Sovereign Lord George, King of 
 Great-Britain, *tc. | Anno Domini, 1718. | [Xeir London: Timothy 
 Green, 1718.] Folio, pp. 237-240. 19 
 
 171!) 
 
 [Royal ^I;-w.s-.] | ACTS and I.,aws | Pa.ssetl by the General Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesties Colony of | Connei'ticut, in New-England : 
 Begun and Held at Hartford, | the Fourteenth Day of May, In the 
 Fifth Year of the Reign | of Our Sovereign Lord George, King of
 
 CONNECTICUT. 37 
 
 Great Britain, ttc. | AiiiuKiue Domini, 1719. | \^Xeic London: Timothy 
 Green, 1719.] Folio, pp. 241-244. 20 
 
 [Roydl Annn.] | iVCTS and Laws | Pa.s,sed by tlic (Jcneral Court or 
 As.sembly of His Majesties Colony | of Connecticut in Ne\v-Kn<^laud : 
 ]?egun and Held at New-Haven, | the Eighth Day of October, in the 
 Sixth Year of the Reign of Our | Sovereign Lord G(H)rge, King of 
 Great-Britain, tte. | Anno Domini, 1719. | [Cb/o^j//o;(.] Xew-Loialon, 
 Friutvd and Sold by Timothy Green, Fiinta- to his Honour tlie \ Gov- 
 ernour and Company. 1719. | Folio, pp. 245-252. 21 
 
 1720 
 
 \^Royal Ai-m.s.'j \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the General Court or 
 Assemblv of His Majesties Colony of | Connecticut in Xew-England : 
 Begun and Held at Hartford, the I Twelfth Dav of Mav, in the Sixth 
 Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign | Lord George, King of Great- 
 Britain, &c. Anno Domini, 1720. | [Actc London: Timothy Ch-een, 
 1720.] Folio, pp. 253-256. 22 
 
 IRoyal Arms.] \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the General Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesties Colony of | Connecticut in Xew England : 
 Begun and Held at New Haven the l.]th | Day of October, in the 
 Seventh Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign | Lord George, King of 
 Great Britain, &c. Anno Domini, 1720. | [Xew London: Timothy 
 Green, 1720.] Folio, pp. 257-2GO. 23 
 
 1721 
 
 [Royal Arm.i.'l \ ACTS and Laws | Pa.s.sed by the General Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesties Colony | of Connecticut in New-England : 
 Begun and Held at Hartford, the | Eleventh Day of May, in the 
 Seventh Year of the Reign of Our | Soveraign I.,ord George, King of 
 Great-Britain, &v. Anno | Domini, 1721. | [Xeic Jjondon : Timothy 
 Green, 1721.] Folio, pp. 261-266. 24 
 
 [Royal Ann.s.'] \ ACTS and Laws | l'asse<l by the General Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesties Colony | of Connecticut in New-England : 
 Begini and Held at New Haven, the | Twelfth Day of October, in the 
 Eighth Year of the Reign of Our | Soveraign Lord George, of Great- 
 
 4
 
 38 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 Britain, etc. King. Anno | Domini, 1721. | [Xcw London: Timothy 
 Green, 1721.] Folio, pp. 267-272. 25 
 
 1722 
 
 [Royal Arms.l \ ACTS and Laws | Passetl by the General Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesties Colony of | Connecticut, in New-England : 
 Begun and Held at Hartford, | on the Tenth Day of May, In the 
 Ivghth Year of the Reign | of Our Sovereign Lord George, King of 
 Great Britain, &c. \ Annoque Domini, 1722. | [Xeir London: Timothy 
 Green, 1722.] Folio, pp. 27.3-274. 2G 
 
 [Royal Anns.'] | ACTS and Laws | Passed by the General Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesty's Colony | of Connecticut in New-England : 
 Begun and Held at New-Haven, | on the 11th. Day of October, in the 
 Ninth Year of the Keign of | Our Sovereign Lord George, King of 
 Great-Britain, &c. \ Annoque Domini, 1722. | [Neiv London: Timothy 
 Green, 1722.] Folio, pp. 275-286. 27 
 
 [Royal Arm.<<.] \ ACTS and Laws | l*asse<l l)y the General Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesties Colony of | Connecticut in New-Eugland : 
 Begun and Held at Hartford, the Ninth | Day of May, in the Ninth 
 Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign | Lord George, King of Great- 
 Britain, «tc. Anno Dom. 172.3. | [(_'<)/(>j>hon.~\ Acw-London, Printed d- 
 Sold by T. Green, Printer to the Gov. <i- Comp. 1723. | Folio, pp. 
 287-294. 28 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the General Court or 
 Assembly of His ^Majesties Colony | of Connecticut in New-England : 
 Begun and Held at New-Haven, on | Thursday the Tenth Day of 
 Octolicr, in the Tenth Year of the | Reign of Our Sovereign Lord 
 George, King of Great- | Britain, etc. Annoque Domini, 1723. | 
 [Volophon.] N. London, Printed & Sold by T. Green, Printer to the 
 Gov. ct Company, 1723. | Folio, pp. 295-298. 29 
 
 1724 
 
 [Royal .lr//i.v.] I ACTS and I^aws | Pa.s.setl by the General Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesties Colony | of Connecticut in New England :
 
 CONNECTICUT. 39 
 
 Begun and Held at Hartford, on | the Fourteenth Day of May, in the 
 Tenth Year of the Keign of | Our Sovereign Lord George, King of 
 Great Britain, &c. | Anno Domini, 1724. | \_Xevj London: Timothy 
 Green, 1724.] Folio, pp. 299-303. 30 
 
 [Koyal Anns.] \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the General Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesties Colony of | Conneeticut in Xew-England : 
 Begun and Held at Xew Haven, on | the Eighth Day of Uetober, in 
 the Eleventh Year of the Reign | of Our Sovereign Lord George, 
 King of Great-Britain, &c. \ Anno Domini, 1724. | [Colophon.] New- 
 London: I Printed and Sold by Timothy Green, Printer to the Gov- 
 eniour | and Company. 1724. | Folio, pp. 30.5—310. 31 
 
 1725 
 
 \_Royol Arms.] \ .VCTS and Laws | Passed by the General Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesties Colony of | Connecticut in New-England : 
 Begun and Held at Hartford, on the | Thirteenth Day of May, in the 
 Eleventh Year of the Keign of Our | Sovereign Lord George, King 
 of Great-Britain, &c. Anno Dom 172.5. | \_Cohphon.] N. London, 
 Printed & Sold by T. Green, Printer to the Gov. & Coinp. 172-"). | 
 Folio, pp. 311-312. 32 
 
 \_Royal Arms.] \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the General Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesty's Colony | of Connecticut in Xew-England: 
 Begun and Held at New-Haven, | on the Fourteenth Day of Octol>er, 
 the Twelfth Year of the | Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George, King 
 of Great- | Britain, &c. Anno Domini, 1725. | [Colophon.] Xeir-Lon- 
 don, I Printed and Sold by T. (Ircen, Printer to the Governour and | 
 Company, 1725. | Folio, pp. 313-315. 33 
 
 172G 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ ^VCTS and I^aws | Passed by the General Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesty's Colony | of Connecticut in New- England : 
 Begun and Hckl at Hartfonl, on | the Twelfth Day of May, in the 
 Twelfth Year ol" the Reign of | Our Sovereign Lord Cieorge, King of 
 Great-Britain, &c. | Annoque Domini, 172(i. | [Colophon.] X. London, 
 Printed <& Sold by T. Green, Printer to the Gov. li- Comp. 1726. | 
 Folio, pp. 317-328. 34
 
 40 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 [Royal Anm.'] \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the General Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesty's Colony | of Connecticut in New-England : 
 Begun and PTeld at Xew-Haven, | on the Tliirtwntli day of October, 
 in the Thirteenth Year of the | Reign of Our Sovereign Lord (n-orge, 
 of Gi-eat-Britain, &e. | King. Annoque Domini, 1726. | [Colophon.] 
 New-London: \ Printed and Sold by T. Green, Printer to (lie Gov. & 
 Company, \ 1726. | Folio, pp. 329-326 for 336. 35 
 
 1727 
 
 [Royal Arms.l \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the General Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesty's Colony | of Connecticut in New England : 
 Begun and Held at Hartford, on | the Eleventh Day of May, in the 
 Thirteenth Year of the Reign | of Our Sovereign Lord George, of 
 Great-Britain, &c. | King. Annoque Domini, 1727. | [Colophon.'] Neu)- 
 Ijondon: \ Printed and tSold by T. (rreen. Printer to the Governour and 
 I Company. 1727. | Folio, pp. 337-342. 36 
 
 [Royal Arnw.] | ACTS and Laws | Passed by tiie General Court or 
 Assembly of His INIajesties Colony | of Connecticut in New England : 
 Begun and Held at New Haven on | tlic Twelfth Day of October, in 
 the First Year of the Reign of | Our Sovereign Lord George tiie 
 Second, of Great-Britain, &c. | King. Annoque Domini, 1727. | 
 [Colophon.] \. London: Printed and Sold by T. Green, Printer to the 
 Gov. & Company. \T21. \ Folio, pp. 343-35U. 37 
 
 17-2S 
 
 [Royal Arm.'<.] \ A("TS and I^aws | Passwl by the General Court or 
 .\ssembly of His Majesty's Colony | of Connecticut in New-England, 
 Begun and Held at Hartford on | the Ninth Day of May, in the First 
 Year of tlie Reign of Our | Sovereign Lord George the Second, of 
 Great-Britain, &c. | King. Annoque Domini, 1728. | [Colojjlion.] AT 
 London, Printed & Sold by T. Green, Pnnter to the Gov. & Comp. 
 1728. I Folio, pp. 351-356. 38 
 
 [Royal Arms.] | ACTS and Laws | Passed by the General Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesties Colony | of Connecticut in New-England, 
 Begun and Held at New Haven on | the Tenth Day of October, in the 
 Second Year of the Reign of | Our Sovereign Lord George the Second,
 
 CONNECTICUT. 41 
 
 of Great-Britain, &c. | King. Annoque Domini, 1728. | [Colophon.] 
 New-London: \ Printed mid Sold by T. Green, Printer to the Gov- 
 ernour and Company, 1728. | Folio, pp. 357-364. 39 
 
 1729 
 
 [Royal Arms.'] \ ACTS and Laws | Pa.ssed by the General Court or 
 A.ssembly of His Majesties Colony | of Conncoticiit in New Enirland, 
 Begun and Held at Hartford on | the Eighth Day of May, in the 
 Second Year of the Reign of | Our Sovereign Lord George the Second, 
 of Great-Britain, &c. \ King. Annoque Domini, 1729. | [Colophon.] 
 N. London: Printed and Sold by T. Green, Printer to the Gov. & 
 Comp. 1729. I Folio, pp. 365-368. 40 
 
 [Royal Anna.] \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the General Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesties Colony | of Connecticut in Xew England : 
 Begun and Held at Xew-Haven on | the Ninth Day of October, in 
 the Third Year of the Reign of | Our Sovereign Lord George the 
 Second, of Great Britain, ttc. | King. Annoque Domini, 1729. | 
 [Colophon.] N. London, Printed & Sold by T. Green, Printer to the 
 Gov. & Comp. 1729. | Folio, pp. 369-372. 41 
 
 1730 
 
 [Royal Arm^.] \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the General Court or 
 As.semby of His Majesty's Colony of Con- | necticut in New-England, 
 Begun and held at Hartford on the Fourteenth | day of May, In the 
 Thiixl Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord | George the Second, 
 of Great-Britain, ttc. King. Anno Dom. 1730. | [Colophon.] N. 
 London: Printed A Sold by T. Green, Printer to the Gov. & Comp. 
 1 730. I Folio, pi>. 373-376. 42 
 
 [Royal Ainns.] | ACTS and Laws | Passed by the General Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesties Colony | of Connecticut in New-England : 
 Begun and Held at New Haven, on | Thursday the Eiglith Day of 
 October, in the Fourth Year of the | Reign of Our Sovereign Loi-d 
 George the Second, of Great- | Britain, itc. | King. Annoque Domini, 
 1730. I [Colo2}hon.] \. London, Printed <t* Sold by T. Green, Printer 
 to the Gov. & Company, 1730. | Folio, pp. 377-379. 43
 
 42 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 1731 
 
 [Roynl Arms.'] \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the General Court or 
 Assemby of" His Majesties Colony | of Connectieiit in New Enu;]anil : 
 Befrun and Held at Hartford, on | the Thirteenth Day of May, In the 
 Fourth Year of the Reign of | Our Sovereign Lord George the Second, 
 of Great-Britain, &c. \ King. Annoque Domini, 173L | \^Co!oplion.'] 
 jV. London, Printed & Sold by T. (rreen, Printer to Gov. & Comjxtni/, 
 17.31. I Folio, pp. 381-386. 44 
 
 \^Rot/(d Ai'ms.'] I ACTS and Laws | Passed by the General Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesties Colony | of Connecticut in New England : 
 Begun and Held at New Haven | on Thursday the Fourteenth Day of 
 October, in the Fiftli Year of | the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord 
 George the Second, of | Great-Britain, &c. King. Annocjue Domini, 
 
 1731. I [Colophon.] X. London, Printed d- Hold by T. Green, Printer 
 to the Gov. & Comp. 1731. | Folio, pp. 387-389. 45 
 
 1732 
 
 \_Roynl Arms.] \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the General Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesties Colony of Con- | necticut in New-Eng- 
 land : Begun and Held at Hartford, on Thursday the | Eleventh Day 
 of May, in the Fifth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign | Lord 
 George the Second, of Great-Britain, &c. King. Annoque Domini, 
 
 1732. I [Colophon.] N. London, Printed and Sold by T. Green, Printer 
 to the Gov. & Company, 1732. | Folio, pp. 391-398. 46 
 
 [Royai Ai-ms.] \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the General Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesties Colony | of Connecticut in New-England : 
 Begun and Held at New Haven, | on Thursday the Twelfth Day of 
 October, in the Sixth Year of | the Reign of Our Sovereign I^ord 
 George the Second, of Great- | Britain, &c. King. Annoque Domini, 
 1732. I [Colophon.] N. London, Printed & Sold by T. Green, Printer 
 to the Gov. & Comp. 1732. | Folio, pp. 399-402. 47 
 
 1733 
 
 [Royal Anns.] | ACTS and Laws | Passe<l by the General Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesties Colony of | Connecticut in New- England : 
 Holden (by Adjournment, and by | special Order of the Governour
 
 CONNECTICUT. 43' 
 
 and Council) at Hartford, the 15th | Day of February, in the Sixth 
 Year of tlie Reign of Our Sovereign | Lord fleorge the Second, of 
 Great-Britain, &c King. Anno Dom. 1732,3. | l^Co[ophon.'\ N. 
 London, Pnnted & Sold by T. Green, Printer to the Gov. & Comp. 1 733. 
 I Folio, pp. 40.3-404. 48 
 
 l^Royal Arms.l \ ACTS and Laws | Pa.ssed by the General Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesties Colony of | Connecticut in New England : 
 Begun and Held at Hartford, on the Tenth | Day of May, in the 
 Sixth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord | George the Second, 
 of Great-Britain, &c. King. Annoq ; Dom. 1733. | \^Colophon.'\ N. 
 London: | Printed and Sold by T. Green, Printer to hi.^ Honour the Gov. 
 and I Company. 1733. | Folio, pp. 405-41 G. 49 
 
 [Royal yl/vAw.] | ACTS and Laws | Passed by the General Court or 
 Asscmljly of His Majesties Colony of | Connecticut in New-England : 
 Begun and Held at New-Haven, on | the Eleventh Day of October, 
 in the Seventh Year of the Reign of I Our Sovereign Lord George the 
 Second, of Great-Britain, &c. \ King. Annoque Domini, 1733. | 
 [Colophon.'\ N. Jjondon, Printed & Sold by T. Green, Printer to the 
 Gov. & Comp. 1733. | Folio, pp. 417-420. 50 
 
 1734 
 
 \_Royal Ai-ms-l \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the General Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesty's Colony | of Connecticut in Ne^v-England : 
 Begun and Held at Hartford on | the Ninth Day of May, in the 
 Seventh Year of the Reign of | Our Sovereign I^ord George the Second, 
 King of Great- | Britain, &c. Annoque Domini, 1734. | [Co/op/io/t.] 
 N. London, Printed and Sold by T. Green, Printer to the Gov. & Com- 
 pany. 1734. I Folio, pp. 421-426. 51 
 
 [Royal Arms.'j | ACTS and Laws | Passc<l by the General Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesty's Colony | of CoiuuH-ticut in New f^ngland : 
 Begun and Held at New-Haven, | on Thursday the Tenth Day of 
 October, in the Eighth Year of | the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord 
 George the Second, of | Great-Britain, &t: King. Annoque Domini, 
 1734. I [Colophon.J N. London, Printed A' Sold by T. Green, Printer 
 to the Gov. and Company, 1734. | Folio, pp. 427-429. 52
 
 44 THE TOWEK CXiLLECTION. 
 
 1735 
 
 [Royal Anm.'] \ ACTS and Laws | Pa.ssctl hy the General Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesty's Colony | of Connecticut in Xew-England ; 
 ]?ei;un and Held at llartford, | on Thursday the Eighth Day of May, 
 in the Eiijhtli Year of | tlie Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George tlie 
 Sei'ond, of I Great-Britain, &e. King. A nnoque Domini, 173;j. | \^('o(o- 
 plioii-l N. London, Printed & Hold by T. Green, Printer to the ii'or. 
 & Company. 1735. | Folio, pp. 43 1-436. 53 
 
 [Royal Arms.'\ \ ACTS and I^aws | Passed by the General Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesty's Colonv | of Connecticut in Xe^v-England : 
 Begun and Held at Xe\v-Haven, | on the Nintii Day of October, in 
 the Ninth Year of the Reign | of Our Sovereign Lord George the 
 Second, of Great-Britain, etc. King. Annoque Domini, 1735. | [Colo- 
 phon.^ N. London, Printed & Sold by T. Green, Printer to the Gov. & 
 Company, 1735. | Folio, pp. 437-439. 54 
 
 1736 
 
 [Royal Arm.'i.'\ \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the General Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesty's Colony | of Connecticut in New England : 
 Begun and Held at Hartford, on | the Thirteenth day of May, in the 
 Ninth Year of the Reign of | Our Sovereign Lord (Jeorgc the Second, 
 of Great-Britain, &c. | King. Annoque Domini, 1736. | [Colophon.~\ 
 N. London, Printed and Sold by T. Green, Printer to the Gov. <S: 
 Company, 1736. | Folio, pp. 441-443. 55 
 
 1742 
 
 [Royal j4r»i.s.] | ACTS and Laws | Passed by the General Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesty's Colony | of Connecticut in N^c\v England : 
 Begun and Held at New Haven, | on Thursday the Fourteenth Day of 
 October, in the Sixteenth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign I^ord 
 George the Second, | of Great-Britain, &c. King. ^Vnnoque Domini, 
 1742. I [Colophon.^ N. London, Printed & Sold by T. Green, Printer 
 to the Gov. & Company, 1742. | Folio, pp. 515-517. 56 
 
 1743 
 
 [Royal Arms.l \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the General Court or 
 Assembly of His Maje.sty's Colony | of Connecticut in New-England :
 
 CONNECTICUT. 45 
 
 Begun and Hold at New Haven on | the second Thursday of October, 
 In the seventeenth Year of the | Keign of Our Sovereign Lord George 
 the Second, of | Great-Britain, &c. King. Aimofiue Domini, 1743. | 
 ^Colophon.^ N. London, Pnnted & Sold by T. Green, Printer to the 
 Gov. & Comp. 1743. | Folio, pp. 52;3-52G. 57 
 
 1744 
 
 [Royal ^rm-s.] | ACTS and Laws | Pa.ssed by the General Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesty's Colony | of Connecticut in New England : 
 Begun and Held at Hartford, on | the second Thursday of May, in 
 the seventeenth Year of the | Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George 
 the Second, King of | Great-Britain, &c. Annoque Domini, 1744. | 
 [C'o/o/j/ioH.] N. London: Printed <i- Sold by T. Green, Printer to tJie 
 Gov. & Camp. 1744. | Folio, pp. 527-530. 58 
 
 1750 
 
 ACTS I and | Laws | Of His Majesty's English Colony | of | Con- 
 necticut I in I New-England | in | ^imerica. | \^Royal Ai-ms.'\ \ New- 
 London, | Printed and Sold by Timothy Green, Printer to the \ Gov- 
 ernonr and Company of the abovemid Colony. \ 1750. | Folio. 59 
 
 Collation: Title of Charter, 1 leaf; Charter, pp. 6; Table, &c., pp. (2) ; Title to 
 Acts, 1 leaf; text, pp. 256. The title to the Charter reads : The | Charter | Granted 
 BY j His Ma.jesty | Kinq Charles II. | to the | Governour 4 Company | of 
 THE I English Colony | of | Connecticut | in | New-England | in | America. 
 I New-Lotulon | Prinied ntul Sold by Tiitxotlnj Green, Printer to the \ Gavernoiir, ami 
 Company of the above said Colony. ] 1750. | 
 
 ACTS I and | Laws | Of His Majesty's English Colony | of | Con- 
 necticut I in I New-England | in | America. | [Royal Arms.'\ | New- 
 London, I Printed and Sold by Timothy Green, Printer to the \ Gov- 
 ernour and Company, of the aiovesaid Colony. \ 1750 | Folio. (30 
 
 Collation as in the preceding, except that the text extend? to page 2C8. The differ- 
 ences between this — the second — and the first impression of the revision of 1750 ar<?, 
 with the exception of index and the numV)cr of pages, minutely t3'pographical. The 
 word America on both of its title pages is in larger type. The sheet mark between 
 the "rules" on the title page of the Charter is not found in this impression, and the 
 setting up of the side-notes differs materially throughout. The index is arranged 
 differently and includes page 208. The last page of the first issue terminates with a 
 line of printer's blocks, and without a catcliwoRl, the fonner not appearing in the 
 second issue, in which " Acts"' appears as a catchword. In the imprint of both titles 
 there is a comma after the word Governour.
 
 46 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 [Royal AnfM.] \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the General Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesty's English | Colony of Connecticut in New- 
 England in America : Begun and | Held at New Haven, on the Second 
 Thursday of October, in the | Twenty-Fourth Year of the Reign of 
 Our Sovereign Lord | George the Second, of Great-Britain, &c. King. 
 Ainiocjue | Domini, 1750. | [Colophon.^ N. London, Printed, and Sold 
 by Timothy Green, Printer to the | Goveniour, and Company of the 
 Colony aforesaid, 1750. | Folio, pp. 257-258. Gl 
 
 1752 
 
 [Poyal Ai-nts.'] | ACTS and Laws | Passed by the General Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesty's English | Colony of Connecticut in New 
 England in America : Begun, and | Held at Hartford, on the Second 
 Thursday of May, in the Twenty-fiflh Year of the Reign of Our 
 Sovereign Lord | George the Second, of Great-Britain, etc. King. 
 Annoque | Domini, 1752. | [Colophoii.^ New-London, Printed and 
 Sold by Timothy Chreen, \ Piinter to the Goveniour, and Company of 
 His Ma- \je8ty'8 Colony of Connecticut aforesaid, 1752. | Folio, pp. 
 263-266. 62 
 
 [Royal Ai-ms.l | ACTS and Laws | Passed by the General Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesty's English | Colony of Connecticut in New- 
 England in America : Begun, and | Held at New-Haven on the Second 
 Thursday of October, in the | Twenty-sixth Year of the Reign of 
 Our Sovereign Lord | George the Second, of Great-Britain, &c. King. 
 Annoque | Domini, 1752. | [Colophon.'\ N. London Printed & Sold 
 by Timothy Green, Printer to the Gov. & Comp. 1752. | Folio, pp. 
 267-268. 63 
 
 1753 
 
 [Royal Arms.'] | ACTS and Laws | Passed by the General Court, or 
 Assembly of His Majesty's English | Colony of Connecticut in New 
 England in America : B^un, and | Held at Hartford, on the Second 
 Thursday of May, in tlie | Twenty Sixth Year of the Reign of Our 
 Sovereign LoihI | George the Second, of Great-Britain, &c. King. 
 Annoque | Domini, 1753. | [Colophoji.] New-Lomlon: | Printed & 
 Sold by Timothy Green, Printer to the Gov. & Comp. 1753. | Folio, })p. 
 269-271. 64
 
 OONNECriCUT. 47 
 
 1734 
 
 \^Royal Ai-vis.l | ACTS and Laws | Passed by the General Court, or 
 Assembly of His Miijc-sty's | Eiiirlisli Colony of Connecticut in Xew- 
 England in America : | Begun, and Held at Hartford, on the Second 
 Thursday of | May, in the Twenty Seventh Year of the Reign of 
 Our I Sovereign Lord George the Second, King of Great- | Britain, <S:c. 
 Annoque Domini, 1754. | ^V. London \ Printed and Hold by Timothy 
 Green, Printer to \ the Governour & Company of the Colony ahocesaid, 
 1754. I Folio, pp. 281. 65 
 
 \_Royal Arms.l | ACTS and Laws | Passotl by the General Court, or 
 Assembly of His Majesty's | English Colony of Connecticut in Xew 
 England : Begun, and | Held at Xew-Haven, on the Second Tluirsday 
 of October, | in the Twenty Eighth Year of the Reign of Our | 
 Sovereign Lord George the Second, of Great-Britain, &c. \ King. 
 Annoque Domini, 1754. | [^Colophon.^ X. London, Printed and Sold 
 by Timothy Green, Printer to the Gov. & Comp. of His Majesty's Colony 
 of Connecticut. 1754. | Folio, pp. 283-284. 66 
 
 1755 
 
 \_Royal Arms.'] \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the General Court, or 
 Assembly of His Majesty's | Englisii T'olony of Connecticut in Xew 
 England in America : Begun and | Held at Xew Haven on the Second 
 Thursday of October, in the Twenty Xinth Year of the Reign of Our 
 Sovereign Lord | George the Second, King of Great Britain, &c. | 
 Annoque Domini, 1755. | \^Colophon.] New-London, \ Printed and 
 Sold by Timothy Green, Printer to | the Governor, and Company of the 
 Colony of I Connecticut, 1 755. | Folio, pp. 287-293. 67 
 
 1759 
 
 [Royal Ai-ms.] \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the General Court or 
 Assembly, of His Majesty's English | Colony of Connecticut, in Xew 
 England, in ^Vnierica : Held at Hart- | ford, in the said Colony, on the 
 Second Thiu-sday of May, in the | Thirty Second Year of the Reign 
 of His Majesty George the Second, King of Great-Britain, &c. An- 
 noque Domini, 1759. | [Colophon.] Xew-London : Printed and Sold 
 by Timo. Green, Printer to the | Governor and Company of the Colony 
 of Connecticut, 1759. | Folio, pp. 323-324. 68
 
 48 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 17G9 
 ACTS I and | Laws | Of His Majesty's English Colony of | Con- 
 necticut, I in I New-England, | in | America. | [Royal AniM.'] \ Re- 
 printed and Sold by Thomms and Samuel Green, in \ New-Haven, and 
 Thnothy Green, in New-London. \ 1769. | Folio. <J!* 
 
 C<illMti(in: Title, 1 loaf; Cliarti'V, pp. 3-8; Talilc, pp. 1-10; Laws, pp. l-:WfJ. 
 
 1768 
 
 [Royid Arinx.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the General Court or 
 Asscnihlv of Ills Majesty's P]nglisli | Colony of Conueetieiit, in Xcw- 
 Englaiul, ill .Vnieinca; begun and | held at New-Haven, on the 
 Second Thursday of October, in tlie | Eiglitli Year of the Reign of 
 our Sovereign Lord George | the Third, of (ireat-Britain, &c. King. 
 Annoq ; Domini, 17(3<S. | [Colophon. '\ New-London: \ Prinfed by 
 Timothy Green, Rrinter to the Governor and | Company of the ( 'oloiiy 
 of Connecticut, 1 768. | Folio, pp. ;3;}7-3;}8. 70 
 
 17«9 
 
 [Royal Arim.'] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the General Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesty's English | Colony of Connecticut, in New- 
 England, in America ; holden at | New-Haven, in said Colony, (by 
 Adjournment) on | the Fifth | Day of January, in the Ninth Year of 
 the Reign of | our Sove- | reign Lord George the Third, King of 
 Great-Britain, | &c. Annoque Domini, 1769. | [Colophon.'] Nar- 
 Londnn : | Printed and. Sold by Timothy Green, Printer to the Governor 
 I and Company, of the Colony of Connecticut. 1769. | Folio, pp. 
 339-342. 71 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the General Coui-t or 
 Assembly of His Majesty's | English Colony of Connecticut, in New- 
 England, in America : Held at Hartford, in said Colony on the | 
 Second Tluirsday of May, in the Ninth Year of the | Reign of Our 
 Sovereign Lord George the | Tiiird, King of Great-Britain, &c. Annoq. 
 Domini, | 1769. | [Colophon.] New-London: \ Printed and Sold by 
 Timothy Green, Printer to the \ Governor and Company of tlie Colony 
 of Connecti- | cut, M,DCC,LXIX. | Folio, pp. 343-345. 72 
 
 [Royal Armn.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the General Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesty's | English Colony of Connecticut, in New-
 
 CONNECTICUT. 49 
 
 Eiitrland, in America: ITekl at Xcw-Haven, in 8ai(l Colony, on tlic 
 Second Thurs- | day of October, in the Ninth Year of the Keign of 
 Our I Sovereign Lord George the Third, King of Great- | Britain, &c. 
 Annoq. Doni. 1769. | [Colophon.'] New-London: \ Printed by Timothy 
 Green, Printer to the. Governor and \ Company of the Colony of Con- 
 necticut. 17G9. I Folio, pp. .347-;548. 73 
 
 1770 
 
 [Royal Armn.] | ACTS and Law.s, | Piussed by the General Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesty's | English Colony of Connecticut, in New- 
 England, in America; holden at Hartford, in said Colony, on the 
 Second Thurs- | day of May, in the Tenth Year of the Reign of His | 
 Majesty George the Third, King of Great-Britain, | etc. Annoq. Doni. 
 1770. I [Colophon.'] New-London: Printed by Timothy Green, Printer 
 to the I Gocernor ami Cnmpa)u/ of the Colony of Connertiriit, 1770. | 
 Folio, pp. 349-;55(). 74 
 
 [Royal Armx.] \ ACTS and I^aws, | Made and Passed by the General 
 Court or Assembly | of His ^Majesty's English Colony of ('oinieeticut, 
 in New- | England, in America : Holden at New-Haven, in said | 
 (^olony, on the Second Thursday of October, in tiie Tenth | Year of 
 the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George | the Third, King, of Great- 
 Jjritain, etc. .\nno(]ue | Domini, 1770. | [Colophon.] New-London: | 
 Printed and Sold by Timothy Green, Printer to the Gorer- \ nor and 
 Company of the Colony of Connecticut. | M,DCC,LXX. | Folio, pp. 
 351-358. 75 
 
 1771 
 
 [Royal Arnifs.] | ACTS and Laws, | Made and Passed by the General 
 .Vssembly of His Majesty's | English Colony of Connecticut, in New- 
 England, in America, holden at Hartford, in said Colony, on the 
 Second Tlnirsday | of May, in the Eleventh Year of the Reign of Our 
 Sove- I reign liord ( ieorge the Third, King of Great- Britain, | &c. 
 Aunoque Domini, 1771. | [Colophon.] New-London: | Printed and 
 Sold by Timothy Green, Printer to the Go- | vernor and Company of the 
 Colony of Connecticut, M,T)CC,LXXr. | Folio, pp. 35!)-361. 7G 
 
 [Royal .I////.S.] I ACTS and Laws, | passed by the General Court or 
 Assembly of ills .Ma- | jesty's Englisli Colony of Connecticut, in
 
 50 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 New-En- | gland, in America ; liolden at New-Haven, in said | Colony, 
 on the Second Thursday of October, in the | Eleventh Year of the 
 Reign of our Sovereign | Lord George the Third, of Great Britain, | 
 &c. King; Anno Domini, 1771. | \_ColopJion.'] | New-LotuJon : Prhded 
 and Sold by Timothy Green, Printer to ike Go- \ vernor (tnd Comjjdny 
 of the Colony of Connecticut, \ M,DCC,LXXI. | Folio, pp. 363-367. 
 
 77 
 1772 
 [^Royal Arnix.'\ | ACTS and Laws, | Made and passed by the General 
 Court or Assembly | of His Majesty's English Colony of Connecticut, 
 in I New-England, in America ; holden at Hartford, | in said Colony, 
 on the Second Thursday of May, in the Twelfth Year of the Reign 
 of our Sovereign | Lord (Jeorge the Third, King of Great- | Britain, 
 &c. .\nnoq : Dom. 1772. | [^Colophon.'] New-Lorulon: \ Printed and 
 Sold by Timothy Green, Printer to the \ Governor and. Comimny. 
 M,DCC,LXXir. I Folio, pp. 369-371. 78 
 
 [Boyal Ariiis.] | ACTS and Laws, | Made and passed by the General 
 Court or Assembly | of His Majesty's English Colony of Connecticut, 
 I in America ; holden at New-Haven, in said Co- | lony, on the 
 Second Thursday of Octolier, in the | Twclftli Year of the Reign of 
 Our Sovereign | Lord George the Third, King of Great- | Britain, 
 &c. Annoque Domini, 1772. | [Colophon.] Neto-London: \ Printed 
 and Sold by Timothy Green, Printer to the Go- \ vernor and Company 
 of the Colony of Connedi- \ ci(<, M,DCC, LXXII. | Folio, pp. 373-375. 
 
 79 
 1773 
 [Royal Arms^ \ ACTS and Laws, | Made and passed by the General 
 Court or Assembly of His | Majesty's English Colony of Comiecticut, 
 in New-England, in America ; holden at Hartford, in said Colony, on 
 the I Second Thursday of May, in the Thirteenth Year of the | Reign 
 of Our Sovereign Lord George the Third, | King of Great-Britain, &.v. 
 Annoque Domini, 1773. | [Coloplton.'] Printed and sold by Timothy 
 Green, Printer to the | Governor and Company. 1773. | Folit^, |)p. 
 377-383. 80 
 
 [Royal Armts.'] \ ACTS and Laws | Made and passed by the General 
 Court or Assembly | of His Majesty's English Colony of Connec- | ticut
 
 CONNECTICUT. 51 
 
 in New-England, in Anicri- | ca ; hoklcn at New -Haven, in said 
 Colony, I on the Second Thursday of October, in the Tiiir- | teenth 
 Year of the Keign of Our Sovereign Lord | George the Third, King 
 of Great- | iJritain, <&c. Annoq. Domini, 1773. | [Colophou.] New- 
 London : I Printed (iml Hold bif Timothy (Ireen, Printer to \ the Governor 
 aiul Vompany. \ M,DCC,LX'xiIl. | Folio, pp. 385-391. 81 
 
 1774 
 
 \_Royul AriiiH.^ I ACTS and Laws, | Made and passetl by the General 
 Court or As- | sembly of His Majesty's P^nglish Colony of Con- | necti- 
 cut, in New-England, in America : Holden at Hartford, in said Colony, 
 by ^Vdjourn- | ment, on the second Wednesday of January, in | the 
 Fourtei'nth Year of the Reign of Our Sove- | reign Lord George the 
 Third, King of | (ireat- Britain, &c. Annoq. Dora. 1774. | [CWo/j/io/i.] 
 New-London : \ Printed and Sold by Timothy Green, Printer to the \ 
 Governor and Company. M,DCC,LXXIV. i Folio, pp. 393-396. 82 
 
 l^Royal Arms.'] \ ACTS and Laws, | Made and passed by the (ieneral 
 Court or Assembly | of His Majesty's English Colony of Connecti- | 
 cut, in New England, in America ; holden at | Hartford, in said (Jolony, 
 on the second Thurs- | day of May, in the Iburtecntii Year of the | 
 Reign of Our Sovereign Lord (ieorge the | Third, King of Grcat- 
 Hritain, etc. Annoque | Domini, 1774. | \_Voloplwn.'] New-London: 
 I I'riiiliil and .sold by Timothy Green, Printer to the \ Governor and 
 fouipany, M,DCC,LXXI V. |' Folio, pp. 397-400. 83 
 
 1784 
 
 ACTS I and | Laws | of the | State | of | Connecticut, | in | Amer- 
 ica. I [Seed of Ihnnedimt.'] \ New- London : \ Printed by Timothy Green, 
 I Priiitertothe Gorernor and State of Connecticut. \ M,DCC,LXXXI V. 
 
 I Folio. 84 
 
 Collation: Titlo, 1 leaf; Charter, pp. 3-8; Articles of Confedenition, pp. 1-6; 
 Cataldijue of Arts, pp. (2) ; Laws, pp. 1-21)5. 
 
 [^Seal iij < 'onnecticut.'] \ ACTS and Law.s, | Made and passed l)y (lie 
 General Court or As- | send>ly of tiie (iovernor and Citnipany of tlic 
 I State of Connecticut, in America; lioldcn at | Hartford, (in said 
 State) on | the second | Thursday of May, Anno Domini, 1784. |
 
 52 THp; TOVVER COLI.BCTION. 
 
 [Colophon.^ New-London: | Printed by Timothy Green, \ Printer to 
 the Governor and State \ of Connecticut. M,DCC,LXXIV. | Folio, 
 pp. 267-307. 85 
 
 [<Sr«f/ of Oonnecti<-itt.'\ | ACT8 unci Laws, | Made and passed In- tht- 
 (u'ncral f'ouit or | Assembly of tlic State of Counet^ticut in | Anieriea, 
 liolden at New- Haven, in | said State, on the second Thursday of | 
 Oi-tober, Anno Doni. 17H4. | [C'o/o/j/to/t.] New-London: \ Printed hi/ 
 Timothy Green, \ Printer to the Governor and Staie | of Connedicnf. 
 M,DCC,LXXXIV. I Folio, pj). :](V.)-:>.ir>. 80 
 
 17H5 
 
 [,S'w/ of Connertiriit.'] | ACTS and Laws, | Made and passe<l by the 
 General Court or | Assembly of the State of Conneeticut, | liolden at 
 Hartford, in said State, on | the second Thursday of May, Anno | 
 Dom. 1785. | [n. p. 1785.] | Folio, pp. 317-328. 87 
 
 [Seal of Connecticut.'] | ACTS and Laws, | Made and passed in ami 
 by the General | T'ourt or Assembly of the State of Con- | necticut, 
 in America, holden at New- | Haven, (in said State) on the second 
 Thurs- I day of October, Anno Domini, 1785. | [Cofophon.] Neiv- 
 IFnven: \ Printed by Thoman and Samuel Green. [1785.] | Folio, pp. 
 329-336. 88 
 
 178<i 
 
 [Seal of Connecticut.'] | ACTS and Laws, | Made and passe<l by the 
 General Court | or Assembly of the State of Connec- | ticiit, holden 
 at Hartford (in said State) | on the second Thursday of May, | Anno 
 Domini 1786. | [n. p. 178().] | Folio, pp. 337-346. ' 89 
 
 [Seal of Connecticut.] \ ACTS and I^aws, | Made and pa.ssed by the 
 General Assem- | bly of the State of Connecticut, in | America, holden 
 at Xew-Haven, on | the second Thursday of October, An- | no Domini, 
 1786. I [Colophon.] Xew-London: Printed by T. Green. [I7.S(;.] | 
 Folio, pp. 347-350. 90 
 
 i;h7 
 
 [Sea/ of Connecticut.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Made and pa.sscd l>y the 
 General Court | or Assembly of the State of Connecti- | cut, holden 
 at Hartford, in said State, 1 on the second Thursday of May, An- | no 
 Domini, 1787. | [n. p. 1787.] | Folio, pp. 351-354. 91
 
 CONNECTICUT. 53 
 
 \^Sea/ of (h)nuvtiriil.~\ | ACTS and Laws, | Made and passed by the 
 General Court | or Assembly of" tbe .State of Connecti- | eiit, iioklen 
 at New-Haven, in said | State, on the second Thursday of Oc- | tol)er, 
 Anno Domini, 17lS7. | \^('olophon.^ Ncw-Lorulon : Printfd hi/ T. (iirm. 
 [1787.] I Folio, pp. 355-358. 92 
 
 1788 
 
 [<*?««? of Connecticut.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Made and passed by the 
 General Court | or Assembly of the State of Connec- | ticut, holden 
 at Hartford, in said State, | on the second Thursday of May, An- | no 
 Dom. 1788. I [ColoplioH.] New-London: Printed by T. G'rct'H. M,DCC,- 
 LXXXVIII. I Folio, pp. 359-365. 93 
 
 [<S'«(/ of Connecticut.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Made and passed by the 
 General Court | or Assembly of the State of Connec- | ticut, holden 
 at New-Haven, (in said | State) on the second Thursday of October, 
 Anno Domini, 1788. | [Co/o/^/to/i.] New-London : Printed by T. Green 
 & Son. [1788.] I Folio, pp. 367-370. 94 
 
 1789 
 
 [Seal of Connecticut.'] \ ACTS and Laws, | Made and passed by 
 the General Court | or Assemlily of the State of Connec- | ticut, in 
 America ; holden at New- | Haven, (I\v Adjournment) on the first | 
 Thursday of January, Anno Domini | 1789. | [Co/oj/Iton.] New-Lon- 
 don: Printed by T. Green & Smi. [1789.] | Folio, pp. 371-378. • 95 
 
 [Seal of Connecticut.] | ACTS and Laws, | Made and passetl by tlie 
 General Court | or Assembly of the State of Connec- | ticut, holden 
 at Hartford, (in said | State) on the second Thursday of | May, Anno 
 Domini 1781). | [n. p. 1789.] | Folio, pp. 379-382. 96 
 
 [Seal of Coniurtirul.] | ACTS and Laws, ] Made and passed by the 
 General Court or Assembly | of the State of Conne<'ticiit, holden at 
 New-Haven, | in said State, on the second Thursday of October, | 
 Anno Domini, 17.S9. | [n. p. 1789.] Folio, pp. 383-388. 97 
 
 1790 
 
 [Seal of Connecticid.] | ACTS and Laws, | Made and passed, by 
 the (General Court | or Assembly of the State of Con- | necticut, iu
 
 54 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 America, holtlen at Hart- | forcl (in said State) on the seeond | 
 Thursday of May, Anno Domini, | 1790. | [n. p. 1790.] | Folio, pp. 
 389-394. 98 
 
 [Seal of Connecticut.^ \ ACTS and Laws, | Made and passe<l by 
 the General Court | or Assembly of the State of Con- | necticut, in 
 America, holden at New- | Haven, in said State, on the second | 
 Thursday of October, Anno Domini, | 1790. | [n. p. 1790.] ] Folio, pp. 
 399-400. 99 
 
 [Seal of Conneciicut.'] \ ACTS and Laws, | Made and pas.scd, by the 
 General Court | or Assembly of the State of Con- | necticut, holden at 
 Xew-Haven, in | said State (by Adjournment) on the twenty-ninth day 
 of December, Anno | Domini, 1790. | [Colophon.'\ New-lMmlou : \ 
 Printed by Timothy Green and Son. [1790.] | Folio, pp. 401-407. lOO 
 
 1791 
 
 [jSW of Connedicut.l \ ACTS and Laws, | Made and passed In- the 
 General Court | or Assembly of the State of Con- | necticut, in America, 
 holden at Hai-t- | ford, in said State, on the .second Thui-s- | day of 
 May, Anno Domini, 1791. | [n. p. 1791.] Folio, pp. 409-413. 101 
 
 [Sea/ of Con7ieciicut.'\ \ ACTS and Laws, | Made and passed by the 
 General Court or Assembly | of the State of Connecticut, in America ; 
 holden at | Xew-Haven, in said State, on the second Thursday | of Oc- 
 tolx-r. Anno Domini, 1791. | [n. p. 1791.] Folio, pp. 41-5-418. 102 
 
 1792 
 
 [Seal of Connecticut.'] | ACTS and Laws, | Made and passed by the 
 General Court or Assembly | of the State of Connecticut, in America ; 
 holden at ] Hartford, in .said State, on the .second Thursday of | May, 
 Anno Domini, 1792. | [n. p. 1792.] Folio, pp. 419-430. 103 
 
 [Se(d of Conwcticut.] | ACTS and Laws, | Made and passed by the 
 General Court or Assembly | of the State of Connecticut, in America ; 
 holden at | Xew-Haven, in said State, on the second Thui-sday | of 
 October, Anno Domini, 1792. | [n. j). 1792.] Folio, pp. 431-447. 104
 
 DELAWARE. 55 
 
 1793 
 
 [-S'f«/ of Connedkid.'] | Acts and I^invs, | Made and pa.-^scd hy the 
 General Court or Assembly | of" the State of Cunnec-tit ut, in America, 
 liolden at | Hartford, in said State, on the second Thursday of | May, 
 Anno Domini, 1793. | [n. p. 1793.] Folio, pp. 448-451. 105 
 
 [Seal of Cmmeclieut.^ \ Acts and Laws, | Made and passed by the 
 General Court or Assembly | of the State of Connecticut, in America, 
 holden at | Xew-Haven, in said State, on the second Thursday | of 
 October, Anno Domini, 1793. | [n. p. 1793.] Folio, pp. 452-458. 10(3 
 
 DANISH COLONIES. 
 
 HE I DANISH LAWS: | Or, the | Code | of | Christian the 
 Fifth. I Faithfully translated | For the Use of tlie English 
 Inhabitants j of the | Danish Settlements in America. | 
 London: | Printed for N. Gibson, in Charles-street. \ M.DCC.LVI. | 
 16mo. 107 
 
 Collation : Title, 1 leaf; Dedication, pp. iii-iv ; Advertisement, pp. v-vi ; Preamble, 
 pp. vii-viii ; text, 1-476, Index, pp. (4). 
 
 DELAWARE. 
 
 1734 
 
 ANNO Kegini | Georgii II. | Regis | ^lagnaj Britanuiie, Francije, 
 & Hibernitfi, | Septimo. | At a General Assembly of the Counties | 
 of New-Castle, Kent and Sussex upon Dela- | ware, begun and holden 
 at Xew-Castle, the Twentieth | Day of October, Anno Dom. 1733. 
 In the Seventli Year | of the Reign of oin- Sovereign Lord (iet>rge II. 
 by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ire- | laud King, 
 Defender of the Faitii, itc. | And from tiience continued by Adjourn- 
 ment to the Seventeenth | Day of March, 1733. | [^Penn Anns.'\ \ 
 Pkiladelphia : \ Printed and Sold by B. Franklin, at the \ New Printing- 
 Office near the Marhi. \ M,DCC,XX X 1 \'. | Folio, pp. 24. 108
 
 56 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 1741 
 
 LAWS I <if the I Govornmciit | of Xew Ca.stle, Kent and Sussex 
 
 I Upon Delaware. | l*ublisli«l by Order of" the Assembly. | [lioi/fil 
 
 Arms.^ Philadelphia : \ Pnnled and Sold by B. Franklin, at the New 
 
 I Printing-office, in Market-Street \ MDCCXLI. | Folio. 109 
 
 Collation: Titlo, 1 leaf; pp. 3-178; Title to Charter, 1 leaf; Charter, pp. 3-8. 
 The title to the Charter read.*: The | Charter | of | Privilege!*, | Granted by | 
 W'li-LiAM Penn, Esq; | to the | Ixhabitants of Pexxstlvania | and Terri- 
 tories. I \^Pe)in Arms.'] | I'lulutlelphin : | Printed niul .Sold by B. Franklin. | 
 MDCCXLI. I 
 
 1752 
 
 LAWS I of the | Government | of | New-Ca.stle, Kent and Sussex, 
 
 I Upon Delaware. | Published by Order of the Assembly. | \_RMjal 
 
 Arrna.'] \ Philadelphia : | Printed ami Sold by B. Franklin, and D. 
 
 Hall 1 nt the New Printing- Office, in Market-Street. | MDCCLIL | 
 
 Folio. 110 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; pp. 3-361; Table, pp. i-xvii. 
 
 1763 
 
 LAWS I of the | Government | of | Xew-Ca.stle, Kent Su.ssex, | 
 Upon Delaware. | Vol. IL | [Royal Arms.l | Wilmington, \ Printed 
 by James Adams, in Market street, 1763. | Folio. Ill 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Authorization, 1 leaf; Titles, pp. i-v ; text, pp. 1-81. 
 
 1780 
 
 ANNO Millesimo | Septingentesimo | Octuagesimo. | At a General 
 Assembly be- | gun at Dover, in the Delaware State, tlie | Twentieth 
 Day of October, Anno Do- | mini 1779, and continued by Adjourn- 
 I ments till the Twenty-ninth Day of | March 1780, the following 
 Acts were | pa.ssed ; . . . . | [^Wilmington: James Adam>!, 1780.] 
 Folio, pp. 21-35. 112 
 
 ANNO Millesimo | Septingentesimo | Octuage,simo. | At a General 
 As.sembly be- | gun at Dover, in the Delaware State, the | Twentieth 
 Day of October, Anno Do- | mini 1779, and continued by Adjourn- | 
 ments till the Eighth Day of June | 1780, the following Acts were 
 passed; | [Wifminr/ion : Jamex Adams, 1780.] Folio, pp. 4r)-67. 113
 
 GEORGIA. 
 
 57 
 
 17«*1 
 
 AXXO Mille-imo | Soptingentesimo | Octuagesimo | Primo. | At 
 a General Assembly be- | gun at Dover, in the Delaware State, | the 
 Twentieth Day of October, Anno | Domini 178<J, and continued by 
 Ad- I journments till the Twenty-eigiith Day | of May 1781, the 
 following Acts were | passed ; . . . . | [ Wilmington : James Adams, 
 1781.] Folio, pp. 51-55. 114 
 
 1782 
 
 ACTS I of the I General Asseniljly \ of the | Delaware State, \ At 
 a Session begun at Dover on | the Twentieth Day of October 1781, 
 
 I and continued by Adjournments: | Being their Sixth Session. 
 
 I [Arms of Delawnre.'] \ Wilmim/ton, | PrinkfJ by James Adarns, 
 M,DCC,LXXXrr. | FoHo, Title, i leaf; pp. ;)-15. 115 
 
 GEORGIA. 
 
 1800 
 
 DIGEST I of the | Laws | of the | State of Georgia. | From 
 its first establishment as a Britisii Province down | to the year 
 1798, inclusive, | and the | Principal Acts of 1799 : | In which 
 I Is couipreheuded the declaration of Independence; the State Con- 
 stitutions of 1777 and 1789, with the | alterations and amendments in 
 1794. I Also the | Constitution of 1798. | It contains | As well all the 
 Laws in force, as those which are deemed useful and necessiuy, or 
 which are explanatorj- | of existing Laws ; together, witii the | Titles 
 of all the Obsolete and Other Acts. | And concludes | ^^'ith an Ap- 
 pendix containing the original Charters and other Documents, ascer- 
 taining and defining the | Limits and Boundary of the State ; all the 
 Treaties with the southern tribes of Indians ; the articles of ] Confed- 
 eration and perpetual union ; the Constitution of tiie United States, 
 and a few Acts of Congress. | Together with a copious Index to the 
 whole. I By Robert tt George Watkins. | Philadelphia : \ Printed by 
 R. Aitken,'No. 22, Market Street. \ 1800. | 4to. 116 
 
 Collation : Title, 1 leaf; Address to the Public, pp. iii-vi ; Certificate, &c., 1 leaf; 
 text, pp. 1-838; Index, pp. (22); Subscribers, pp. (3); Errata, pp. (2).
 
 58 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 1802 
 
 DIGEST I of the | Laws | of the | State of Georgia, | From its Set- 
 tlement as a British Province, in 175"), to the | Session of the General 
 Assembly in 1800, inclusive. | Comprehending | All the Laws pa.sscil 
 within the above periods, and now in force, alphabetically arranged 
 
 I under their respective Titles: Also the State Constitutions of 
 1777 and 1789, with | the additions and amendments in 1711."), and 
 the Constitution of 1 798. | To which is added, | An Appendix : | 
 Comprising | The Declaration of American Lidependence ; the Articles 
 of ConfcKleration and perpetual Union ; the Fefleral | Constitution, 
 witii the amendments thereto : | all the Treaties between the I'nited 
 States and foreign | Nations ; the Treaties between the United States 
 and the dittcrcnt tribes of Indians ; and | those between the State of 
 GtH)rgia and the Southern and Western Indians. | ^\'ith | A Copious 
 Index to the whole. | Compiled, arranged and digested from the 
 original Records, and under the special Authority of the State. | 
 By Horatio Marbury ct William H. Crawford, Esqrs. | Savaiuiah : 
 
 I Printed by Seymour, Woolhoptcr & Stebbim. \ 1802. | 4to. 117 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Dedication, 1 leaf; Constitution, pp. .5-32; text, pp. 
 33-(;8'>; Index, G87-71.5; 1 p. blank; Errata, pp. (3). 
 
 18S1 
 
 ACTS I passed by the | (ieneral As.sembly | of the | Colony 
 of Greorgia. | 1755 to 1774. | Now First Printed. | Worimhe. | 
 MDCCCLXXXI. I Folio. 118 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Dedicatory note, 1 leaf; Prefatory note, pp. 5-7; text, pp. 
 9-423 ; Index, pp. 425-427 ; Certificate, 1 p. Forty-nine copies only were printed for 
 Mr. G. W. J. DeRenne by T. K. Collin.s of Philadelphia. The statement on the title 
 that these laws were " Now first printed" is not correct, as the se.ssion laws were 
 regularly printed at Charleston and Savannah from 1750. 
 
 JAMAICA. 
 
 1684 
 
 |HE I LAWS I of I .Jamaica, | Passed by the | Assembly, | 
 And Confirmed by | His Majesty | in | Council, | April 17. 
 1684. I To which is added, | The State of Jamaica, | As it is 
 now under the Government of | Sir Thomas Lynch. | With a large 
 Mapp of the Island. | London, \ Printed by H. H. Jan. for Charles
 
 JAMAirA. 59 
 
 Harper, at \ the Flower-de-Liwe over againd St. Dunstan's \ Church in 
 Fleet-street. M.DC.LXXXIV. | Folio. 119 
 
 Collation : Title, 1 leaf; State of Jamaica, pp. i-xix ; Index, pp. (3) ; Hap, 1 
 sheet folded ; text, pp. 1-151 ; Law Books, 1 p. 
 
 ions 
 
 THECOXTIXUATIOXofthe | Laws | of | Jamaica, | Passed by 
 the I Assembly, | And Confirmed In- | His Majesty | in | Council, | 
 December 2(3th ltJ9o. | Beinir the .Second Volume of the | said I^aws. 
 I London, \ Printed for C'harlva Harper, at the Flower-de-Luce over- \ 
 against St. Dunsttin's- Church in Fleet-street, and Samuel | Crouch at 
 the Corner of Pope^ s-Head- Alley over-against \ the Rojial-Exchange in 
 Cornhil. MDCXCVIII. | Folio. ' " 120 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Index, 1 p. ; Advertisement, 1 p. ; text, pp. 1-101 ; List 
 of Books, pp. (.3). 
 
 1-3S 
 
 ACTS 1 of I Assembly, | Passc<l in the | Island of Jamaica ; | From 
 1681, to 1737, inclusive. | \^Royal Arm><.'\ \ London: \ Printed by 
 John Baskett, Printer to the King's Most F.v- \ cellent Majesty. 
 MDCCXXXVIII. I Folio. 121 
 
 Collation ; Title, 1 leaf; Index, pp. i-xxii ; text, pp. 1-387, (1). 
 
 1740 
 
 ACTS I of I A.s.sembly, | Fas.setl in the | Island of Jamaica, | From 
 1681, to 1737, inclusive. | (JiiR [Royal .lr«i.s.] | London, | I^rinied, 
 by Order of the Lords Commissioners of T)-ade and \ Plantations, by John 
 Baskett, Printer to the King's most \ Excellent Majesty. 1740. | Folio. 
 
 122 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Index, iii-xvi ; text, pp. 1-216; Title to Abridgment, 1 
 leaf; Abridgment of the Acts, pp. 3-40. The Title is as follows : Ax | Abrido- 
 
 MKNT I OF THE | ACTS OF ASSEMBLY, | P.tSSED IN THE | ISL.\IfD OF .JAMAICA, | 
 From 1681, to 1737, inclusive. | \^Roynl .-Irfn.?.] | London, | Printed, b;i Order of the 
 Lords Commissioners of Trade and \ Plantations, hi/ John Baskett, Printer to t/ie King's 
 Most I Excellent Majesty. 1740. | 
 
 1 
 
 <a(] 
 
 ACTS I of I Assembly, | Passed in the | Island of Jamaica ; | From 
 1681, to 1754, inclusive. | [Royal Arms.] \ London: \ Printed for
 
 60 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 Curtis Brett and Compv. Printers, Booksellers, and Stationers, \ in St. 
 Jago de la Vega, Jamaica. \ MDCCLVI. | Folio. 123 
 
 Collutiim: Title, 1 leaf; Advertisement, pp. (2); Table, pp. 1-27; 1 p. Wank; 
 Laws, pp. 1-358, (2); Title to Abridgment, 1 leaf; Index to Abridgment, pp. (2); 
 Abridgment, pp. 1-43. The Title to the Abridgment read.*: An | Abkidomext | 
 OF THE I Laws of Jamaica, | In Manner of an | Index. | To which is pre- 
 fixed, I A Table of the General and Marginal Titles, | under which the 
 Sub.iect-Matter of each Act and Clause | is properly digested. | [Roynl 
 Arms.'\ I London: \ Printed fur Ciirfis Brett and Comjin. Printers, Bookselleis, anil \ 
 Stationers, in Jamaica. \ MDCCLVI. | 
 
 MARYLAND. 
 
 1723 
 
 jlCTS I of I Assembly, | Passed in the | Province of Maryland, 
 I From 1692, to" 1715. | GR | [Royal .-l/-m,v.] | London, \ 
 Printed by John Basked, Printer to the King's most Ex- \ 
 cellent Majesty, MDCCXXIII. | Folio. 124 
 
 Collation : Title 1 leaf; Charter, pp. iii-xi ; 1 p. blank ; Index, pp. (7) ; 1 p. blank ; 
 Laws, pp. 1-183. 
 
 1727 
 
 A I COMPLEAT Collection | of the | I.aws of Maryland. | With 
 
 I An Index, and Marginal Notes, directing | to the several Lawy, 
 
 and the chief Matters | contained in them. | Collected and Printed by 
 
 Authority. | [Baltimore Anns.'] \ Anmqiolis: \ Printed by William 
 
 Parks. "mDCCXXVII | Folio. 125 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Dedication, 1 leaf; Law.s, pp. 1-300; Index, pp. (6.) 
 
 1754 
 
 ACTS, I Of the Province of | Maryland, | Made and Passed | At 
 a Session of Assembly, begun and held | at tlie City of Annapolis, on 
 Tuesday the Second | Day of October, in the Third Year of the Domi- 
 I nion of the Right Honourable Fretlcrick, | Lord Baron of Balti- 
 more, .Absolute Lord and | Proprietary of the Provinces of Maryland 
 and I Ayalon,&c. Annoque Domini, 1753. | [Baltimore Arms.'] | Pub- 
 lished l)y Authority. | Annapolis: \ Printed by Jonas (ireen. Printer to 
 the Province; and are to \ be Sold al /lis Prinlinfj- Office in Charles- 
 Street, 1754. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 1-84. 126
 
 MARYLAND. 
 
 61 
 
 1759 
 
 ABRIDGMEXT and Collection | of the | Acts of Assembly | 
 Of the Province of \ Maryland, | At present in Forc-e. | With | A 
 small ch(jice | Collection of Precedents ( in | Law and Conveyancing. 
 I Calculated for the Use of the Gentlemen of the Province. | By James 
 Bisset, Attorney at Law. | . . . . | PPiladelplna : [.w] | Printed by 
 Wdliani Bradjord, Printer, in Market- | Street, for the Autlior, 1759. \ 
 8vo. 127 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Dedication, 1 leaf; Preface, pp. (4); Charter of Maryland, 
 pp. 10; Abridgment, &c. pp. 11-360. 
 
 1765 
 LAWS I of I Maryland | At Large, | with proper | Indexes. | Now 
 first Colk>cted into One Compleat Body, and Published from the | 
 Original Acts and Records, remaining in the Secretary's- | Office of the 
 said I Province. ) Together with Notes and other Matters, relative to 
 the Con- | stitution thereof, extracted from the Provincial Records. | To 
 which is prefixed. The | Charter, | With an English Translation. | By 
 Thomas Bacon, Rector of All-Saints Parish in | Frederick County, and 
 Domestic Chaplain in Maryland to | the Right Honourable Frederick 
 Lord Baltimore. | \B(dtimore Anns!] \ AnnapoVm: \ Printed by Jonas 
 Green, Printer to the Province. \ MDCCLXV. | Folio. 128 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Dedication, 1 leaf; Preface, pp. (4); Charter, pp. (17); 
 text, pp. (t)20) ; Indexes, pp. (88) ; Errata, 1 leaf. 
 
 1787 
 
 LAWS I of I Maryland, | Made Since [ M,DCC,LXIII, | consist- 
 ing of I Acts of Assembly | under the | Proprietary Government, | 
 Resolves of Convention, the Declarati- | on of Rights, the Constitution 
 and Form | of Government, the Articles of Confe- | deration. And, | 
 Acts of Assembly | since the | Revolution. | . . . | . . . | . . . j . • • | 
 ... I ... I ... I ... I ... I .... I Annapnlia : \ Printed by Frederick 
 Green, Printei- to the State. \ M DCC L X X X ^^ II . | 129 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Introduction, pp. (2); Laws, pp. (440); Table, pp. (12); 
 Appendix, 1 leaf
 
 62 THE TOWER COIJ.ECTION. 
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 PERPETUAL LAWS. 
 
 IGGO 
 HE I BOOK of the General | Tiavv.s and Lihertyos ] Concern- 
 in<r the Inhabitants of tlie | Massachusets, CoHected out of 
 tlie Records of | The General Court, for the Several Years | 
 Wherein they were made and | Estahlislied. And | Now Revised by 
 the same ( 'ourt, and disposed into an | Alphabetical order, and pub- 
 lislied by the same | Authority in the General Court holden | at Roston, 
 in May | 1(U9. | Whosoever therefore resisteth the Power, resisteth the 
 Ordinance of God, | and the)' that resist, receive to themselves damna- 
 tion. Rom 13.2. I Cambridge, \ Printed according fo Order of the 
 General Court. \ 1660. | Folio. 130 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Address, 1 leaf; Laws, pp. 1-88; Table, pp. (8.) 
 
 16C0-1SS» 
 
 THE I COLONIAL Laws | of | Massachusetts. | ReiM-int«l from 
 the Edition of | 16()0, | \A'ith the Supplements to 1672. | Containing 
 also, I The Body of Liberties of | 1641. | Published by Order of the 
 City Council of Boston, under | the supervision of AVilliam H. Whit- 
 more, I Record Commissioner. | [^Seal of Boston.^ \ Boston: \ 1889. ] 
 8vo. 131 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Contents, 1 leaf; Note to second impression, 1 inserted 
 leaf; Introduction, pp. 1-117, of which pp. 29-08 contain the Body of Liberties of 
 1641 ; Reprint of the revision of 1000, of the session laws to 1070, and Indices, pp. 
 249-312. This impression has eight additional leaves more than the first, which are 
 numbered 261a to 261h. 
 
 1672 
 
 THE GENERAL | Laws | And | Liberties | Of tlie | Massachu- 
 sets I Colony: | Revised & Re-printed, | By Order of the General 
 Court Holden at Boston. | May 15th. 1672. | Edward Rawson Seer. | 
 ... I .... I Cambridge \ Printed by Samuel Oreen, for John Unlier of 
 Boston. I 1672. 1 Folio. ' 132 
 
 Collation: Colony seal, 1 leaf; Title, 1 leaf; Laws, pp. 1-101 ; 1 p. blank; presi- 
 dents & Forms, pp. 162-170. Table, pp. (28). The Colony seal and title page of 
 this copy are in fac-simile, and the former is printed on the reverse of the title instead 
 of on a separate leaf The Table is wanting.
 
 MASSACHUSF/rrs. 
 
 63 
 
 1672-1887 
 THE I COI.ONIAL Laws | of | Massachusetts. | Reprinted from 
 the Edition of 1672, | With the Supplements through 1686. | Pub- 
 lished by Order of the City Council of Boston, | under the supervision 
 of William H. Whitmore, | Re<:ord Commissioner. | Containing a New 
 and Complete Index. ] [Seal of Boston.] \ Bodon: \ 1887. 8vo. 133 
 
 Collation : Title, 1 leaf; Intri)duction, pp, iii-ix ; 1 p. blank ; Title to reprint, 1 p. ; 
 Colonial seal, 1 p.; Laws of li;72 pp. 1-170; 1 p. blank; Table, 171-197; Session 
 laws, &c. pp. 199-350, many of whieh are blank ; 1 blank leaf; Index, i)p. 3.59-395. 
 
 SEVERAL Laws and Orders made at the | General Court, | llolden 
 at Boston the 15th. of May | 1672. | And Printed by their Order. | 
 EdwaKl Rawson Seer. | [Cambridge: Hainuel Green, 1672.] Folio, 
 pp. G. 134 
 
 1675 
 
 THE GENERAL | Laws | and | Liberties | of the | Mas.sachusets 
 Colony I in | New-England, | Revised and Reprinted, j By Order of 
 the General Court holden at Boston, | May 15th, 1672. | Edward 
 Rawson, Seer: ] ... | .... | Vamhridye in New-England, \ Printed by 
 Samuel Green, for John Usher of Boston, and to be sold by \ Richard 
 Chiswel, at the Rose and Crown in St. FauPs Church-yard, \ London, 
 1675. I Folio. 135 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; List of Books, 1 leaf; text, pp. 1-170; Table, pp. (28); 
 Several Laws, &c., made May 15, 1672, pp. 1-6. 
 
 SEVERAIj 1 Laws & Orders | Made at the | (Jeneral Court | 
 Holden at Boston the twelfth of May | 1675. | And Printed by their 
 Order, | Edward Rawson. Sect. | [Cambridge: Samuel Green, 1675.] 
 Folio, pp. 19-21. 136 
 
 These pages are of a diflcrent i.ssue from those reproduced by Mr. Whitmore. 
 
 SEVERAL 1 Laws&Ordei-s | Made at the Sessions of the | Genei-al 
 Court I Held at Boston the l.'Uh. of Octol)er 1675. As also at the 
 Sessions | of Court held at Bo.ston the 3d. of November 1675. | x\.nd 
 Printed by their Order, | Edward Rawson, Seer. | [Cambridge: Samuel 
 Green. 1675.] Folio, pp. 2.5-40. 137
 
 64 THE TOWKR COLLECTION. 
 
 1684 
 
 [Seal of 3Iassachmc(ts Bay.] \ SEVP:RAL | Orders and T.aws ] 
 Made at the Second Sessions of the | (ieneral Court | Held at Boston, 
 Oetob: loth. 1G84. And Printe<l by their | Order: | F:dward 
 Ilawson Seer. | [Boston: 1684.] Folio, pp. 110-111, on 2 leaves. l:}8 
 
 16»2 
 
 SEVERAL I Acts | and | Laws ] Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or ] Assembly of Their Majesties Province | of the Massachu- 
 setts-Bay, in I New England. | Convened and Held at Boston, the 
 Eighth Day of June. 1G92. | Anno Regni Gulielmi, et Mariae, Regis 
 et Regin;u Anglite, Scotise, | Francite, et Hiberniie, Quarto. | Boxion, \ 
 Printed by Benjamin Harris, Printer to His Excellency, | the Goccrnoiir 
 and Council. 1692. | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 1-16. 139 
 
 ACTS I and | Laws, | Passed by the Great and General Court ] or 
 Assembly of Their Majesties Pro- | vince of the Massachusets-Bay, 
 in I New- England. | Begun at Boston, the Eighth Day of June, 1692. 
 And Con- | tinned by Adjournment, unto ^^'edncsday the Twelfth | 
 Day of October following : Being the Second Sessions. | Anno Regni 
 Gulielmi, et Marise, Regis et Reginse Angliie, Scotite, ] Francise, et 
 Hiboi-niae, (Quarto. | Boston | Printed by Benjamin Harris, Printer to 
 Hix Ercrllenry, | the Gorernoiir and Council, 1692. | Folio. 140 
 
 Colhition: Title, 1 leaf; Authorization, 1 leaf; Contents, 1 leaf; Acts, pp. 1-90. 
 
 1693 
 
 ACTS I and | Laws, | Passed l)y the Great and General Court | or 
 Assembly of Their Majesties Pro- | vince of the Massachusets-Bay, 
 in I New-England. | Begun at Boston the Eighth Day of June, 1692, 
 And Con- | tinned by several Adjournments unto Wednesday the 
 Eighth I of February following, being the Third Sessions. ] Anno 
 Regni, (iulielmi, et Marite, Regis et Reginas, Anglise, | Scotite, Francise, 
 et Hiberniie Quarto, et Quinto. | [Royal Arin-'i.] Boston \ Printed by 
 Benjamin Hariis, Printer to His Excellency, \ the Goveniour and 
 Council, 1693. | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 1-6. 141 
 
 ACTS I and | Laws, | Passed by the Great and General | Court or 
 Assembly of Their | Majesties Province of the | Massachusetts- Bay,
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 65 
 
 in I Ncw-Encjlaiul. | Convened and lield at Boston, the Thirty-first | 
 Day of May. 1693. I .\nno Reo;ni fiulielmi, et Marise, Regis et ]{eginse, 
 Angliae, | Seotise, Francise, et Hiherniso, Quinto. | Bonton. \ Printed by 
 Bartholomew Green, and Sold hi/ \ Sfimuel Phillips. 1693. | Folio, Title, 
 1 leaf; pp. 3-15. ' 142 
 
 ACTS I and | I.aws, | Passcnl hy the Great and General | Court or 
 Assembly of Tiicir | Majesties Province of the | Massaeliiisetts-Bay, 
 in I New-Enghmd. | Begun at Boston, the Tliirty-first Day of May. 
 1693. I And Continued by Adjournment unto Thursday the Sixth | 
 Day of July following: Being the Second Sessions. [Anno Regni 
 Gulielmi, et Marise, Regis et Reginse, Angliae, | Seotise, Francice, et 
 Hilierniae, Quinto. | Boston. \ Printed by Bartholomew Green, and Sold 
 by I Samuel Phillips. 1693. | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 3-4. 143 
 
 ACTS I and | Laws, | Passed by the Great and General | Court or 
 Assembly of Their | Majesties Province of the | Massachusetts-Bay, 
 in I New-England. | C(jnvened and Held at Boston, the ?]ighth Day 
 I of November. 1693. | Anno Regni Gulielmi, et Maria?, Regis et 
 Reginffi, Angliae, | Scotise, Franciae, et Hiberniae, Quinto. | [Royal 
 Arms.^ I Boston. \ Printed by Bartholomew Green, and Sold by | 
 Sainwl Ptdllips. 1693. | Folio, Title, 1 leaf, pp. 18-44. 144 
 
 1C94 
 
 ACTS I and | Laws, | Passed by the Great and (Jencral | Court or 
 Assembly of Tiieir | Majesties Province of the | ]Massachusetts-Bay, 
 in I New-England. | Begun at Boston, the Eighth Day of November, 
 1693. And | Continued by Adjournment unto Wednesday the Foiu- 
 teenth | Day of February following : Being the Second Sessions. | 
 Anno Regni Gulielmi, et Mariae, Regis et Reginae, Angliae, | Seotiae, 
 FranciiE, et Hibernia;, Sexto. | [Hoyal .l/v/i.s'.] | Boston. \ Printed by 
 Bartliolomew Green, ami Sold by \ Samuel Plullips. 1694. | Folio, Title, 
 1 leaf; pp. 49-60. 145 
 
 ACTS I and | Laws, | Passed by the Great and General Com-t | or 
 
 Assembly of His Majesties Province | of the Massacliusctts-Bay, in 
 
 I New-England. | Begun at F^oston the Twenty-ninth Day of May, 
 
 1695. I and continued by several Adjournments until W(xlncsday
 
 66 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 I the Twentieth of November following. | Anno Regni Guilielmi 
 Tertii, Anglise, Scotise, | FranciiB, et Hiberniae, Kegis, Septimo. | 
 \^Royal Arms.'\ \ Boston. \ Printed by Bartholomew (rreen and John 
 Allen, Printers \ to the Governour and Council. 1695. | Folio, Title, 1 
 leaf; pp. 141-150. 146 
 
 1698 
 
 ACTS I and | Laws, | Passed by the Great and General Court | or 
 Assembly of His Majesties Province | of the Massachusetts-Bay, in | 
 New-England. | Begun and Held at Boston on We<lnesday, tlic | 
 Twenty-fifth of May, 1698. | Anno Regni Guilielmi Tertii, Anglise, 
 Scotise, I Franciie, et Hiberniae, Regis, Dceimo. | \^Royal Arrnn.'^ | 
 Boston. I Printed by Bartholomew Green, and John Allen, Printers to 
 the I Governour and Council. 1698. | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 251-300. 
 
 147 
 1699 
 
 ACTS I and | Laws, | Of His | Majesties Province of the Massa- 
 chusetts- I Bay, in | New-England. | \^Royal Ai-nus.'\ \ Boston. | 
 Printed by Bartholomew Green and John Allen, (Printers | to His Ex- 
 cellency the Governour and Council,) \ for, and tSold by Michael Perry at 
 his Shop over against \ the Town-House, and. Benjamin Eliot under the 
 IIW- I End of the Town-House. 1699. | Folio. 148 
 
 Collation: Charter, pp. 15; Act.s, pp. 158; Table, pp. (4). The title to the Charter 
 reads: The | Charter | Granted by their Majesties | Kino William | and 
 I Queen Mary, | To the | Inhabitants | Of the | Province | of the | Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay I IN I New-Enoland. I Boston in New-England. \ Printed by Bar- 
 tholomew Green, and Jolin Allen, (Printers to His Excellency | i/ie Governour ^ Council,) 
 for, aiul Sold | by Michael Perry, ami Benjamin Eliot. | 1699. | 
 
 1700 
 
 ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General Court or 
 A.ssembly of the | Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England : 
 Begun and | Held at Boston, the Thirty-first of May, 1699. And 
 continued | by several Prorogations unto AWtlnesday the Thirteenth of 
 I March following and then Sat. | [Boston: 1700.] Folio, pp. 159- 
 176. 149 
 
 The second session of the General Court of 1699-1700, and the first of the session 
 laws printed after the revision of 1699 in continuation of which it is paged. 
 
 [Royal A)-m«.^ \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great & General 
 Court or Assembly of His Majesties | Province of the Massachusetts-
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 67 
 
 Bay, in New-Eiifrland : Begun and | Held at Boston, on Wednesday 
 the Twenty-nintli of May, 1700. | [Bodon: 1700.] Folio, pp. 177- 
 192. 150 
 
 1701 
 
 [Royal Aniif!.'] | ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of the | Province of the Ma«saehusetts-Bay in 
 New-England : Begun and | Held at lioston, the Twenty-ninth of 
 May, 1700. And continued | by several Prorogations unto Wtxlnes- 
 day the Twelfth of | February following and then Sat. | [Bonton : 
 1701.] Folio, pp. 193-204. 151 
 
 [Royal Anii.H.J \ ACTS and I^aws, | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Majesties | Province of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay in Xew-Eugland : Begun and Held | at Boston upon ^^'eduesday 
 the Twenty-eighth of May, 1701. | [Boston: 1701.] Folio, pp. 205- 
 223. 152 
 
 1702 
 
 [Roi/af AriDs.'^ | ACTS and Laws, j Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of Her | Majesties Province of the Massiicluisetts- 
 Bay in New-England : | Begim and Held at Boston, u])on \\'ednesday 
 the I Twenty-seventh of May, 1702. | [Boxfon : 17(l2.] Folio, j)]!. 
 225-228. ' 153 
 
 [Royal Annx.'^ \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and CJeneral 
 Court or Assembly of Her | Majesties Province of the Massjichusetts- 
 Bay in New-England : Be- | gun and Held at Boston upon ^\'edncs- 
 day the Twenty-seventh of | May, 1 702. And continued by several 
 Prorogations unto Thui-sday, | the Fifteenth of October following, and 
 then Sat at Cambridge. ] [Boaton: 1702.] Folio, pp. 229-239. 154 
 
 1703 
 
 [Royal Arm.^.'] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the (ir«it and 
 General Court or Assembly of Her Majesties ( Province of the Mas.sa- 
 chnsetts-Bay, in New-England : Begun and | Held at Boston, on 
 We<lnesday' the Tenth of March, 1702 [-3.] | [Boston: 1703.] Folio, 
 pp. 241-244. 155 
 
 [Royal Anns.] \ ACTS & Laws, | Pa-ssed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of Her | Majesties Province of the Massachusetts-
 
 68 THK TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 Bay in Ne\v-Enp;land : | Bcfrnii and Held at Boston, upon Wednesday 
 the Twenty sixth | of May, 17()."5. And coiitiniietl upon Adjotu-nnient 
 unto I Wednesday the 30th. of June following, and then met. | 
 [BoHion: 1703.'] Folio, pp. 245-246. 156 
 
 \^Royal Arms.] | ACTS, | Passed by the Great and General Court 
 or Assembly of Her | Majesties Province of the Massachusetts- Bay in 
 New- England : | Begun and Held at Boston upon AVedne.-day the 
 Twenty-sixth | of May 17();>. And continued by Adjournment and 
 Prorogation | unto Wednesday the First of September, following, and 
 then met. | [Bo>^ton .- 1703.] Folio, pp. 247-253. 157 
 
 l^Roynl Awis.] \ ACTS & Laws, | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of Her | Majesties Province of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay in New- England : | I5egun and Held at Boston upon Wednesday 
 the Twenty-sixth | of May 1703. And continued by Adjournment 
 and Prorogations | unto "\\'edncsday the Twenty-seventh of October 
 following, I and then met. | [Boxton: 1703.] Folio, pp. 255-260. 158 
 
 1704 
 
 l^Royal Arnvi.'] | AN ACT, | Passed by the Great and General Court 
 or Assembly of Her | Majesties Province of the Massacluisctts-Bay in 
 New-England : | Begun and Held at Boston upon ^\'cdne8day the 
 Twenty-sixth | of May 1703. And continued by Adjournment and 
 several Pro- | rogations unto Wednesday the Eighth of March follow- 
 ing ; and I then met : Being their fourth Session. | l_Boslon : 1 704.] 
 Folio, pp. 261-262. 159 
 
 This copy is a fac-simile. 
 
 \^Iioyal Arms.] | jVCTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of Her | Majesties Province of the Massa- 
 chusetts-J5ay in New-England : | Begun and Held at Boston upon 
 Wednesday the Thirty-first | of May, 1704. | [Bodon: 1704.] Folio, 
 pp. 263-266. 1 60 
 
 [Royal Ai-vis.] \ AN ACT, | Passed by the Great and General Court 
 or Assembly of Her | Majesties Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in 
 New-England : | Begun and Held at I5oston upon M'ednesday the
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 69 
 
 Thirty-first of | May, 1704. And contiiuied by Prorogation unto 
 Wed- I ncsday the Sixtcentii of August following, and then met. | 
 IBonton: 1704.] Folio, pp. 2(J7-2(Jil. 161 
 
 [Boyal Ann.s.] | AX ACT, | Passetl l)y the Great and (General Court 
 or Assembly of Jler | Majesties Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in 
 New- England : | Begun and Held at Boston upon Wednesday the 
 Thirtv-first | of May, 1704. -Vnd continiRxl by several Prorogations 
 unto I W'cilnesday the Twenty-fifth of October following, and then 
 met, 1 being their Third Session. | [Boston: 1704.] Folio, pp. 
 271-272. 162 
 
 170.> 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ AN ACT, | Pa.sse<l by the(ireat and General Court 
 or Assembly of Her | Majesties Province of the Massachusets-Bay in 
 New-England : | Begun and Held at Boston upon ^^'ednesday the 
 Thirtv-first | of May, 1704. ^Vnd continue<l by several Prorogations 
 unto 1 Wednesday the Twenty-seventh of December following, and 
 I then met; being their Fourth Session. | [Bodon: 170.3.] Folio, pp. 
 273-274. 163 
 
 [Roi/al Arnuf.] \ ACTS and Eaws, | Passwl by the ( treat and General 
 Court or Assembly of Her | Majesties Province of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay in New-England : | Begun and Held at Boston upon \\'edn.esday 
 the Thirtieth | of May, 170.'). | [£o.sto?i, 17( ).">.] Folio, pp. 275-277. 164 
 
 [Royal A mix.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Pa.s.sed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of Her | ^lajesties Province of Massachusetts-Bay 
 in New-England : | Bcgini and Held at Boston upon WtHlncsday the 
 Thirtieth | of JNIay, 1705. And continued by several Prorogations | 
 unto Wetlnesday the Twenty-fourth of October following, and | then 
 met, being their Third Session. | [Bodon: 1705.] Folio, pp. 2711-289. 
 
 165 
 170« 
 
 [Royal Aniui.'] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of Her | Majesties Province of the ^rass;ichnsetts- 
 Bay in New-England: | Begun and Held at Boston upon Wetlnesday 
 the Twentyniuth | Day of May, 1706. | [Bodon: 1706.] Folio, pp. 
 291-296. 166 
 
 6
 
 70 THK TOWKK COLLECTION. 
 
 [Ro,/al Arm.%'] \ AN ACT, | Passed by tlic rtroat and (Jcncnil Court 
 or Assembly of Her | Majesties Province of the Massaeliusetts-Hay in 
 New-England : | Begun and Held at Boston upon AVednesday the 
 Twenty-nintii | of May, 1706. And continued by Prorogation unto 
 \\\h.1- I nesday the Seventh of August following, and then met. | 
 [/>Wo»t; 1706.] Folio, 297-298. 167 
 
 [Royal Armn.] \ AN ACT, | Passed by the Great and (ieneral Court 
 or Assembly of Her | Majesties Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in 
 New-England : | Begun and Held at Boston upon Wednesday the 
 Twenty-ninth | of May, 1706. And continued by Prorogation unto 
 Wed- I nesday the Seventh of August following, and then met. | 
 [J5o«ton; 1706.] Folio, pp. 299-300. 168 
 
 [lioi/al Anius.] | ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of Her | Majesties Province of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay in New-England : | Begun and Held at Boston upon Wednesday 
 the Twenty- ninth | of May, 1706. And continued by several Proroga- 
 tions unto I Wednesday the Twenty-third of October following, and 
 then met. | \ Boston: 1706.] Folio, pp. 301-304. 169 
 
 1707 
 
 [Royal Anns.'] AN Act, | Passed by the Great and General Court 
 or Assembly of Her ] Majesties Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in 
 New-England : | Begun and Held at Boston n[)on Wednesday the 
 Twenty-nintii | of May 1706. And cctutinuctl by several Prorogations 
 unto I Wednesday the Fifth of March following : and then met. | 
 [Boston: 1707.] Folio, pp. 30r). 170 
 
 [Royal Arms.'] \ ACTS & Laws, | Passed b)- the (treat and (Jcncral 
 Court or Assembly of Her | Majesties Province of the Massaciiusetts- 
 Bay in New-England : | Begun and Held at Boston upon Wednesday 
 the Twenty-eighth | Day of May, 1707. | [Bostou: 1707.] Folio, pp. 
 307-310. ■ • ' ■ 171 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ ACTS, | Passed by the Great and General Court or 
 Assembly of Her | Majesties Province of tiie Massachusetts-Bay in 
 New-England : | Begun and Held at Boston upon the Twenty-eighth
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 71 
 
 I Day of May, 1707. And continual by Prorogation unto | Wednes- 
 day the Thirteenth of August following, and then met. | [Boston: 
 1707.] P\)lio, pp. 311-313. 172 
 
 [Roi/af yinm.] \ AN ACT, | Passed by the Great and General Court 
 or Assembly of Her | Majesties Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in 
 New-England : | Begun and Held at Boston upon Weelnesday the 
 Twenty-eighth | Day of May, 1707. And continued by several Proro- 
 gations I unto Wednesday the Twenty-ninth of October following, | 
 and then met. | [Boston: 1707.] Folio, jjp. 315-318. 173 
 
 [Royal Arms.'] | AX ACT, | Passed by the Great and General Court 
 or Assembl)' of Her Majesties | Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in 
 New-England, Begun and | Held at Boston upon Wednesday the 
 Twenty-eighth Day of May, | 1707. And continued by several Pro- 
 rogations unto Wednesday | the Twenty-ninth of (October following, 
 and then met. | [Boston: 1707.] Folio, pp. 319. 174 
 
 1708 
 
 [Royal Anm.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of Her | Majesties Province of the Ma.ssa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England : | Begun and Held at Boston upon 
 Wednesday the Twenty-si.xth | Day of May, 1708. | [Boston: 1708.] 
 Folio, pp. 321-324. 175 
 
 [Roydl Anns.'] \ ACT8 and Laws, | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of Her | Majesties Province of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bav in New-England : | Begun and Held at Boston u])on 
 Wetlnesday the Twenty-sixth | Day of May, 170S. And continued 
 by several Prorogations | unto Wednesday the Twentieth of October 
 following, and then met | [/)V/o// ; 17()S.] Folio, pp. .325-328. ]7() 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ Anno Sexto | .Vnufe | Reginse. | [Colophon.] Lon- 
 don, Printed by Charles Bill, and the Ej-ecutriv of Thomas Xcnromh, 
 deccas'd, \ Printers to the. Qneens most E.vceUent Maje.sty. Reprinted at 
 Boston in N. E. \ by Barfholomcio Green, Printer to His ETcelleney the 
 Governoiir & Council. 17(»S. | Folio, ])p. 329-331. 177 
 
 An Act of ParliiuiLcut for ustrrtaiiiiii!; tlif Uati'S of Foreiitn Coins in Uer Miijcsties 
 I'ljinUilions in America.
 
 72 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 1709 
 
 [Roi/al Ai-rm.] | ACTS and Laws, | Passwl by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of Her | Majesties Province of the Massa- 
 ohusetts-15ay in New-England : | Begini and Held at Boston upon 
 Wednesday the Twenty-sixth | Day of ^lay, 1708. And eontiniii'd 
 bv several Prorogations | unto A\'ednesday the Sixteenth of February 
 following, and then | met. | [Boston: 1709.] Folio pp. 3;^;l-;5:'>5. 178 
 
 [lioi/al Aiiiis.'l I ACTS and Laws, | I'assed by the Great and 
 (icneral Court or Assembly of Her | Majesties Province of the Mas-^^a- 
 ehusetts-Bay in New-Englaud : | Begun and Held at Boston upon 
 Wednesday the Twenty-fitth | Day of May, 1709. | [Boxtm: 170f(.] 
 Folio, pp. 3;37-.U(). 179 
 
 [Royal Anna.'] \ AN ACT, | Passed by the Great and General Court 
 or Assembly of Her | Majesties Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in 
 New-England : | Begun and Held at Boston upon Wednesday the 
 Twent}'-tif\h | Day of May 1709. And continued by several Proro- 
 giitions I unto ^^'ednesday the Twenty-sixth of October following, and 
 I then met. | [Bodon : 1709.] | Folio, pp. ;541-;M2. 180 
 
 A leprint. 
 
 1710 
 
 [Royal Anns.^ \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and 
 Genend Court or Assembly of Her | Majesties Province of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-P2ngland : | Begiui and Held at Boston upon 
 Wednesday the Twenty-fifth | Day of May 1709. And continued by 
 several Prorogations | unto AW'dnesday the First of February follo^\'- 
 ing; and then met. | Boston: 1710.] | Folio, pp. ;34;3-:3o4. 181 
 
 A reprint. 
 
 [Royal Anns.'] \ ACTS and Laws, | Pa.s.sed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of Her ] Majesties Province of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England : ] Begun and Held at Boston upon 
 Wednesday the Thirty-tirst | of May 1710. And continued by several 
 Prorogations and | Adjournment unto Tuesday the Twenty-fourth of 
 October | following, and then met. ( [Boston: 1710.] lNili<), pp. 
 r,5;j-;3.57. 182 
 
 A reprint.
 
 MA-SSACHUSETTS. 73 
 
 1711 
 
 [Boifol Arms.] \ ACTS and Tvaws, | Passefl In- the Great and 
 (General Court or Asscnihly of Her | Majesties Provine« of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in Xew-Enirland : | Be^un and Held at Boston, upon 
 Wednesday" the Thirtieth Day | ..f May, 1711 | [Boxtoit : 1711.] | 
 Folio, pp. .•5r,<)-.'>,(;:5. l.s;i 
 
 A reprint. 
 
 1714 
 
 ACTS I and | Laws, | Of Her Majesties | Province | of the | 
 Massachusetts-Bay | in | New-England. | [Roynl Armit.] \ Boston in 
 New-England: \ Printed hy B. Green, Printer to His Excellency thr \ 
 Governour <{• Council, for Benjamin Eliot \ ami Sold at his Shop on the 
 North aide of King's Street. \ 1714. | Folio. 184 
 
 Collation : Title to Charter, 1 leaf; text, pp. 1-1-3 ; Table, pp. i-vi ; Table (reprinted 
 and eoverini; the Session Laws to Auijust, 1721, p. 360), pp. 1-16 ; Title to Acts, 1 p. ; 
 Authorization, 1 p. ; Acts, pp. 1-252. Followed by the Session Laws to >[ay 25, 1726, 
 pp. 253-430. The title to the Charter reads: The | Charter | Granted by Their 
 ilAJESTiE.s I Kixo William | axd | Queen Mart, | to the | Inhabitants | or 
 THE I Province | of the | Massachusett.s-Bat | in | New-Enoland | Boston in 
 New-Enr/lond : \ Pr'mteil by B. Green, Printer to His Excellency the \ Gotemotir ^ 
 Couticil, for Benjamin Eliot | and Sold at his Shop on the North side of King's Street. 
 I 1714. i 
 
 1715 
 
 [Royal Arms.'] \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Majesty's | Province of the >[a.<.<;ichusptts- 
 Bay in New-England : Begun and Held | at Bo.ston upon W'etlnesday 
 the Twenty-fifth of Mav, 171-5. | [Boston: 1715.] Folio, pp. 253-2.54. 
 
 185 
 
 The first session of 1715-16, and first session laws printed after the revision of 1714, 
 in continuation of which it is paged. 
 
 [Royal Anns.] \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Majesties | Province of the Mas.sachusett.s- 
 Bay in N(>w-England : Begun and Held | at Boston upon NWHlncsday 
 the Twenty-fit^h of May, 1715. And conti- | nuetl by Prorogation 
 unto Wednesday the Twentieth Day of July | following, and then 
 Met. I [Boston: 1715.] Folio, pp. 255-258. 186 
 
 [Royal Arms.] | ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or .Vsscmbly of His ^lajesty's | Province of the Massachusetts-
 
 74 THE TOWKR COI.I.ECTIOX. 
 
 Bin- ill Xew-Eiiglaud : Begun and Held | at Boston upon Wednesday 
 the Tweuty-fitth of May, 1715. And con- | tinned by several Proroga- 
 tions unto Wednesday the Twenty-thiixl | Day of November following, 
 and then Met. | [Boston : 1715.] Folio, pp. 259-268. 187 
 
 171(! 
 
 .\_Royal Arim.'] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesties | Province of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England : Begun and Held | at Boston upon 
 Walncsday the Thirtieth of May, 1716. | \_Bo.ston. 1716.] Folio, pp. 
 269-278. 188 
 
 [Royal Arrm.^ | ACTS and I^aws, | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court of His Majesty's | Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New- 
 P^ngland : Begun and | Held at Boston uj)on Wednesday tiie Thirtieth 
 of May, 1716. And | continued by several Prorogations unto Wednes- 
 day the Seventh I Day of November following, and then Met. | [Boxton: 
 1716.] Folio, pp. 279-286. 189 
 
 1717 
 
 [Roi/<d Annn.l \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or A.s.sembly of His JIajesty's | Province of the ilassachusetts- 
 Bay in New-England : Begun and | Held at Boston upon Wednesday 
 the Twenty-ninth of May 1717. | [Bonton: 1717.] Folio, pp. 287-289. 
 
 190 
 
 [Royal A nils.'] | ACTS and Laws, | Passetl by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Majesty's | Province of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay in New-England : Begim and | Held at Boston upon Wednesday 
 the Twenty-ninth of May, 1717. | And cDutiniied by several Proroga- 
 tions unto \\'edncsday the Twenty- | third of ( )ctober following, and 
 then Met. | [Boston:' 1717] Folio^ pp. 291-294. 191 
 
 1718 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's | Province of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England : Begun and | Held at Boston upon 
 AVeilncsday the Twenty-ninth of May, 1717. | And continue<l by 
 several Prorogations unto Thursday the Sixth | Day of February 
 following, and then Met. | [Boston: 1718.] Folio, pp. 29.5-298. 192
 
 M^VSSACH usE'rrs. t ■) 
 
 \^Roijal Arnift.'] \ ACTS and I^aws, | Passed l)v the Great and 
 General Court or A.s.sembly of His Majesty's | Provinee of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New- England : Begun and | Held at Boston upon 
 Weilnesday the Twenty-eighth of May, 1718. | [^('olophon.'] Boston: 
 Printed by B. Green, Printer to Hia ExeeUency the \ Governour & 
 Coumil. 1718. | Folio, pp. 299-309. 193 
 
 [JRoyal Arms.'] \ AC'J'S and Laws | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's | Provinee of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England : Begun and | Held at Boston upon 
 Wednesday the Twenty-eighth ui' May, 1718. | And continued by 
 several Prorogations unto Wednesday the Twenty- | ninth Day of 
 October following, and then Met. | l^Colophon] Boston: Printed by 
 B. Green, Printer to His Excelleney the | (iorernonr &• Council. 1718. | 
 Folio, pp. 311-:514. 194 
 
 171!l 
 
 [Royal Anm.] \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assemlily of His Majesty's | Provinee of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England : Begun and Held | at Boston upon 
 Wednesday the Twenty-seventh Day of May, 1719. | [Colopho)}.'] 
 Boston : Printed by B. Green, Printer to His Excellency the \ Governour 
 and Council. 1719. | Folio, pp. 31.")-318. 195 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ ACTS and Laws | Pa-ssed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's | Province of the Mass;x- 
 chusetts-Bay in New- England: I5egun & Held | at lioston upon 
 Wednesday the Twenty-seventh of May, 1719. | And continued by 
 several Prorogations unto AVednesday the Fourth | Day of November 
 following, and then Met. | [Colophon.] Boston: Printed by B. Green, 
 Printer to His Excellency the \ Goi-ernoiir and Council. 1719. | Folio, 
 pp. 319-326, 196 
 
 1 720 
 
 [Royal Aruis.] \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's | Province of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England : Begun and | Held at Boston, upon 
 Wednesday the Thirteenth Day of July, 1720. | [Colophon.] Boston: 
 Printed by B. Green, Printer to His Excel, the Gover. <t* Council. 1720. 
 I Folio, pp. 327-330. 197
 
 76 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 [Rnifaf Anns.] | ACTS aiifl T.aws, | Parsed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of ITis Majesty's | Province of the Miissa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England ; Begun and | Held at Boston, ujion 
 AVcilnesday the Thirteenth Day f)f July, 1720. | And continued by 
 several Prorogations unto We<lnesday the Second | Day of November 
 following, and then Met. | [^Colophon.'] Boston: Printed by B. Green, 
 Printer to His Excellency the | GorernoKr and Council. 1720. | Folio, 
 pp. ;W 1-338. 198 
 
 1721 
 
 [Roycil Anns.'] | ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Majesty's | Province of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay in New-England ; Begun and | Held at Boston, upon ^^'e^lnesday 
 the Thirteenth Day of July, 1720. | And continued by several Proro- 
 gations unto Wednesday the | Fifteenth Day of March following, and 
 then Met. | l^Colophon.l Boston: Printed by B. Green, Printer to His 
 Excellency the \ Governour and Council, ll'll. \ Folio, pp. 339-345. 199 
 
 [lioyal Arms.] \ AN ACT, | Passed by the Great and General C'ourt 
 or Assembly of His Majesty's | Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in 
 New-England : Begun at | Boston, upon Wednesday the Thirty-first 
 Day of May, 1721. | And continued by Adjournment to Cambridge, 
 in the County of | Middlesex, unto Tuesday the Sixth Day of June 
 following, I and then ]\Iet. | \^Colophon,] Boston: Printed by B. Crreen, 
 Printer to His Excellency the \ Governour and Council. 1721. \ Folio, pp. 
 347-350. 200 
 
 l^Royal Ai'ms.l \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Majesty's | Province of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay in New-England ; Begun & Held | at Boston upon Wednesday 
 the Twenty-third Day of August, 1721. | [^Colophon.] Boston: Printed 
 by B. Green, Printer to His E.rcellency the \ Governour and Council. 
 1721. I Folio, pp. 351-356, 1 leaf 201 
 
 \_Royal Anns.'] | AN ACT, | Passed by the Great and General Court 
 or Assembly of His Majesty's | Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in 
 New-ETigland ; Begun & Held | at Boston upon Wednesday the Twenty- 
 third Day of August, 1721. [ [Boston: 1721.] P\)lio, pp. 357-358. 202 
 
 The first session of 1721-22 not printed till after the third session and then issued 
 with the followins; act.
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. i t 
 
 [Royal ArinK.~\ | AN ACT, | Passed by tlie Great and fieneral Court 
 or Assembly of His Majesty's | Province of the Massacluisetts-Bay in 
 New-England ; Begun & Held | at Boston, upon Wednesday the 
 Twenty-third Pay of August, 1721. | And continued by several Pro- 
 rogations unto Cambridge in the | County of Middlesex, upon Friday 
 the Third Day of November | following, and then Met. | [Colophon.^ 
 Boston : Printed hi/ B. (irecn, Printer to His Excellency the | Governour 
 and Council. 1721. | Folio, pp. 3o9-360. 203 
 
 1722 
 
 [Royal Arms.'\ \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Majesty's | Province of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay in New-P]ngland : Begun and | Held at Boston upon Wednesday 
 the Thirtieth Day of May, 1722. | [Colophon.'] Boston: Printed by B. 
 Green, Printer to His Excellency the | Covernonr and Council. 1722. | 
 Folio, pp. 361-367. 204 
 
 [Royal Anns.~\ | ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or A&sembly of His Majesty's | Prt)vince of the Ma.ssachusetts- 
 Bay in New-England : Begun and | Held at Boston upon Wednesday 
 the Thirtieth Day of May, 1722. | And continued by Prorogation unto 
 A\'ednesday the P^ighth Day of | August following, and then met. | 
 [Colophon.] Boston: Printed by B. Green, Printer to His Excellency 
 the I Governoitr and Council. 1722. | Folio, pp. 269-272. 205 
 
 1723 
 
 [Royal Anns.] | ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's | Province of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England, Begun and | Held at Boston upon 
 Wednesday the Thirtieth Day of May, 1722. | And continued by 
 several Prorogations unto Thursday the Fifteenth | Day of November 
 following, and then met. | [Colophon.] Boston: Printed by B. Green, 
 Printer to His Honour the | Lieutenant Governour and Council. 1723. 
 I Folio, pp. 373-380. 206 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ ACTS and Laws | Pa-ssetl by tlu> (ireat and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's | Province of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England, Begun & Held | at Boston upi>n
 
 78 THE TOWER rOI,LE<TION. 
 
 Wednesday the Twentv'-ninth Day of May, 1723. | [Cohphmi.'] 
 Boxton: Printed by B. Green, J^rinter to i//.s Honour the \ Lieutenant 
 Governour and Council. 1723. | Folio, pp. 381-386. 207 
 
 [Boyal Armn.'] \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Groat and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's | Province of the Massii- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England, Begun & Held | at Boston upon Wednes- 
 day the Twenty-ninth Day of May, 172:5. | And continued by Pro- 
 rogation unto Wednesday the Seventh Day of | August ibllowing, 
 anil then Met. | [Colojihon.'] Boston: Printed by B. Green, Printer to 
 Hiti Honour the | Lieutenant Governour and Council. 1723. | Folio, pp. 
 3»7-392. 208 
 
 [Royal Arms.'] | ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and 
 (jleneral Court or Assembly of His Majesty's | Province of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England, Begun & Held | at Boston upon 
 Wednesday the Twenty-ninth Day of May, 1723. | And continued 
 by several Prorogations unto Wednesday the | Twenty-third Day of 
 October Ibllowing, and then Met. | [ Cfa/op/ion.] Boston: Printed by B. 
 Green, Printer to Hi.s Honour tlie \ Lieutenant Govei-nour and Council. 
 1723. I Folio, pp. 393-395. 209 
 
 1724 
 
 [Royal Anns.] \ AX ACT | Passed by the Great and General Court 
 or Assembly of His Majesty's | Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in 
 New-England, Begun and Held | at Boston upon \\'etlnesday the 
 Twenty -seventh Day of May, 1724. | Boston: Printed by B. Green, 
 Printer to His Honour the Lieut. Governour | and Council. 1724. | 
 Folio, p. 397. 210 
 
 1725 
 
 [Royal Amis.] \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and 
 (xcneral Court or Assembly of His Majesty's | Province of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England, Begun & Held ( at Boston upon 
 Wednesday the Twenty-seventh of May, 1724. | And continued by 
 several Prorogations unto Wednesday the | Eleventh Day of November 
 following, and then Met. | [Colophon.] Boston: Printed by B. Green, 
 Printer to His Honour the | Lieutenant Governour and Council. 1725. 
 I Folio, pp. 399-411. 211
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 79 
 
 [^Royid Arms.'] \ ACT and Laws | l'a.-;s«l by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Majesty's | Provinee of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay in Xew-England, Bej^un & Held | at Boston upon A\'ednes<lay the 
 Twenty-sixth Day of May 1 725. | And continued by several Proroga- 
 tions unto Wednesday the | Third Day of November following, and 
 then Met. | \^('olophon.'\ Boston: Printed by B. (rreen, Printer to Hi« 
 Honour the | Lieutenant Govemour and Council. 1 72-5. | Folio, pp. 
 413-422. 212 
 
 1726 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's | Provinee of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England, Begun and Held | at Boston, upon 
 Wetlnesday the Twenty-fifth Day fjfM^y, 172(). | [Colophon.'] Boston: 
 Printed Ijy B. Green, Printer to His Honour the \ Lieuteiuint Govemour 
 & Council, 1726. | Folio, pp. 423-430. 213 
 
 The first session of 1726-27 and the last of the session laws paged in continuation of 
 the revision of 1714. 
 
 1724 
 
 ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the | Great and General Court or 
 Assembly | Of the Province of the | Ma.s.sachusetts-Bay | in | New- 
 England, I From 1692, to 1719. | To which is Prefix'd, | The Charter, 
 Granted by Their late | Majesties King William and Queen Mary, to 
 the I Inhabitants of the said Province, A.D. 1691, | Annoq ; Kegni 
 3°. I [Royal Arms.] | London, \ Printed by John Ba-ikett, Printer to 
 the King's most Excellent \ Majesty, MDCCXXIV. | Folio. 214 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Index, pp. iii-xvi ; Title to Charter, 1 leaf; Charter, pp. 
 iii-xvi ; Acts, &c., pp. 1-359. The title to the Charter reads: The | Charter | 
 Granted by Their Maje.stie.s | King William and Qceex Mary, | to the | 
 Inhabitants | of the | Province of the Massachusetts-Bay | in | New- 
 England. I G R I [Iloyal Anns.'] | London, | Printed by Jnhn^Biiskril, Printer to the 
 King's most Ex- | cetlent Majesii/, and by the Assigns of Thomas Xeiecotnb, | and Henry 
 Hills, deceas'd. MDCCXXI. | 
 
 1726 
 
 ACTS I and | Laws | Of His Majesty's | Province | of the | Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay I in I New-England. | [Royal Arms.] \ Boston in New- 
 England : \ Printed by B. Green, Printer to the Honourable the Lieut.
 
 80 THK TOWKIJ (.OLLKtTION. 
 
 I Governour &• Council, for Benjamin E/inf, | mu} SoM al Iiik .'^liopnrnr 
 the Toicn-Home in Kin(/.s-Slreet. \ 172(5. | Folio. 21") 
 
 Collation: Charter, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 1-12; Explanatory Charter, pp. 13-14; Tablo, 
 pp. 1-17 ; Title to Acts, 1 p. ; Authorization, 1 p. ; Act*, &c., pp. 1-S47. The title to 
 the Charter read.*: The | Charter | Granted bv Their Majesties 1 Kino 
 William | and | Queen Mary, | to the | Inhahitants | of the | Province | 
 OF THE I Mas.sachusetts-Bay I IN I New-Enuland. I Boston ill New-Eiiyhniil : \ 
 Printed by B. G-reen, Printer to the Honourable the Lieut. | Oovemour j- Council, for 
 Benjaiiiin Eliot, | and Sold at his Shop near the Toxon-Uouse in King's Street. | 1726. | 
 
 1727 
 
 [Royal Anns.'] | ACTS and T^aws, | Pa.s.setl bv tlie Great and 
 (ieiuTdl Conrt or Assembly of His Majesty's | Province of the Massa- 
 tiiusetts-Bay in New-England ; Begun and | Held at Boston upon 
 AN'cdnesday the Twenty-fifth Day of ^fay, 172(j. | And contiimetl by 
 sc\c'i-al Prorogations unto A\'ednesday the Twenty- | third Day of 
 November following, and then Met. | [f'oloplion.l Bo.-iton: Printed by 
 B. Green, Printer to the Honourable the Lieut. | Govemour & Council, 
 for Benjamin Eliot. 1727. | Folio, pp. 349-354. 216 
 
 [Royal Arms.'] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Maji'sty's | Province of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England, Begun and Held | at Boston, upon 
 Wednesday the Thirty-first Day of May, 1727. | [Colophon^ Boston: 
 Printed by B. Green, Printer to His Honour the Lieut. \ Govemour <& 
 Council, for Benjamin Eliot. 1727. | Folio, 355-370. 217 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's | Province of the Ma.s.sa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England, Begun and Held | at Boston, upon 
 Wednesday the Thirtj'-first Day of May, 1727. | And continued by 
 Adjonrnment to the Sixteenth day of Augu.st | following. | [Colojthon.] 
 Buxton : Printed by B. Green, Printer to His Honour the Lieut. \ Gov- 
 emour & Council, for Benjamin Eliot. 1727. | Folio, pp. 871-373. 218 
 
 1728 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ AN ACT | Passed by the Great and General Court 
 or As.sembly of His Maje.sty's | Province of the Ma.ssachusett.s-Bay in 
 New-England, Begun and | Held at Bo.ston, upon AVednesday the
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 81 
 
 Thirty-first T>ay of >rav, | 1727. .\ik1 ('(intinuofl l)v several Afljiiiirn- 
 nicnt.s unto W'ttlnt'.stlay | the Fuurtli Day (if (Jctoljor followinjr. | 
 [Boston. ■ B. Green. 1728.] Folio, pp. :375-;^76. 219 
 
 [Royal .1 /•//(.><.] I ACTS and Laws ( Parsed by tlie Great and 
 General Court or As.sembly of His Majesty's | Provinee of tlie Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England, Begun and | Held at Boston, upon 
 AVedne-sday the Twentv-se<x)nd Day of I November, 1727. | [< 'olojjhon.'\ 
 Boston : I'riiiti'il hi] B. Green, J'riiiter to His Honour the Lieut. Gov. 
 & Council. I 1728. | Folio, j)]). .'.77-400. 220 
 
 [Royal Arms.'^ | .VCTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesties | Pro\'ince of the jMa*sa- 
 ehusetts-Bay in NeAv-Englaiid, Begun and Held | at Boston ujion 
 Wednesday the Twenty -ninth Day of May, 1728. | [Colophon.] 
 Boston : Printed by B. Green, Printer to His Honour the Lieut. \ Gor- 
 e)Twur& Council, for Benjamin Eliot. 1728. | Folio, pp. 401-412. 221 
 
 [Royal Arm(i.'\ | ACTS and Laws | I'assed by the (ireat and 
 Genend Court or A.ssembly of His Majesties | Provinee of the Ma.ssa- 
 ehusetts-Bav in New-England, Begun and Held | at Boston uj)on 
 Wedne.-day the Twenty-ninth Day of May, 1728. | And continued 
 by Prorogation unto ^yedne.sday the Twenty-fourth | Day of July 
 following, and then met. | [Boston: 1728.] Folio, pp. 41.'.-4Hj. 222 
 
 1 729 
 
 [Royal Anns.'\ | AN ACT | Passed by the Great and General Court 
 or Assembly of His Majesties | Provinee of the Massaciuisetts-Bav in 
 New-England, Begun it Held | at Boston upon Wwlncstlay the Twenty- 
 ninth Day of May, 1728. | And continuetl by several Prorogations and 
 A(lji>uniments to Salem | the Se<>ond of A])ril, 1720. | [Boston: 1729.] 
 Foii(,, pp. 417-419. 223 
 
 1730 
 
 [Royal Arms.'] | AfJTS and Laws | Passetl by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesties | Province nt' the Mass;i- 
 eiuisetts-Bav in New-Kngland, Begun and | Held at >'alem upon 
 Wednesday the Twenty-eighth Day of May, | 1729. Antl eontinueil 
 by several Prorogations and Adjournments | to Boston the Xini'-
 
 82 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 toenth Day of November follo\vin<::. | [7>o,s/o« .- 1730.] Folio, pp. 
 421-425. 224 
 
 This session of 1729-30 was not prinkd till after October, 1730, when it was issued 
 with the Acts of 1730-31. 
 
 [Royal Ai-ms.'] \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or As,sembly of His Majesty's | Provinee of the Miissa- 
 elnisetts-Bay in New-England : Pegun and | Held at Cambridge ujion 
 "Wednesday the Twenty-seventh Day of | May, 1 730. and continuetl by 
 several Prorogations to Wednesday | the Ninth Day of September 
 following, and eontinned by Adjourn- | ment to Roxbury and tlienee 
 to Boston. I [^osfoji; 1730.] Folio, pp. 42G-436. " 225 
 
 1731 
 
 [Royal Arms.'] \ ACTS and Laws | Passed liy tiie Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His ]\Lijesty"s | Province of the Massii- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England : Begun and | Held at Boston upon 
 Wednesday the Tenth Day of February, 17,30 [-31.] | [Boston: 1731.] 
 Folio, jip. 437-456. 226 
 
 [Ixoi/al Arms.'] | ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesties | Provinee of the Mas- 
 sachusetts-Bay in New-England, Begun & Held | at Boston, upon 
 Wednesday the Twenty-sixth Day of May, 17-31. | [Boston: 17.31.] 
 Folio, pp. 457-462. 227 
 
 [Royal Anns.] \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesties | Province of the Mas- 
 Siiciuisetts-Bay in New-England, begun & Held | at Boston, upon 
 Wednesday the Twenty-sixth Day of May, 1731. | and continued by 
 sevi'ral Adjournments unto Wtnlnesday the Third | Day of November 
 following. I [Boston: 1731.] Folio, pp. 463-468. 228 
 
 1732 
 
 [Royal Arms.] | AC'I'S and I>aws | Passed l)y the Great and 
 General Court or Asseml)ly of His Majesty's | Province of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England, Begun and | Held at Boston upon 
 Wednesday the Twenty -sixth Day of May | 1731. and continued by
 
 MA>S.SACHUSETTS. 83 
 
 several Adjoui'iiments and Proroj^ation | iint(j Wednesday the First 
 Day of December following. | [lionfun : 1 732.] Folio, pp. 469-476. 229 
 
 [Boyctl Anm.] \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and 
 General Conrt or Assembl}- of His Majesty's | Provinec of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in >>'ew-England, Begun & Held | at Boston upon 
 Wednesday the Thirty-first Day of May, 1732. | [Boston: 1732.] | 
 Folio, pp.'477-4S3. 230 
 
 1733 
 
 \_Royal ^1 /■//(. v.] I jVCTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's | Province of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England, begun and | Held at Boston upon 
 Wednesday the Thirty-first Day of May 1732. | and continued by Ad- 
 journment unto Thursday the first Day of | November following. | 
 [5o.sto?i; 1733.] Folio, pp. 485-490. ' 231 
 
 [Royal A)-mx.'\ \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His IVlajesty's | Province of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England, begun & held | at Boston, upon ^Vednes- 
 day the Thirty-first Day of May, 1733 [for 1732.] | and continued 
 by several Adjournments imto Wednesday the Fourth | Day of April 
 following. I [i?o.sto)(.- 1733.] Folio, pp. 491-498. " 232 
 
 [Royal Anns.'] \ AN ACT | Passed by the Great and General Court 
 or Assembly of His Majesty's | I'rovince of the ^rassacliusetts-Bay in 
 New-England; begun <theld | at Boston, upon A\'eduesday tlie Thir- 
 tieth Day of May 1733. | [Bo^^ion : 1733.] Folio, pp. 499-500. 233 
 
 [Royal Anim^ | ACTS and La^\•s | Pa.'-.scii by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His IMajesty's | Province of the Ma.ssa- 
 chusett,s-Bay in New-England, begun & held | at Boston, upon ^^'e(hles- 
 dav the Thirtieth Day of May 1733. | and continued by several .\d- 
 jourunients unto ^^'ednesday the | Third Day of C)ctol)cr following. | 
 [iio.s'fo»i; 1733.] Folio, pp. 501-508. 234 
 
 1734 
 
 ACTS and Laws | Pas.sed by the Great and General Court or As- 
 sembl \' (if His Majesty's I Province of the Massachusetts-Bav in New-
 
 84 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 England, begun and held | at Bo.ston, upon M'wlnesday the Thirtieth 
 Dav of May 1733, and | continued by several Adjournments unto 
 Thursday the Twenty- [ fourth Day of January follo^^■illg. | j^Bonlon : 
 1734.] Folio, pp. 509-510. 235 
 
 [Royal Arms.'] \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's | Province of the Massa- 
 cIuisctts-Bay in Xcw-England, Ik'ouu and held | Boston, upon "W'cd- 
 ncsda\- the Thirtieth Day of May 1733, and | continutil by several 
 Adjournments, unto Wednesday the Tenth | Day of April following. 
 [Bodon: 1734.] Folio, pp. 511-512. 236 
 
 [Royal Armx.] \ ACTS and Laws | Pa.ssed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His ^Lijesty's | Province of the Ma.s- 
 saehusetts-Bay in Xew-England, Begun and Held | Boston, upon 
 \\'e<lnesday the Twenty-ninth Day of May 1734. | [Boston: 1734.] 
 Folio, pp. 513-525. 237 
 
 1735 
 
 [Royal Anns.] \ ACTS and Laws | I'assed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's | Province of the Massa- 
 chusetts Bay in New-England, begun and held | at Boston, upon 
 AVednesdav the Twenty-ninth Day of May 17.">4, | and continued by 
 Adjournments, unto Wednesday the Twentieth | Day of November 
 Ibliowing. I [Bodon: 1735.] Folio, pp. 527-530. 238 
 
 [Royal Armx.] \ ACTS and Laws | Passetl by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Province | of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England, begun and held at Boston, upon | 
 Wctlnesday the Twenty-ninth Day of May 1734, and continued by | 
 several Adjournments unto Wednesday the Ninth Day of .\j)ril Ibl- 
 lo\ving. I [Colojjhon.] Boston: Printed by John Draper, Printer to 
 Jlis I Excellency the Gocernour and Council. [1735.] | Folio, pp. 531- 
 534. 239 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ ACTS and I.,aws | Passed by the Great and 
 (ieneral Court or Assembly of His JIajesty's | Province of the ]\Iassa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England, Begun and Held at | Boston, upon 
 Wednesday the Twenty-eighth Day of May 1735. | [Colojjhon.] Bos-
 
 MAHSACIIUSE'ITH. 85 
 
 ton : Prinfcd by J. Draper, Printer to His Excel- | lency the Govemour 
 and Council. 17."io. | Folio, o3o-549. 240 
 
 1736 
 
 IRoya/ Arm.'i.] \ ACTS and T.aws | Pa.-;se(l by tlic Great and 
 General Court or Afiscmbly of Hi.-; Majesty's | Province of the Ma.^sa- 
 chusctts-Bay in Xew-Enjjland, Begun and Held at | Boston, upon 
 Wednesday tlie Twenty-eiglitli Day of ^fay 17o0. | And eontinned l)v 
 Adjournments to \\'ednesday the Xineteentli Day | of November fol- 
 lowing. I [C'o/o/j/iO)i.] Boston: Printed by J. Draper, Printer to Hi^ 
 I Excellency the Governour and Coimcil. [1736.] | Folio, pp. 551- 
 558. 241 
 
 [Royal Arms.l \ ACTS and Laws | Pa?sed by the Great and 
 General Coin-t or Assembly of His ^fajesty's Province | of the ila.ssa- 
 chusetts-Bay in Xew-England, begun and held at Boston, upon | 
 Wednesday the Twenty-eighth Day of May 1735, and continued by | 
 several Adjournments unto Wcnlnesday the Seventeenth of Mareh fol- 
 lowing. I [Co/o/;Ao)i.] Bonton : Printed by J. Draper, Printer to His 
 I Excellency the Governour and Council. [1736.] | Folio, pp. 559- 
 560. 242 
 
 [Royal Ariiis.l^ | ACTS anil Laws | Passeil by tiie Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's | Province of the Ma.ssa- 
 eluisetts-Bay in Xew-England, begun and held at | Boston, upon 
 Wetlnesday the Twenty-sixth Day of May 1736. | [( 'oloplioii.^ Bodon : 
 I Printed by J. Draper, Printer to His Excellency the \ Govemour & 
 Council. 1736. I Folio, i)p. 561-564. 243 
 
 17:J7 
 
 [Roy(d Arm.'t.'l \ ACTS and Laws | Passetl by the Great and 
 General Court or .Assembly of His Majesty's | Province of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in Xew-England, begun and iield at | JViston, upon 
 M'alnesday the Twenty-sixth Day of May 1736. | And | continuetl i)y 
 several Prorogations unto Wetlnesday the Twenty-fourth | Dav of 
 Xovember following and then Met. | [Colojilion.^ Bu.il(>u : Printed by 
 John Draper, Printer to His \ Excellency the Governour and Council. 
 [17:!7.] I Folio, pp. 565-502. 244 
 
 7
 
 86 THE TOAVKU COLLECTION. 
 
 [Roj/iil Anm.] I ACTS aiul Laws | Passwl by the Great and 
 (ieiieml Court or As.>emhly of His Majesty's Pro- | vinee of" the Mas- 
 sjiehusetts-I^ay in New-Enfiland, Begun and Held at Boston, | uj)on 
 \\'ednes<lay tlie Twenty-fifih Day of May 1737. | Colophon.] Bo-ston, 
 Printed hij J. Draper, Printer to Hia Excellency the \ Gorernour and 
 Council. [1737.] | Folio, pp. 59:3-620. 245 
 
 1738 
 
 [li'o;/(tl .l/'//(.v.] I ACTS and Laws | Passed l)y the (Jreat and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Pro- | vinee of the Mas- 
 sachusetts-Bay in New-England, Begun and Held at Boston, upon 
 Wednesday the Twenty -fifth Day of May 17."j7. and continued by | 
 Prorogation and Adjournments to Wednesday the 30th Day of Novem- 
 IxT I following. I [Cotojihon.'j Boston: | Printed by J. Draper, Printer 
 to His Krcellency the | Governour and Council. [1738.] Folio, pp. 
 627-644. 246 
 
 [Ixoy(d Arms.] | ACTS and Laws | Pa.-;sed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His INLijesty's Pro- ( vinee of the Mas- 
 saehusetts-Bav in New-England, Begun and Held at Boston, | u|)on 
 Wednesday tlie Thirty-first Day of May, 1738. | [Colophon.] Bo.'<ton : 
 I Printed by John Draper, Printer to His Kvcellency the \ Governour 
 and Cnunrii. [1738.] | Folio, pp. 645-664. 247 
 
 AN ACT I Pass'd l)y the Great and General Court or Assembly of 
 His Majesty's Province | of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England, 
 begun and held at Boston, | on Wc<lnesda}- the Thirty-fii-st Day of May 
 17;'>8, I [Boston: 1738.] Folio, p. 665. 248 
 
 An act passed at the first session of 17.38-30, but not printed witli tln' ntlur laws of 
 that session. 
 
 1739 
 
 [Royal Arms.] | ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Pro- | vincc of the Ma.s- 
 saehusetts-Bay in New-England, Begun and Held at Boston, | upon 
 Wednesday the Thirty-first Day of May 1738. And continued by | 
 Prorogations unto Wednesday the Twenty-nintli Day of November 
 fbl- I lowing. I [Colojthon.] Boston: \ Printed by John JJraper, Printer 
 to His ExceUeney the Governour | awl Council. [1739.] ) Folio, pp. 
 667-684. 249
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 87 
 
 \^Efii/<d Armx.'^ \ ACTS and Laws | Passed l\v the Great and 
 (ieueral Court or Assembly of" His Majesty's Pro- | vince of" tlie Mas- 
 sachusetts-Bay in New-England, Begun and Held at Boston, | upon 
 Wednesday the Thirtieth Day of" >ray, 17;}!). | [Colophon.'] Boston: 
 I'riatal by Joint Dnijjcr, Printer to His | Krce/lency the (lovcrnour and 
 Council, [nay.] I Folio, pp. (J8o-(Jitl. 2o() 
 
 1740 
 
 [Roya/ Arms.] | ACTS and Laws | i'asscd by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Pro- | vince of the Mas- 
 sachusetts-Bay in Xew-Eugland, Begun and Held at B(^ston, | upon 
 AVednesday the Tiiirtieth Day of May 17.39. And continued by | 
 Prorogations to \\'ednesday the Fifth Day of De<'ember following. | 
 [Colophon.] Boston: Printed by John Draper, Printer to Hi.'^- \ E.rcel- 
 Icnry the Governour and Cminrii. [1740.] | Folio, pp. 69;3-6!»8. -251 
 
 [Royal Anns.] | ACTS and Laws ( Passed by the (Jreat and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Pro- | vince of the Mas- 
 sachusetts-Bay in New-England, Begun and Held at Boston, | upon 
 Wednesday the Thirtieth Day of May 17.30. .And continued by | 
 Prorogations to A\'edncsday the Twelfth Day of" March f"ollowing. | 
 [Colophon.] Boston: Printed by J. Draper, Printer to His E.vceltency 
 the I aovernour and Coumil. 1740. | Folio, pp. ()99-700. 252 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ .VCTS and Laws | Passwl by the Great and 
 General Court or .\.ssembly of His Majesty's Pro- | vince of the ^Lis- 
 sachusetts-Bay in New-England, begun and held at Bo.ston, | upon 
 Wednesda}- the Twenty-eighth Day of May 1740. | [Colophon.] Bos- 
 ton : Printed by J. Draper, Printer to His | lur-ellenry the Covernour 
 and Council. 1740. | Folio, 701-714. 253 
 
 [Royal Armt<.] \ .\CTS and Laws | Passed by t lie (ircat and Gen- 
 eral Court or .Assembly of His Majesty's Province | of tlic Massiichu- 
 setts-Bay in New-England, l)egun and held at Boston | upon AVednes- 
 dav the Twenty-eighth Day of May, 1740. and continued by Pro- | 
 rogation unto Wednesday tiic Twentieth Day of August following. | 
 [Colophon.] Boston: Printed by John Draper, Printer to | His Excel- 
 lency the Corernoiir A' Council. [1740.] | Folio, pp. 715-71t). 254
 
 88 TIIK TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 [Rot/(il Anm.'\ \ ACTS and Jawvs \ Passed bv the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly ot" His Majesty's Pro- | vince of the Mas- 
 sachusetts-Bay in New-England, B^un and Held at Boston, | upon 
 M'etlncsday the Tweiity-ciglith Day of May 1 740. And continued | 
 bv Prorogations to Wtxbiesday the Nineteenth Day of November fol- 
 lowing. I [Co/o^j;/ion.] Bonton: Printed by J. Draper, Printer to Hi» 
 Kvcel/envy the Gover- \ iinitr ami Council. 1740. | Folio, pp. 715— 
 720. 255 
 
 Tlu' thiril session dI" 1740-41, nut issued till JanuiiiT, 174(t-41. The paging is 
 misprinted, 715-720 lor 717-722, and the error was nut eorrected until the second 
 session of 1741-42. 
 
 1741 
 
 \^Royal Arms.'] | ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of the Province | of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay in New-England, begun and held at Boston, | upon Wednesday 
 the Twenty-eighth Day of May 1740. And | continuei^l by several 
 Prorogiitions unto Wednesday the Twenty-sixth | Day of March fol- 
 lowing. I \_Boston: 1741.] Folio, pp. 721-728. 256 
 
 \^Royal Armx.] | ACTS and Laws | Pa.sscd by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Pro- | vince of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England, begun and held at | Boston, upon 
 Wednesday the Kighth Day of July 1741. | \_('()hp}um.'\ BoMoh: \ 
 Printed by J. Draper, Printer to His Excellency \ the Governour and 
 Council. [1741.] | Folio, pp. 729-7.35. 257 
 
 The first session of 1741-42, see the next but one preceding for un error in paging, 
 which is continued. 
 
 1742 
 
 IRoyal Anm.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of the Province of the | Masstichusett.s- 
 Bay in New-England : Begun and Held at Boston on ^\'ednesday | 
 the eighth of July 1741. and continued by Prorogation and xVdjourn- 
 ment | to Wednesday the sixteenth of September following. | [Cb/o- 
 phon.] Boston : Printed by Samuel Kneelund and Timothy Green, \ by 
 Order of His Excellency the Governour, Council and | House of Repre- 
 sentatives. MDCCXLII. | Folio, pp. 737-742. 258 
 
 \_Royal ^4/-H/.s.] | ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Province ( of the Ma.ssa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New'-England, begun and held at Boston, upon |
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 89 
 
 Wwlnesday the Eighth Day of July 1741. and continued by Proroga- 
 tion I and Adjournments to \Vedne.sday the Twenty-fifth of November 
 following. I [Colophon.] Boston: Printed by Samuel Kneeland and 
 Timothy Green, | hy Order of Hia Excellency the Governour Council and 
 I Home of RepresenUdii-e^. MDCCXLII. | Folio, pp. 745-757. 259 
 The third session of 1741-42. The error in the pagenation made in the third session 
 of 1740-41 is corrected hy dropping pp. 743-744. 
 
 {Royal Arms.'] \ ACTS and Law.s, | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or As.sembly of the Pnjvinee of the | :Ma.<sa<iiu<etts- 
 Bav in New-England : Begun and Held at Boston on A\'ed- | nesday 
 the eighth of July 1741, and continued by Prorogation and Ad- | 
 jouniments to "Wednesday the seventeenth of March following. | [Co/o- 
 phon^^ Boston: Printed by Samuel Kneeland and Timothy Green, \ by 
 Order of His Excellency the Governour Council and House \ of Repre- 
 setdatives. MDCCXLII. | Folio, pp. 759-766. 260 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of the Province of the | Massachu. setts-Bay 
 in New-England : Begun and held at Boston on AA'etlnes- | day the 
 twenty-sixth of May 1742. | [Colophon.] Boston: Printed by Siimuel 
 Kneeland and Timothy Green, \ by Order of His Excellency the Gover- 
 nour, Council and House \ of Representatives. M,DCC,XLII. | Folio, 
 pp. 767-789. 261 
 
 The first session of 1742-43 and the last of the session laws paged in continuation 
 of the revision of 1726. 
 
 ACTS I and | Laws, | Of His Majesty's | Province | of the | Mas- 
 sachu.setts-Bay | in | New-P^ngland. | [Royal Arms.] \ Boston in Xew- 
 England: \ I'rinted and Sold by Samuel Kneeland and Timothy Green, 
 
 I by Order of His Excellency the Governour, Council and \. House of 
 
 Representatives. MDCCXLII. | Folio. 262 
 
 Collation: Title to Charter, 1 leaf; Charters, pp. 1-14; Table, pp. 1-28; Title to 
 
 Acts, 1 p. ; Authorization, 1 p. ; Acts, pp. 1-337. The title to the Charter reads : The 
 
 I Charter | Granted by their Majesties | King William | and | Queeit 
 Mary, | to the | Ikhabitasjts | of the | Province | of the | Mas.saohusf.tts- 
 BaY I in I New-Enoland. | Buaton in Neto-Eiiglaitd : \ Printed and Sold by Samuel 
 Kneeland and Timothy Green, | by Order of His Exeelleney the Governour, Council 
 awl I House of Representatives. MDCCXLII. | The Charter is followed hy the ex- 
 planatory Charter of 1726. Pages 335-337 contain the last session of the General 
 Court of 1742-43.
 
 90 THK TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 1743 
 
 l^Rni/ol Anm.'\ \ ACTS and Laws, | Passttl bv the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Province | of the Ma.ssa- 
 cluisetts-Bay in New-England : Begun and Held at Boston upon | 
 Wednesday the twenty sixth Day of May 1742. And continued by 
 Ad- I journnients and Prorogations unto Thursday the thirty first of 
 March following. | Boston, N. E. \ Pritited and Sold by Samuel Knee- 
 land and Timothy Green, by Order | of His Excellency the Governour, 
 Council and House of \ RepresentutiveH. MDCCXLIII. | P^jlio, pp. 
 33.5-:3;37. 263 
 
 The third session of 1742-43. It forms the last four pages of the revision of 1742, 
 and is included in the index to that volume. 
 
 [^lioyal Arms.'\ \ AX ACT, | Pa.s.sed by the Great and General Court 
 or Assembly of His Majesty's I'rovince | of the Ma.ssachiisctts-l}ay in 
 New-England : Begun and Held at Boston upon | Wednesday the twenty 
 fifVh Day of May 1743. | [Colophon.'] Boston, X. E. \ Printed and Sold 
 by Samuel Knecland and Timothy Green, by Order \ of His Excellency the 
 Governour, Council and House of \ Representatives. MDCCXLIII. | 
 Folio, pp. 339-340. 264 
 
 [Royal Anns.^ \ AN ACT | Passed by the Great and General Court 
 or As.sembly of His ^lajesty's Province | of the Ma.s.sachu.sctts-Bay in 
 New-England : Begun and Held at Boston ujion | ^\'edne.«day the 
 twenty-fifth Day of May 1743, and continued by Ad- | journment to 
 Thui-sday the eighth Day of September following. | [Colophon.] Bos- 
 ton: X. E. I Printed and Sold by Samuel Knecland and Timothy Green, 
 by I Order of His Excellency the Governour, Council and House \ of 
 Representatives. MDCCXLIII. | Folio, pp. 341-344. 265 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ AN ACT | Passed by the Great and General Court 
 or Assembly of His Majesty's Province | of the ^lassachusetts-Bay in 
 New-England : Begun and Held at Boston upon | A\'«lnesday tlie 
 twenty-fifth Day of May 1743, and continued by Adjoiun- | ment and 
 Prorogation to Thursday the twentieth of October following. | [Colo- 
 phon.] Boston: X. E. | Printed and Sold by Samuel Knecland and 
 Timothy Green, by Order | of His Excellency the Goi-ernour, Council 
 and House of \ Representatives. MDCCXLIII. | Folio, pp. 345- 
 .348. 266
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 91 
 
 1744 
 
 [Royal Arm.s.'l | ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Provinc-e | of the Mas- 
 saehiisetts-Bay in New-England : Begun and held at Boston upon | 
 Weflnesday the twenty-fifth Day of May 174;^, and continuetl by 
 Adjourn- | nicnt and Prorogations to AW^dnesday the eighth Day of 
 February following. | [Cci/oy>/(o».] Bonton: X. E. \ Printed and Hold 
 by Saimtel Kneeland and Timothy Green, by Order \ of His Excellency 
 the Governour, Council and Houne of | Representatives. MDCCXLIII. 
 [1743-4] I Folio, pp. ;34ii-.352 -|- [Ibid] pp. 303-356. 267 
 
 [Royal Anns.l^ \ AN ACT | Passed by the Great and General Court 
 or Assembly of His Majesty's Province | of the Massachusetts-Bay in 
 New-England : Begun and Held at Boston upon | Wednesday the 
 thirtieth Day of ilay 1744, and continued by Adjournment | to Thurs- 
 day the ninth Day of August following. I [Colophon.^ Boston: Printed 
 by Samuel Kneeland and Timothy Green, \ by Order of His Excellency 
 the Gorernour, Council and House of \ Representatives. MDCCXLIV. 
 I Folio, pp. 357-359. 268 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ AN ACT, | Passed by the Great and General Court 
 or Assembly of His Majesty's Province j of the Massachusetts-Bay in 
 New-England : Begun and Held at Boston upon ( A\'ednesday the 
 thirtieth Day of May 1744, and continutxl by Adjournment | and 
 Prorogations to the tenth Day of Octol>er following. | [Colophon.] \ 
 Bo.'<ton: Printed by Samuel Kneeland and Timothy Green, \ by Order 
 of His Excellency the Goveniour, Council and House of \ Representatives. 
 MDCCXLIV. I Folio, pp. 361-362. 269 
 
 1745 
 
 [Royal Anns.] \ ACT.S and Laws, | Passetl by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Province | of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England : Begun and held at Boston upon | 
 Wednesday the thirtieth Day of May 1744, and continual by Ad- 
 journ- I ment and Prorogations to Wednesday the twenty-eighth Day 
 of November | following. | [Colophon.] Boston: Printed by Samuel
 
 92 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 Kneeland and Timothy Green, \ by Order of His Excellency the Gov- 
 ernour, Council, and House | of Heprascntuticai. 174o. | Folio, pp. 
 363-366. 270 
 
 \_Royal A)ins.'\ \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Province | of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay in New-England : Begun and held at Boston upon | ^W'dncsday 
 the twenty ninth-Day of May 1 74o. And continued by | .Vdjourn- 
 ments and Prorogations to Wednesday the eleventh Day of Dc<'eniber 
 I following. I l^C'olojihon.^ Boston : X. E. Printed and Sold by Samuel 
 Kneeland and \ Timothy Green, by Order of His Excellency the Gof- 
 crnour, \ Council and House of Representatives. MDCCXLV. | Folio, 
 pp. 367-372. 271 
 
 174C 
 
 [Royal Arms.'] | AN ACT | Pa.ssed by the Great and General Court 
 or Assembly of His Majesty's Province | of the Massachusetts-Bay in 
 New-England : Begun and held at l^oston upon | Wednesday the 
 twenty-eighth of May 1746. And continuctl by ^Vdjourn- | nients to 
 Tiuirsday the sixth of November following. | [^Colophon.] | Boston: | 
 Printed and Sold by S. Kneeland and T. Green, by Order of the \ 
 Governour, Council and Representatives. MDCCXLVI. | Folio, pp. 
 373-374. 272 
 
 1747 
 
 '[Royal Arms.] | ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Province | of the Mas- 
 sachusetts-Bay in New-England : Begun and Held at Boston upon 
 
 I Wednesday the twenty-seventh Day of May 1747, and continued 
 by I Adjournments to Wednesday the twelfth Day of August following. 
 
 I Boston : N. E. Printed aiul Sold by S. Kneeland and T. Green, \ by 
 Order 6f His Excellency the Governour, Council and \ House of Repre- 
 seniatives. MDCCXLYII. | Folio, pp. 37o-377. 272* 
 
 1748 
 
 [Royal Arms.] | ACTS and Laws, | Passetl by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Prcjvince | of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay in New-England : Begun and held at Bo.ston ujion | Wednesday 
 the twenty-seventh Day of May 1747, and continued l)y | Adjourn- 
 ments and Prorogations tt) \\'ednesday the third Day of February |
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 93 
 
 following. I [Colophoii.'\ Boston: N. E. \ PrinUd and Sold by S. 
 Kneeland and T. Green, by Order of the \ Governour, Council, and House 
 of Representatives. | MDCCXLVII. [1747-8.] | Folio, pp. 379- 
 380. 273 
 
 1749 
 
 [Royal Arms.^ | ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Pro- | vinee of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay in Xew-England : Begun and held at Boston | upon ^\'ednesday 
 the twenty-fifth Day of May 1748, and continuetl by | Prorogation 
 and Adjournments to Wednesday the twenty-first Day of | December 
 following, and then met. | [f 'o/oyVfo/i.] Boston: N. E. Printed and 
 iSold by S. Knvdand and T. Green, | by Order of liis Exeellcncy the 
 Governour, Council, uiid House \ of Representatives. MDCCXCIX. 
 [for 1740.] I Folio, pp. 281-390. 274 
 
 [^Royal Arms.'\ ( ACTS and I^aws | Pa.ssed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of his Majesty's Pro- | vince of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay in Xew-England : Begun and held at | Boston upon AVednesday 
 the thirty-first Day of May 1 749. and conti- | nued by suntlry Proroga- 
 tions to the twenty-third of November follow- | ing, and then met. | 
 l^Colophon.l Boston: Printed arid Sold by S. Kneeland and T. Green, 
 I by Order of His Honour the Lieutenant Governour, Council \ and 
 Howie of Representatives. MDCCXLIX. | Folio, pp. 391-394. 275 
 
 1750 
 
 l^Royal Arms.^ \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Pro- | vince of the Ma.ssachusetts- 
 Bay in Xew-England : Begun and held at | Boston upon Wednesday the 
 thirty-first Day of May 1749, and conti- | nuefl by sundry Proroga- 
 tions and an Adjournment to the twenty -second | Day of March follow- 
 ing, and then met. | [C'o/oy:»/io»i.] Boston: N. E. Printed and Sold by 
 S. Kneeland and T \ Green, by Order of His Excellency the Governour, 
 Council I ami House of Representatives. MDCCL. | Folio, pp. 395- 
 398. 276 
 
 [Royal Anns.] \ AN ACT | Passed by the Great and General Court 
 or Assembly of His Majesty's Prt)- | vince of the Massiichusetts-Bay 
 in Xew-England : Begun and Held at | Boston upon W'eilnestlay the
 
 94 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 thirtieth Day of May 1750, and contimiod | by Prorogations to Wednes- 
 day the twenty -sixth of September following. | Boston: Printed and 
 Sold by iS. Knedand and \ T. Crreen, by Order of His Honour the Lieu- 
 tenant I Gorernour, Council ami Houxe of Representatives. 1750. | 
 Folio, p. 399. 277 
 
 17.>1 
 
 \_Ri>yal Anns.'] | ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and 
 General Conrt; or Assembly of his Majesty's | Province of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England : Begun and Held | at Boston upon 
 Wednesday the thirtieth Day of May 1750; and con- | tinue<l by 
 Prorogations to Thursday the tenth of January following. | [C'olop]ion.'\ 
 Boston : Printed and Sold by S. Knedand and \ T. Green, by Order of 
 His Honour the TJetdenant- | Gorernour, Council and House of Rep- 
 resentatives. 1750. [1750-1.] I Folio, pp. 401-404. 278 
 
 [^Royal Arms.] \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's | Province of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England : Begun and Held | at Bost(ni upon 
 Wednesday the thirtieth Day of May 1750 ; and con- | tinued by 
 Prorogations and Adjournment to Wednesday the twenty- | seventh 
 Day of March following. | [^Colophon.] Boston: Printed and Sold by 
 S. Knedand and \ T. Green, by Order of His Honour the Lieutenant- 
 I Gorernour, Council & House of Representaticct. 1751. | Folio, pp. 
 405-410. 279 
 
 [Royal Ai-ms.] | ACTS and Laws | Pa.ssed by the Great and 
 General Court or A.ssembly of His Majesty's | Province of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England : Begun and Held | at Boston upon 
 Wednesday the twenty-ninth Day of May, 1751. | \^Colophon.] Bos- 
 ton : Printed and Sold by S. Kneeland awl \ T. Green, by Order of His 
 Honour the Lieutenant- | Governour, Council <& House of Representatives, 
 1751. I Folio, pp. 411-414. 280 
 
 [Royal Arms.] | AT the Parliament begun and holden at West- 
 minster, the I Tenth Day of November, Anno Dom. 1747, in the | 
 Twenty first Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord | George the 
 Second, by the Grace of God, of | Great Britain, France and Ireland,
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 95 
 
 King, Def'encler | of the Faitli, &c. \ And from thenco continued by 
 
 several I'rorogations to tiie .Seventeenth Da)' | of January, 1750, being 
 
 the Fourth Session of tliis present Parliament. | \_Colophon.'\ Boston: 
 
 Printed and Sold by S. Knecland nnd | T. Green, hy Order of Hk 
 
 Honour the Lieutenant | Goveiiioxir, Council and Home of Repre-Henta- 
 
 tiveit. 1751. I Folio, pp. 415-420. 281 
 
 An Act for Reguluting the Commencement of the Year; and for Correcting the 
 Cullender now in Use. 
 
 1752 
 
 [Royal ArniK.'] \ ACTS and T^aws, | Passwl by the Great and General 
 Court or Asseml)ly of His Majesty's Province | of tlie Massachusetts- 
 Bay in New-England : Begun and Held at Boston | upon Wednesday 
 the twcnty-nintli Day of May 1751, and continued by | Prorogations 
 to Friday the twenty-seventii Day of December following. | \_CoIophon.'\ 
 Bodon : Printed and Sold by >S. Kneeland and | T. (Ireen, by Order of 
 Hits Honour the Lieutenant | Govemour, Council and House of Repre- 
 scntativeK 1752. | Folio, pp. 421-424 282 
 
 [Royal Arms.'\ | ACTS and I^aws | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Pro- | vince of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay in New-England : Begun and Held at | Concord in the County of 
 Middlesex, upon Wednesday the twenty-seventh | Day of May, 1752, 
 I [Colophon.'\ Bodon: Printed and Sold by S. Kneeland and. | T. Green, 
 by Order of IBx Honour the Lieutenant | Govemour, Council and House 
 of Representatives. 1752. | Folio, pp. 425-42G. 283 
 
 [Royal A)'m~'i.~\ \ AT the Parliament begun and holden at Westmin- 
 ster, I the Tenth Day of November, Anno Dom. 1747, in | the Twenty 
 first Year of the Reign of our Sovereign | Ivord George the Second, by 
 the Grace of God, | of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, De- | 
 fender of the Faith, &c. | And from thence continued by several Pro- 
 rogations to the Fourteenth | Day of November, 1751, being the Fifth 
 Session of this present | Parliament. | [Colophon.'\ Boston: Printed 
 and Sold by S. Kneeland and | T. Green, by Order of His Honour the 
 Lieutenant Go- | vernour, Council and House of Reprenentatives. 11 52. \ 
 Folio, pp. 427-430. 284 
 
 An Act for avoiding and putting an End to Certain Doubts and Questions, rela- 
 ting to the Attestation of Wills and Codicils, concerning Real Estates, in that Part 
 of Great IJritain called England, and in his Majesty's Colonies and Plantations in 
 America.
 
 96 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 1753 
 
 \^Royal Anns.^ \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Majesty's | Province of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay in New-England : Begun and Held | at Concord in the County of 
 Middlesex, upon M'ednesday the twenty- | seventh Day of May 1752. 
 And continued bv Prorojiations to Wed- I nesdav the twenty-second 
 Day of November following, and then met | at Cambridge. | [^Coh- 
 j)hon.~\ Bodon : Printed and Sold by S. Knecland and | T. Green, by 
 Order of His Honour the Lieutenant Go- \ vernour, Council and Houne 
 of Representatives. 1753. | Folio, pp. 431—432. 285 
 
 [Royal Anns. 1 \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Majesty's | Province of the Massat'husetts- 
 Bay in New-England : Begun and Held | at Concord in the County of 
 Middh'scx, upon Wc<]nesday tlic twenty- | seventh Day of May 1752. 
 And continuitl by Prorogations and | Adjournment, to Wednesday the 
 twenty-eighth of March following, | and tlien met at Boston. | 
 [Co/oy>//o«.] Boston : Printed and Sold by S. Knee/and and | T. Green, 
 by Order of His Honour the Lieutenant Go- \ vernour. Council and 
 House of Representatives. 1753. | Folio, pp. 433-438. 286 
 
 l^Royal Arms.!^ | ACTS and Laws, | Pa.ssefl by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Pro- | vincc of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay in New-England : Begun and held at Boston | in the County of 
 Suffolk, upon Wednesday the thirtieth Day of | May, 1753. | [Colo- 
 phon.^ Boston: Printed and Sold by >S. Kncelund and T. \ Green, by 
 Order of His Honour the Lieut. Govemour, \ Council and House of 
 Representatives. 1753. | Folio, pp. 439-443. 287 
 
 The first session of 1753-54. The heading of page 442 is misprinted " Firing of 
 Woods,'' in some copies, for " Greenfield & District." This copy contains both varia- 
 tions. 
 
 [Royal Ai-rrus.] \ AN ACT, | Passed by the Great and General Court 
 or Assembly of His Majesty's | Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in 
 New-England : Begun and held | at Boston, in the County of Suffolk, 
 upon Wednesday the thirtieth Day | of May 1 753. and continued by 
 Prorogations to Wednesday the fifth | Day of September following, 
 and then met. | [Colophon.^ Boston: Printed and Sold by S. Kneeland
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 97 
 
 and I T. Green, by Order of the Govemour, Council and \ House of 
 Representatives. 1753. | Folio, pp. 44.7-446. 288 
 
 1754 
 
 [J?oj/oZ Anns."\ | ACTS and Laws, | Pa.ssetl by the Great and Geni'ral 
 Court or Asscnihly of His Majisty's | Province of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay in New-England : Jiegun and held at | Boston in the County of 
 Suffolk, upon the thirtieth of May 1753, and from | thence continued 
 hy Prorogations to Tuesday the fourth Day of Decern- | ber, 1753. | 
 l^C'olojjhon.] Boston: Printed and Sold by S. Kneelund and T. Green, 
 by Order of Hhs \ Excellency the Govemour, Council and House of 
 Representatives. 1754. | Folio, pp. 447-452. 289 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and 
 (ieneral Court or Assembly of His ^L^jesty's | Province of the Ma.<s;i- 
 chnsetts-Bay in New-England : Begun and held | at Boston, in the 
 Coimty of Suffolk, upon Wi-dnesday the thirtieth Day | of May 1753, 
 and continued by Prorogations to Wednesday the twenty- | seventh 
 Day of Marrli following, and tlun met. | [Boston: 1754.] Folio, pp. 
 45.3-41)0. 290 
 
 [Royal Arms.'\ \ ACTS and I>aws | Pasisetl by the (ireat and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's | Province of the Mass;i- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England : Begun and held | at Boston, in the 
 Countv of Suffolk, upon Wednesday the twenty-ninth | Day of May 
 1754. I [Bo.-<ton: 1754.] Folio, pp. 461-462. 291 
 
 [Royal Arms.'\ ( ACTS and I.riiws | Passed by the Gre-at and 
 Cieneral Court or Assembly of His Ma- | jesty's Province of the Mass:i- 
 eluisetts-Bay in New-England : Be- | gun and held at Boston ui)on 
 NN'ednesday the twenty-ninth | Day of May 1754. And continued by 
 .\djournnient unto | Thui-sday the seventeenth Day of October follow- 
 ing. I [Boxton: 1754.] Folio, pp. 46.3-467. 292 
 
 1 75.-, 
 
 [Royal Anns.] \ AN ACT | I'a.-isitl by the Great and General Court 
 or .\sseniby of His Ma- j jesty's Province of the Ma.ssachusett.s-Bay in 
 New-England : Be- ] gini and Held at Boston upon Wednestlay the
 
 98 THE TOWEU COLLECTION. 
 
 twenty-nintli | Day of May 1754, and eontinuwl by sundry Proroga- 
 tions I unto Tuesday the twenty-fiftli Day of Man-li following. | [Box- 
 ton : 17oo.] Folio, pp. 4Gy-i7U. 293 
 
 \_Royal AniiH.'] \ AN ACT ) Passed by the Great and General Court 
 or Assembly of His Ma- | jesty's Provinee of the Massaeliusetts-Ijay 
 in New-England : Be- | gun and Held at Boston upon Wednesday the 
 twenty-eighth | Day of May, 1755. | [Bonton: 1755.] Folio, p. 471. 
 
 294 
 
 \_Roynl Aniis.'\ | AN ACT | Passetl by the (ireatand (ieneral Court 
 or Assembly of His Ma- | jestj-'s Province of the Massachusetts-Ray 
 in New-England : Be- | gun and Held at Boston upon We<lnesday the 
 twenty-eighth | Day of May, 1755. And eontinneil by Proi'ogations 
 to Wed- I ne.sday the twenty-fourtli Day of September following and 
 I then met. | [Bostmi: 1755.] Folio, p. 473. 295 
 
 175C 
 
 {Royal Arinx.'] \ AN ACT | Passed by the Great and General Court 
 or Assembly of His Ma- | jesty's Province of the Massaehnsetts-Ray 
 in New-]'>nglaud : Be- | gun and Held at Boston, ujion \\'ednesday 
 the twenty-sixth Day | of May 1 756. And continued by Prorogations 
 and Adjourn- | ment, to the fifth Day of October following, and then 
 met. I [Co/op/io)).] Bonion: N. E. \ Printed hy iSrnnud Kiieeland, by 
 Order of His Honour the \ Lieut. Governour, Council and House of 
 Represen- | tatives. 1756. | Folio, pp. 475-476. 296 
 
 1757 
 
 [Royal Arms.'\ \ ACTS and Laws, | Pa.ssed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Ma- | jesty's Province of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay in New-England : Be- | gun and Held at Boston, upon Wednes- 
 day the twenty-sixth Day | of May 1756. And continued by sundry 
 Prorogations, to the | sixth Day of January following, and then met. 
 I Colophon.^ Boston: | Printed by Samuel Kneeland, by Order of his 
 Honour \ the Lieid. Goverrwur, Council and House of Repre- | sentatives. 
 1757. I Folio, pp. 477-480. 297 
 
 [Royal Arrns.l \ AN ACT, | Pa&sed by the Great and General Court 
 or Assembly of His Ma- | jesty's Province of the Massachusett.s-Bay
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 99 
 
 in New-England : Be- | gun and Held at Boston, upon AVednesday the 
 twentj'-sixth Day | of" May 175(5. jVnd continued by sundry Prorof^a- 
 tions and | Adjournment, to the thirtieth Day of March following, and 
 I then met. | [Colopbon.l Bodon : X. E. \ Printed by Order of the 
 Ilonourablc /i/.v Jf(ijc>iti/'.s Council, \ and Housse of ReprexentafioK. | 
 And Sold by S. Kneeland, in (Jneen-Street. 1757. | Folio, pp. 491-4!i;{ 
 for 481-483. 298 
 
 [Eoyul Anns.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assemby of His Ma- | jesty's Province of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay in Xew-England : Be- | gun and Held at Boston upon AVctlnesday 
 the twenty-fifth Day | of May, 1757. | ^Colophon.] Boston: N. E. 
 Printed by Order of His Majedifs Council, and House | of Representa- 
 tives. Aiul Hold by S. Kneeland, in Queen^Street. [1757.] | Folio, pp. 
 495-496 for 485-486. 299 
 
 1768 
 
 '[Royal Anus.] \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Ma- | jesty's Province of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay in New England : | Begun and Held at Boston, upon ^^Vdnesday 
 the twenty-fifth | Day of May 1757. And continued by Prorogations 
 to Wc<l- I nesday tiic twenty-third Day of November fiillowing, and 
 then met. | [_( 'olophon.] Hn.4on : N. E. \ Printed by »S'. Knerland, by 
 Order of His Excellency \ the Govemour, Council and House of Repre- 
 sentatices. \ 1758. | Folio, pp. 487-489. :]0() 
 
 The second session of 1767-58. The error in the paging made in tlie second session 
 of 1756-57 is corrected. 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Ma- | jesty's Province of the Massachusetts- 
 Bav in New-England : | Begun and Held at Boston, upon Wednesday 
 the twentv-fifth | Day of May 1757. And continued by Prorogations 
 t(i Thurs- I day the second day of March following, and then met. | 
 [Colojthon.] Boston, iV. E. \ Printed by 8. Kneeland by Order of His 
 E.rccllency | the ilovernour, Council, and House of Uepre- \ sentatives. 
 1758. I Folio, pp. 491-492. 301 
 
 [Roy(d .l/-/;(.v.] I AN ACT | Pa.sswl by the Great and (ieneral Court 
 or Assembly of His Ma- | jesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay 
 in New-England : | Begun and Held at Boston, upon A\'ednesday the
 
 100 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 twentv-fifth | Day of May 1757. And continued by Prorogations and 
 Ad- I journment to Tuesday the eighteenth Day of April following, | 
 and thou met. | Boston: Printed by S. Knceland, by Order of his 
 Excellency tlie \ Goveiiimir, Council, and House of Representaiives. 1758. 
 I Folio, p. 49:3. 302 
 
 \^Royal Ai-m^.'] | AN ACT | Passwl by the Great and General Court 
 i>r Assembly of His Ma- | jesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Ray 
 in New-England : | Begun and Held at Boston, upon ^\'etlnes(.lay the 
 thirty-first | Day of May, 1758. And continued by sundry Proroga- 
 tions I to the fourth Day of Ot'tober following, and then met. | Boston : 
 Frinted by S. Knceland, by Order of his Excellency the | Governour, 
 Council, and House of Representatives. 1758. | Folio, p. 495. 303 
 
 1759 
 
 \^Royal Aiins.'] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Ma- | jesty's Province of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay in New-England : | Begun and Held at Boston, upon \\'ednesday 
 the thirty-first | Day of INIay 1758. And continued by sundry Pro- 
 rogations to I Friday the twenty-ninth Day of December following, 
 and then | met. | [^Colophon.'] Boston: N. E. Printed by S. Kneeland, 
 by Order \ of His Excellency the Governour, Council and House of \ 
 Representatives. 1759. | Folio, 497-503. 304 
 
 [Royal Arms.l | AN ACT, | Passed by the Great and General Court 
 or Assembly of His Ma- | jesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in 
 New-England : | Begun and Held at Boston, upon Wednesday the 
 thirtv-first I Day of May 1758. And continuetl by sundry Pror(igati(ms 
 to I N\'ednesday the twenty-eighth Day of February following, and | 
 tiicu met. I [Colophon.'] Boston: X. E. | Printed by S. Kneeland, by 
 Order of His Excellency \ the Governour, Council, and House of Repre- 
 I seniativea. 1759. | Folio, pp. 505-508. 305 
 
 [Royal Arm.<!.] | ACT8 and Laws, | Passetl by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Ma- | j&sty's Province of the Massachusetts- 
 Bav in New-England : | Begun and Held at Boston, upon Wednesday 
 the thirtieth | Day of May 1759. | [Colophon.] Boston: N. E. \ Printed 
 by S. Kneeland, by Order of His Excellency the \ Governor, Council and 
 House of Represeniaiives. 1759. [ Folio, pp. 509-510. 306
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 101 
 
 [Roi/al Arrm.] | ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Ma- | Jesty's Province of the Massaehusetts- 
 Bay in Xew-Enghuid : | Bf<rm\ and lield at Boston, upon "Wednesday 
 the thirtieth Day | of May, 1759. And from thence continued by 
 sundry Pro- | rogations to \V('<lii('s<lay tiie third Day of October follow- 
 ing, I and then met. | [ColojAun.] Bo.stun : N. E. \ Printed hy S. Kiuc- 
 Innd, by Order of His Excelleney the Gover- \ now, Council and Home 
 of Hepresentatives. M,DCC,LIX. | Folio, pp. 511-514. 307 
 
 The second session of 1759-CO. In most copies the last page is misnumhered 420, 
 and the error is carried on to the end of the volume. It was, however, detected in 
 time to correct it in a few copies. Both varieties are contained in this set. 
 
 1760 
 
 [Eoyal Arm.t.'] | ACTS and Laws, | Pa.«sed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly f)f His Ma- | jesty's Province of the Ma.s<;u-husett.s- 
 Bay in Xew-England : | Begun and held at Bo.ston, upon Wednestlay the 
 thirteenth Day | of May, 1 759. And from thence continued by sundry 
 Pro- I rogations to Wednesday tiie second Day of January following, 
 I and then met. | [Colophon.'] Boaton: N. E. \ Printed by f<. Kneeland, 
 by Order of His Excellency the Gover- \ now. Council and Home of 
 Representatives. M,DCC,LX. | Folio, pp. 4-21-4-24 for 515-518. 308 
 
 AX ACT. I Pa.ssed Ijy the Great and General Court or As.senibly of 
 His Ma- I jesty's Province of the Ma.ssachusetts-Bay in Xew-England : 
 I Begun and held at Bo.ston upon Wednestlay the thirtietli Day | of 
 Mav, 1759. And from thence continued by sundry Proro- | gations 
 to AVednesday the nineteenth of ilarch following, and | then met. | 
 IBoston: 1760.] Folio, p. 425 for 519. 309 
 
 \_Royal Arin.'^.'] \ .VCTS and Laws, | Passetl by the (xreat and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Ma- | jesty's Province of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay in Xew-England: | Begun and held at Boston, upon \\'eduesday 
 the twenty-eighth | Day of May, 1760. | [Colophon^ Boston: N. E. \ 
 Printed hy S. Knec/aml, by Order of His Honour the Lieidenant \ Gov- 
 enwur, Council and House of Representaiives. \ M.DCC,LX. | Folio, 
 pp. 4-27-432 for 521-52(5. 31U 
 
 The first session of ITfiO-til, and the last issued in continuation of the revision of 
 1742. 
 
 8
 
 102 THE TOWER COI.I.ECTIDN. 
 
 ACTS I and | Laws, | Of I lis Majesty's | Province | of the | Mas- 
 sachus(>tts-Bav | in | New-En<^lancl. | [lioi/a/ AnnK.'\ | Bodon, In New- 
 Etiglaiul : | I'riiikd Ity >S. Kiur/aitd, by Order of Hix Exedlency the \ 
 Governor, Council and Home of Representativen. \ M,D,CC,LIX. | 
 Folio. * 311 
 
 Collation: Title to Chiirti-r, 1 leaf; Chartei-s, pp. 1-14; Tabic, pp. 1-24; Title to 
 Acts, 1 p. ; Authorization, 1 p. ; Acts, pp. 1-396. The title to the Charter reads : 
 The I Charter | Granted by thkir Majesties | King William | and | Queen 
 Mary, | to the | Inhabitants | of the | Province | of the | Massachusetts- 
 Bay I in I New-Enqland. I Boston, in New-England : \ Printed by S. Kneela/id, hi/ 
 Order of His Kxcellene;/ the | Governor, Council and House of Jicjjresentatii'es. | 
 M,DCC,LIX. I The E.xplanatory Charter occupies pp. 13-14. 
 
 1761 
 
 \_Royal Armf!.'\ | AN xVCT, | Passed by the Great and General Court 
 or Assemljly of His Majesty's | Province of the ]\Ia.ssachusetts-Bay in 
 New-England : Begun and | held at Boston, upon \\'ednesday the 
 twenty-eighth Da)' of May, | 1760. And continuefl by Prorogations 
 until AA'ednesday the | twenty-fifth of March following, and then met. 
 I l^Colophon.^ Bodon: N. E. \ Printed by >S. Kncehind, by Order of 
 his Excellency the Governor, \ Council and Hoiuic of Rcpreiieniative.t. 
 1761. I Folio, pp. 397-403 312 
 
 Altliimnh headed " An Act," there were seven acts passed at this session. 
 
 \_Ruy<d ArinK.'\ | AC'TS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Majesty's | Province of the Mas.sachusetts- 
 Bay in Xew-England : Begun and | held at Bo.ston, upon \\'edncsday 
 the twenty-seventh Day of May, | 171)1. | \_Colojjhon.'\ Bodon: N. E. 
 I Printed by S. Kneeland, by Order of Aw Excellency the Gotm-nor, | 
 Council and House of Representativen. 17(J1 | Folio, pp, 405-40f>. 31.'5 
 
 \_Ruy(d Ann.s.J | ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of his Ma- | jesty's Province of the Mas.saohusetts- 
 Bay in New-England : | Begun and held at Boston, upon Wetlnesday 
 the twenty-sixtii | Day of May, 1756. And continued by sundry 
 Prorogations | to the sixth Day of January following, and then met. | 
 [7?o,sfo»; 17()].] Folio, pp. 411-414. " 314
 
 MA&SACHTJ8ETTS. 103 
 
 \_Roycd ArtiM.'l \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of liis Ma- | jcsty's Province of tlie Massachusetts- 
 Bay in New-ICngland, | Hcgun and held at Boston, upon Wednesday 
 the twenty-seventh | Day of May, 1761. and continued by sundry Pro- 
 rogations I unto Thursday the twelfth Day of Xovenibcr following and 
 I then met. | [_(.'olojjhon.'\ lioston N E : | Printed by S. Kncc/ait'l, by 
 Order of his Excellency the \ Governor, Council and House of Repre- 
 sentatives. 1 M,DCC,LXI. I Folio, pp. 41.5-418. 315 
 
 1762 
 
 [Royal Arms.'] \ AC!TS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and (Jeneral 
 Court or Assembly of his Ma- | jesty's Province of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay in New-England, | Begun and held at Boston, upon Wednesday 
 the twenty-seventh | Day of May, 17(51. and continue<l by snndrj- 
 Prorogations | unto Wednesday the thirteenth Day of January follow- 
 ing, I and then met. | \_Colojjlion.] Bo.4on, N. E. \ Printed by S. Knee- 
 land, by Order of hin E.rcellency the \ Governor, Council and House of 
 Representatives. \ M,DCC,LXII. | Folio, pp. 419-429. 316 
 
 \_Royal Arms.'] \ ACTS and I^aws, | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of his Ma- | jcsty's Province of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay in New-Enghuul, | Begun and held at Boston, upon Wc<ln('s(lay 
 the twenty-seventh | Day of May, 1761. and continucHl by sundry 
 Prorogations | unto WcMlnesday the fourteenth Day of April following 
 and I then met. | [('olo^jltun.'] Boston: S. E. \ Printed by ri. Kncc- 
 land, by Order of his Excellency the \ Governor, Council and House 
 of Represcnkdivcs. \ M,DCC,LXII. | Folio, pp. 430-431 for 431- 
 432. 317 
 
 [Royal Arnhs.] | ACTS and T^aws, | PasstKi by the (Jreat and 
 General Court or Assembly of his Ma- | jesty's Province of the Ma.s- 
 sachusetts-Bay in New England : | Begun and held at Boston, upon 
 Wednesday the twenty-sixth | Day of May, 1762. | [ColojJion.] iiV- 
 ton, N. E. I Printed by S. Kneeland, by Order of Ids Excellency the \ 
 Governor, Council and House of Representatives. | M,DCC,LXII. | 
 I Folio, pp. 433-436. 318 
 
 [Royal Arms.'] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Asseml)Iy of iiis Ma- | jesty's Province of the Mas-
 
 104 THE TOWER COIJ.ErTIOX. 
 
 sachusetts-Ray in Xew-Eiii;lan(l : | Bc<run and held at Boston, upon 
 AWHlncsday the twcnty-sixtli | Day of May, 17()'2. And continuwl by 
 Prorogations to Wed- \ nesday tlie eighth of .September foHowing, and 
 then met. | [Colophon.] Boston, N. E. \ Printed by 8. Kneeland, by 
 Order of Ills Excellency the | Governor, Council and Home of Represent^ 
 utives. \ M,DCC,LXir. | Folio, pp. 437-4:59. " 319 
 
 17B3 
 
 \_lloy(il Arms.'\ \ AC'T.S and Laws, | Pa.s.sed by the (ireat and 
 General Court or Assembly of his Majesty's | Province of the Mas- 
 saehusetts-Hay in New-England : Begun and | held at Boston, ujion 
 Wednesday the twenty-sixth Day of May, | 17(j2. and continued In- 
 Prorogations to Wednesday the twelfth | of January folloAving, and 
 then met. | [Colophon.] Boston, N. E. Prhded by S. Kneeland, by 
 Order of his E.rcellency | the Governor, Council and House of Repre- 
 sentatives. 1763. I Folio, pp. 441-444. 320 
 
 [Royal Arms.'] | jVCTS and I^aws, | Passed l>y the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of his | Majesty's Province of the Massjt- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England : | Begun and held at Boston, ujjon 
 Wednesday the twenty- | fifth Day of May, 17()."). | [Colophon.] Bos- 
 ton : X. E. I Printed by S. Kneeland, by Order of His E.vcellency the \ 
 Governor, Council and Hoiuie of Representatives. | M,DCC,LXIII. | 
 Folio, i)p. 445-450. 321 
 
 17G4 
 
 [Royal Anns.] | At'TS and Laws, | I'assed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of his Ma- | jesty's Province of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay in New-England : | Begun and lield at Boston, upon ^^'ednesday 
 the twenty-fifth | Day of May 17().'l, and continued by Prorogations to 
 Wed- I nesday the twenty-sect)nd Day of December next, and then met. 
 I [Colophon.] Boston: N. E. \ Printed by S. Kneeland, by Order of 
 His E.reellency the | Governor, Council and House of Representatives. \ 
 M,DCC,LXlV. i Folio, pp. 451-455. " 322 
 
 [Royal Arms.] | ACTS and Laws, | Passwl by the Great and General 
 Court or ^\.ssembly of his Majesty's | Pntvince of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay in New-England : Begun | and held at Concord, upon ^\'ednes- 
 day the thirtieth Day of | May, 17(i4. | [Colophon.] Boston: \ Printeil
 
 M.\-SSACHUSETTS. 105 
 
 by tS. Knecland, by Order of Hk Excellency the Governor, \ Council and 
 House of RepreisenUitives. MDCCLXIV. | Folio, pp. 457-458. 32.3 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ AN ACT of Parliament, | Passed in the Sixth 
 Year of the Reign of His Majesty | King George the Second. 17;}-"}. | 
 [Bodoii: 1764.] Folio, pp. 45.9-477. -324 
 
 This "Act for the better securing and encouraging the Trade of His Majesty's 
 Sugar Colonies in America" is followed, with a new heading, on page 464 hy "An 
 Act [passed in 1764] for granting certain Duties in the British Colonies and Planta- 
 tions in America," &c., better known as the Stamp Act. Pages 460 and 461 are mis- 
 numbered 160 and 161, and 462 is misnumbered 164. 
 
 [Royal Anns.'] \ ACTS and I^aws, | Passed by the (ireat and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Ma- | jesty's Province of the Massaehu.setts- 
 Bay, in New-England : | Begun and held at Concord, upon Wednesday 
 the thirtieth Day | of May, 1764. And continued by sundry Proroga- 
 tions to I Thursday the eighteenth Day of October following, and then 
 I met at Boston. | [Colophon.] Boston: Printed by S. Kneeland, by 
 Order of His Excellency the | Governor, Council and House of Repre- 
 sentatives. 1764. I Folio, pp. 479-480. 325 
 
 1765 
 
 [Royal Amis.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly | of His Maje.sty's Province of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay I in New- England : Begun and held at Concord | in the County 
 of Middlesex, upon Wednesday tlie | Thirtieth Day of May, 1764, 
 and from thence | continued by sundry Prorogations to ^\' wines- 
 day the I Ninth Day of January following, and then met at | Boston 
 in the County of Suffolk. | [Colophon.] Boston; Xew-Enijland : | 
 Printed by Richard and Samuel Draper, and Green and Russell, \ Print- 
 ers to the Government. 1765. | Folio, pp. 481-489. 326 
 
 [Royal Anns.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passetl by the Great and General 
 Court or Assenil)ly | of His Majesty's Province of Ma.ssichu.-fetts- 
 Bay in | New-P^ngland : Begun and held at Boston, in the | County 
 of Suffolk, ui)on Wwlnesday the Twenty- | ninth Day of May, 1765. 
 I [Colophon.] Boston: Printed by Richard and Samitel Draper, and \ 
 Green and Russell, Printers to the Government. 1765. | Folio, pp. 491- 
 497. 327
 
 106 THE T0\VF:K ("OLT.ECriON. 
 
 [Royal Aniu^.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Tas-scKl hv tlie Great and Gonoral 
 Court or Assembly | of His Majesty's Province of Ma-ssiiehusetts-lJay 
 in I Xew-England : Begun and held at Boston, in tlie | County of 
 Suffolk, upon Wednesday the Twenty-ninth Day of May, J7(io ; and 
 continued by Pro- | rogations unto A\'ednesday the Twenty-fiftii Day 
 of I September, and then met. | [Bonton: 1765.] Folio, pp. 4i»!t-o00. 
 
 328 
 
 \_Royal Anns.'] | ACTS and I^aws, | Passe<l b)- the (ircut and 
 General Court or Assembly | of His Majesty's Province of Massachu- 
 setts-Bay in I Xew-England : licgun and held at Boston, in the | 
 Countv of Suffolk, upon Wednesday the Twenty- | ninth Day of May, 
 1705 ; and continued by I'ro- | rogations unto Wetlncsday the fifteenth 
 Day of I January, 1766, and then met. | [Colophon.'] Boston: \ Printed 
 by Richard and Samuel Draper, and Green and Rmnell, Prin(ern | fo 
 the Gocermnmt. 1766. | Folio, pp. 501-503. 329 
 
 [Royal Anns.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly | of His Majesty's Province of Ma.ssachusetts- 
 Bay in | New-England : Begun and held at Boston, in the | County of 
 Suffolk, upon Wednesday the Twenty- | eighth Day of May, 1766. | 
 [Boston: 17 GC).] Folio, p. 505. 330 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ AN ACT of Parliament | Pa.ssed in the Sixth Year 
 of the Reign of His Majesty | King George the Third. 1766. | [Colo- 
 phon.] Boston : \ Printed by Richard and tSamucl Draper, and Green 
 and Riniscll, \ Printers to the Government. 1766. | Folio, pp. 507-518. 
 
 331 
 
 The act repealing the Stamp Act and the " Indemnifying Act." 
 
 [Royed Anns!] \ ACTS and Laws, | Pa-ssed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of His | Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay, in New-Eng- | land : I5egun and held at Boston, upon W'wlnes- 
 day the ] twenty-eighth Day of May 1766 ; and from thence con- | 
 tinned by several Prorogations to Wtnlnesday the twenty- | ninth of 
 October following, and then met. | [Colophon.] Boston : \ Printed by 
 Richard and Samuel Draper, ami Green and Ru-viell, \ I'rinters to the 
 Government. 1766. | Folio, pp. 519-521. 332
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 107 
 
 ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General Court or 
 
 Assembly | of His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, 
 
 I in New-England: January 17f)6. [1767.] | ^Colophon.] Boston: 
 
 I Printed by Richard Draper, and Crreen ami Russell, \ Printers to the 
 
 Government. 1767. | Folio, pp. .52;}— 530. 33'"5 
 
 [Roi/al Arms.'] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly | of His Majesty's I'rovince of the ^las- 
 sachusetts-Bay | in Xew-England : Begun and held at Boston, in | the 
 County of Suffolk, upon Wednesday the Twen- | ty-sevcnth of ^lay, 
 1767. I [Colophon.] Boston, Neir-Enylund. | Printed by Richard 
 Draper, John Green, and Joseph \ Russell, Printers to tlw Government. 
 1767. I Folio, pp. .531-534. 334 
 
 The first session of 1767-68. In the regular issue of this sheet is Xxxx, but some 
 copies were issued Vvvv ; both varieties are in this set. 
 
 IRoyal Anns.] | ^\_X ACT of Parliament, | Passed in the Seventh 
 Year of the Reign of Our | Sovereign Lord George the Third. | [^Bos- 
 ton: 1767.] Folio, pp. 535-542. 335 
 " An Act for granting certain Duties in the British Colonics and Plantations in 
 America," &c. 
 
 1768 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or .Vsscmbly | of the Province of Massachusetts- Bay, in 
 New- I England, l)egun and held at Boston, the Twenty- | seventh Day 
 of May 1767, and contiiuuHl l)y sc- | veral Prorogations to Wednesday 
 the 30th of De- | cember (blluwing, and then met. | [Colophon.] Bos- 
 ton ; New-England, \ Printed by Richard Draper, and Green & Russell, 
 Printers \ to the Government, 1768. | Folio, pp. 54.3-548. 336 
 
 [Royal Arms.] | ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and 
 
 General Court or Assembly | of the Province of Massachusetts, Bay. 
 
 in New- | England, l)egun and held at Boston, tiie Twenty- | titth 
 
 Day of May, 1768. | [Colophon.] Boston; N. E. \ Prinied by Richard 
 
 Draper, and Green and Russell, Printers | to the Government. 1768. | 
 
 Folio, p. 549-560. 337 
 
 The first session of 1768-69, with an Act of Parliament " to amend .... An Act 
 for repealing certain duties in the British Colonics," &c., on pp. oo9-500.
 
 108 THE TOWER COLLECTION, 
 
 1770 
 
 [Roi/al Anihs.'] \ ACTS and Ijaws, | Passwl by tlie (iroat and 
 General Court or Assemhl)' | of the Province of Massachusetts- Hay in 
 New- I Enu;land, heguu and held at Boston, upon Wednesday | tlie 
 Thirty-first Day of May, 1 769, from thence | continued by sundry Pro- 
 rogations to Tlmrsday the | Fiftccntli Day of Marcli foHowing, and 
 then met | at Cambridge in the County of Middlesex. [('oloplton.'\ 
 T>nt<(o)i : I Printed by Bichdrd Draper, and Green & Rituxel/, \ Prhdem 
 to the Government. 1770. | Folio, pp. r,(Jl-.'J68. 338 
 
 \_Eoyal ArniH.I \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and 
 (ieneral Court or Assembly of | the Province of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay in New- ] England : Begun and Held at Harvard-College in | 
 Cambridge, on Wetlnesday the Thirtieth Day of | May, 1770, and 
 continued by sundry Prorogations | unto AVwlncsday the Twent}- -sixth 
 Day of September | following, and then met. | [Co/o/j/iori.] Bodon: 
 Printed by Richard Draper, and Green & | A'lW.sr//, Printers to tlie 
 Government. 1770. | Folio, pp. 509-575. 339 
 
 1771 
 
 [Royal Anns.'] | ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly | of His Majesty's Province of the Massa- 
 chusetts- I Bay in New-England : Begun and held at Cam- | bridge, 
 in the County of Middlesex, upon Wedncs- | day tlu; Thirtieth Day of 
 May, 1770; and conti- | nued I)y sundry Prorogations unto Wednes- 
 day the I Third Day of April Iblhjwing, and then met. | [Colophon.'] 
 Boston, N. E. Printed by Richard Drn- | per, and Green and Russell, 
 Printers to the Go- \ vernmeid. 1771. | Folio, pp. 577-563 for 589. 340 
 
 The second session of 1770-71. Page 585 to 589 are niisnumbered 558 to 563. 
 
 [Royal Ai-ms.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of | His Majesty's Province of the Massa- 
 chusetts- I Bay, in New-England : Begun and held at Cam- | bridge 
 in the County of Middlesex, upon Wed- | ncsday the twenty-ninth 
 Day of May 1771. | [Bodon: 1771.] Folio, pp. 591-599. 341 
 
 1772 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of | His Majesty's Province of Massachu-
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. ] 09 
 
 setts-Bay in | New-Enirland : Begun and lield at Canil)ridge | upon 
 Wednesday the Twenty-iiiiitli Day of May | 1771, and ajntinued by 
 sundry Prorogations to | Wednesday the Ninth Day of April 1772, 
 and I tiien met. | \_Colophoii.1 Boaton, New-Ewjlnnd : \ Printed by 
 Rlchurd Draper, and Green and RasaeU, | Prlniern to the Government. 
 17712. I Folio, pp. 601-606. 342 
 
 \_lioyal Aniu'i.'] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passetl by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly | of His Majesty's Province of Ma.ssa- 
 ehusetts-Bay in | New-England : Begun and held at Cambridge | upon 
 Wednesday the Twenty-seventh Day of May | 1772, and adjouriKHl to 
 Boston the 11th of .June. | [Co/oy^/iou.] Bodon: \ Printed hy lliehard 
 Draper, and Green <C" | RiusHeU, Printers to the Government. 1772 ( 
 Folio, ])p. 007-623. 343 
 
 1773 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His | Majesty's Province of Ma.ssa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England : | Begun and held at Cambridge upon 
 Wednesday the Twenty- | seventh Day of May 1772, and continued 
 by Adjourn- | ment to Boston and several Prorogations to the 6th of | 
 January 1773, and then met. | [Colophon.'] Boston, | Printed by 
 Richard Draper, and Green and Russell, Printers to the | Government. 
 [1773.] I Folio, pp. 625-642. 344 
 
 The second session of 1772-73. In some copies page 040 wiis misnumbered 140. 
 This set contains both tlie corrected and the misprinted pages. 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ ACTS and I.,aws, | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Asseml)ly | of His Majesty's Province of the Massii- 
 chusetts- I Bay, in New-England : Begun and held at Boston, | upon 
 Wednesday the Twenty-sixtii Day of May, | 1773. | [Colophon.] 
 Bosto)i, New- England : \ Printed by Richard Draper, and Green and 
 Rns-'icll, I Printers to the Government. [1773.] | Folio, pp. 643-650. 
 
 345 
 1774 
 
 [Royal Arms.] | ACTS and Laws, | i'as.setl by the Groat and 
 General Court or Assembly | of His Majesty's Province of the Mas- 
 sachusetts-Bay, I in New-England : Begun and held at Boston upon | 
 Wednesday the twenty-sixth Day of May 1773, | and continueil l)y
 
 no THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 siiiidrv Prorogations to Wednes- | day the 26th of January following, 
 and then met. | [Colophon.'] Boston: Printed by Richanl Draper, and 
 Green \ ami Etumell, Printers to the Government. 1774. | P'olio, pp. 
 60I-666. 34f) 
 
 [Boi/al Anns."] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Asseni- | bly of the Province of Massachusetts-Bay, 
 in I Xew-England, begun and held at Boston, upon | Wednesday the 
 Twenty-fifth Day of May 1774, | from thence continued by Adjourn- 
 ment to Tues- I day the Seventh Day of June following and | then met 
 at Salem, in the County of J^ssex. | [ C hlophon.~\ Boston : Printed by 
 Draper, Green and Russell, \ Printers to the Government. [1774.] | Fo- 
 lio, pp. 667-670. 347 
 The first session of 1774 and the hist of tlie Colonial Assemhly. 
 
 1774 
 
 [^Royal Arms.'] \ AN ACT of Parliament | Passe<l in the Fourteenth 
 
 Year of the Reign of His | Majesty King George the Thii-d. 1774. | 
 
 [Boston: 1774.] Folio, pp. 671-679. 348 
 
 "An Act for the better regulating of the Government of the Province of the 
 llassachusetts-Baj'. " 
 
 1780 
 
 A I COXSTITUTIOX | or | Frame of Government, | Agreed upon 
 by the Delegates of the People of the State of | Massachusetts-Bay, | 
 in I Convention. | Begun and held at Cambridge on the First of Septem- 
 ber, 1779. I And I Continued by Adjournments to the Se<-ond of March, 
 1 780. I To be submitted to the Revision of their Constituents in Order 
 
 I to the compleating of the same, in Conformity to their Amend- | 
 ments, at a Session to be held for that Puqjose, on the First | Wednes- 
 day in June next ensuing. | Boston: State 0/ Jlassachusetts Bay, \ 
 Printed by Benjamin Edes & Sam, in State-Street. \ M,DCC,LXXX. 
 
 I 8vo. 349 
 
 Collation : 'Half-title, 1 leaf; Title, 1 leaf; text, pp. 5-53. The Half-title reads: 
 A I Constitution | or | Frame of Governmkxt, | Agreed upon by the Dele- 
 gates OF THE People of the State of | Massachusetts-Bat. | Bound with it is : 
 An I Address | of the | Convention | For Framing | a new | Constitution of 
 Government, | for the state of | Massachusetts-Bay, | to their | Constitu- 
 ents. I Boston: | Printed by White and Adams, next Door \ to the Cromwell' s-Head- 
 Tavem, in School \ Street. M,DCC,LXXX. | 8vo. pp. 18.
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 1 1 1 
 
 THE I PERPETUAL Laws | of the | Commonwealth | of | Mas- 
 sachusetts, I From the Commencement of the Constitution, | In Octo- 
 ber, 1780, I To the last Wednesday in May, 1789. | To which are 
 prefixed, | The Declaration of Independence, the .Vrticles | of Confed- 
 eration, the Constitution of the | Commonwealth, the Treaty of Peace, 
 between | Great-Britain and America, and the Constitu- | tion of the 
 United States. | Published by Order of the General Court. | \^Anm of 
 J/a.s.sac/) K.sc^fe.] | Boston : | Printed by Adams and Xoiirsc, \ Printers to 
 the Hononrabk General Court. \ M,DCC,LXXXIX. \ Folio. 350 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 loaf; The Declaration, pp. (4); Articles of Confederation, pp. 
 3-7 ; Constitution of Massachusetts, pp. 9-27 ; Treaty of Peace, pp. 29-34 ; Constitu- 
 tion of the United States, pp. .35-48; Laws, pp. 1-495; 1 p. blank; Index pp. i-vi. 
 
 TEMPORARY LAWS. 
 
 1742 
 
 TEMPORARY | Acts and Laws | Of His Majesty's | Province 
 I of the I Massachu.settsBay | in | New-England. | \_Roij(d Arms.'] \ 
 Boston, N. E. \ Printed and Sold by Samuel Kneeland and Timothy 
 Green, \ by Order of His Excellency the Governour, Council and \ 
 House of liepresentatives. MDCCXLII. | Folio. 3ol 
 
 Collation : Title, 1 p. ; Authorization, 1 p. ; Table (to p. 74), pp. 4 ; Table (to p. 
 205), pp. 4; text, pp. 1-74. 
 
 1743 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ An ACT, | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Province | of the Massachusetts- 
 Bav in New- England: Begun and Held at Boston upon | Wednesday 
 the twenty si.xth Day of May 1742. And contiinied by Ad- | journ- 
 ments and Prorogations unto Thursday the thirty first of March fol- 
 lowing. I [Colophon.] Boston, N. E. \ Printed ami Sold by Samuel 
 Kneeland and Timothy Green, by Order \ of His E.vcellency the Gov- 
 ernour, Council, and House of \ Representatives. MDCCXLIII. | 
 Folio, pp. 75-76. 352 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by tlie (ireat and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Province | of the Mas- 
 sachusetts-Bay in New-England: Begun and Held at Boston upon |
 
 112 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 Wednesday the twenty-fifth Day of May 174:5. | [Colophon.] Bofs- 
 fon, N. E. I Printed and >So!d by Samuel Kneeland and Titnothi/ (Ireen, 
 by Order | of Hit Exce/leney the Govemour, Coundt, and House of \ 
 Representciiives. MDCCXLIII. | Folio, i)p. 77-81. 353 
 
 \_Royal Arms.'] \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by tlie Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Province | of the Massa- 
 cliiisetts-Bay in New- England : Begun and Held at Boston upon | 
 \\'ednesday the twenty-fifth Day of May 1743, and continued by Ad- 
 I journment to Thursday the eighth Day of September following. | 
 [('oloplion.'] Bonton: N. E. | Printed and Sold by Samuel Knee/and 
 and Timothy Green, by \ Order of His Exeelleucy the Gorernour, 
 Couneil, and House \ of Represertlativeit. MDCCXLIII. | Folio, jjj). 
 8.".-89. 354 
 
 [Royal Arms.'] \ AN ACT | Passed by the Great and General Court 
 or Assembly of His Majesty's Province | of the Massachusetts- l?ay in 
 New-England : Begun and held at Boston upon | Wednesday the 
 twenty-fifth Day of May 1743, and continued by Ad- | journment to 
 Thursday the eighth Day of September following. | [Boston : S. Knee- 
 laml and T. Green. 174*3] | Folio, p. 83. 355 
 
 [Royal Anii.'i.] | ACTS and Laws | Passed by the (Jreat and 
 General Cotn-t or Assembly of His Majesty's Province | of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England : Begun and Held at Boston upon | 
 Wednesday the twenty-fifth Day of May 1743, and continued by 
 Adjourn- | ment and Prorogation to Thursday the twentieth of October 
 following. I [('olophon.] Boston: A\ E. | Printed and Sold by Samuel 
 Kneeland ami Timothy Green, by Order | of His E.rcAleney the Gov- 
 emour, Council and House of \ Representatives. MDCCXLIII. | 
 Folio, pp. 91-97. 356 
 
 1744 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ AN ACT | Passed by the Great and General Court 
 or Assembly of His Majesty's Province | of the Massachusetts-Bay in 
 New-England : Begun and held at Boston upon | Wednesday the 
 twenty-fifth Day of May 1743, and continued by Adjourn- | ment 
 and Prorogations to Wednesday the eighth Day of February following. 
 I [Colo/jhon.] Boston: N. E. \ Printed and Sold by Samuel Kneeland
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 113 
 
 anrl Thnnthii Orfcn, by Order \ of Hm Excellrncy ihe Govrrnour, Coun- 
 cil and House of \ Representativejs. MDCCXLIII. [1743-4.] | Folio, 
 pp. 99-109. 3")7 
 
 [^lioyal Antis.'] \ AC"1\S iiiul I>a\vs | Passal hy the (Jreut and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Province | of tiie Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England : Begun and held at Boston, ujion | 
 AVednesday tlic thirtieth Day of May 1744. | [C'oloithon.'] Boston: \ 
 Printed <tnd Sold tnj Samuel Kueeland and Tiinothi/ (Ireen, by Order | 
 of kis Excellency the Governour, Council and House of | Reprenenialives. 
 MDCCXLIV. I Folio, pp. 111-124. 358 
 
 [Royal Arms.~\ \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Province | of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England : Begun and Held at Boston u])on | 
 Wednesday tiie thirtieth Day of May 1744, and continued iiy Adjourn- 
 ment I to Thursday tlie ninth Day of .\ugust foliowing. | [< hlojduni.^ 
 Boston: Printed by Samuel Kveeland antJ Timothy Green, | by (}r<ler of 
 His Excellency the Governour, Council and House of \ Represcntalires. 
 MDCCXLIV. I Folio, pp. 125-127. " 359 
 
 \_Royrd Arms.'] | ACTS and I^aws, | Passefl by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Province | (tf tiie Ma.s.sv- 
 chusetts Bay in New-England : Begun and Held at Boston upon | 
 Wednesday the tliirtietii Day of May 1744, and continued I>y .Vdjourn- 
 mcnt I and Pronigations to the tentii Day of October foliowing. | 
 \('hlophon^ Boston: Printed fry Samuel Knee/and a uil Timothy Green, 
 I by Order of His Excellency the Gorernour, Council aiid House of | 
 Reprcucntativcs. MDCCXLIN'. | Folio, pp. 229-135. 360 
 
 Pages 129 to 132 were misnumbered 229 to 232. 
 
 1 74.> 
 
 \_Royal Arms.'] \ ACTS and I>aws, | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Province | of fiie Massa- 
 chusetts-Hay in New-England : Bcgiui and held at Boston upon | 
 A\'cducsday the tiiii'tictli Day of .May 1741, and continued by .Vdjourn- 
 I iiicnt and Prorogations to AVednesday the twenty-eighth Dav of 
 November | following. | [f^olophon.] Boston : Printed by Samuel Knee-
 
 114 THE TOWER CX)LLECnON. 
 
 kind aud Timothy Green, \ by Order of His Excellency the Governonr, 
 Council, and Home | of Representativen. 1745. | Folio, pp. 137-158. 
 
 361 
 
 [Royal Arms.'l \ ACTS and Laws, | Pa.s.secl by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Proviuoe | of the Ma.ssa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New- England : B^iin and Held at Boston upon | 
 Wednesday the twenty-ninth Day of May 1745. | [^Colophon. 'j Box- 
 ton: Printed and Sold by Samuel Kneelund and Timothy \ Green, by 
 Ordet- of His Excellency the GoveiTWur, Council and \ House of Rep- 
 resentcdices. MDCCXLA^ | Folio, pp. 159-171. 362 
 
 [Royal Arms.^ \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Province | of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England : Begun and Held at Boston upon | 
 Wednesday the twenty-ninth Day of May 1 745. And continued by Ad- 
 I joumment to Wednesday the seventeenth Day of July following. | 
 [Colophon.'\ Boston: Printed and Sold by Samuel Kneeland and Timo- 
 thy I Green, by Order of His Excellency the Governour, Council and \ 
 House of Representatires. MDCCXLV. | Folio, pp. 173-176. 363 
 
 [Royal Arms.'] | AN ACT | Passed by the Great and General Court 
 or Assembly of His Majesty's Province | of the Massachusetts- Bay in 
 New- England : Begun and held at Boston upon | M'edncsday tiie 
 twenty-ninth Day of May 1745. And continued by | Adjournments 
 and Prorogations to A\'edncsday the thirtieth Day of October | follow- 
 ing. I [Boston: S. Kneeland and T. Green. 1745.] | Folio, p. 177. 
 
 364 
 1746 
 
 [Royal Arms.'] \ ACTS and Laws | Pa.ssed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Province | of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay in New-England : Begun and held at Boston upon | ^\'cdnes- 
 day the twcuty-ninth Day of May 1745. And continuctl by | Ad- 
 journments and Prorogations to Wednesday the eleventh Day of 
 Decemljer | following. | [Colophon.] Boston: X. E. Printed and Sold 
 by Samuel Kneeland and \ Timothy Green, by Order of His Excellency 
 the Governour, \ Council and House of Representatives. MDCCXLVI. 
 I Folio, pp. 179-190. 365
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 115 
 
 [^Royal Armn.'] \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and 
 (ienerdl Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Province | of" the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England : Begun and held at Boston upon | 
 Wetlncsday the twenty-eighth Day of May 1746. | [^Colophon.'] Bos- 
 ton: Printed by .Samuel KneeUind ami TinwtUy Green, \ by Order of 
 Hix Excellency the Governour, Council and Houne | of Representative's. 
 MDCCXLVI. I Folio, pp. 191-201. 366 
 
 [Eoyal Arnut.'] | AN ACT | Passed by the Great and General Court 
 or Assembly of His Majesty's Province | of the Ma.s.sachusetts-Bay in 
 Xew-England : Begun and held at Boston upon | ^\'ednesday the 
 twenty-eighth of ]\Iay 1746. ,Vnd continued by -\.djourn- | ments to 
 Mondaythefourthof August following. | \^Colophon.^ Boston: | Printed 
 and Sold, by S. Kneeland and T. G-reen, by Order of the | Governour, 
 Council and Representalives. MDCCXLVI. | Folio, pp. 2U;3— 20o. 
 
 367 
 
 [Royrd Arms.'\ \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and 
 (Jeneral Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Province | of the Ma.ssa- 
 chusetts Bay in New- England: Begun and held at Boston upon | 
 Wednesday the twenty-eighth of May 1746. And continued by 
 Adjourn- | ments to M'cdnesday the twenty-seventh of August fol- 
 lowing. I l^Colophon-l Boston : | Printed and Sold by S. Kneeland and 
 T. Green, by Order of the \ Governour, Council and Represaitatives. 
 MDCCXLVL I Folio, pp. 207-214. 368 
 
 [Royal Arnh'i.'] \ AN ACT | Passetl by tlie Great and General 
 Court or jVssembly of His Majesty's Province | of the Massachu- 
 setts-Bav in New-England : Begun and iicld at Boston, upon | 
 ^^'ednesday the twenty-eighth of ilay 1746. And coutinuetl by Ad- 
 journ- I nicnts to Thursday the sixth of November following. | [Colo- 
 phon.'\ Boston : | Printed and Sold by S. Kneeland and T. Green, by 
 Order of the \ Governour, Council and Representatives. MDCCXLVI. 
 I Folio, pp. 21.J-218. 369 
 
 [Roytd Aniui.'] \ ACTS and I^aws | Pa.ssetl by the (Jreat and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Pro- | vince of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England : Begun and held at | Boston upon
 
 116 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 Wwliiesday the twenty-eighth Day of May 1746. And con- | tinned 
 by Adjonnnncnt!? to Wwlnc-sday the twenty fonrth Day of Decern- | her 
 following. I [(h/ajjltoit.'] Boston: N. E. \ Printed and Sold by S. Kncc- 
 Idiid and T. Green, by Order of the | Governour, Council and Reprc- 
 sn,t(diees. MDCCXLVI. | Folio, pp. 219-228. 370 
 
 1747 
 
 {Royal Arms.'] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the (ireat and 
 General Conit or Assembly of His Majesty's Provinee | of the Massa- 
 ehnsetts-Bay in New-England : Begun and Held at Boston, upon | 
 Wednesday the twenty-eighth Day of May 1746, and continned by | 
 Adjoni-nnients to Thursday the sixteenth Day of April following. | 
 l^Volophon.'] Boston: N. E. \ Printed and Sold by Samuel Kneeland 
 and Timothy Green, by Order \ of the Governour, CoutuAI and liepre- 
 sentaiives. \ MDCCXLVII. | Folio, pp. 229-241. 371 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great anri 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Provinee | of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England : Begun and held at Boston upon | 
 Wednesday the twenty- seventh Day of May 1747. | [(Ailophon.] 
 Boston : N. E. Printed and Sold by Samuel Kneeland and \ Timothy 
 Greai, by Order of the Gorernour, Council and \ House of Reprewnta- 
 tives. MDCCXLVII. | Folio, pp. 24.3-249. 372 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court (U- A.ssembly of His Majesty's Provinee | of the Massa- 
 chusetts-liay in New-England : Begun and Held at IJoston upon | 
 Wednesday the twenty-seventh Day of May 1747, and continued by 
 I Adjournments to Wednesday the twelfth Day of August following. | 
 [Co/oj/hon.] Boston: iV. E. \ Printed and Sold by Samuel Kneeland 
 and Timothy Green, hy \ Order (f Hin Excellency the Governour, 
 Council and House \ of Representf dives. MDCCXL\"I1. | Folio, pp. 
 251-254. ;}73 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ AN ACT | Passed by the (ireat and General Court 
 or Assembly of His Majesty's Province | of the Massachusetts- Bay in 
 New-England : Begun and held at Boston ujion | ^\'ednes(lay the 
 twenty-seventh Day of May 1747, and continued by | .Vdjournments
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 117 
 
 and Prorogation to Wednesday tlie fotirteentli Day of October | follow- 
 ing. I [Cb/oy^/(o;j.] Boston: N. E. \ Printed and Sold by Samuel Knee- 
 land and Timothy Green, by \ Order of the Goverriour, Council and 
 House of Bepresm- \ tcdiven. MDCCXLVII. | Folio, ])i>. 255-258. 
 
 374 
 1748 
 
 [Royal Arins.'] \ AN ACT | Passed by the Great and General Court 
 or Assembly of His Majesty's Province | of the Massachusetts-Bay in 
 New-England : Begun and held at Boston upon | Wednesday the 
 twenty-seventh Day of May 1747, and continued by | Adjournments 
 and Prorogations to M'^ednesday the third Day of February | follow- 
 ing. I l^Colophon.^ Bodon: N. E. | Printed and Sold by S. Kneeland 
 and T. Green, by Order of the \ Governour, Council, and Home of 
 Represmtative.s. \ MDCCXLVIII. | Folio, pp. 259-261. 375 
 
 [Royal xinnx.'j | ACTS and Laws | Passed by tlic Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Province | of the Ma.ssa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England: Begun and held at Boston upon | 
 Wednesday the twenty-fifUi Day of May 1748. | [Colojjhon.^ Boston: 
 Printed and Sold by S. Kneeland and T. Green, by \ Order of His 
 Excellency the Governour, Council and House of \ Representatives. 
 MDCCXLVIII. 1 Folio, pp. 26:3-274. 376 
 
 [Royal Arms.'] \ ACTS and Laws | Passed l)y the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Pro- | vince of the ^lassa- 
 cluisetts-Bay in New-Kngland: Begun aud held at | Boston upon 
 Wednesday the twenty-fifth Day of May 1748, and conti- | nuetl 
 bv Prorogations to Wednesday the twenty-sixth Day of October I 
 following, and then met. | [Colophon.'] Boston: N. E. Printed and 
 Sold by S. Kneeland and T. Green, | by Order of His Excellency the 
 Governour, Council and House \ of Rejyresentative^. MDCCXLVIII. 
 I Folio, pp. 275-277. 377 
 
 [Royal Anns.] \ ACTS and Laws | I'assed l)y the Great and 
 (ileneral Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Pro- | vince of the Mas- 
 sachusetts-Bay in New-l'".iiglan<l : IJcgun and held at Boston | upon 
 Wednesday the tweuty-tiftli Day of May 1748, and continued by | 
 Prorogation and .\djouruments to Wednesday tlic twenty-first Day of 
 
 9
 
 118 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 I December folloM'ing, and then met. | [Volophon.l Bodon : Printed 
 and Sold by 8. Knedand and T. Green, \ by Order of His Excellency 
 the Governour, Council and House \ of Represcntx.divcs. MDCCXLVIII. 
 
 I Folio, pp. 279-283. 378 
 
 1749 
 [Royal Ai-ms.'] \ ACTS and I^aws ] Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Pro- | vince of the Massa- 
 ohnsetts-Bay in Xe«-P>ngland : Begun and held at | Boston upon 
 Wednesday tlie twenty-fifth Day of May 1748, and eon- | tinuitl l)y 
 Prorogation and ^Adjournments to Wednesday the fifth Day of | 
 April following, and tiien met. | [('olophon.'\ Boston: N. E. Printed 
 and Sold by 8. Kneeland and T. Green, \ by Order of His Excellency 
 the Govemour, Council, and House \ of Representatives. MDCCXLIX. 
 
 I Folio, pp. 285-286. 379 
 
 [Royal Anns.l | ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Maje.-^ty's Pro- | vinee of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England : Begun and held at | Boston upon 
 Wednesda}- the thirty-first Day of May 1749. | [Colo^^hon.'] Boston .- 
 I Printed and Sold by S. Kneeland and T. Green, by Order of the | 
 Govemour, Council and Representatives. MDCCXLIX. | Folio, pp. 
 287-295. 380 
 
 The acts of the second sossion of this asserahly occupy pp. 290-295. 
 
 [Royal Ai-nus.] \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Pro- | vince of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England : Begun and held at | Boston upon 
 Wednesday the thirty-first Day of May 1749. and conti- | nue<l by 
 sundry Prorogations to the twenty-second of November follow- | ing, 
 and then met. | [Coloj>linn.'] Boston: Printed and Sold by S. Kneeland 
 and T. Green. \ by Order of His Honour the Lieutenant Govemour, 
 Council I and House of Repi-esentatives. MDCCXLIX. | Folio, pp. 
 
 297-306. 381 
 
 1750 
 
 [Royal Aimus.l \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or ^Assembly of His Majesty's Pro- | vince of the Massa- 
 ehusett.s-Bay iu New-England : Begun and held at | Boston upon 
 Wednesday the thirty-first Day of May 1749, and conti- | nued by Sim- 
 dry Prorogations and an Adjournment to the twenty-second | Day of
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 119 
 
 February followiiijr, and then met. [Colophon.l Bo-Hion : N. E. Printed 
 and Sold btj >S. Knedand and T. \ Green, by Order of Hus Exedlency 
 the Governour, Council \ and House of Represeniatives. MDCCL. | 
 Folio, pp. 307-315. 382 
 
 [Royal Ai'msJ\ \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Pro- | vinee of the Massacluisotts- 
 Bay in Xew-England : Begun and liciil | at Boston upon M'etlnestlay 
 the thirtieth Day of May 1750. | [^Colophon.'] Boston: N. E. Piinted 
 and Sold by S. Knedand and | T. Green, by Order of Hia Honour the 
 Lieidcnu)d Governour, \ Council and House of Represeidativets. MDCCL. 
 I Folio, pp.317-.322. 383 
 
 \^Royul Arni)i.'\ \ ACTS and Laws | Passetl by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Pro- | vince of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay in New-England : Begun and Held at | Boston upon Wednesday 
 the thirtieth Day of May 1750, and continued | by Prorogations to 
 Wednesday the twenty-sixth of September following. | [Boston : S. 
 Kneeland and T. Green, 1750.] Folio, pp. 33:3-342 for 323-332. 384 
 
 [Royal Ai-msJ] \ ACTS and Laws | Passed l)y the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's | Province of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in Xcw-England : Begun and Held | at Bostf>n upon 
 AVednesday the thirtieth Day of May 1750 ; and con- | tinned l)y Pro- 
 rogations to Thursday the tenth of January following. | [Colophon.'] 
 Boston : Printed and Sold by S. Kneeland and \ T. Green, by Order of 
 His Honour the Lieutenant- \ Governour, Council and House of Repre- 
 sentatives. 1750. I Folio, pp. 333-341. 385 
 
 1751 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ ACTS and Laws | Passed l)y the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's | Province of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England : Begun and Held | at Boston upon 
 Wednesday tlie thirtieth Day of May 1750 ; and con- | tinned by Pro- 
 rogations and Adjournment to Wetlnesday tlie twenty- | seventh Day of 
 March following. | [Colophon.] Boston: Printed and Sold by S. Knee- 
 land and I T. Green, by Order of His Honour the Lieutenant- ( Gov- 
 ernour, Council & House of Represcntaiives. 1751. | Folio, pp. 343- 
 346. 386
 
 120 THE TOWEK COLLECTION. 
 
 [Royal Arms.'] \ ACTS and I^aws | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's | Province of the Massi- 
 ehusetts-Bay in Xew-England : Begun and Held | at Boston upon 
 Wetbiesday the twenty-ninth Day of May 1751. | [Cb/opAon.] Bos- 
 ton : Printed and Sold by S. Kneelnnd and \ T. Green, by Order of Hin 
 Honour the Lieutenant- | Governour, Council <t House of Representatives. 
 1751. I Folio, pp. 347-354. 387 
 
 l^Royal Anm.'] \ AN ACT | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Province | of the Massachu- 
 setts-Bay in New-England : Begun and Held at Boston | upon 
 Wednesday the twenty-ninth Day of May 1751, and continued by | 
 Prorogation to Wednesday the sec-ond Day of October following. | 
 Boston : Printed and Sold by S. Kneeland and T. Green, by \ Order of 
 His Honour the Lieut. Governour, Council and House of \ Representa- 
 tives. 1751. I Folio, p. 355. 388 
 
 1752 
 
 l^Royal Anns.'] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Province | of the Masnji- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England : Begun and Held at Boston | upon 
 Wednesday the twenty-ninth Day of May 1751, and continual by | 
 Prorogations t<i Friday the twenty-seventh Day of Decemljer following. 
 I [C'o/o/j/iOH.] Boston: Printed and Sold by S. Kneeland and \ T. 
 Green, by Order of His Honour the Lieutenant | Governour, Council and 
 House of Representatives. 1752. | Folio, pp. 357-.362. 389 
 
 \_Royal Arms.'] | ACTS and Eaws, | Passed by the Gi-eat and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's | Province of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England : Begun and Held | at Concord in tiie 
 County of Middlesex, upon ^^'edues(lay the twenty- | seventh Day of 
 May, 1752. | [C'o/o/j/ioh.] Boston: Printed and Sold by S. Kneeland 
 and I T. Green, by Order of His Honour the Lieutenant- \ Governour, 
 Council & House of Represenkilives, 1752. | Folio, pp. .3()3-370. 390 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and 
 (icneral Court or Assembly of His Majesty's | Province of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England : Begun and Held | at Concord in the 
 County of Middlesex, upon Wednesday the twenty- | seventh Day of
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 121 
 
 May 1752. And continued by Prorogations to Wed- | ncsday the 
 twt'uty seoond Day of November Ibllowing, and then met | at Cam- 
 bridge. I [Colojjhon.] Boston: Printed and Sold by S. Knedand and \ 
 T. Green, by Order of His Honour the Lieutenant Gov- \ ernour, 
 Council and House of Represeniaiivea. 17o2. | Folio, pp. .371-.'i82. 391 
 
 17.)3 
 
 {Royal Arms:] \ AN ACT, | Paased by the Great and General Court 
 or Assembly of His Majesty's | Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in 
 New-England : Begun and lleld | at Concord in the County of Middle- 
 sex, upon Wednesday the twenty- ] seventh Day of May 1752. And 
 continuetl by Prorogations and | Adjournment, to Wednesday the 
 twentv-eighth Day of March following, | and then met at Boston. | 
 {Colophon.'] Boston: Printed and Sold by S. Knedand and \ T. Green, 
 by Order of His Honour the Lieutenant Go- \ vernour. Council and 
 House of Representatives. 1753. | Folio, pp. 383-389. 392 
 
 [Royal Anns.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Pa.ssetl by the Great and 
 Gencnd Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Pro- | %'ince of the 
 Massachusetts-Bay in New-England : Ik-gun and held at Btiston | 
 in the County of Suffolk, upon Wednesday the thirtieth Day of | May, 
 1753. I [Colophon.] Boston: Printed and Sold by S. Knedand and T. 
 I Green, by Order of His Honour the Lieut. Governour, \ Council, and 
 House of Representatives. 1753. | Folio, pp. 391-100. 393 
 
 [Royal vlrai.s.] | ACTS and Eaws, j Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Majesty's | Province of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay, in New-England : Begun and held | at Boston, in the County of 
 Suffolk, upon Wetlnesday the thirtieth Day | of May 1753. and con- 
 tinued l)y I Prorogations to Wednesday the fifth | Day of September 
 following, and then met. | [Colophon.] Boston : Printed and Sold by S. 
 Knedand and \ T. Green, by Order of the Governour, Council and \ 
 House of Repre-iodatives. 1753. | Folio, pp. 401-403. 394 
 
 1734 
 
 ACTS and Laws Passed by tiie Great and General Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesty's Proviuc-e of the Massachusetts-Bay in 
 New-England : Begun and held at Boston, in the County of Suffolk,
 
 122 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 upon Wednesday the thirtieth Day of May 1753, and continued to 
 Deconiber folluwiug. | \^Bonton: K Kneeland and T. Green. 1754.] '| 
 Folio, pp. 405—415. 395 
 
 Pages 405-409 and 413-414 arc missing. 
 
 \^Royal ^1 *•»!«.] I ACTS and Laws, | Pas.scd by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's | Province of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Kay, in New-England : Begun and held | at Boston, in tlie 
 County of Suffolk, upon Wedne^^day the thirtieth Day | of May 1 753, 
 and continuetl by Prorogations to Wctlnesday the twenty- | seventh 
 Day of Mardi following, and then met. | [^Boston : S. Kneeland and 
 T. Green. 1754.] | Folio, pp. 417-424. 396 
 
 [Royal Anns.l | ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Majesty's | Pro\ince of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay, in Xew-England : Begun and held | at Boston, in the County of 
 Suffolk, upon Wednesday the twenty -ninth | Day of May 1754, | 
 [Boston: S. Kneeland and T. Green. 1754.] | Folio, pp. 425^31. 397 
 
 [Royal Arms.'] \ AN ACT | Passed by the Great and General Court 
 or Assembly of His Majesty's | Province of the Massachusetts-Bay 
 in New- England : Begun and Held | at Boston in the County of Suf- 
 folk, upon Wednesday the twent}'- | ninth Day of May 1754, and con- 
 tinued by ^Vdjourument to | Thursday the nineteenth Day of Octo- 
 ber following. I [Boston: S. Kneeland and T. Green. 1754.] | Folio, 
 pp. 433-434. 398 
 
 [Royal Anns.] | AN ACT | Pas.sed by the Great and General Court 
 or Assembly of His Ma- | jesty's Province of the IMassachusetts-Bay 
 in New England : Begun | and Held at Boston upon Wednesday the 
 twenty-niuth Day of | May 1754. And continued by Adjournment 
 imto Thursday | the nineteenth Day of October following. | [Colo- 
 phon.] Boston : N. E. \ Printed by S. Kneeland, by Order of the Gov- 
 ernour, | Council and Home of Representatives. 1754. | Folio, pp. 
 435-442. 398* 
 
 [Royal Anns.] | ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Ma- | jesty's Province of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England : Be- | gun and held at Boston upon
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 123 
 
 Wednesflav the twenty-ninth | Day of May 1754. And continuwl 1)y 
 Adjourutnent uuto | Thursday the .si-venteenth Day of October fol- 
 lowing. I [Boston: S. Kneekiiid. 1754.] Folio, pp. 443-452. 399 
 
 1755 
 
 [Rcyyal ArmH.'\ \ AN ACT, | Passed by the Great and General Court 
 or Assembly of His Ma- | jesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay 
 in Xew-Eiigland : Be- | gun and held at Boston upon Wcnlncsday tiie 
 twenty-ninth | Day of May 1754. .\nd continutnl ))y .Vdjournmcnt 
 and Prorogation unto Wednesday the fifth Day of February | follow- 
 ing. I [ColophonJ] Boston: | Printed by S. Kneeland, by Order of the 
 Governour, Council \ and House of RepresentntivcH. 1755. | Folio, pp. 
 453-455. 400 
 
 TEMPORARY Acts and Laws | Of His Majesty's | Province | of 
 the I Massachusetts-Bay | in | Xew-England. | [Royal Anns?^ \ Bos- 
 ton, N. E. I Printed by Order of His Excellency the Govemour, | Coum-il 
 and Hoiuse of Representatives: \ And Sold by S. Kneeland in Quern- 
 Street. I 1755. I Folio. 401 
 
 Collation : Title, 1 p. ; Authorization, 1 p. ; Table, pp. 1-8 ; text, pp. 1-166. 
 
 [Royal Arms.'\ \ ACTS and Laws ] Pa.ssed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Ma- | jesty's Province of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay in New-England : Be- | gun and Held at Boston upon Wednesday 
 the twenty-eighth | Day of May 1755. | [Boston: S. Kneeland. 1755. | 
 Folio, pp. 1(57-174. 402 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ AN ACT | Passed by the Great and General Court 
 or Assembly of His Ma- | jesty's Province of the Ma.ssachusetts-Bay in 
 New-England : | Begun and Held at Boston upon Wednesday the 
 twentv-eighth | Day of May 1755, and continued by Prorogation to 
 AV'ednes- | day the sixth Day of August following. | [Boston : Printed 
 byS. Kneeland. 1755.] Folio, pp. 17.5-176. 403 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and (ieneral 
 Court or Assembly of His Ma- | jesty's Province of the Ma.ssachusctts- 
 Bay in New-England ; [ specially convened at Boston upon Friday the 
 fifth Day of Sep- | tember 1755. | [Colophon.] Bo.'<fon: | Printed by
 
 124 TIIK TOWER COIjLECTION. 
 
 8. KneelamJ, by Order of Hk Honour th^ Lieut. \ Governour, Council 
 and HouKc of RepresotlaiiirK. 1755. | Folio, j)]). 177-180. 404 
 
 [Roycd Arms.'] | ACTS and Lmvs | Passed by the Great and 
 (xcnoral Court or Assembly of His Ma- | jesty's Province of tlie Mas- 
 saeluisetts-]5ay in Xew-P]iijilaiul : Be- | gun and Held at Boston upon 
 Wednesday the twenty-eighth | Day of May 1755. And continue<l by 
 Prorogations to Wetl- | nesday the twenty-fourth Day of September 
 following, and | then met. | [Colojthon.l Boston: | Printed by H. Knee- 
 land, by Order of His Honour the Lieut. \ Governour, Council and 
 House of Representative.'}. 1755. | Folio, pp. 181-182. 405 
 
 [Royal Arms.l \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court of His i\ra- | jesty's Province of the Massaehusctts-Bay in New- 
 England : Be- I gun and Held at Boston upon AVednesday the twenty- 
 eighth I Day of May 1755. And continued by Prorogations and Ad- 
 I journmcnt to A\'e<lnesday the twenty-second Day of October | fol- 
 lowing. I [('oloplion.'] Bodon: \ Printed by S. Ktweland, by Order of 
 Hi.'i Honour the Lieut, j Governour, Council and House of Representa- 
 tives. 1755. I Folio, pp. 183-186. 406 
 
 [Royal Arnui.'] \ AN ACT | Passed by the Great and General Court 
 or Assembly of His Ma- | jesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in 
 New-England : Be- | gun and Held at Boston ujxin AA^Klnesday the 
 twenty-eighth | Day of May, 1755. And eontinuetl by sundry Proroga- 
 tions to I Wednesday the Eleventh Day of December following and then 
 I met. I [Colophon.] Boston: \ Printed by S. Kueeland, by Order of His 
 Honour the Lieut. \ Governour, Council and House of Representative.^. 
 1755. I Folio, pp. 187-176 for 188. 407 
 
 1756 
 
 [Royal Arms.] | ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Ma- | jesty's Province of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay in New-England : Be- | gun and Held at Boston upon Wednesday 
 the twenty-eightii Day | of May, 1755. And continued by sundry 
 Prorogations and | Adjotn-nment to Wednesday the Fourteenth Day of 
 January | following, and then met. | [Colophon.] Bo.ston : N. E. 
 Printed by H. Kneeland, by Order \ of the Governour, Council and 
 House of Represen- \ tatives. MDCCLVI. | Folio, pp. 189-220. 408
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 125 
 
 [Royal Anm.'] | ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Grtat and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Ma- | jcsty's Province of tlie Massachusetts- 
 Bay in New-England : Be- | <iun and Hold at J5oston upon W'cnlnesday 
 the twenty -eighth Day | of May 1755. And continuetl by sundry 
 Prorogations and | Adjournments to Tuesday the thirtieth Day of March 
 follow-- I ing, and then met. | [Cofopkon.^ Bodon : N. E. \ I'lintedby 
 8. Knedand, by Order of the Govemour, \ Council and House of Repre- 
 sentatives. MDCCLYI. I Folio, pp. 221-230. 409 
 
 [Royal Alius.'] | ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Ma- | jcsty's Province of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay in Xew-England : Be- | gun and Held at Boston upon ^\'odnes- 
 day the twenty-sixth Day ( of May 1756. | [Colophon.'] Boston: \ 
 Printed by S. Knedand, by Order of hi.f Honour the Lieut. \ Govemour, 
 Council and House of Representatives. 1756. | Folio, pp. 231-237. 
 
 410 
 
 [Royal Arms.] | ACTS and Laws | Pa.ssed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Ma- | jesty's Province of the Massachu.setts- 
 Bay in New-England : Be- | gun and Held at Boston upon AVcdnesday 
 the twenty-sixth Day | of May 1756. And continued by Proroga- 
 tions to the Eleventh | Day of August following, and then met. | 
 [Colophon.] Boston: N. E. \ Printed by S. Knceland, by Order of His 
 Excellency | the Govemour, Council and House of Rcpresen- | iatives. 
 1756. I Folio, pp. 239-240. 411 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ ACTS and I^aws | Passe<l by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Ma- | jesty's Province of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England : Be- | gun and Held at Boston, upon 
 Wednesday the twenty-sixth Day | of May 1756. And continued by 
 Prorogations and Adjourn- | meut, to the tifth Day of October follow- 
 ing, and then met. | [Colophon.] Boston: N. E. \ Printed by Samud 
 Kneeland, by Order of His Honour the | Lieut. Govemour, Council and 
 House of Rejjresen- \ tatives. 1756. | Folio, pp. 241-250. 412 
 
 1757 
 
 [Royal Anns.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Ma- | jesty's Province of the 
 Massachusetts-Bay in New-England : Be- | gun and Held at Boston,
 
 126 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 upon Wednesday the twenty-sixth Day | of May 1756. And continued 
 by sundry Proroj!:ations, to the | sixth Day of January following, and 
 then met. | '[Colophon.^ Boston: | Printed by Samufl Kncdand, by 
 Order of His Honour \ the Lieut. Govemour, Council and House of 
 Repre- \ aerdcdives. 1757. | Folio, 251-281. 413 
 
 [lioyal Anns.'\ | ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and 
 Greneral Court or Assembly of His Ma- | jesty's Province of the 
 Massachusetts-Bay in New-England : Be- | gun and Held at Boston, 
 upon Wednesday the twenty -sixth Day | of May 1750. And continued 
 by sundry Prorogations and | Adjournment, to the thirteenth Day of 
 March following, and | then met. | [('olophon.] Boston, N. E. \ Printed 
 by Order of Hi.i Majesty s Council and House of | Pepri'sentatiees. And 
 Sold byS. Kneeland \ in Queen-Street. 1757. | Folio, pp. 283-292. 414 
 
 [lioyal Arm.'^.'] | ACTS and Laws, | Passetl by the (ireat and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Ma- | jesty's Province of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England : Be- | gun and Held at Boston upon 
 Wednesday the twenty-fifth Day | of May 1757. | [Colophon. 1 Boston: 
 iV^ E. I Printed by Order of Hi.'i Majesty's Council and House of Repre- 
 I sentaiives, 1757. And Sold by S. Kneeland, in Queen-Street. \ Folio, 
 pp. 293-300. 416 
 
 [Royal Arms.'] \ ACTS and Laws, | Pa.ssed by the Great and 
 (Tcneral Court or Assembly of His Ma- | jesty's Province of the 
 Massachusetts-Bay in New- England : | Begim and Held at Boston 
 upon Wednesday the twenty-fifth | Day of May, 1757 : And continued 
 by Prorogations to the | sixteenth Day of August following, and then 
 met. I [Colophoii] Boston: | Printed by Order of His Excellency the 
 Govemour, Council | and House of Representatives. And Sold by S. 
 Kneeland | in Queen-Street. 1757. | Folio, pp. 301-318. 416 
 
 1758 
 
 [Royal Arms.'l \ ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Ma- | jesty's Province of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England : | Begun and Held at Boston, upon 
 Wednesday the twenty-fifth | Day of May 1757. And continued by 
 Prorogations to Wed- | nesday the twenty-third Day of November fol-
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 127 
 
 lowing, and | then met. | [Colophm.] Bodon, N. E. \ Printed by S. 
 Kneelanrl, by Order of Hvi Excellency \ the Governour, Council and 
 Home of Repre.sentative.s. \ 17o8. | Folio, pp. 319-339. 417 
 
 [Royal Anm.] | ACTS and Laws, | Pa.ssed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Ma- | jesty's Province of the Mas- 
 saehusetts-Bay in New-England : j Begun and Held at Boston, upon 
 Wednesday the twenty-fifth | Day of May 1757. And continued by 
 I'rorogations to Thui-s- | day the second Day of >[arch following, and 
 then met. | [('olophon.'] Bodon: Printed by S. Kneeland, by Order of 
 His Ex- I celleney the Governour, Council and Home of Bepresentatives. 
 I 1758. I Folio,"pp. 341-348. 418 
 
 [Royal Arms.l \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Ma- | jesty's Province of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in Xew-England : | Begun and Held at Boston, upon 
 Wetlnestlay the twenty-fifth | Day of ^lay 1 757. And continued by 
 Prorogations and Ad- | journment to Tuesday the eighteenth Day of 
 April following, | and then met. | [Colophon.'] Boston, X. E. \ Printed 
 by Samuel Kneeland, by Order of Hm Excellency \ the Governour, Coun- 
 cil, and House of Representa- \ tivcs. 1758. | Folio, pp. 349-354. 419 
 
 [Roijal Arms.'] \ ACTS and Laws, | Parsed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Ma- | jesty's Province of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay in New-England: | Begun and Held at Boston, upon 
 Wednesday the thirty -first | Day of May 1758. | [Colophon.] Boston: 
 N. E. I Printed by S. Kneeland, by Order of His Excellency the \ Gov- 
 ernour, Council, and House of Represenia- \ lives. 1758. | Folio, pp. 
 355-363. 120 
 
 [Royal Ai-ms.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Ma- | jesty's Province of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay in New-England : | Begun and Held at Boston, upon Wednesday 
 the thirty-first | Day of May 1758. And continued by sundry Proro- 
 gations I to the fourth Day of October following, and then met. | 
 [Colophon.] Boston: Printed by S. Kneeland, by Order of His | &- 
 celleney the Governour, Council, and House of Re- \ presentaiives. 1758. 
 I Folio, pp. 36.5-366. 421
 
 128 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 1750 
 
 \^Royal Anm.'] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Ma- | jesty's Province of the Mas- 
 sachusetts-Bay in New-England : | Begun and Held at Boston, upon 
 Wednesday tlie thirty-first | Day of May 1758. And continuwl \>y 
 sundry Prorogations to | Friday the twenty-ninth Day of December 
 following, and then | met. | [Colophon.'\ Boston : N. E. Printed by S. 
 Knedaml, by Onlcr \ of His Excellency the Govemour, Council and 
 Home of | Representatives. 1759. | Folio, pp. 367-372. 422 
 
 [Royal Arm.'i.'\ \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of His Ma- | jesty's Province of the Mas- 
 sachusetts-Bay in Xew-England : | Begun and Held at Boston, upon 
 Weilnesday the tiiirty-first | Day of May 1758. And C()ntinue<l by 
 sundry Prorogations to | Wednesday the twenty -eigiith Day of Feb- 
 ruary following, and I then met. | \C'olophon.~\ Boston: N.E. \ Printed 
 by 8. Kneeland, by Order of His Excellency \ the Govemour, Council, and 
 House of Repre- | sentative.s. 1759. | Folio, pp. 373-394. 423 
 
 [Royal Anna.] \ AX ACT, | Passetl by the Great and General Court 
 or Assembly of His Ma- | jesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay 
 in New-England : | Begun and Held at Boston, upon Wednesday the 
 thirty-first | Day of May 1758. And continued by sundry Proroga- 
 tions I and Adjournment to AVednesday the eleventh Day of April | fol- 
 lowing, and then met. | [Colophoi.] Boston: N. E. \ Printed by Order 
 of His E-vceUency the Govemour, Council | and House of Repre.'^entatives. 
 And Sold by by [sic'] S. Kneeland \ in Quecn-Stred. M,DCC,LIX. | 
 Folio, pp. 395-406. 424 
 
 [Royal Arms.] | AX ACT | Passed by the Great and General Court 
 or As.sembly of His Ma- | jesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay 
 in New-England : | Begun and held at Boston, upon Wednesday the 
 thirtieth Day | of May, 1759. | Boston: N. E. | Printed by S. Knee- 
 land, by Order of His E.vceUency the Govemour, \ Council and House 
 of Representatives. M,DCC,LIX. | Folio, p. 407. 425 
 
 [Royal A'rms.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Ma- | jesty's Province of the Massachusetts-
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 129 
 
 Bav in Xew-England : | Begun and held at Boston, upon Wednesday 
 the thirtieth Day | of May 175tt. And from thence eontinued by sun- 
 dry Pro- 1 rogations to A\'ednesday the third Day of October follow- 
 ing, I and then met. | [Colophon.] Bonton, X. E. \ Printed by S. Knee- 
 land, by Order of His Excellency the Goccr- \ nonr, Council and Home 
 of liejjremitalive^. M,DCC,LIX. | Folio, pp. 409-420. 426 
 
 1760 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passetl by the Great and General 
 Court or Asseniljly of His Ma- | jesty's Province of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay in New-England : | Begun and held at Boston, upon Wednesday 
 the thirtieth Day | of May, 1759. And from thence continued by sun- 
 dry Pro- I rogations to Wednesday the second Day of January fol- 
 lowing, I and then met. | [Boston: -S'. Kneeland. 1760.] Folio, pp. 
 421-448. 427 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Ma- | jesty's Province of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay in New-England : | Begun and held at Boston upon Wednesday 
 the tiiirtieth Day | ui" May, 1750. And from thence continued by sun- 
 dry Proro- I gations to Wednesday the nineteenth Day of March follow- 
 ing, and I tlicn met. | [Colophon.] Boston, X. E. \ Printed by S. Knee- 
 land, by Order of His Excellency the Cover- \ nonr, Council ami Home 
 of Represenfativoi. MDCCLX. | Folio, pp. 449-455. 428 
 
 [Royal Arm.'<.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Gre:it and General 
 Court or Assembly of His Ma- | jesty's Province of the Ma.-Nsachusetts- 
 Bay in New-England : | Begun and held at Boston upon Wednej^day 
 the thirtieth Day | of May 1750. And from thence continued by 
 sundry Proro- | gations and Adjournment to Weilnesday the sixteenth 
 of April I following, and then mot. | [Colophon.] Boston: N. E. \ 
 Printed by .S. Kneeland, by Order of Hi.^ E.rcellcncy the Corer- | nor. 
 Council and House of Representntive.'<. MDCCLX. | Folio, pp. 457-466. 
 
 429 
 
 [Roy((l Arms.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Pa.ssed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of his Ma- | jesty's Province of the Mass;ichusetts- 
 Bav in New-England : | Begun and held at Boston, upon Wednesday
 
 130 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 the twentv-eiglith | I^ay of May 1760. | [Colophon.] Boxhii : N. E. 
 
 I Printed by tS. Kncrlfind, hij Order of His Honour the Lieutewmi \ 
 
 Governor, Council and Hoiise of Representatives : M,DCC,LX. | Folio, 
 
 pp. 467-477. 430 
 
 [lioi/(d ArniK.'] 1 ACTS luid Laws, | Passed by the Great and Gcnenil 
 Court or Assembly of his Mii- | jesty's Province of tlu' Massacliusetts- 
 Pav in New-England : | Bcgnn and held at Boston, upon Wednesday 
 the twenty-eigiith | Day of May, 17(J0. And (^intiuued by I'roro- | 
 galion to ^Vedncsday tiie thirteenth Day of August following, | and 
 then met. | [Co/opliov.l Boxton : N. E. \ Printed by Order of Hia 
 Excellency the Governor, Council and \ House of Representatives. 
 M,DCC,LX. I Folio, pp. 479-480. 431 
 
 1761 
 
 [Royal ArnLs.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of his Ma- | jesty's Province of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay in New-England : | ]5egiin and held at Boston, upon Wednesday 
 the twenty-eighth | Day of May, 1700. And from thence continued 
 by Proro- | gations to Wednesday the seventeenth Day of December | 
 following, and then met. | [Colophon.] Boston: iV. E. \ Printed by H. 
 Kneeland, by Order of the Governor, \ Council and House of Represoi- 
 taiives, MDCCLXI. | Folio, pp. 481-491. 432 
 
 Pages 493 to 498 are wanting. 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed b}- the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of his Ma- | jesty's Province of the Massa- 
 (!husetts-Bay in New-England : | Begun and held at Boston, upon 
 Walnesday the twenty- | seventh Day of May 17G1. | [Colr)j)lion.] 
 Boston: N. E. | Printed by S. Kneeland, by Order of the Governor, \ 
 Council and House of Representatives. 1701. | Folio, pp. 499—50!). 4.'53 
 
 1762 
 
 [Royal Arniii.] | ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of his Ma- | jesty's Province | of the 
 M;issachusetts-Bay in New-England, | Begun and held at Boston, 
 upon \\\^dnesday the twenty-seventh | Day of May, 1701. and con- 
 tinued by sundry Prorogations | unto Wednesday the thirteenth Day of
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 131 
 
 January follo\viii<r, | and then met. | [C'ohphon.'] Boston : Prhitod hy 
 S. KneclamI, by Order of his \ Excellency the Governor, Council and 
 House of\ Representatives. M,DCC,LXII. | Folio, pp. 511-536. 434 
 
 [Royal yl/ms.] | ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of liis Ma- | jesty's Provinee of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay, in New-England, Be- | gun and iield at Boston, ujmju 
 "Wednesday tiie twenty-seventii | Day of May, 17()1. and continued 
 by sundry Prorogations | unto Wetlnesday tlie Iburteentii Day of April 
 following and | then met. | [Colophon.'] Boston: Printed by S. Knee- 
 land, by Order of Hif! Excel- \ lency the Governor Council <fr House of 
 Representatives, j M,DCC,LX1I. | Folio, pp. 537-540. 435 
 
 [Royal Arnui.'] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly of his | IVIajesty's Province of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay, in New-En- | gland : Begun and held at Boston, upon 
 Wednesday the | twenty-sixth Day of May, 1762. ( [Boston: S. Knee- 
 land. 1762.] I Folio, pp. 541-550. " 436 
 
 1763 
 
 TEMPORARY Acts and Laws | Of His Majesty's | Province | of 
 
 the I Massachusetts-Bay | in | New-England. | [Royal Arms.] \ Bo.i- 
 
 ton ; New-England: \ Printed by Order of His Excellency the Governor, 
 
 I Council and House of Representatives: | And Sold by Green and 
 
 Russell in Qneen-Street. j MDCCLXIII. | Folio. 437 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 p.; Authorization,! p.; Table, pp. i-x ; Note, 1 leaf; Titles, 
 pp. i-viii ; Laws, pp. 1-179. 
 
 [Royal Arms.] | ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or iVssembly of | liis Majesty's Province of the Massacliu.setts- 
 Bay in | New- England : Begun and held at Boston, upon | Wednesday 
 the twenty-tiftii Day of May, 176:5. | [Colophon.] Boston: N. E. | 
 Printed by Green and Russell, by Order of His Excel- | lency the 
 Governor, Council, and House of | Represcntaiives. 1763. | I'^olio, pp. 
 181-190. " 436 
 
 17(!4 
 
 [Roy(dArms.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Pas.sed by the Great and General 
 Court or As.sembly | of his Majesty's Province of the Ma.'^sacliusetts-
 
 132 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 Bay I in No\v-Eno;laiKl : Begun and held at Boston, upon | Wednpsday 
 tlic twenty-fittli Day of" May, 1763. | And continued hy sundry Pro- 
 rogations to WckIucs- I day tlie twenty-first Day of December follow- 
 ing, I and then met. | [('olo})lioit.'] liodon: Printed by Green and 
 Emsell, by Order of his \ Krcel/incy the Oovernor, Council, and House 
 of\ Representative^. 1764. | Folio, pp. 191-202. 439 
 
 [Royal Anm.'] | ACTS and T^aws, | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of | his Majesty's Provinc^e | of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay in I New-England : Begun and held at Concord, upon | Wednes- 
 day the Thirtieth Day of May, 1764. | [Colojihon.] Boston; N. E. 
 Printed by Green and RnsaeU, by Order of | Hix Exeelleney the Governor, 
 Council, and Hou.xe of \ Repre.se nfalire.s. 1764. | Folio, pp. 20.3-213. 
 
 440 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ AN ACT, | Passctl by the Great aud General Court 
 or Assembly | of his Majesty's Province of the Massaciuisetts-Bay | 
 in New-England : Begun aud held at Concord, in | the County of 
 Middlesex, upon \\'ednesday the | Thirtieth Day of May, 1764 ; aud 
 from thence | continued by sundry Prorogations to Thursday the | 
 Eighteenth Day of October following, and then | met at Boston, in the 
 County of Suffolk. | Boston, N. E. Pnnted by Green & Russell, by 
 Order of hi.s E.reelleiiey \ the Governor, Council, and House of Repre- 
 sentative's, 1764. I Foiio, p. 215. 441 
 
 17«5 
 
 [Royal Anns.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and 
 (icneral Court or Assembly | of his Majesty's Province of the Mas- 
 sachusetts-Bav | in New-England : Begun and held at Concord, in 
 I the County of Middlesex, upon AN'tnlnesday the | Thirtieth Day of 
 May, 1764 ; and from thence | continuetl by sundry Prorogations to 
 Wednesday | the ninth Day of Januaiy following, and then | met at 
 Boston, in the County of Suifblk. | [Colopihon.] Boston; New-Eng- 
 land: I I'rinted by Richard and Samuel Draper, and Green and 
 Riissell, I Printers to the Govermnetd. 1765. | Folio, ])p. 217-263. 441* 
 
 [Royal Anns.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or .Vssembly | of his Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay I in New-England : Begun and held at Boston, upon | Wednes-
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 1 33 
 
 day the twenty-niiitli Day of May, 17()5. | Colophon.'] Bodon; Netv- 
 EiKjland: | I'rinial hy Richard and Havmel Draper, and Green and 
 lium'll, I Printem to the Government. 1765. | Folio, pp. 265-280. 442 
 
 [Roiiul Arvi>i.] I AN ACT of rarliaiuoiit, | Passed in tlie JmIUi 
 Year of the Reign of Our | Sovereign T^ord George the Third. | \^Colo- 
 phon.] BoKfon; New-Evgkmd : \ Printed, by Richard and. Samuel 
 Draper, and Green \ and Ra.s.se//, J'rinter.s to the Government. 1 765. | 
 Folio, 2)p. 281-29;5. 443 
 
 '•All Act to nmfiul an act lipt- puiiisliini;' Mutiny "iid Desertion." 
 
 [Royal Ann.t.'j \ ACTS and Laws, | Passe<l by the Great and General 
 Court or Asseinlily | of His Maj<'st}-'s Province | of Massachusetts- 
 Bay in I Ncw-P]ngland : Begun and held at Boston, in the | County 
 of Suffolk upon Wednesday the Twenty- | ninth Day of May, 1 765 ; 
 and continued by Pro- | rogations unto Wednesday the Twenty-fifth 
 Day of I September, and then met. | [Boston : 1765.] Folio, pp. 21)5. 
 
 444 
 i7e« 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly | of His Majesty's Province of the Massa- 
 chusetts-Bay I in New-England : Begun and held at Boston, in | 
 the County of Suffolk upon A\'ednesday the Twen- | ty-ninth Day of 
 May, 1765; and continued by | sundry Prorogations unto Wednesday 
 the Fifteenth | Day of January following, and then met. | [Colophon.] 
 Pri)ded hy Richard and Haninel Draper, and Green and Runnell, 
 Printers \ to the Government. 1766. | Folio, pp. 297-316. 445 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and 
 General Court or Assembly | of Ilis Majesty's Province of the ^fassa- 
 chusetts-Bay | in New-England : Begun and lield at Boston in | the 
 County of Suffolk upon Wednesday the Twen- | ty-eighth Day of May 
 17()(). I [Coloplwn.] Boston, New England: \ Printed l>y Rieintrd and 
 Samuel Draper, & Green \ and Russell, Printers to the Government. 1766. 
 I Folio, pp. 317-323. 446 
 
 iC 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ AN ACT of. Parliament, | Passed in the Sixth 
 Year of the Peign of Our | Sovereign Lord (leorge the Third. | 
 [Boston: 17()6.] Folio, pp. 325-333. 447 
 
 " An .Vet lor opening, &c'., certain Ports in Janmica and Dominica," &e. 
 
 10
 
 l;54 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 [Bni/nl Arms.] \ AN AC"T of Parliamont, | Passed in the Sixtli 
 Year of the Reign of Our | Sovereign Lord George tlie Third. | 
 [Boston: 17G(3.] | Folio, pp. ;};55-347. 448 
 
 "An Act to amend uud render more effectual in His Majesty's Dominions in 
 America, An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion." 
 
 17«7 
 
 [Royal ArniK.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Piissed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly of | His Majesty's Province | of the Mas.sachusett.s- 
 Bay, in | New-England : Begun and held at Boston, upon | Wednes- 
 day the twenty-eighth Day of May 1766 ; | and from thence continued 
 by several Prorogations | to A\^alne<day the twenty-ninth Day of 
 January | following and then met. | [Colojjhmi.'] BosUm, New-Eng- 
 land: I Printed by Richard Draper, and Green and Russell, \ Printers 
 to the Government. 1767. | Folio, pp. 349-364. 449 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ ACTS and Law, | Pa.ssed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly | of His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts- 
 Hay I in New- England : Begun and held at Boston, in | the County 
 of Sutfolk upon Wednesday the twenty-seventh Day of May 1767. | 
 [Colojihon.] Boston, New-Enrjland. \ Printed by Richard Dnqier, 
 John Green, and Joseph | Russell, Printers to the Govei-nment. 1767. 
 1 Folio, pp. 365-371. 450 
 
 176.S 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ ACTS & Laws, | Pjissed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly, of the | Province of Massachusetts-Bay, in New- 
 P^ngland, begun | and held at Boston, the Twenty-seventh Day of 
 May, I 1767, and continued by several Prorogations to Wednes- | day 
 the 3()th of December following, and then met. | [Colophmi.] Boston: 
 New-England, \ Printed by Richard Draper, and Green & Russell, 
 Printers \ to the Government. 1768. | Folio, pp. 373-388. 451 
 
 [Royal Ai-ms.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly | of his Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay I in New-England : Begun and held at Boston, in | the County 
 of Suffolk upon Wednesday the Twent- | ty-fifth Day of May 1768. 
 I [Boston: 1768.] Folio, pp. 389-402. 452
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 135 
 
 17fi9 
 
 [Royal Arms.] | A CTS and Laws, | Passwl by the Great and General 
 Court or Assenil)ly | of His Majesty's Province of the Maswicliiisetts- 
 I Bay, in New-Enf;;land : Begun and lield at Boston, | upon Wednes- 
 day the thirty-first Day of May, 1769. | [Colophon.] Boston, New- 
 England: I Prinf&l l)t/ Richard Draper, tind Green d- Ru.'iiiell, \ Printers 
 to tlie Government. 1700. | Folio, pj). 403— Ho. 453 
 
 1770 
 
 [Royal Annn.] | ACTS and Laws, | I'assetl by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly | of His Majesty's Province of the Massaehusett.s- 
 I Bay, in Xew-England : Begun and held at Boston, | upon M'ednes- 
 day the thirty-first Day of May, | 17(j!J; from thence continued by 
 sundry Proro- | gations to Wednesday the Fifteenth Day of | March 
 following, and then met at Camliridge in | the County of Middlesex. | 
 [('olophon.] Boston, N. E. Printed by Richard Draper, and Green 
 and I Riisxell, Printers to the Gorernmenf. 1770. ( Folio, pp. 417-428. 
 
 454 
 
 [I'aya/ Amis.] | ACTS and Laws, | Pa.ssed by the Great and General 
 C*ourt (ir Assembly | of His JSLijcsty's Province of the ISIassachusetts- 
 
 I Bay, in New-England : Begun and held at Cam- | bridge, in the 
 County of Middlesex, upon \\'ednes- | day the Thirtieth Day of May, 
 1770 ; and conti- | nuetl by sundry Prorogations untti Wednesday the 
 
 I Twenty-sixth Day of September following, and | then met. | [Colo- 
 phon.] Boston, I Printed by Richard Dr((jjcr,and Green and Russell, | 
 Printrrsto the GovernmeiU. [1770.] | Folio, pp. 429-450. 455 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly | of His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts- 
 I Bay in New-England : Begun and held at Cam- | bridge, in the 
 County of Middlesex, upon Wctlnes- | day the Thirtieth Day of May, 
 1770; and conti- | nued by sundry Prorogations unto Wednesday the 
 I Third Day of April following, and then met. | [Boston: 1770.] 
 Folio, pp. 451-454. 45(j 
 
 1771 
 
 [Royal Ai"mH.] | ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly | of His Majesty's Province of the Ma-^sachusetts-
 
 136 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 I 15av, in New-England : Bt-jrun and lield at Cam- | bridge in the 
 C^ounty of Middlesex, upon ^\'ed- | nesday the twenty -ninth Day of 
 May 1771. | [Colojjhon.^ Bodon, New-England : \ Printed by Richard 
 Draper, and Green & Rumcll, \ Printers to the Oovernment. [1771.] | 
 Folio, pp. 4r35-4(J0. 457 
 
 1772 
 
 [Royal Aiins.'] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly | of His Majesty's Province | of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay I in New-England : Begun and held at Cambridge, in | the County 
 of Middlesex, upon Wednesday the | twenty-ninth Day of May, 1771 ; 
 and then conti- ( nuetl by several Prorogations unto Wednesday the | 
 eighth Day of April following, and then met. | [Colophon.^ Printed by 
 Richard Draper and Green & Rid^hpII, | Printers to the Government. 
 1772. I Folio, pp. 461-466. 4-58 
 
 [Royal Armx.] | ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assembly | of His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts- 
 Bay, I in New-England : Begun and held at Cambridge, | in the County 
 of Middlesex, upon Wednesday the | twenty-seventh Day of May 1772. 
 I [^o.s/on; 1772.] Folio, pp." 467-477. ' ' 4.59 
 
 1773 
 
 [Royal Arms.~\ | ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General 
 Court or Assem- | bly of His Majesty's Province | of the Massa- 
 chusetts- I Bay in New-England : Begun and held at Boston, | in the 
 Comity of Sutfblk | upon Wc<lnesday the | Twenty-seventh Day of 
 May, 1772; and from | thence continued by sundr}' Prorogations to 
 Wed- I nesday the Sixth Day of .January following, and | then met. | 
 [Colophon.^ Boston, | Printed by Richard Draper, and Green and 
 Russell, I Printers to the Government. [1773.] | Folio, pp. 479-500. 
 
 460 
 
 [Royal Arms.'] \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General 
 Coui-t or Assembly | of His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts- 
 I Bay, in New-England : Begun and held at Boston, upon Wetlnesday 
 the twenty-sixth Day of May, | 1773. | [Colophon.'] Bo.ston, New- 
 Enyland : \ Printed by Richard Draper, ami Green and Rus-tell, | Print- 
 ers to the Government. [1773.] | Folio, pp. 501-507. 461
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 1 37 
 
 1774 
 
 [liot/itl AriiiK.~^ I ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the (xreat and General 
 Court or Assem- | bly of His Majesty's Province of the Massacliu- 
 setts- I Bay, in New-Enf^land : Jk'giin and held at J5oston, | in tiic 
 County of Suffolk, upon Wednesday the | Twenty-sixth Day of May, 
 1773; and from | thence continued by Prorogation, to Wednesday | 
 the Twenty-sixth Day of January following, and | then met. | \^Colo- 
 plion.^ Bonton, | Printed by Richitrd Draper and Green and Runsell, | 
 Frinterii to the Government. [1774.] | Folio, pp. 509-")16. 4G2 
 
 \^Royal Ann8.'\ \ ACTS and Laws, | I*assed by the Great and General 
 Court or Asseni- | bly of His Majesty's Province of the Ma.ssachu- 
 setts-Bay, in | New-England, begun and held at Boston, upon | 
 Wetlnesday the Twenth-fifth Day of May 1774, | from thence con- 
 tinual by Prorogati(in to Tues- | day the Seventh Day of June lullow- 
 ing and | then met at Salem, in the County of Essex. | \_Colop]ion.^ 
 Boston: Printed by Draper, Green and Russell, \ Priitfern to the 
 Gomrmncnt. [1774.] | Folio, pp. 517-521. 463 
 
 [Royal Ann8.'\ \ AN ACT of Parliament | Passed in the Fourteenth 
 
 Year of the Reign of His | Majesty King George the Third. 1774. 
 
 I [Boston: 1774.] Folio, pp. 523-526. 464 
 
 "An Act for the impartial Administration of Justice in the Cases of Persons 
 questioned for any Acts done by them in the Execution of the Law, or for the Sup- 
 pression of Riots and Tumults, in tlie Province of the Massachusetts-Bay." 
 
 [Royal Arms.'] \ AN | ACT of Parliament, | Passed in tiie Four- 
 teenth Year of the Reign of His | Majesty King George the Third, 
 1774. I [Boston: 1774.] Folio, pp. 527-528. _ 465 
 
 An Act for hilletins; the troops in North America. 
 
 SUPPLEMENTARY LAWS. 
 
 17G3 
 
 THE I ACTS I Contained in this Book were | ordered to be left 
 out of the I last Impression of Tempo- | rary T^aws and printed by | 
 themselves, viz. | Impost Act, from Page 1 to 8 | Act for gi-anting an 
 Excise upon Spirits, &c. \ 9 to 22 | Act for providing and maintaining
 
 138 TIIK TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 two armed | Vessels, &c. 23 to 29 | Acts respecting the Poor, 29 to 
 38 I Acts respecting Higli-'NA'ays, 39 to 43 | Acts respecting Alewives 
 and other Fish, 43 to 51 ] Acts respecting Deer, 52 | [lioijal Arms.'] \ 
 Boston ; New-England. | Printed by Green and. Riissell, by Order of his 
 I'Jxvel- I lency the Governor, Vouncil and Home of \ Representatives. 
 MDCCLXIII. I Folio. 4GG 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Acts, pp. 1-52. 
 
 TAX LAWS. 
 
 1700 
 ANNO Regni Regis (iulielmi III. Dnodecimo. | [Royal Arms.'] \ 
 At I A Great and Genenil Court or Assembly | Of His Majesties 
 Provinc-e of the Ma.s.sachnsetts-Bay in | Xew-England, begun and held 
 at B(tston upon We<lnesday the | tliirty-first day of May 1699. and 
 continual l)y several | I'l-orogations unto \\'('<lncsday the Thirteentli 
 day of March following. | In the Twelith Year of His Majesties 
 Reign. | [Colophon.] Boston, Printed by Bartholomew Green, and John 
 Allen, J'rinters \ to Hi.'< ExcfUeney the Govenwur and Council. 1700. | 
 Folio, pp. (3. 467 
 
 " An Act for granting unto His Majesty a Tax upon Polls and Estates." 
 
 ANNO Regni Regis Guliebni III. Duodecimo. | [Royal Arms.] \ 
 At I A Great and Greneral Court or Assembly | Of His Majesties 
 Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in Xew-England, | Begun and 
 Held at Boston upon Wednesday the Twenty-ninth | of May, 1700. | 
 [Colophon.] Boston, Printed by B. Green, & J. Allen, Printers to His 
 EvceUeiwy \ the Gove.i~nour and Council. 1 700. | Folio, pp. 4. 468 
 
 " An Act for Granting unto His Majesty a Tax upon Polls and Estates." 
 
 1701 
 
 ANNO Regni Regis Gulielmi III. DecimoTertio. | [Royal Arms.] \ 
 .\t a Great and General Court or Assembly | Of His Majesties I'rovince 
 of the Ma.ssacliusetts-Bay in Xew-England : | Begun and Held at Boston 
 upon Wednesday the Twenty-eighth of | May, 1701. | [Colophon.] 
 Boston : I Printed by Bartholomew Green, and John Allen, Printers to 
 the I Governour and Council. 1701. | Folio, pp. 4. 469 
 
 " An Act for Granting unto His Majesty a Tax upon Polls and Estates."
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 1 39 
 
 1702 
 
 ANNO Regni Reginse Annse, Primo. | [Royal Ai-rm.'\ | At a Great 
 and General Court or Afisonibly | of Her Majesties Province of the Mas- 
 saehiisetts-Bay in New- | England : Begun and Held at Boston, upon 
 Walnesday | the Twenty-seventh of May 1702. | [^Chhjjhon^ Boston: 
 Printed by Bdiiholomew Green, and John Allen, Printer.'^ to \ Hit Ex- 
 cellency the Govcrnour and Council. 1702. | Folio, pp. 4. 470 
 
 " An Act for Granting unto His Majesty a Tax upon Polls and Estates." 
 
 1706 
 ANNO Regni Annae Reginse Quinto. | [Royal Arms.'] \ An Act, | 
 Pa'vsed by the Great and General Court or Assembly of Her | Majes- 
 ties Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England : | Begun and 
 Held at Boston upon Wednesday the Twenty-ninth | Day of May, 
 
 1706. I [Colophon.\ Boston: Printed by B. Green, Printer to His Ex. 
 
 the Gov. & Council. 1706. | Folio, pp. (4.) 471 
 
 " An Act for Apportioning and Assessing of four several Taxes on Polls and Es- 
 tate, Pursuant to the Funds and Grants made to Her Majesty, by the General Assem- 
 bly in the years 1704, 170j, and 1706." 
 
 1707 
 
 ANNO Regni Annse Reginae Sexto. | [Royal Arms.'] \ An Act, | 
 
 Pa.ssed by the Great and General Court or Assembly of Her | Majesties 
 
 Province of the Ma.ssachusetts-Bay in New-England : | Begun and 
 
 Held at Boston upon Wednesday the Twenty-eighth ] Day of May, 
 
 1707. I [Colophon.] Boston: Printed by B. Green, Printer to His Ex- 
 cel, the Governour & Council. 1707. | Folio, pp. (4.) 472 
 
 " An Act for Apportioning and Assessing of Three several Taxes on Polls and 
 Estates, Pursuant t<5 the Funds and Grants made to Her Majesty by the General As- 
 sembly in the years 1705, and 1706." 
 
 1708 
 ANNO Regni Annm Reginte Septimo. | [Royal Anns.] \ An Act, 
 I Passed by the Great and (icneral Court or Assembly of Her | Majes- 
 ties Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England : | Begun and 
 Held at Boston upon Wednesday tiie Twenty-sixth | Day of May, 
 
 1708. I [Colophon.] Bo.tton: Printed by B. Green, Printer to ///.v £lr. 
 the Gov. & Council. 1708. | Folio, pp. (4.) 473 
 
 " An Act for Apportioning and Assessing of Two several Taxes upon Polls and Es- 
 tates, Pursuant to the Funds and Grants made to Her Majesty, by the Gcnenil As- 
 sembly in the Tear, 1706."
 
 140 THK TOWKU COLLECTION. 
 
 1709 
 ANXO RcfTiii Annae Reginae, Octavo. | [Royal Armn.'] \ An Act, | 
 Passed bv the (Jreat .ind (icncral CJoiirt or Assembly of Her | Majesties 
 Province of the ^Ia.ssaehiisetts-Bay in New- England : | Begun and 
 Held at Boston upon Walnesday tiie Twenty-fifth | Day of May, 1709. 
 I [Colophon.'] Boston: Printed l/i/ B. Green, Printer to His Excel, the 
 Gov. & Council. 1709. | Folio, pp! (4.) 474 
 
 " An Act for Apportioning and Assessing of Two several Tsixes on Polls and 
 Estate-s, Pursuant to the Funds and Grants made to Her Majesty, by the (ieneral 
 Assembly, in the Year, 1707." This is one of the two Aets in this collection which 
 the editors of the Massachusetts Statutes at Ijari;e were unable to find and stated were 
 never printed. 
 
 1711 
 
 ANNO Regni Annoe Reginae Decinio. | [Royal Arms.] \ An Act, | 
 Pa-ssed by the Great and Genei"al Court or As.sembly of Her | Majesties 
 Province of the Massachusetts- Bay in New- England : | Begun and 
 Held at Boston upon Wetluesday the Thirtieth Day | of May, 1711. | 
 [Colophon.] Boxfon: Printed hy B. Green, Printer to Hi.t ExecUency the 
 I Governour and Council. 1711. | Folio, pp. (4.) 475 
 
 " An Act for Apportioning and Assessing of Three several Taxes on Polls and 
 Estates, Pursuant to the Funds and Grants made to Her Majesty, hy the General 
 Assembly, in the Tears 1708 and 1709." This is one of the two Acts in this collec- 
 tion which the editoi-s of the Miussachusetts Statutes at Large were unable to find and 
 stated wore never printed. 
 
 17i:j 
 
 ANNO Regni Annse Reginoe Duodecimo. [[Royal Arms.] | An Act, 
 
 I Passal by the Gretit and General Court or Assembly of Her Majesties 
 
 I Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England : Begun and 
 
 Held I at Boston upon Wednesday the Twenty-seventh Day of May, 
 
 1713. I [Colophon.] Boston: Printed by B. Green, Printer to His 
 
 Excellency the | Governour and Council. 171.3. | Folio, pj). 4. 476 
 
 " An Act for Apportioning and Assassing part of One Tax, and the whole of 
 another Tax on Polls and Estates, Pursuant to the Funds and Grants made to Her 
 Majesty by the General Assembly in the Year 1709, and part of another Tax made 
 as aforesaid, in the Y'ear 1710." 
 
 1714 
 ANNO Regni Annse Reginae Decimo Tertio. | [Royal Anns.] \ An 
 Act, |. Pas.sed by the Great and General Court or Assembly of Her 
 Majesties | Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New- England, Be-
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 141 
 
 gun and Held | at Boston upon Wednesday the Twenty-sixtli of May, 
 1714. I [Ch/ophon.'] Bodon : Printed hi/ B. Green, Printer to ///.-* 
 Exeelleney the Gov. & Council. 1714. | Folio, pp. 4. 477 
 
 " An Act for Apportioning and Assessing Two several Taxes on Polls and Estates, 
 Pursuant to the Funds and Grants made to Her >[ajesty by the General Assembly, 
 at their several Sessions in May and Oetoher, in the Year, 1710." 
 
 1718 
 ANNO Regni Regis Georgii, Quarto. Tax. | [Royal Ai-ms.] \ An 
 Act I Passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly of His 
 
 Majesty's Province | of the Massaclmsetts-Bay in Xew-England : Be- 
 gun and Hehl at Boston upon | Wednesday the Twenty-eighth of May, 
 1718. I [Colojj/ion.] Bo.ston : Piinted by B. Grem, Printer to Hi.s 
 Excellency the | Governour and Council. 1718. | Folio, pp. 4. 478 
 
 " An Act for Apportioning and Assessing a Tax of Eight Thousand Two Hundred 
 and Fifty Pounds, upon Polls and Estates." 
 
 171« 
 ANNO Regni Regis Georgii, Quinto. Tax. | [Royal .!/-»«.] | An 
 Act I Passeil b}- the Great and General Court or Assembly of His 
 Majesty's Province | of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England : Be- 
 gun and Held at Boston upon | Wednesday the Twenty-seventh Day 
 of May, 1719. | [Colophon.l Boston: Printed by B. Green, Printer to 
 His Excellency the Gov. & (huncil. 1719. | Folio, pp. 4. 479 
 
 " An Act for Apportioning and Assessing a Tax of Four Thousand and Ten 
 Pounds, Ten Shillings and Six Pence, upon Polls and Estates." 
 
 1720 
 
 ANNO Regni Regis Georgii, Sexto. Tax. | [Royal Arm.'i.'] \ An 
 Act I Passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly of His 
 Majesty's Province | of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England : Be- 
 gun and Held at Boston, ui)oii | Wednesday the Thirteenth Day of 
 July, 1720. I [Colophon.'] Boston: Printed by B. Green, Printer to 
 Hiji Excellency the Gov. & Council. 1720. | Folio, j)p. 4. 480 
 
 " An Act for Apportioning and Assessing a Tax of Six Thousand Pounds, Seven- 
 teen Shillings and Three Pence, upon Polls and Estates." 
 
 1722 
 
 ANNO Regni Regis Georgii, Octavo. | [Royal Arm.'<.] \ An .\ct | 
 Passetl by the Great and General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's
 
 142 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 Province | of the Massaehusetts-Bay in New-England : B^un and 
 Held at Boston upon | Wednesday the Thirtieth Day of May, 1722. | 
 [^ColophonJ] Boxton : Printed by B. Green, Printer to His Exce/leney 
 the Gov. & Council. 1722. | Folio, pp. 4. 481 
 
 " An Act Apportioning and Assessing a Tax of Six Thousand Two Hundred and 
 Thirty-Two Pounds, Thirteen Shillings and Eleven Pence." 
 
 1723 
 
 ANNO Regni Regis Georgii, Nono. | [Royal Ariivi.'\ | An Act | 
 Passed hy the Great and General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's 
 Province | of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England, Begun and 
 Hekl at Boston upon | Wwlnesday the Twenty-ninth Day of May, 
 172;). I [^ ('olojjhon.^ Boston: Prinied by B. Green, Printer to His 
 Honour the Lieut. Gov. & Council. 1 723. | Folio, pp. 4. 482 
 
 "An Act for Apportioning and Assessing a Tax of Six Thousand Two Hundred 
 and Five Pounds, Fifteen Shillings & Seven-pence Half Penny." 
 
 1724 
 
 ANNO Regni Regis Georgii, Decimo. | [^Royal Ann«.'\ | An Act 
 I Passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's 
 Province | of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England, Begun and 
 Held at Boston upon | ^\'edncsday the Twenty-seventh Day of May, 
 1724. I [Colophon.^ Boston: Printed by B. Green, Printer to His 
 Honour the Lieut. Gov. & Council. 1724. | Folio, pp. 4. 483 
 
 " An Act for Apportioning and Assessing a Tax of Fourteen Thousand Pounds." 
 
 1729 
 
 ANNO Regni Regis Georgii, II. Tertio. | \^Royal A)ins.'] \ An 
 Act I Passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly of His 
 Majesties Province | of the Mas.sachusetts-Bay in New-England, Begun 
 and Held at Salem upon | Wednesday the Twenty-eighth Day of May 
 1729. And continued by several | Prorogations and Adjournment to 
 Cambridge the Twenty-seventh Day of | Augast following. | \_Colo- 
 phon.^ Boston : Printed by B. Green, Printer to His Honour the Lieu- 
 tenant I Governour and Council. 1729. | Folio, pp. 5 for 7, there being 
 two pages each numbered 2 and 3. 484 
 
 " An Act for Apportioning and Assessing a Tax of Eight Thousand Two Hundred 
 and Eight Pounds, and also ... a further Tax of Four Thousand Six Hundred Forty 
 Three Pounds Sixteen Shillings, paid the Representatives, Anno 1728."
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 143 
 
 1730 
 ANNO Regni R^is Georgii, II. Quarto. | [Royal Anm.] \ An 
 Act I Passed by the Great and General Court or As.sembly of His 
 Majesties Provi nee | of the Massjichusetts-Bay in New- England, Begun 
 and Held at Canihridge | upon Wetlnesday the Twenty-seventh Day of 
 May 1730. And continued | by several Prorogations and Adjourn- 
 ment to the Ninth Day of September I following. I [Colophon.] Boston: 
 Printed by B. Green, Printer to Hi.'s Excclleney the \ Governour and 
 CouncU. 1730. | Folio, pp. o for 7, there being two pages each numbered 
 2 and 3. 485 
 
 " An Act for Apportioning •and Assessing a Tax of Eight Thousand Pounds, and 
 also ... a further Tax of Two Hundred & Forty Pounds Thirteen Shillings laid on 
 several Towns within mentioned for not sending a Representative wi by Law they 
 are obliged, and also ... a further Tax of Two Thousand Three Hundred and Fifty- 
 one Pounds Fifteen Shillings, paid the Representatives, Anno 1729." 
 
 1731 
 
 ANNO Regni Regis Georgii Secundi, Quarto & Quinto. | [Royal 
 Anm.'] I An Act | Passal by the Great and General Court or Assembly 
 of His Majesties Province | of the Ma.s.sachusetts-Bay in New-England, 
 Begun and Held at Boston, upon | Wetlnesday the Twenty-sixth Day of 
 May, 1731. | [Colophon.] Boston: Printed by B. Green, Printer to His 
 Excellency the \ Governour and Council. 1731. | Folio, pp. 5 for 7, 
 there being two pages each numbered 2 and 3. 486 
 
 " An Act for Apportioning and Assessing a Tax of Six Thousand Eight Hundred 
 and Eighteen Pounds," &c. 
 
 1732 
 
 ANNO Regni Regis Georgii Secundi, Quinto & So.xto. | [Royal 
 Anm.] I An Act | Pas.setl by the Great and General Court or Assem- 
 bly of His Majesty's Province | of the Massachusetts-Bay in New- 
 England, Begun and Held at Boston, upon ( AVednesday the Thirty- 
 first Day of May, 1732. | [Colophon.] Boston: Printed by B Green, 
 Printer to His E.vcellency the | Governour and Council. 1732. | Folio, 
 pp. 5 for 7, there being two pages each luuubered 2 and 3. 487 
 
 "An Act for Apportioning and Assessing a Tax of Eight Thousand and seven 
 Founds sixteen Shillings," &c. 
 
 1733 
 
 ANNO R^ni R^is Georgii, Secundi, | Se.xto & Septimo. | [Royal 
 Anns.] An Act | Passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly
 
 144 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 of His Majesty's Province | of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-Eng- 
 land, beifun and held at Boston, upon | Wednesday the Thirtieth Day 
 of May 17.'5."J. | [f 'o/o^Ao?i.] Boston: | Printed by John Draper, Printer 
 to Hin ExeeUency the \ Governour and Council. IT.i'.i. \ Folio, pp. 7. 
 
 487* 
 
 " An Act apportioning and assessing a Tax of Poven Tliousand nine Hundred and 
 Eighty seven Pounds sixteen Shillings." 
 
 1 73(5 
 
 ANNO Regni Georgii, Secundi, Regis, Nono & Decimo. | [Roy<d 
 Arm-fi.'\ I An Act | Passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly 
 of His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts- | Bay in Xew-Eng- 
 land, Begun and Held at Boston, upon Wednesday the Twenty-sixth 
 Day of I May 1736. | [Cb/op/iojt.] Ronton: \ Printed by John Draper, 
 Printer to Hi« Excellency the \ trocernour and Council. 173(j. | Folio, 
 pp. (9.) 488 
 
 " An Act for apportioning and assessing a Tax of Twenty-nine Thousand nine 
 Hundred and Fifty-three Pounds seven Shillings and six Pence," &c. There are 
 two pages each numbered 2, 3, and 4, respectively the other pages are not numbered. 
 
 ANNO Regni Georgii, Secundi, Regis, | Nono & Decimo. | [Royid 
 Arms.'] I An Act | Passed by the Greiit and General Court or Assembly 
 of His Majesty's | Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-Eng- 
 land, begun and held at | Boston, upon Wednesday the Twenty-sixth 
 Day of May 17.3(3. | \_Colophf)n.~\ Boston: Printed by John Draper, 
 Printer to Hia Excellency \ the Governour and Council. 1 736. | Folio, 
 pp. G. 489 
 
 " An Act for granting unto His Majesty several Rates and Duties of Impost and 
 Tunnage of Shipping." 
 
 PROVINCE of the | Massachusetts- | Bay, ss. | {Royal Armn.'] \ 
 William Foye, Esq ; | Treasurer and Receiver General of His Majesty's 
 
 said Province, | To Constable or Collector of the Town of 
 
 Greeting, &c. \ [Boston: John Draper. 1736.] Folio, 1 leaf. 490 
 
 Notice issued under the provisions of No. 489, supra. 
 
 1737 
 
 [Royal Arms.'] | EXTRACT | from | An Act | Passed by the 
 Great and General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Province of
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 145 
 
 tlic I Massac-lnLsctts-Bay in New-England, Begun and Held at Boston, 
 upon Wednesday the | Twenty-fifth Day of May, 1 737. | Intitled, | An 
 Act for supplying the Treasury with the Sum of Twenty | 'I'housand 
 Pounds in Bills of Credit of the new Tenor for dis- | charging the 
 Publiek Debts, &c. And for establishing the | Wages of sundry 
 Persons, &c. in the Service of the Province, | ... | ... | .... | [Boston: 
 John Draper. 17.">7.] | Folio, pp. 7. 4U] 
 
 178S 
 
 ANNO Regni Georgii, Secundi, Regis, Undecinio & Duodec-iiuo. 
 I [lloyaf Arm.f<.] | An Act | Passetl by the Great and (Jeneral Court 
 or Assembly of His Majesty's Province of the Massaciui- | setts-Bay 
 in New-England, Begun and Held at Boston, upon \\\'dnesday the 
 Thirty-first Day | of May, 17;58. | [Colophon.] Bonton: \ Printed by 
 John Draper, Printer to i/w Exwlleney the | Governour arul ( 'oiincil 
 [17.38.] I Folio, pp. (9.) 492 
 
 " An Alt apportioning and assessing a Tax of Thirteen thousaiul pounds, in Bills 
 of Credit of the new Form and Tenor." There are two pages each numbered 2, 3, and 
 4, respectively. The other three are not numbered. 
 
 1740 
 ANNO Regni Georgii, Secundi, Regis, Decinio Tertio & Quarto. | 
 [lioi/at Armj<.] \ An Act | Passed by the Great and (ieneral Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts- | Bay in 
 New-England ; Begun and Held at lioston, ujion AVinlncsday the 
 Twenty-eighth Day of | May, 1740. | [Co/ophon.] Boston: | Printed 
 by John Draper, Printer to Hia Excellency the | Governour and Council. 
 1740. I Folio, pp. (9.) 493 
 
 " An Act for apportioning and a.ssessing a Ta.x of Twenty-four thou.sand Pounds 
 in Bills of Credit," i&c. 
 
 1741 
 ANNO Regni GtH)rgii, St^'undi, Regis, Decimo-Ciuinto | [Royal 
 Anns.] I An Act | Passetl by the Gre<at and General Court or As- 
 sembly of His Majesty's Province of the | Mas.s;ichusctts-Bav in Xcw- 
 Kngland, begun and held at Boston, ujion Wednesday the | Eighth 
 Day of July 1741. And continued by Prorogation and Adjournnicnt 
 unto I Wcflnc^day the sixteenth Day of September following. ( [Colo- 
 phon.] Boston : Printed by J. Draper, Printer to Hi.-< Evcellenry tlie 
 I Governour and Council. [1741.] | Folio, pp. (2.) 494 
 
 " All Alt for Ini|uiry into the rateable Kstate of this Province."
 
 146 THE TOWEK COLLECTIOX. 
 
 1747 
 
 ANNO R^ni Georgii, Secundi, Regis, Vicessimo-Primo. | [Boyal 
 Armx-I I An .Vet | Pass«l by the Great and General Court or As- 
 sembly of the Provinee of the Massachusetts | Bay in NeM'-Eng- 
 land : Begun and Held at Boston on Wednesday the Twenty-seventh 
 
 I Day of May 1747. | [Colophon.] Bo.^(on: Xeiv-Enf/himl : \ Prinkd 
 by John Draper, Printer to His Excelh-nc;/ the Governour and Council. 
 
 I 1747. I Folio, pp. 8 for 12, there being two pages each marked 2, 3, 
 4, and 5. 495 
 
 " An Act for apportimiitis iind assessing ii Tax of Thirty-nine Thousand One hun- 
 dred and Three Pounds Thirteen Shillings and Seven Pence," &c. 
 
 174S 
 
 PROVINCE of the | Massachusetts-Bay, | [Roi/al Anna.] \ Ex- 
 tra(;t of two Clauses or I'aragraphs frt)ni | An Act ( Passwl by tiie 
 (Jreat and (iencral Court or Asscml)ly of His Majesty's Provini-e of 
 tiie Mstssachusetts- | Bay in New-England ; Begun and held at Boston 
 upon Wednesday the Twenty-fifth Day of May 1748, and continued 
 bv I Prorogation and Adjournments to M'etlnesday the Twenty-first 
 Day of December following, and then met ; Entitletl, An Act | for 
 drawing in the Bills of Credit of the several Denominations whicii 
 have at any Time been issuetl by this Government and | are still out- 
 .standing, and for ascertaining the Itate of coin'd Silver in this Province 
 for the future. | [Colophon.] Bonton: Printed hy John Draper, Printer 
 to Hi.i E.vc(lleney the Governour and Cou)icil. [1748.] | Folio, pp. 4. 
 
 496 
 
 1753 
 
 ANNO Regui Get)rgii, Secundi, Regis, itc. Vicessimo-Sexto. | 
 [Royal Armx.] | An Act ] Passed by the Great and General Court 
 or Assembly of the Province of the Massachusetts- | Bay in New- 
 England ; Begun and Held at Boston, on ^\"ednesday the Thirtieth | 
 Day of May 1753. | [Colophon.] Boston ; New-England : \ Printed 
 by John Draper, Printer to His Honour the Lieutenant- \ Governour 
 and Council, 1753. | Folio, pp. 8 for 12, there Ixjing two pages each 
 numbered 2, 3, 4, and 5. 497 
 
 " An Act for the Supply of the Treasury," &c.
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 147 
 
 1755 
 
 ANNO Regni Georgii, II. Regis, Vicesi mo-Octavo. | [Eoyal Ai-mti.'j 
 
 I An Art I Pa-ssed by the Great and General Court or A-ssemhly of 
 
 the Province of tlie | Ma.ssacluisctts-Bay in New-England : Begun and 
 
 Held at Boston, on | ^\'ednesday the Twenty-eighth Day of May 1755. 
 
 I [Colophon.] Boston; New-England: \ Printed by John Draper, 
 
 Printer to Hit Excellency the Governour and \ the Honourable His 
 
 Majesty's Council. 1755. | Folio, pp. 8 for 12, there being two pages 
 
 each numbered 2, .], 4, and 5. 498 
 
 " An Act for the Supply of the Tre:»sury," &c. 
 
 ANNO Regni Georgii, Secundi, Regis, Vicesimo-Nono. | [Royal 
 Arnus.] \ An Act | Passetl by the Great and General Court or As- 
 sembly of His Majesty's Province of | the Ma-ssachusetts-Bay in New- 
 England ; specially convened at Boston, upon | Friday the Fifth Pay 
 of Septeml)er 1755. | [Colophon.] Boston: Printed by John Draper, 
 Printer to His Honour the Lieutenant- | Gorernour and Counril. 1755. 
 I Folio, pp. 5. 41)9 
 
 " An Act for appoiticminij; nnd assessing iv Tax of Eighteen Thousand Pounds." 
 
 1757 
 
 ANNO Regni Georgii, .Secundi, Regis, Tricesimo. | [Royal Arm«.] 
 
 I An Act I Passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly of 
 
 the Province of the | Massachusetts-Bay in New-England : Begun 
 
 and Held at Boston on ^\'ed- | ncsday the Twenty-tifth Day of 
 
 May 1757. | [Colophon.] Boston in Neio- England : \ Printed by John 
 
 Draper, Printer to the Honorable His Mnje.'<ty's Council. 1757. | Folio, 
 
 p{). 7 for 11, there being two pages each numbered 2, 3, 4, and 5. 500 
 
 " An Act for apportioning and assessing the Sum of Eighty-one Thousand three 
 
 Hundred and eighty-six Pounds thirteen Shillings and four Pence," &c. 
 
 17(iO 
 
 ANNO Rc^ni Georgii Secundi, R^is, Tricesimo-tertio. | [Royal 
 Arm.'<.] I An Act | Pa.ssed by the Great and General Court or .Assem- 
 bly of the Province of the | M;tss;iclnisetts-Bay in New-England : 
 Begun anil Held at Boston, on W'ednes- j day the Twenty- 
 eighth Day of May 1760. | [Colophon.] Boston; Xew-England : \
 
 148 THE TOWEIt (X)LLECriON. 
 
 Printed hy John Draper, Printer to IIlx Honour the Lieutenant-flov- 
 
 ernour, and j the Honorable Hk MajeMy's Council. \ 1760. | Folio, 
 
 pp. 7 for 11. 501 
 
 " An Act for iipportioninic and nssessini; the Sum of Ninety-four Thousand eight 
 Hundred and seventy-seven Pounds eleven Shillings," &c. 
 
 17«2 
 
 ANNO Kegni Regis (Jeorgii Tertii, SccuihIo. | [Poijal yl///i.s.] | 
 An Act I Passed by the Great ami General Conrt or Assenil)ly of the 
 I'roviiuv of the Massachusetts- | Hay in New-England : Begun and 
 liekl at Boston, on Weilnesday the Twenty-sixtli | Day of May 1702. 
 I [Colophon.l Boston; New-Enejluiul : \ Printed by John Draper, 
 Printer to Hix E.rre/lenry the Governor, and \ the Honorable His 
 Majesty' IS Council. \ 17(52. | Folio, pp. 7 for 11. 502 
 
 " An Act for apportioning and assessing the Sum of Seventy-five Thousand 
 Pounds," &c. 
 
 1763 
 
 ANNO Regni Regis Georgii Tertii, Tertio. | [Royal Arm,^.] \ An 
 Act I Passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly of the 
 Province of the Massachusetts- | Bay in New-England : Begun 
 and held at Boston, on We<lnesday the Twenty-fifth | Day of May, 
 176.3. I [Colophon.^ Bodon: Printed by Richard Draper, Printer to 
 IIi.s Excdleney the \ Governor and the Honorable His 3Iajcsty's Counril. 
 
 1763. I Folio, pp. 9 for 13. 503 
 " An Act for apportioning and assessing a Tax of Fifty Thousand Pounds," &c. 
 
 1764 
 ANNO Regni Regis Georgii Tertii, Quarto. | [Royal Anm.'\ \ An 
 Act I Passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly of the 
 Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in | New-England ; begun and 
 held at Concord, on ^\'etlnesday the Thirtieth Day of May, 1764. | 
 [Colophon.'] Boston: \ Printed by Richard Draper, Printer to His 
 Excellency the Governor, and \ the Honorable His Majesty's Council. 
 
 1764. I Folio, pp. 8 for 13. 504 
 " An Aet for apportioning and assessing a Tax of Fifty Thousand Pounds, ' &c. 
 
 176.> 
 ANNO Regni Regis Georgii Tertii, Qninto. | [Royal Arms.] \ An 
 Act I Passed by the Great and (Jeneral Conrt or Assembly of the
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 14!) 
 
 Provnnce of the Massachusetts-Bay, in | New-England ; Ix-gun and 
 held at Boston in the County of Suffolk, on "Wednesday the Twenty- 
 I ninth Day of May, 17(}5. | [Co/ojjhon.'^ Boston: Printed by Richard 
 and Samuel Draper, and Green and \ limnell, Printers to tlve Govern- 
 ment. 1765. I Folio, pp. 8 for 13. 505 
 " An Act for apportioning and assessing a Tax of Fifty Thousand Pounds," &c. 
 
 176C 
 
 ANNO Regni Regis (ieorgii 'I'ertii, Se.xto. | Sexto. | \_Royul Anm.'] 
 
 I An Act I Passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly of 
 
 the Province | of the Massachusetts-Bay, in | New-England ; begun 
 
 and held at Boston in the County of Suifolk on A\'cdnesday the 
 
 Twenty- | eighth Day of May, 1766. | IColophon.l Boxton: Printed 
 
 by Richard and Samuel Draper and | Ch-een and Russell, Printers to 
 
 the Government. 1766. | Folio, pp. 8 for 13. 506 
 
 "An Act for apportioning and assessing a Tax of Forty Thousand Pounds," &c. 
 
 1769 
 
 ANNO Eegni Regis Georgii Tertii, Nono. | [Royal Ai-ms."] \ An 
 Act I Passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly of the 
 Province of the | ^Ia.ssachusetts-Bay in New-England ; begun and held 
 at Boston, in the County | of Suflblk, on Wednesday the Thirt\-first 
 Day of May, 1769. | [Colophon.] Boston: Printed by Richard Draper, 
 and Green aiul Russell, | Printers to the Government. 1769. | Folio, 
 pp. 8 for 13. 507 
 
 "An Act for apportioning and assessing a Tax of Thirty Thousand Pounds," &c. 
 
 1771 
 
 PROVINCE of I Massachusetts- | Bay. | [Royal Arms.'] | The 
 
 Honorable | Harrison Gray, Esq ; | Treasurer and Receiver-General 
 
 of His Majesty's said Province. | To the Select-Men or Assessors of 
 
 the Town or District of | (irecting, ttc. ,| [Boston: 1771.] 
 
 Folio, pp. 6. 508 
 
 A tax levy of £27,300 by the Provincial Treasurer, under an Act passed in 1770, 
 the Assembly of 1771 having failed to pass a tax bill. 
 
 1772 
 PROVINCE of I Mas-siichusctts-Bay. | [Royal Anns.] \ The Hon- 
 orable I Harrison Gray, Es(j; | Trea-surer and Receiver-General of His 
 
 11
 
 150 TFIK TOWER COIXEcTIOX. 
 
 Majesty's said Province. | To the Select-Men or Assessors of the 
 
 Town or District of | Greeting, &c. \ \^C'ofophon.^ Boston: 
 
 Printed by Richard Draper, Printer to His Excellency the (iovernor, 
 awl the Honorable \ His Majesty's Council. 1772. j Folio, pp. 7. 509 
 A tax levy for the year 1772 similar to the preceding. 
 
 1773 
 
 ANNO Regni Regis Georgii Tertii, Decinio Tertio. | [lioytd Anns.] 
 
 I An Act I Passed by the Great and General Court or Assenilily of 
 
 the Province | of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England : Begun anil 
 
 Held at I Boston, upon AVednesday the Twenty-sixth of May, 1772. | 
 
 ^Colophon.] Boston: j Printed by Richard Draper, and Green & 
 
 Ritssell, I Printers to the Government. 1773. | Folio, pp. 9 for 13. 510 
 
 "An Act apportioning and assessing a Tax of . . . Twenty-nine Thousand four 
 [Hundred] and fifty-eight Pounds six Shillings and three Pence." 
 
 1774 
 
 ANNO Regni Regis G«orgii Tertii, | Decimo Quarto. | \_Royal 
 Arms.] I An Act, | Pa«sed hy the Great and General Court or 
 Assembly of the Province | of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-Eng- 
 land : B^un and Held at | Boston, on Wednesday the Twenty-fiith 
 Day of May, 1774, and | from thence continuc<l by Adjournment to 
 Tuesday the Seventli | Day of .June following, and then met at Salem 
 in tlie County of | Essex. | [^L'olophon.] Bo-^ton: \ Printed by Draper, 
 Green and Russell, Printers | to the Govei-nment. [1774.] | Folio, pj). 
 9 for 13. 511 
 
 " An Act apportioning and assessing a Tax of Ten Thousand three hundred and 
 twelve Pounds ten Shillings," and other sums, in all £12,960. 9. 0. 
 
 1775 
 
 IN the Sixteen Year of the Reign of George the Third, King, &c. | 
 An Act I Passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly of tlic 
 Colony I of the Massachu- | .setts-Bay, in New-England : Begun and 
 held at Watcrtown, in tlie ( 'ounty of | Middlesex, on Wctlnesday the 
 Nineteenth Day of July 1775, and from thence con- | tinned i)y Ad- 
 journment to Wednesday the Twentieth Day of September follow- | 
 ing, and then met. | l^Colop)hon.] Watcrtoien, Xew England: | Printed 
 by Benjamin Edes, Printer to the Honorable Council, and Honorable | 
 House of Rejjresentatives. M,DCC,LXXV. | Folio, pp. 9. 512 
 
 " An Act apportioning and assessing a Tax of Forty-six Thousand Pounds."
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 151 
 
 1777 
 
 STATE of Massachusetts-Bay. | In the Year of Our Lord, One 
 
 Thousand Seven Hundred and | Seventy-Seven. | An Act, | Passed 
 
 by the Great and General Court or Assembly of the State of the | 
 
 Massachusetts-Bay in New-England : Begun and held at ^\'atertown, 
 
 in I the County of Middlesex, on | Wednesday the 29th Day of May, 
 
 1776, I and from thence continued by Adjournment to Boston, to the 
 
 12th of I November Ibllowiug, and then met. | [C'o/op/ton.] Boston : | 
 
 Printed by Benjamin Iklcs, \ 1777. | Folio, pp. 9 for 13. 513 
 
 " An Act for apportioning and assessing a Tax of One Hundred and One Thousand 
 Eight Hundred and Seventy One Pounds, One Shilling and Two Pence Half-penny," 
 and other sums, in all £109,231. 19. 2i. 
 
 1788 
 
 STATE of Massachusetts-Bay. | In the Year of our Lord, One 
 Thousand Seven Hundred and | Seventy-Eight. | An Act, | For 
 apportioning and assessing a Tax of Two Hundred | and Fifty-Four 
 Thousand, Seven Hundred and Eighteen | Pounds, Sixteen Shillings 
 and Eleven Pence, upon the | several Towns and other Places in this 
 State, for dc- | fraying the public Charge. | [^Cohphon.'\ Boston : | 
 Printed by Powar.s and Willis, \ Printers to the Honorable House of 
 RepreserUatives. \ 1778. | Folio, pp. 9. 514 
 
 STATE of Massachusetts-Bay. | In the Year of our Lord, One 
 Thousand Seven | Hundred and Seventy-Eight. | An Act, | For 
 apportioning and a.ssessing a Tax of Two | Hundred and Fifty-four 
 Thousand, Seven | Hundred and Eighteen Pounds, Sixteen Shil- | 
 lings and Eleven Pence, upon the several | Towns and other Places in 
 this State, for | defraying the public Charge. | \_Colophon.'\ Boston: \ 
 Printed by Benjamin Edes, 1778. | Folio, pp. 9. 515 
 
 1779 
 
 STATE of Mas.sachusetts-Bay. | In the Year of Our Lord One 
 Thousand Seven | Hundretl and Seventy Nine. | An Act | For ajipor- 
 tioning and assessing a Tax of Two Millions | eight Huudixtl and Hve 
 Thousand five Hundred and | thirty eight Pounds twelve Shillings and 
 eight Pence | half Penny upon the several Towns and other Places | 
 in this State herein after named, for defraying the | public Charges ; 
 and also for assessing a Tax of | Thirty two Thousand and Seventy
 
 152 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 five Pounds eighteen | Shillings and six Pence, paid the Members of 
 the ( House of Reprcsent.alivcs for their Travel and At- | tendance in 
 the General Court in the Year One | Th(jusand Seven Hundretl and 
 Seventy Eight. | [Bodon: 1779.] | Folio, pp. 13. 516 
 
 STATE of Massaohusetts-Bay. | In the Year of our Lord, One 
 Thousand Seven Hundred and | Seventy-Nine. | An Act, | For appor- 
 tioning and assessing a Tax of One Million, | Fourteen Thousand, Four 
 nundre<l and Twenty-two ]^)unds, Seven | Shillings and Eight Pence, 
 upon the several Towns and | other places in this State herein after 
 nameil, for defray- | ing the Public Charges, also for assessing a further 
 I Tax of Twelve Thousand, Three Hundred and Eighty Three | 
 Pounds Sixteen Shillings and Nine Pence, paid the Members | of the 
 House of Representatives lor their Travel and At- | tendance in the 
 General Court, in the Y'ear, One Thou- | sand, Seven Hundred and 
 Seventy Eight. | [Boston: 1779.] Folio, pp. 13. 517 
 
 STATE of Massachusetts-Bay. | In the Y'car of our Lord One 
 Thousand Seven Hun- | dred and Seventy-nine. | An Act | For ap- 
 portioning and assessing a Tax of Two Millions Seven Hundretl and 
 I Seventy Thousand Six Hundred and Ninety-five Pounds Two Shil- 
 lings and I Two Pence, upon the several Towns and other Places in 
 this State | herein after nanietl, for defreying the public Charges ; and 
 also for I assessing a Tax of Twenty-three Thousand Four Hinidred 
 and Fifty-two | Pounds, paid the Members of the House of Repre- 
 sentatives for their | Travel and Attendance in the General Court, the 
 two fii-st Sittings in | the present Year. | [Bodon : 1779.] Folio, pp. 7 
 
 for 15. 518 
 
 1780 
 
 STATE of Massachusetts-Iiay, | In the Year of Our Lord (Jue 
 Thousand Seven | Hundred and Eighty. | An Act | For apportioning 
 and ass&ssing a Tax of Five Millions six | Hundred and one Thousand 
 and twenty five Pounds six | Shillings and seven Pence upon the sev- 
 eral Towns and | other Places in this State herein after named, for de- 
 frey- | ing the public Charges ; and for the carrying into P]xecu- | tion 
 the Resolves of Congress of the Eighte<'nth of March | One Thousand 
 Seven Hundrtxl and Eighty; and also | for assessing a Tax of Thirty 
 thi-ee Thousand four Hun- | dred forty four Pounds ten Shillings, paid
 
 SIASSACHUSETTS. 1.^3 
 
 the Membei-s | of the House of Representatives for their Travel and | 
 Attendance in the General Court the two last Sittings | in the present 
 Year. | [Boston: 1780.] Folio, pp. 14. 519 
 
 STATE of Massachusetts-Bay. | In the Year of our Lord One 
 Thousand Seven Hun- | dred and i:ighty. | An Act | For apportion- 
 ing and assessing a Tax of Seventy-two Thou- | sand Pounds, upon 
 the several Towns and other Places | within this State herein after 
 named, for the purpose of | establishing Funds to se<'ure the roilcnip- 
 tion of the Bills, | ordered to l)e eniittctl, hy an Act of the General 
 Assem- | bly passed the Twenty-fourth Day of April, in the Year | 
 of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty; | and also 
 for paying Annually in Specie, the Interest aris- | ing on Notes which 
 have been issued upon the Cretlit | of the Province, Colony or now 
 State of Massachusetts- | Bay, promising to be paid in Gold and 
 Silver. | [Bodon: 1780.] Folio, pp. 8 -f . .520 
 
 17S1 
 
 COilMOXWEALTH of Massachusetts. | In the Year of our 
 Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred | and Eighty-one. | An Act, | 
 For Appr)rti()ning and Assessing a Tax of Three Hundred | and 
 Seventy-four Thousand, Seven Hundretl and Xinety-five | Pounds, 
 Eight Shillings and Two Pence. | [Boston: 1781.] Folio, pp. 8 for 15. 
 
 521 
 
 COMMONWEALTH of Massachusetts. | In the Year of Our 
 Lord One Thousind Seven | Hundrtnl and Eightv-one. | An Act I 
 For apportioning and assessing a Tax of Three Hund- | re<l and 
 Three Thousand Six Hundred and Thirty- | four Pounds and Six 
 Pence. | [Colophon.] Boston: \ Printed hii Benjamin Edes and Sons, | 
 Printers to the Comnionivealth of 3IaJisacliusetts. \ 1781. | Folio, pp. 10 
 for IG. 522 
 
 1782 
 
 COMMONWEALTH of Massachusetts. | In the Year of our 
 Lord One Thou.sand Seven | Hundrwl and Eighty-two. | An Act | 
 For apporti(jning and assessing a Tax of Two Hundred | Thousand 
 Pounds. I [Colophon.] Bcston: \ Printed by Edirnrd-Eveleth Powars, 
 and I Draper and Fohom, \ Printers to the Commonwealtk of Jlassa- 
 chuaeUs. \ M,DCC,LXXXIL | Folio, pp. 11. 523
 
 154 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 1784 
 
 [Ai-ms of 3Iassachitsetts.] \ COMMONWEALTH of Massachusetts. 
 I In the Year of our Lord, one Thousand seven Hundred and Eighty- 
 Four. I An Aet, | For apportioning and assessing a Tax of one Hun- 
 dred and forty Thousand Pounds, | for the sole Purpose of redeeming 
 tlie Array Notes, issued pursuant t(j an Aet of | this State, })assed the 
 fifth Day of July, 1781, and payable in the Years 1784, | and 17S5 ; 
 and for raising the further Sum of eleven Thousand and Thirty-Five | 
 Pounds, six Shillings and six Pence, for the Purpose of replacing the 
 same Sum | which hath been paid out of the Treasury to the Repre- 
 sentatives, for their At- | tendance on the five last Sessions of the 
 General Court, viz. From November, | one Thousand seven Hundred 
 and Eighty-Two, to ^larch, one Thousand seven | Hundred and 
 Eighty-Four. | [Cb/qp/io/i.] Boston: Printed by Adams and Nourse, 
 Printers to the Commonwealth. \ M,DCC,LXXXIV. | Large Folio, 
 pp. 8. 524 
 
 1788 
 
 TAX No. Six. I l^Ams of Massachusetts. '\ \ Commonwealth of 
 Massachusetts. | In the Year of our Lord, One Thousand seven | 
 Hundred and Eighty-Eight. | An jVct, | For apportioning and assess- 
 ing a Tax of sixty-five Thousand Pounds four | Shillings, to answer 
 the exigences of Government ; and also thirteen | Thousand two Hun- 
 dred and sixty-two Pounds, and one Shilling, to replace | the same 
 Sum, drawn out of the Treasury, to pay the Members of | the House 
 of Representatives, for their Attendance the seven last Sessions | of 
 the General Court ; also a further Sum of thirty Pounds, set to 
 the 1 Town of Bowdoin, and the Sum of ninety-four Poinids, fifteen 
 Shillings | and ten Pence, set on the Lands of the Heirs and Assigns 
 of the late | Brigadier Waldo. | \_Colophon.'\ Boston: | Printed by 
 Adams and Nourse, | Printers to the Honorable General Court. | 
 M,DCC,LXXXVIII. I Folio, pp. 19. 525 
 
 1789 
 
 TAX No. Seven. | [Arms of 3Ta.ssachusetfs.'\ \ Commonwealth of 
 Massachusetts. | In the Year of our Lord, One Thousand seven | 
 Hundred and Eighty-Nine. | An Act | For apportioning and assessing 
 a Tax of thirty-two Thousand six | Hundred and five Pounds eighteen
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 155 
 
 Shillings and one Penny, to an- | swer the exigences of Government ; 
 and also four Thoujiand | eight Hundred thirty-nine Pounds, nineteen 
 Shillings, to re- | place the same Sum drawn out of the Treasury, to 
 pay the | Members of the House of Representatives for their Attend- 
 ance I the three last Sessiijns of the General Court ; also a further Sum 
 I of fifteen Pounds one Sliilling, set to the Town of Bowdoin, and | 
 the Sum of forty-seven Poiuids eleven Shillings, set on the Lands | of 
 the Heirs and Assigns of the late Brigadier Waldo. | \^C'olophon.'\ 
 Bodon : | Printed bi/ Adams and Nourse, | Printers to the Honourable 
 General Court. \ M,bcC,LXXXIX. | Folio, pp. 19. 52G 
 
 1790 
 
 TAX No. Eight. | [^Anns of IlassachusetL^.^ | Commonwealth of 
 Massachusetts. | In the Year of our Lord, One Thousand seven | 
 Hundred and Ninety. | An Act, | For apportioning and assessing a 
 Tax of twenty-five Thousand three | Hundred and sixty Pounds three 
 Shillings and five Pence, to an- | swer the exigencies of Government ; 
 and also four Thousand one | Hundred fifty-five Pounds twelve Shill- 
 ings, to re-place the same Sum | drawn out of the Treasury, to pay the 
 Members of the House of | Representatives, for their Attendance the 
 two last Sessions of the | General Court ; also for assessing a further 
 Sum of eleven Pounds | fourteen Shillings, set to the Town of Bow- 
 doin, and the Sum of thirty- | six Pounds, nineteen Shillings and eight 
 Pence, set on the Lands of | the Heirs and Assigns of the late Brig- 
 adier Waldo. I l^Colophon.l Boston: \ Printed by Thomas Adams, \ 
 Printer to the Honourable General Court. \ M,DCC,XC. | Folio, pp. 
 19. 527 
 
 1791 
 
 TAX No. Nine. | [^lyjn.s of Ma.ssachujietf.-^.l \ Commonwealth of 
 Massachusetts. | In the Year of our Lord, One Thousand seven Hun- 
 dred and I Ninety-One. | An Act, | For apportioning and assessing a 
 Tax of twenty-five Thousand three | Hundred and sixty-five Pounds, 
 two Shillings and seven I'ence, to an- | swer the exigencies of Govern- 
 ment ; and also four Thousand one | Hundred and eleven Pounds, four- 
 teen Shillings to re-i)lace the same | Sum drawn out of the Treasury, to 
 pay the Members of the House | of Representatives, for their Attend- 
 ance the three last Sessions of the | General Court ; also ibr assessing 
 a further Sum of eleven Pounds | fourteen Shillings, set to the Town
 
 156 THE TOWER COLLECTTON. 
 
 of Bowdoin, and the Sum of thirty- | six Pounds, nineteen Shillings 
 and eight Pence, set on the Lands of | the Heirs and Assigns of the 
 late Brigadier Waldo. | [Cb/opAon.] Printed at Boston, {Massachu- 
 setts) I By Thomas Adams, Printer to the Hon. General Court. | 
 M,DCC,XCI. I Folio, pp. 20. 528 
 
 1792 
 
 COMMONWEALTH of Massaehusetts. | In the Year of our Lord, 
 One Thousand seven Hun- | dral and Ninety-Two. | [Anns of Massa- 
 (•husetf>i.'] I An Act | For enquiring into the Rateable Estates | within 
 this Commonwealth. | [i'ohphon.'l Printed at Boston, by Thomas 
 Adams, printer to the | honorable. The General CouH. | M,DCC,XCII. 
 I 4to. i)p. 8. 529 
 
 1793 
 
 TAX No. Ten. | [Arms of Massachusetts.'\ Commonwealth of 
 Massachusetts. | In the Year of our Lord, One Thousand, seven | 
 Hundred and Ninety-three. | An Act, | For apportioning and assess- 
 ing a Tax of twenty thousand and eight | Pounds seventeen Shillings 
 and six Pence, to answer the exigencies | of (iovernment; and also, 
 thirteen thousand, two hundred and sixty- | eight Pounds, and six 
 Pence ; to replace the same Sum drawn out of | the Treasury of this 
 Commonwealth, to pay the Members of the | House of Representatives, 
 for their attendance the six last Sessions | of the General Court, from 
 the twenty-sixth Day of January, one | thousand, seven hundred and 
 ninety-one, to the twenty-<'ighth day | of March, one thousand, seven 
 liuudred and ninety-tiiree, inclusive. | \_C'olopho)i.^ Boston, (Massa- 
 chusetts:) I Printed at the State Pre-is, by Thomas Adams, | Printer to 
 the Honourable General Court. \ M,DCC,XCIII. | Folio, pp. 23. 530 
 
 1794 
 
 TAX No. Eleven. | [Arms of Massachusetts.'] | Commonwealth of 
 Massachusetts. | In the Year of our Lord, One Thousand, seven | 
 Hundred and Ninety-four. | An Act, | For ajiportioning and assessing 
 the Sum of forty thousand and | forty-seven pounds, fifteen shillings, 
 to answer the exigencies | of Government ; and also, five thousand, 
 and twenty pounds | six shillings, to replace the same sum, drawn out 
 of the I Trea.sury of this Commonwealth, to pay the Members | of 
 the House of Representatives, for their attendance | the last three Ses-
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 157 
 
 sions of the General Court, from the | twenty-ninth Day of May, one 
 thousand, seven huiidral | and ninety-tliree, to the twenty-seventh Day 
 of Febrii- | ary, one thousand, seven hundred and ninety-four, inehi- 
 sive. I [Colophon.l Boston {Massachusetts:) \ Printed at the State 
 Press, by Arhims and Larkin, \ Printers to the Commonwefitth. \ 
 M,DCC,'XCIV. I Folio, pp. 24. 531 
 
 1796 
 TAX No. Thirteen. | \^Arms of Massachusetts.'] \ Commonwealth of 
 Massachusetts. | In the Year (jf our Lord, one Thousand, seven Hun- 
 dred and I Ninety-six. | An AvX. | For apportioninu; and assessiiifr a 
 Tax, of one Hun- | dral and thirty-three Thousand, three Hundred 
 and Ninety-four | Dollars and eighty-six Cents, and providing for the 
 reimburse- | ment of twenty Thousand eight Hundretl and Ninety-nine 
 Dollars | and Fifty Cents, paid out of the Puhlit; Treasury to the 
 Mem- I bers of the House of Representatives, for their attendance the | 
 two last Sessions of the General Court. | [^Colophon.] Boston: \ Printed 
 by Young and Minns, Printers to the Commonwealth of \ Massachusetts. 
 [1796.] I Folio, pp. 20. 532 
 
 1707 
 
 TAX No. Fourteen. | \_Arms of Massachusett.'<!\ \ Commonwealth of 
 Massachusetts. | In the Year of our Loixl, one Thousand, seven Hun- 
 dred and I Ninety-seven. | An Act | For apportioning and assessing a 
 Tax, of one Hun- | dred and Thirty three Thousand, three Hundretl 
 and eighty one | Dollars, and Fifty three Cents ; and providing for the 
 reini- | bursenieut of ten Thousand, tiiree Hundre<l and sixty eight 
 Dol- I lars, jiaid out of the Public Treasury to the Members of the | 
 House of Kepreseutatives for their attendance the two last | St>ssi(ins 
 of the General Court. | [^Volophon.] Boston: \ Printed by Young <& 
 Mimis, Printers to the State. [1797.] | Folio, pp. 20. 533 
 
 1798 
 
 TAX for the year 1798. | ^Arms of Massachusetts.] | Commonwealth 
 of Massachusetts. | In the year of our Lord, one thousand, seven hun- 
 dretl and ninety-eight. | An Act | To apjiortion and a.s.sess a Tax of 
 one hundretl and | thirty-three thousiuid, tiiree hinidred and eightv-one 
 dollars and | fifty-three cents, and providing for the reimbui-sement of 
 eigh- I teen thousand, five hundred and sixty dollars, paid out of the |
 
 158 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 Public Treasury, to the Members of the House of Repre- | scntatives for 
 
 their attendance the two last sessions of the | General Court. | [i/o.ston; 
 
 1798.] Folio, pp. 20. .-);34 
 
 1799 
 
 TAX for the Year 1799. | [.l/'»w of Mafsmchiuselts.^ \ Comiuon- 
 wealth of Massachusetts. | In the Year of our Loixl, one thousand 
 seven hundretl and nine- | ty-nine. | An Act | To apportion and assess 
 a Tax of one huudriHl and | thirty-three thousand, four luindnnl and 
 tiiirty-five Dollai-s and | thirteen cents, and providing for the reim- 
 bursement of twen- I ty-one thousand, four hundred and thirty-eight 
 dollars, paid out | of the Public Treasury, to the Membei's of the 
 House of I Representatives for their attendance the two last sessions of 
 I the General Court. | [Boston: 1799.] Folio, pp. 20. 535 
 
 1800 
 
 TAX for the Year 1800. | [Ai-ms of Massachnsetts.'\ \ Common- 
 wealth of Massachusetts. | In the Year of our Lord, one thousand and 
 eight hundred. | .Vn Act | to apportion and assess a tax of one hun- 
 dred and I thirty-three thousand, four hundred and thirty-five dollars 
 and I thirteen cents, and providing for the reimbursement of twentv ( 
 thousand, five hundred and fiity-four dollars, paid out of the | Public 
 Treasury, to the Members of the House of Represen- | tatives^for their 
 attendance the two last sessions of the Gen- | cral Court. | [Colojjhon.'^ 
 Young and Minm, Printers to the Stuie. [1800.] | Folio, pp. 19. 536 
 
 MONTSERRAT. 
 
 1740 
 
 jlCTS I of I Assembly, | Passed in the | Island of Montserrat ; | 
 
 From 1G68, to 1740, inclusive. | [Boyal Ai-vis.^ | London: \ 
 
 Printed, by Order of the Lords Commissioners of Trade \ and 
 
 Plantations, by John Baskett, Printer to the \ King's Most Excellent 
 
 Majesty. M.DCC.XL. | Folio. 537 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Index, pp. iii-x ; text, pp. 1-119 ; 1 p. blank ; Title to 
 Abridgment, 1 leaf; Index, to Abridgment, cxxiii-cxxiv ; Abridgment, pp. 125-146. 
 The title to the Abridgment reads : An | Abridgment | of the | Acts of Assembly, 
 I Passed in the | Island of Montserrat; | From 1668, to 1740, inclusive. | 
 l^Rriyal Arms.'\ \ London; | Printetl, hi/ OriUr ijf Die Lords Commissioners of Trtide | 
 and Plantations, by Jokn Baskett, Printer to the \ King's Moat Excellent Majesty. 
 M.DCC.XL. I
 
 NEW ENGLAND. 159 
 
 NEVIS. 
 
 1740 
 
 [ ( "I'.S I of I Assembly, \ Passed in tlie | Island of Xevis, | From 
 
 l'jtj4, to 1739, inclusive, | [^Royal Anm.^ | London: \ 
 
 Printed, by Order of the Lords Commiisisioners of Trade and 
 
 Plantn- \ tions, by John Batikett, Printer to the King's Most Excellent 
 
 Ma- I jesty. MDCCXL. | Folio. .538 
 
 Collation : Title, 1 leaf; Index, pp. iii-viii ; text, pp. 1-142 ; Title to Abridgment, 
 1 leaf; Index, pp. 1-15-146 ; Abridgment, pp. 147-1G8. The title to the abridgment 
 reads : An | Abridgment | of the | Acts of Assembly, | Passed in the | 
 Island of Nevis, | Prom 1664, to 1739, istclusive. | [as in first title]. 
 
 NEW ENGLAND. 
 
 1641 
 
 X I ABSTRACT | or the | Lawes | of New England, | As 
 they are now establishetl. | [C'«<.] | London, \ Printed for F. 
 Co'ules, and W. Ley at Paides Chain, \ 1641. | Sq. .Svo." Title, 
 1 leaf; pp. 1-15; Table, jip. (2). 539 
 
 1735 
 
 AN I ABSTRACT | of | Laws and Government. | "^Vherein as in a 
 Mirrour may be seen | the wisdome & perfection of the Government 
 of I Christs Kingdome. | Accomodable to any State or form of | Gov- 
 ernment in the world, that is not Antichri- | stian or Tyrannicall. | 
 Collected and digested into the ensuing Method, by | that Godly, 
 Grave, and Judicious Divine, Mr. John | Cotton, of Boston in New- 
 England, in his Life-time, | and presented to the generall Court of the 
 Massachusets. | And now publishetl after his death, by | William 
 Aspinwall. | ... | .... | London, \ Pritiicd by M. S. for Liveicel 
 Chapman, and are to be sold \ ai the Crown in Popes-head Alley, 1655. 
 I Sq. 8vo. 540 
 
 Collation : Title, 1 leaf ; To the Reader, pp. 5 ; 1 p. blank ; Laws, pp. 1-35 ; 1 p. 
 blank ; Analysis, 1 p. ; Errata, 1 p.
 
 160 THE TOWKR COLLECTION. 
 
 NEW HAMPSHIRE. 
 
 109!) 
 
 jlCTS I and | Laws, | Passed by the General Conrt or Assembly 
 
 I of His Majesties Province of | New-Hampshire in | New- 
 
 P^ngland. | Begun and Held at Portsmouth, on Monday the 
 
 Seventh | Day of August, IGit'J. | Annt) Regni Gulielmi Tertii, An- 
 
 gliae, Scotiie, ) Franciie et Hil)ernia3, Regis, Undeeimo. | [/I'oya/ 
 
 Anns.J I Boaton, \ Printed by Bartholomew Green, and John AUen, 
 
 Printers to \ Hi.s Excellency the Earl of Bcllonwnt. 1699. | Folio, Title, 
 
 1 leaf; pp. :3-10. 541 
 
 Tho onlv known copy. 
 
 171C 
 
 ACTS I and | Laws, | Passed by the | General Court | or | A.s.sem- 
 bly I Of His Majesties | Province | of | New-Hampshire | in | New- 
 England. I [Royal Arms.'\ \ Boston in Xeir-England : \ Printed by B. 
 Green: Sold by Eleuzar Mussel | at his Shop in Portsmouth. 1716. | 
 Folio. 542 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Table, pp. i-iii ; 1 p. blank; text, pp. 1-00. This copy 
 backs the title page, but has the subsequently passed acts up to page 154, which will 
 be found described in the next two titles. 
 
 1718 
 
 [Royal Arms-I \ ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the General Court 
 or .\ssembly of the Province of | New-Hampshire in New-England : 
 Begun and Held at Portsmoutii, | the 1:3th. Day of May, 1718. [Colo- 
 jjAou.J Boston : Printed by B. Green, Printer to His Excelleney tlw, | 
 Governour and Council, of the Province of New-Hampshire. | 1718. | 
 Folio, pp. 61-131 ; 1 p. blank ; Table, pp. i-iv. 543 
 
 1719 
 
 [Royal Arms.'\ | ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the General Court or 
 Assembly of His Majesty's Province | of New-Hampshire in New- 
 England : Begun and Held at Portsmouth, | on the Second Day of 
 May, 1719. | [Colophon.'\ Boston: Printed by B. Green, Printer to 
 His Excellency the | Governour & Council, of the Province of New- 
 Hampshire. I 1719. I Folio, pp. 133-154 -J-. 544 
 
 Wanting pp. 155-156.
 
 NEW JERSEY. 161 
 
 172(5-1889 
 
 ACTS I and I Laws, | Passed by the | General Court | or | Assem- 
 bly I Of His ^lajesties | Province | of | Xew-Hampshire | in | Ncw- 
 Englaud. | \^Royal ArmH.~\ \ Bodon in New-England : | Printed by li. 
 Green: Sold by Eleazur Rrissel \ at hin Shop in Poiismouth. 1726. | 
 Folio. 545 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Table, pp. 1-7; 1 p. blank; text, pp. 1-171. This is u 
 very nicely executed reprint of the edition of 1716 with the session laws down tn 
 .fanuarj' 1725-26, but it is thrown on the world without a word of explanation as to 
 by whom, when, or where it was done. The title page is a fac-simile of that of the 
 edition of 1716 except that the date is changed to 1726. 
 
 1771 
 
 ACTS and Laws | of | His Majesty's Province | of | New-Hamp- 
 shire. I In I New-England, | With sundry Acts of Parliament. | By 
 Order of the General Assembly. | To which is prefix'd the | Commis- 
 sions I of I President John Cuttss, Esq ; | And His Excellency | John 
 Wentworth, Esq ; | Portstnouth, Printed by Daniel and Robert Foide, \ 
 And Sold at their Office near the State-House. \ 1771. | Folio. 546 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Cutts's Commission, pp. 1-6; Wentworth's Commission, 
 pp. 1-8 ; Titles, pp. i-iv ; Perpetual Laws, pp. 1-272 ; Temporarj* Laws, pp. 1-51 ; 
 1 p. blank ; Table, pp. i-xiii. 
 
 NEW JERSEY. 
 
 1703 
 
 PNNO Regni lieginss | Annje | Anglise, Scotiae, Franciae & 
 
 Hibcrnise, | Secundo. | At a General Assembly begun at 
 
 Perth-Amboy in | New-Jarsey the 8th Day of November, 
 
 Anno Domini, | ITOo. in the second year of the Reign of our So- | 
 
 veraign Lady Anne, by the Grace of God, of | England, Scotland, 
 
 France and Ireland, (Jueen, De- | fender of the Faith, Ac. | \_Royal 
 
 Ann8.'\ I Printed by Willium Bradford, Printer to the Queens most \ 
 
 Excellent Majesty in the City of Neic-York, 1703 | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; 
 
 pp. .V4. 547 
 
 1704 
 
 [Royal Arms.'] \ ANNO Regni Reginse Annse | Nune Anglise, 
 
 &c. Tcrtio. I [New York. W. Rradfortl. 1704.] Folio, pp. 1-20. 548 
 
 The Acts Passed by the second Assembly of New Jersey in December, 1704, is.-iud 
 in two sections, the arms and bead-lines of the above title reappearing on page 11.
 
 162 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 BY His Excellency | Edward Viscount Cornbury Capt. General and 
 Go- I vernour in C'hief in and over her Majestys Provinces of Xew- 
 Jarsey, New- York, and all the Territories and Tracts | of Land de- 
 pending thereon in America, and Yice-Adniiral | of the same, etc. | 
 An I Ordinance | for | P^stablishing Courts of Judicature. | [t'o/o/>Ao)i.] 
 Printed bi/ William Bradford, Printer to the Queens Most \ Excellent 
 Majesty, in the City of Xeic-Vork, 1704. | Folio, pp. 4. 549 
 
 A CATALOGUE of Fees | established | By the Governour & 
 Council for the | Province of Xew-Jai-sey. | [Xcw York: W. Brad- 
 ford. 1704.] Folio, i)p. 4. 550 
 
 1717 
 
 THE I LAWS, I and | Acts of the General Assembly | Of His 
 Majesties Province of Nova Cfesarea or | New-Jersey, | As they were 
 Enacted by the Governour, Council and General | Assembly, for the 
 Time being, in divers Sessions, the first of | which began in November, 
 1703. I [Royal Arms.'\ \ Printed and , Sold by William Bradford, Printer 
 to the Kings Most Excellent \ Majesty for the Province of Neic-Jersey, 
 1717. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 1-60 for 58. 551 
 
 There are no pages numbered 23 and 44. 
 
 ACTS passed by the General Assembly | of the Province of New- 
 Jersey, in January 1716. in the | Third Year of the Reign of our 
 Soveraign Lord George, by | the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, 
 France and | Ireland, &c. \ [Xew York: W. Bradford. 1716-17.] 
 Folio, pp. 61-78. 552 
 
 Paged in continuation of the collection of 1710. I have not met a copy except as 
 bound up with the revision of 1716, but as it begins with sheet B, I suspect it must 
 have been issued separately with a title page. 
 
 1718 
 
 ACTS passed at a General Assembly begun and held at | Perth- 
 
 Amboy, in New-Jersey One Thousand Seven Hundred | and Eighteen. 
 
 I [Xeic York: W.Bradford, 1718.] Folio, pp. (13.) 553 
 
 1719 
 
 [ACTS of Assembly passed March 27 and 28, 1719. Xeir York: 
 
 W. Bradford. 1719.] Folio, pp. 95-123. 554 
 
 This session was apparently i.ssued without a title page; it begins with "An Act 
 for Running and Ascertaining the Line of Partition or Division between (he Eastern 
 and Western Divisions of the Province of New Jersey," &c., and ends with "An
 
 NEW JERSEY. 163 
 
 Ordinance for Establishing the Place for Keeping and Holding the Courts of Judi- 
 cature for the County of Hunterdon," <S:c., passed March 28, 1719. Usually found 
 with the collection of 1717, and paged in continuation of it, the error in the collection 
 of 1717 being corrected by the duplication of two pages in the next session. 
 
 1722 
 
 [ACTS of Assembly, May 5, 1722. New York, \V. Bradford. 
 1722.] Folio, pp. 123-145. 555 
 
 This session appears to have issued without a title page ; it begins " An Act for the 
 Support of the Government," &c., which is followed by four others, ending with "An 
 Act to prevent the Killing of Deer out of season," &c. 
 
 1723 
 AXXO Regni | Georgii | Regis | Magnte Britannia;, Franeise & 
 Hilxjrnise | Decimo, | At a Se.ssion of the (Jeneral Assembly of the 
 
 I Colony of New-Jei-sey, begun the twenty fourth Day of | Septeniljer, 
 Anno Domini 1723. and continued by Ad- | journments to the 30th 
 Day of November following, at | which time the following Acts were 
 Published. | [lioyal Arms.] \ Printed by William Bradford in (he City 
 of I Perth- Amboy. \ 1723. | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 3-33 ; 1 p. blank ; 
 (4). 556 
 
 Tables showing the Principal and Interest that the Borrowers of Xew-Jersey Paper 
 Money must pay in to the Respective Loan-Offices during the Term of Twelve 
 years, with explanation and examples, fill the four unnumbered pages. 
 
 [Royal Arms.-] \ AX | OKDIXAXCK | For Regulating the 'i"imes 
 of Sitting of the | Courts of Judicature | in the | Province of X'ew- 
 Jersey. | [New- York : William Bradford. 1723.] Folio, pp. 5. 557 
 
 Dated April 29, 1723. 
 
 17-24 
 
 AN I ORDIXANCE | for | Regulating & Establishing Fees | 
 "Within this his Majesty's Province of Xew-Jersey. | Bv his Excellencv 
 I William Burnet, E.sq ; Captain General and Go- | vernour iu Chief 
 of the Provinces of X'ew-Jersey, New- | York, and Territories De- 
 pending thereon in America, | and Vice- Admiral of tiie .simie, &q. this 
 2<jtli Day of | Xovember, in the Tenth Year of the Reign of our Sov- 
 ereign I Lord George, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, | France 
 and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. | Annoq ; Domini One 
 Thonsimd Seven Hundred and | Twenty Three. | [Poyal Arms.'] \ 
 [New-York:] Printed and Sold by William Bradford, 1724. | Folio, 
 I'i'- 1-1. 5,58
 
 164 THE TOWEK COLLECnOX. 
 
 1727 
 AN I ORDINANCE | For Regulating and Establishing Fc«; 
 within His | Majesty's Provinre of New-.Jei'sey. | [('o/ophoii.'\ Printed 
 and Sold by Wditdm Bradford in Ncw-Ywk. [1727.] | Folio, pp. 6. 
 
 558* 
 1732 
 
 THE I ACTS I Of the General Assembly | Of tiie J'rovinee of | 
 New-Jei-sey, | From the Time of the Surrender of the | Government 
 of the said Province, to the | Fourth Year of the Keign of King | 
 George the Second. | Collected and Published by Order of the said | 
 Assembly. | With a Table of the Principal Matters therein containwl. 
 I [Royal Arnis.l \ Philadelphia : Printed and Sold by William and \ 
 Amirew Bradford, Printers to the King's Mod Excellent \ Majesty, for 
 the Province of New-Jersey, \ MDCCXXXII. | Folio. 559 
 
 Collation : Title, 1 leaf; Table, pp. (12) ; text, pp. 1-281. Edited by John Kinsey, 
 afterwards Chief Justice of Pennsylvania. 
 
 1752 
 
 THE I ACTS I Of the General Assembly | Of the Province of | 
 New-Jersey, | From the Time of the Surrender of the Government in 
 the Second | Year of the Reign of (iueen Anne, to this present Time, 
 be- I ing the Twenty Fifth Year of the Reign of King George the 
 
 I Second. | Collected and published by Order of the General Assem- 
 bly I of the .'^aid Province. | With Proper Tables ; and au Alphabetical 
 Index containing all the | Principal Matters in the Body of the Book. 
 
 I By Samuel Nevill, Esq ; | Second Justice of the Supreme Court of 
 Judicature of the | said Province. | [Philadelphia:] Printed by William 
 Bradford, Printer to the Kings Most \ Excellent Majesty for the Pronnce 
 of New-Jersey, \ MDCCLII. | Folio. 560 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 p.; Errata, 1 p.; Dedication, 1 leaf; Acts, pp. 1-454; Table, 
 pp. 455-470; Index, pp. 471-507. 
 
 175S 
 
 THE I Grants, Concessions, | And | Original Constitutions | Of 
 the Province t)f | New-Jersey | The | ACTS | Pa.s,sed during the 
 Proprietary Governments, and other ma- | terial Transactions before 
 the Surrender thereof to | Queen Anne. | The Instrument of Surrender,
 
 NEW JERSEY. 165 
 
 and Her formal Acceptance | thereof. | Lord ComburA's Commission 
 and Instructions conse- | quent thereon. | Collectetl by some Gentlemen 
 emi)loyed by the General Assembly. | And Afterwards | Published by 
 Virtue of an Act of the Legislature of the said | Province. | AVith 
 proper Tables alphabetically digested, containing the principal Matters 
 in I the Book. | By .\aron Lraming and .lacob Spiccr. | Philndclphki : 
 I Printed by W. Bradford, Printer to the King's Most Excellent \ 
 Majedy for the Province oj New-Jersey. [1758.] | Folio. 561 
 
 Collation : Title, 1 p. ; Errata, 1 p. ; Preface, pp. (2) ; Half-title, 1 leaf; text, pp. 
 1-692; Index for New-Jersey, 693-710; Index for East-Jersey, pp. 711-740; Index 
 for "Weit-Jersey, pp. 741-763. 
 
 This handsome volume, generally known as Learning and Spicer's Lawn, wa.» pre- 
 pared under the authority of an act of Assembly passed in 17-52, and is the largest 
 work issued from the press of AVm. Bradford. Subscribers' names were first solicited 
 in February, 175.5, the compilers having spent nearly two years in its preparation. 
 Three years more were consumed in printing, and it was not until May, 1758, that it 
 was ready for delivery. Up to that time 170 copies had been subscribed for, and the 
 editors say, in the Pennsi/lrania Journal, May 11, 17.58, "a number of copies yet 
 remain not subscribed for," and "any person may be supplied" until "the 17th of 
 .July next, after which we will not further extend the sale." It was reprinted about 
 1880. 
 
 1-61 
 
 THE 1 ACTS I of the | General Assembly | of the | Province | of | 
 New-Jersey, | From the Year 1753, being the Twenty-sixth of the 
 Reign | of King (xeorge the Second, where the First | A'olume ends, 
 to the Year 1761, being the First of | King George the Third. | With 
 j)roper Tables ; and an alphabetical Index ; containing | all the princi- 
 j)al Matters in the Body of the Book : Together | with an ^Vppendix ; 
 containing the several Acts of Parlia- | ment now in Force in America, 
 relating to his Majesty's | Forces, and the Articles of War. | Collected 
 and published by Order of the General Assembly | of the said Prov- 
 ince. I By Samuel Nevill, Estj ; | Second Justice of the Supreme 
 Court of Judicature of the | said Province. | Volume the Second. | 
 \Voodbrid(je, in Ncir-Jerwy : \ Printed by Jamefi Parker, Printer to the 
 King's Most | Excellent Majesty, for the Province. \ M.DCC.LXI. | 
 Folio. 562 
 
 Collation : Title, 1 leaf; Dedication, 1 leaf; Tables, pp. i-x ; Subscribers, pp. (2) ; 
 text, pp. 1-401; 1 p. blank ; Index, pp. 1-oti ; Appendix, Title, 1 leaf; text, pp. 
 3-64. The title to the Appendix reads: An | Api'kndix, | costainino, | Ab- 
 stracts OF SUCH Parts ok tub .Vcts ok | Parliamknt rkl.\tisg to thk .Vrmy, 
 
 I AS CONCERN THE COLONIES OK NoRTH- | AMERICA. ( CaKEFULLY COMPARED 
 
 12
 
 I(j6 THE TOWER COLLEl'TION. 
 
 AND EXAMINED BY THE OrIOINALS, PRINTED | IN LONDON BY TlIOMAS BaSKETT, 
 
 Printer to tiik Kino's Most | Excellent Ma.iksty. | [Roj/al Anns.] | Woorl- 
 b ridge : \ Reprinted by Order of the General Axsembly | of the Province oj New Jersey, 
 by James Parker, \ Printer to the Province, MDCCLX. | 
 
 ACTS I of the | (ieneral Assembly | oi' the Province of | New- 
 Jersey, I 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 177(). | To which is annexed, | The Ordinance for regu- 
 lating and cstahlishing 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 (Jeneral Assembly, and | 
 compared with the Original Acts, | \\\ Samuel Allins()n. | . . . | . . . | 
 ... I ... I ... I ... I .... I BurlhujUtn : \ Printed by Isaac Collins, 
 Printer to the King, for the Promnce of Netv-Jersci/. \ M.DCC.LXXYI. 
 I Folio. 5()3 
 
 Collation: Titk-, 1 k'iif; Preface, pp. iii-viii ; Acts, pp. 1-4'J3 ; 1 p. Ijlauk ; Ap- 
 pendix, pp. l-O; the Oriliiiancp, pp. 1-6; Table of -Vets in force, pp. 1-4; Table of 
 Acts disallowed, JSiv., pj). 1-4; Table of Private Acts, pp. 1-3; 1 p. blank ; Index, 
 1-15. 
 
 17S4 
 
 ACTS I of the I Council | and | General Assemi)ly | of the Stat<' of 
 I New-Jersey, | from tlie | Establishment of the present Government, 
 and Declaration of I n(l(']H'ndence, to the | End of the first sitting of 
 the eighth Session, on the 24th Day of December, 178.3; | with the 
 Constitution ])refixed. | To which is annexed, | An Appendix, contain- 
 ino; the .Vrticles of Confederation I of the United States, &c. I With two 
 alphabetical Tables and an Index. | Compiled under the Appointment 
 of the Legislature, | By Peter Wilson, A.M. | Trenton : \ Printed hi/ 
 Isaac Collins, Printer to the State of New-Jersey. \ M.DCC.LXXXIV. 
 I Folio. ;")<i4 
 
 Collation; Title, 1 leaf; Constitution, i)p. iii-x ; Acts, pp. 1-389; 1 p. blank ; Aj)- 
 pendix, pp. 1-28 ; Table of Acts in force, pp. 1-4 ; Table of Private and Obsolete, 
 &c.. Acts, pp. 1-4; Index, pp. 1-30. 
 
 ACTS I of the Eighth | General .\sseml;)ly | of tlie | State | of | 
 New-Jersey, | i^i a Session begun at Trenton the 2)Sth Day | of Octo- 
 ber, 1783, and continued by Adjournments | until the 2d Day of Sep- 
 tember, 1784. I Being the second Sitting. | Trenton: \ Printed by Isaac
 
 NEW JERSEY. 167 
 
 CoUm.H, PriiUer tn the State. | M.DCC.LXXXIV. | Folio, Title, 1 
 leaf; pp. 7r)-12],(l). 565 
 
 ACTS I of the Ninth | General Assembly | of the | State | of | 
 New-Jersey, | At a Session l)ei>;iiii at Trenton on the 2ntli Day of | 
 Oetober, 1784, and e(intiinie<l by A(lj(jurnnients. | Being the fii-st Sit- 
 ting. I Trenton: \ Prhited by Isaac CoUirus, Printer to the State. \ 
 M,DCC.LXXXIY. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 125-186. 566 
 
 1785 
 
 ACTS I of the Tenth | General Assembly | of tlie | State | of | 
 New-Jersey, | At a Session begun at Trenton the 25tli Day of | 
 Oetober, 1785, and continued by Adjournments. ( Being the first 
 Sitting. I Trenton : | Printed by Isaac Collins, Printer to the State. \ 
 M.DCC.LXXXV. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 191-230, (1). 567 
 
 17.s(! 
 ACTS I ol' the Tentii | (ieneral Assembly | of the | State | of | 
 New-.Tersey. | At a Session begun at Trenton on the 2.5th Day of | 
 Oetober, 1785, and continued by Adjournments. | Being the second 
 Sitting. I Trenton : \ Printed by Isaac Collins, Printer to the State. \ 
 M.DCC.LXXXVI. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 235-288, (1). 568 
 
 ACTS I of the Tentii | General Assembly | of the | State | of | 
 New-Jersey. | At a Session begun at Trenton on the 25th Day of | 
 October, 1785, and continued by jVdjournments. | Being the third 
 Sitting. I Trenton: \ Printed by Isaac Collins, Printer tn the State. \ 
 M.DCC.LXXXVI. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 293-334. 569 
 
 ACTS I of the Eleventh | (ieneral Assembly | of the | State | of | 
 New-Jersey. | At a Session begun at Trentnn on the 24th Day of | 
 Oetober, 1786, and continued by .Vdjournments. | Being the first 
 Sitting. I Trenton: | Printed by Isaac Collins, PritUer to the State. \ 
 M.DCC.LXXXVI. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 337-383, (1). 570 
 
 17S7 
 
 ACTS I of tlie Kleventh | (Jeneral Assembly | of the | State | of | 
 New-Jersey. | At a Session Ix'gun at Trenton on the 24th Day of | 
 October, 1786, and continue<l by Adjournments. | Being the second
 
 168 THE TOWER COLLECTIOX. 
 
 Sitting. I Trenton: \ Printed by Isaac Collin-t, Printer to the State. \ 
 M.DCC.LXXXVII. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 387-452. 571 
 
 1788 
 
 ACTS I of tiie Thirteenth | General Assembly | of the | State | of 
 
 I New-Jersey. | At a Se-ssion begun at Trenton on the 28th Day of | 
 
 October 1788, and continued by Adjournments. | Being the First 
 
 Sitting. I Trenton: \ Printed by Imae (Mim. \ M.DCC.LXXXVIII. 
 
 I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 47.'3-514, (1). 572 
 
 NEW YORK. 
 
 1693 
 
 jlN ACT for Granting to their Majesties the Rate of | One Penny 
 per Pound upon all the Keal and Per- | sonal Estates within 
 this Province of New-York, | &c. To be allowed unto his 
 Excellency the Go- | vernour, for the Care of the Province, November 
 I the 12th, 1692. | [Xete York: W.Bradford. 1693.] Folio, pp. 4. 573 
 
 A CATALOGUE of Fees | Established by the | (Jovernour and 
 Council I At the Humble Itetjuest of the | Assembh- | ^Colophon.J 
 Printed and Sold by ]]'i//iam Bradford, Printer to Their Maje.stie.s, | 
 Kiny William and Queen JIary, at the Bible in New-York, 1693. | 
 Folio, pp. 11. 574 
 
 Usuallv fimnd with the Laws printed in 1694, of which, although printed in 1693, 
 it was made a part by the editor's including it in his table of contents. 
 
 lfi!)4 
 
 THE I LAW'S & Acts | of the | General Assembly | for | Their 
 Majesties Province | of | New-York, | As they were Enacted in divers 
 Sessions, the first of I which began April, 9th, Annoq ; Domini, | 1691. 
 I At Xeir-York, | Printed and Sold by Willium Bradford, Printer to 
 their Majcdie-t, King | William &• Queen Mary, 1694. | Folio. 575 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Contents, pp. (2); Laws, pp. 1-84; Catalogue of Fees, 
 pp. 1-11. The Catalogue of Fees, although called for in the Table of Contents, was 
 no doubt printed in the preceding year, as the paging and signatures not only begin 
 anew, but the colophon says, " Printed .... 1693." See No. 574, supra.
 
 NEW YORK. 169 
 
 1693 
 
 IRoyal Arms.] | THE sixth Assembly, First Sessions : | B^inning 
 
 the first Day of October, and ending the 26th of the same. Anno R^ni 
 
 I Regis Gnlielmi, Au<::lia3, Scotise, Franciae & Hibcrniae, Septimo. | 
 
 [New York: W. Bradjord. 1695.] Folio, pp. 107-113. 576 
 
 The acts of the second session of the Fifth Assembly, misprinted the Sixth Assem- 
 l)ly, first session. 
 
 16»7 
 
 [Iioijx/ . I /■//)«.] I ACTS made the 5th Assembly, 5th Sessions. | Be- 
 ginning the 25th of March, 1697. and ending the 22th day of April 
 f'ol- I lowing, Anno Regis Guliehni Tertij, Angliie, Sfotiie, Francise & 
 j Hibernije, Xono. I [Aw I'wi ; W. Bmdj'ord. 1697.] Folio, pp. (5). 
 
 577 
 1699 
 
 [Royal Arms.l | AN | ORDIXANX'E | of | His Excellency and 
 Council I For the Establishing | Courts of .Judicature | For the Ease 
 and Benefit of each respective City, Town | and County witliin this 
 Province of | New-York. | [iV«<j- Fo/'A- .- William Bradjord. 1699.] 
 Folio, pp. 4. 578 
 
 [Royal Ai^ms.] | ACTS made the 7th Assembly & 7th Sessions. | 
 Beginning the second Day of March, 1698. and ending the 16th day 
 of May, I 1699. Anno Regni Regis Gulielmi Tertij, Anglise, Scotiae, 
 Francia; & | Hibernise, Undecim. | [t'olophon.l Printed and Sold by 
 William Bradford, Printer to the King' a mod Excellent \ Majesty, in the 
 City of New-York, 1699. | Folio, pp. 119-150. 579 
 
 The acts of the first, misprinted the seventh, session of the Seventh Assembly. 
 
 1700 
 
 THE 2d Sessions of the seventh Assembly. | Beginning the 29th 
 
 Day of July, 1700. and ending the 9th of August, Anno | Regni Regis 
 
 & Reginse Gulielmi Angliae, Scotise, Franciae & Hiberniae, | Duodecim. 
 
 I [Neiv York: W. Bradford. 1700.] Folio, pp. 151-155. 580 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ ACTS Passed the 7th Assembly and :3d Sessions, | 
 Beginning the. first Day of October, 1700. and ending the seA)nd Day
 
 170 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 of I November, Anno Regni Regis Guliclnii, AngliiP, Scotia, Francise 
 & I Hibernife, Duodecim. | [i\V)/- York: 11'. HmdfonJ. 1700.] Folio, 
 pp. [lo.j]-l!)0 for 104. 581 
 
 Sheets A, B, and an unmarked half-sheet. The first page of A, which should he 
 l.'iS, is unnumhcrpd; it is followed 1>v pp. 1.16, 157, nnd 190. B is numbered 191-194, 
 and the half-sheet 19&-19G. 
 
 1701 
 
 {Royal Arms.'] \ ACTS made the 7th Assembly & 3d. [for 4th] 
 Sessions. | Beginning the nineteenth Day of August, 1701. and ending 
 the 18 day of j October, 1701. Anno Regni Regis (iulielmi, Tertij, 
 .Vngliffi, Scotise, | Francise and Hibernise, Deoimo, Tertio. | \_New York: 
 W. Bradford. 1701.] Folio, pp. 1.07-17(1. 582 
 
 Sheets 1 to 6, of which 1 and .5 are only half-shect-s. The cut of the Royal Anns 
 is smaller than that previously used, and bears over the supporters the initials W. K. 
 This was the fourth, not the third, Session of the Si-vcnth Assembly. 
 
 1702 
 
 [Royal Aniis.^ \ ACTS passed the First Sessions of the General 
 Assembly. | Beginning the 20th Pay of October, 1702. Anno Regni 
 Reginse, Anna, ,Vnglise, | Seotise, Francire & Hibernise, Primo. | [New 
 York: W.Bradford. 1702.] Folio, pp. 177-202. 583 
 
 1703 
 
 [Royal Anns.'] | ACTS pa.ssed the 2d Sessions of the General As- 
 sembly, I Beginning the 13 Day of April, 1703. Anno Regni Reginse 
 Annre, Anglise | Scotiae, Francise ct Hibernise, Seeondo. | [Neio York: 
 W. Bradford. 1703.] Folio, pp. 203-228. 584 
 
 AN ACT declaring the Illegality of the Proceedings against | Col. 
 Nicholas Bayard, and Alderman John Hutchings, for pretended High 
 Treason, | antl for Reversing and making null and void the said .Judg- 
 ments, and all Pro- I ceedings thereon. | Fr'mted by William Bradford, 
 Printer to the Queens most Excellent Majesty, \ in the City of New- York, 
 1703. I Folio, 1 leaf. 585 
 
 [Royal ArTus.'] \ AN ACT for the I^evying and Collecting the Sum 
 I of Thirteen Hundred Pounds for maintaining one hun- | dred
 
 NEW YORK. 171 
 
 Fuzileers, with their proper Officers, & Thirty Men | with their proper 
 
 Officers, to he iin])loye(l as S<'oiits, | for the Defence of the Fronteers. 
 
 I [AVw Yorlc: \V. Bradford. 170:3.] Folio, pp. 3. 086 
 
 1704 
 
 [Eoyal Arin«.~\ \ ^\.CTS passed the 4d .Sessions of the General As- 
 sembly, I Beginning the l;3th Day of April, 17U4. Anno Kegni 
 lleginse Aimae, Anglise, | Seotise, Franciae & Hibernia;, Tertio. | [A'ew 
 Vork: W.Bradford. 1704.] Folio, pp. 22!)-2.'58. 587 
 
 AX I ORDINANCE | for | The Further Establishing | the ] Su- 
 preani | Court of Judicature | for | The Province of New- York, | 
 And P^ucreasing the 1'erms and Returns | thereof. | [Boyul Arms.^ | 
 Printed by William Bradford, Printer to tlie Queens most | Excellent 
 Majesty, in New-Yorl; 1704. | l''<ili(., Title, 1 liaf; pp. 2. 588 
 
 AN I ORDINANCE | of | His Excellency | Edward Yi.scount 
 
 Cornbury Captain General and Go- | vernour in Chief in and over the 
 
 Provinces of New- York, | New-Jersey and Territories dejiending 
 
 thereon in America, | and Yice-Adminil of the .simie, etc. in Council. 
 
 I [New- York: William Bradford, 1704.] Folio, pp. 5. 589 
 
 Regulating the Fees in the Court of Chancery, passed Nov. 7, 1704. 
 
 170.5 
 
 [Royal Anns.'] | ACTS passed the oth Sessions of the General As- 
 sembly. I Beginning the l;5th Day of June 1705. Anno Regni Reginse 
 Annae, Anglije, | Scotife, Francise & Hibernise, Quarto. | [New York : 
 W. Bradford. 170.').] Folio, pp. 2;5;5-2.3y. 590 
 
 An unuiarlied sheet ibllowed by sheet B, the hist page of which is bhinlc. If the 
 pagination is intended to continue that of the preceding session it should be pp. 
 239-245. On page 239 are the titles of five acts the text of which is not given. One 
 of them was printed separately. See No. 591, infra. 
 
 AN ACT for defraying the common and | necessary Charges of the 
 Manner of Ranslaerwick | in the County of Albany. | [New York: 
 W. Bradford. 1705.] Folio, 1 leaf. " 591 
 
 AN I ORDINANCE | of | His Excellency | Edward Yiscount 
 Cornbury Captain General | and Governour in Chief of the Provinces
 
 172 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 of New- I York, New-.Tei-sev, and of all the Territories and | Tracts of 
 Land depending thereon in America, and | A^iec-Admiral of the same, 
 &c. in Council this | fourteenth Day of April, 170'). | ^New Vork: W. 
 Bradford. 1705.] Folio, i)p. 4. 592 
 
 Regulating tlie fees in the New York Court of Adniinilty. 
 
 170G 
 
 [Royal Arms.'] \ ACTS passed the Gth Sessions of the General As- 
 sembly, I Beginning the 29th Day of June, 170(5. Anno Regni lleginse 
 Annas, Anglise, | Scotiae, Fnincise & Hibcrnife, Quinto. | [New York: 
 W.Bradford. 1706.] Folio, pp. (2.) 593 
 
 [Royal Anm.~\ | ACTS passed the 7th Session of the General As- 
 sembly, I Beginning the 27th Day of September, 1706. Anno Eegni 
 Reginic Annse, Anglise, | Scotise, Franciae & Hiberniae, Quinto. | [New 
 York: W. Bradford. 1706.] Folio, pp. (6.) 594 
 
 170!) 
 
 [Royal Aiirui.l | AN ACT for laying an Excise on all Tjiquors | 
 
 Retail'd in this Colony. | [New York: W. Bradford. 1709.] Folio, 
 pp. 4. 595 
 
 1710 
 
 THE I LAWS, I Of Her Majesties | Colony of New- York, | As 
 they were Enacted by the Governour, Council and Ge- | neral Assem- 
 bly, for the time being, in divers Sessions, the first of | which began 
 April the 9th, Annoq; Dom. 1691. | To which is Added, | His Excel- 
 lency's Speeches and Messages to the General | Assembly, and a 
 Journal of the Votes and Addresses of the House | during the Admin- 
 istrations of the Rt. Honorable the Lord Cornbury, | Lord Lovelace, 
 and the hdnourablc Coll. Richard Ingoldesby, Esq ; | Governors of 
 said Colony, to the 12th of November, 1709. | [Royal Ann.'^.] \ Printed 
 by William Bradford, Pnnter to the Queens most Excellent | Majesty 
 for the Colony of Neic-York, 1710. | Folio. 596 
 
 Collation: Title,! leaf; Contents, pp. (2); Acts, pp. 1-72, (12), 73-7G, 89-96, 
 1-4, 101-113; 1 p. blank; pp. 113-114; Fee bill, pp. 1-13. Pp. 102-103 are mis- 
 numbered 98-99. Votes to Nov. 27, 1708, pp. 1-78; Votes to Nov. 12, 1709, pp. 
 1-40. This last has a colophon : Printed by William Braxlford, Printer tu the (Queens 
 most Excellent Majesty \Jor the Colony of New-York, 1709.
 
 NEW YORK. 173 
 
 AN I ORDINANCE | for | Regulating & Establishing Fees. | By 
 His Excellency | R()l)ert Hunter, Es(j ; Captain (ieneral and Governonr 
 I in Chief in and o\'er the Provinces of New- York, New- | Jersey, and 
 of all the Territories and Tracts of Land depend- | ing thereon in 
 America, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &e. \ in Council this 19th 
 Day of October, in the Ninth Year of her | Majesties Reign, Annoq ; 
 Domini, 1710. | [Neiv-York: William Bradford. 1710.] | Folio, pp. 
 20. 697 
 
 ACTS passed by the General Assembly of the | Colony of New- 
 York, in October & November, 1710. | being the Ninth Year of her 
 Majestys Reign. | [New York: W. Bradford. 1710.] Folio, pp. 115- 
 128. " 598 
 
 1711 
 
 ACTS passed by the General Assembly of the Colony of | New 
 York, in July and August, 1711. being the Tenth | Year of her 
 Majesties Reign. | [iVew Vorlc: II'. Bradford, 1711.] Folio, pp. 133- 
 144. 599 
 
 1713 
 
 THE I LAWS, I Of Her Majesties | Colony of New- York, | As 
 they were Enacted by the Governonr, Council and | (Jeneral .Vssembly, 
 for the time being, in divers Sessions, | the first of which began April 
 the f)th, Anno(i ; Dom. 1(>91. | [Boyal Arms:'] \ Printed by William 
 Bradford, Printer to the Queens mo.st E-vcellent \ Muje.dy for the Colony 
 of New- York, 171.!. | Folio. 600 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Table, pp. (2); text, pp. I-IGS for 167; pages 162-167 
 being misuumbered 158-103. 
 
 ACTS passetl by the General Assembly of the | Colony of New- 
 York, in October, 1713. in | the 12th Year of Her Majesties Reign. | 
 [New York: W.Bradford. 1713.] Folio, pp. 170-182. 601 
 
 Probably not a se.ssioiial issue, but part of the collection of 1716. The same sunnise 
 may be made of the next two following titles. 
 
 1714 
 
 ACTS passed by the General Assembly of the Colony | of New 
 York, in June and July, 1714. | [New York: W. Bradford. 1714.] 
 Folio, pp. 183-196. ' 602
 
 174 THE TOWER COIJ-E(TIOX. 
 
 1715 
 
 ACTS passal 1)\- tlic Cu'iicral Assembly of the Coloii}^ | of New- 
 York ill .Tilly, 1715. in the first year of the Koign of | our Sovcraifin 
 Lord (k'orgc, by the (iraee of God, King of | (Jreat Ri-itaiii, France 
 and Ireland, &c". | [Nnr-York: W. Brmlford. 1715.] Folio, pp. 207- 
 238. f'0;5 
 
 AN ACT passed by the General Assembly of tiie | Colony of New- 
 York the Fourth Pay of September, 1714. be- | ing the 1.3th year of 
 the Reign of Queen Anne. | Printed bif William Bradford, Printer to 
 the Kimjx mod Excel- \ lent Majexti/ for the Province of N'ew- York, 1 71 T). 
 I Folio, i)p. 2.39-280 for 290. <)04 
 
 Piiijcd in continuiition of the nets of IVl.'j, but oniittod from tho edition of 1710, in 
 whicli tlic iic't.< of .func and Si'i)toinlicr, 171(1, arc passed 2P,9-2ii> for 2-53. 
 
 BY His Excellcne)- | liobert Hunter, Esi| ; Captain General anil 
 Governour | in chief of the Provinces of New-York, New-.Jersey, and 
 I Territories depending thereon in America, and A'^ice-Admiral | of 
 the same, &c. in Council, | An Ordinance | For Altering tho Times 
 of sitting of the Supream Court of | .lu(licatin-(> in the City of New- 
 York, and for Trying of causes | in the respective Counties of the said 
 Province, brought to | issue in the said Supream Court. | [iS'c"-- York : 
 William Bradford. 171-5.] Folio, pp. (3). G05 
 
 Passed October 20, 1715. 
 
 1716 
 
 [Royal Arnifi.'] \ ACTS jni.sscd by the General Assembly of the 
 Colony I of New- York in June, 171(J. in the second year of the Reign 
 I of our Soveraign Lord George, by the Grace of God, King of | Great 
 Britain, France and Ireland, &c. | [Xew York: W. Bradford. 171().] 
 Folio, pp. 239-24.5 for 253. (JO(i 
 
 This includes the acts passed in September, 1710, and, while it appears to be a ses- 
 sional issue, its contents are included in the "Table" to the edition of 1710. Pages 
 251 and 253 are both misnumbcred 245. 
 
 AN I ORDINANCE | for | Regulating & Establishing Fees. | By 
 
 His E.xcellency | Robert Hunter, Esq ; Captain General and Governour 
 
 I in Chief in and over the Provinces of New- York, New- | Jersey, 
 
 and of all the Territories and Tracts of Land | dejiending thereon in
 
 XKW YOKK. 175 
 
 America, and Vice- Admiral of the | same, &c. in Conncil, this 19th 
 Day of October, in the | Nintli year of her Majesties Reign, Annofj ; 
 Domini 171G. | [Xctr Yorh: W. Bmilford. 171(5.] Folio, pp. 20. «07 
 A reprint of the Fee Ordinance of 1710 made for the Laws of 1716. The differ- 
 ence between it and the original can readily he detected by a comparison of the catch- 
 words, &c. It can be ea-sily recognized, however, from th(! name of the governor 
 at the end, — in the original it is K. Hunter, while in this reprint it is Ko. Hunter. 
 
 171» 
 
 THE I LAWS I Of His Majesties | Colony of New- York, | As 
 they were Enactetl by the Governour, Council | and (icncrai As.senibly 
 (for the Time being) in divers | Session, the first of which began April 
 !)th, 1691. I [Royal Avim.'] \ PmiM bi/ William Brad/urd, Printer to 
 the Kliu/n mod Excellent | JIaJcdy for the Colony of Xeir-York. 1719. 
 I Folio. 608 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Contents and Index, pp. (9); Directions to the Reader, 
 1 p. I Act^, pp. 1-88, 155-163 for 1G7; 1 p. blanlc ; 171-190, 207-280 for 290; 239-245 
 for 252 ; 1 p. blanl: ; 246-324 ; Fee Ordinance, pp. 20. This copy is somewhat defective. 
 
 ACTS I of I Assembly, | Pa&sed in the | Province of New- York, | 
 
 From 1691, to 1718. | [Royal Armfi.] \ London, \ Printed by John 
 
 Basketf, Printer to the Kings most E.r- \ eri/enf jlfajesty. And by the 
 
 Asslt/ns of Tliortum Xeircomb, | andHenry Mills, deceased. MDCCXIX. 
 
 I Folio. 609 
 
 Collation ; Title, 1 leaf; Index, pp. iii-xv ; 1 p. blank ; text, pp. 1-292. 
 
 1722 
 
 [Cnt.] I .VN I ORDINANCE | For Regnlating and Establishing | 
 Fees for the Court of Admiralty | In the Province of New-York, [ 
 By His Excellency | William Burnet, Esq ; Captain General and Gov- 
 ernour I in Chief in and over Provinces of New- York, New-Jersey, 
 I and of all the Territories and Tracts of Land Depending | thereon 
 in America, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c. In | Council. | [Xew 
 York: W. Bradford. 1722.] Folio, pp. 4. 610 
 
 Passed July IG, 1722. 
 
 1723 
 
 AN ORDINANCE for Regulating and Establishing the Fees | to 
 
 be hereafter taken by the Ofticers of the Courts of Chancery | in the 
 
 Province of New-York. | [iYe?<' York: W. Bradford. 1723.] Folio, 
 
 p. (4). 611
 
 176 THK TOAVER COLLECTIOX. 
 
 AN I ORDINANCE | for | Regulating the Recording of Deeds and 
 
 other I Writings. | [Xeir York: 11'. Briidjord, 1723.] Folio, pp. (2). 
 
 611* 
 
 The first of these two Ordinances is dated August 22, and the second August 23, 
 1723. 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii II | Regis | Magnae Britannife, Francise & 
 Hilx'rnise | Nono. | At a Session of the General Assembly of the Col- 
 ony I of New-York, begun the eighth Day of May, Anno Dom. | 
 1723. and continued to the si.xth day of July following, | at which 
 time the following Acts were published. | \_Royal Arrtus.'\ \ Printed and 
 Sold by William Bradford in the City of \ Xeir- York, 172^. | Folio, pp. 
 Title, 1 leaf; pp. 423-440. 612 
 
 1726 
 
 ACTS I of I As.sembly | Pa.ssed in the | Province of Ne%-v York, | 
 From 1691, to 1725. | Examined and Compared with the Originals in 
 the I Secretary's Office. | \^Royal A}im.'\ \ Printed and Sold by William 
 Bradford, Printer to the King'n mod Excellent j Majesty for the Province 
 of New-York. 1726. | Folio. 613 
 
 Collation : Title, 1 leaf; Index and Alphabetical Table, pp. (8) ; text, pp. 1-319 ; 
 1 p. blank; Ordinance Regulating Fees, pp. 1-20; Ordinance Regulating Fees in the 
 Court of Chancery, pp. (4) ; Ordinance Regulating the Recording of Deeds, pp. (2). 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii | liegis | Magnae Britannise, Francise & 
 HilxTnise | Duodecimo. | At a Sessions of the General A.ssembly for the 
 Pro- I vince of New- York, begun the 5th of April, 1726. and con- | 
 tinued to the 17th of June following, at which time the fol- | lowing 
 Acts were Passed and Published. | [^Royal Ami8.'\ Printed and Sold by 
 William Bradford, Printer to the Kind's mod Ex- \ cellent Majedy, for 
 the Province of New-York, 1726. | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 46. 614 
 
 1727 
 
 ACTS Passed by the General As.sembly of the | Colony of New- 
 York, in November, 1727. and in the first | year of the Reign of his 
 Majesty George II. | [New York: William Bradford. 1727.] | Folio, 
 pp. 1-36. 615
 
 NEW YORK. 177 
 
 172S 
 
 ACTS Passed by the General Assembly of the | Colony of New- 
 York, in the se<;ond year of his Majesty | George II. | [New- York: 
 WilUum Bradford. 1728.] Folio, pp. 55. 616 
 
 Acts passed in August and September, 1728, omitting the text of three private 
 Acts. 
 
 [Boyal Aniui.] \ AN | ORDINAN'CE | (uv \ Establishing the 
 
 Remedies for Abuses in the | Prartiee of the Law. | [Colophon.'] 
 
 Printed by William Bradford, Printer to the King's mod Krcel/ent 
 
 Majesty for the \ Province of New-York, 1728. | Folio, pp. 6. 617 
 
 Passed March 7, 1727-28. 
 
 [Royal Arms.'] \ AN | ORDINANCE | for | Regulating and Estab- 
 lishing the Fees to be hereafter | Taken by the Officei-s of the | Court of 
 Chanceiy | Of the Province of New- York. | [Volojihon.] Printed and 
 .Sold by Wit/iam Bradford, Printer to t/ie Kings Most Krcelknt 
 Majesty for | the Province of New- York. [1728.] | Folio, pp. 4. 618 
 Passed February 28, 1727-28. 
 
 1729 
 
 ACTS Pa.ssed by the General As-^embly of the | Colony of New- 
 York, in the Third year of liis Majesty's | Reign, Annex] ; Domini, 
 1729. I New York: William Bradford. 1729.] Folio, pp. 48. 61!) 
 
 Acts passed in July, 1729. 
 
 1730 
 
 ANNO (Quarto | Georgii II. Regis. | [Colophon.] Printed and Sold 
 by William Bradford, Printer to the King's Most | E.vcellenf Majesty for 
 the Colony of New- York, 1730. | Folio, pp. 37, (1). 620 
 
 1733 
 
 [Royal Arms.] \ GEORGE the Second, by the Grace | of God, of 
 Great Britain, France and Ireland, | King, Defender of the Faith, &c. 
 To I ail Our Loving Subjects iniuibiting and being in Our | Province 
 of New- York, and to all others wliom it doth | and may concern, 
 Greeting. | [New York: W. Bradford. 1733.] Folio, pp. 4." 621 
 
 An Ordinance regulating the sitting of the Courts, passed March 19, 1732-33.
 
 178 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 1735 
 
 AN ORDINANCE for Kcpiikting and Establishing: Fees. | By his 
 
 Excellency Robert Hnnter, Y,6i[ ; Capt. (icneral and (io- | vernour in 
 
 Ciiief in and over the Provinces of" New- York, New-Jersey, and | of 
 
 all the Territories and Tracts of I^and depending thereon in America, 
 
 I and Vice- Admiral of the same, &(: in Conncil, this lOtii Day of 
 
 Octolx'r, I in the Ninth year of iicr Majesty's Reign, Annocj; Domini 
 
 1710. I [New York: wilUam Bradford. 1735.] Folio, pp. (12). 622 
 
 Printed for the Condusinn of the Luws, lGi»l-1735. 
 
 174« 
 
 ANNO vicessimo Georgii secundi Regis. | An Act to jn-event tlic 
 
 Expoi-tation of Provisions, (inn-powder, | Arms, all kinds of Ammn- 
 
 nition. Warlike Stores and "White | Pine Inch Boards. | \_Neir-York: J. 
 
 Parker. 1746.1 Folio, 1 leaf 623 
 
 1752 
 
 IvAWS I of I New-York, | from | The Year 1691, to 1751, incln- 
 
 sive. I Published according to an Act of the General | Assembly. | 
 
 [Anns of New York.'j | ... | .... | New- York: \ Printed hi/ Jamen 
 
 Parker, Printer to the Governrnent, at the New | Printing- Office, in 
 
 Bearer-Street, MDCCLII. | Folio. "624 
 
 Collation : Title, 1 leaf; List of Subscribers, pp. (3) ; I p. blank ; Prefaee, pp. 
 i-iii; 1 p. blank; text, pp. 1-4.55; 1 p. blank; Index, pp. 457-488; Errata, 1 leaf. 
 
 17(i2 
 LAWS I of I New- York, | from | The 1 1th Nov. 17o2, to 22d May 
 1762. I Publislicd according to an Order of the General Assenil)ly. | 
 Tiic I Second Volume, | with | .V Table common to both A'oluincs. | 
 [vl/'»).x (f NewY(irk.'\ I ... I .... I Digested by William Livingston, 
 And I William Smith, jun. | New-]'ork: | I'rintcd byWdliuinWeyman, 
 Printer to the Government, at the New \ Printinff-OJfice in Broad-Street, 
 MDCCLXII. I Folio. * " 625 
 
 Collation : Title, I leaf; Krrata, 1 leaf; Subscribers' names, pp. (3) ; 1 p. blank ; 
 Laws, pp. 1-263 ; 1 p. blank ; Index, pp. 2G5-2C8. 
 
 1772 
 
 [ACTS of Assembly passed in January, February and March 1772. 
 ('olophon.'\ Printed by H. Gaine, Printer to the King\s Mod Excellent 
 Majesty, I ill the Province of Neic-York, 1772. | Folio, pp. 823-049; 
 Table, pp. (2J. 626
 
 NEW YORK. 179 
 
 1774 
 
 LAWS I of I New- York, | from | The Year 1691, to 1773 inclusive. 
 
 I Published according to an Act of the | General Assembly. | Volume 
 
 the First. | [Arms of Xcw York.^ | ... | ... | ... | .... | New- 
 
 Yo7-k: I Printed by Huf/h Gaine, Printer to the King's Most Excellent 
 
 3f(ij('nti/ III. the I Province of New- York, | 1 774. | Folio. 2 Volumes. 
 
 627 
 
 ColIatii>n : Title, 1 leaf; Preface, pp. iii-iv ; text, pp. 1-420, (1). Volume II., 
 Title, 1 leaf; text, pp. 421-807; 1 p. blank; Index, pp. 809-835; Krrata, 1 p. 
 
 LAWS I of tlie I State of I New-York, | Commencing with the fii-st 
 Session of the Senate and Assembly, | after the Declaration of Inde- 
 pendency, and the Organization of the | New Government of the State, 
 Anno 1777. | By Order of tlie Legislature. | Poughkerpsie, State of New- 
 York, I Printed by John Holt, Printer to the State. \ MDCCLXXXIL 
 I Folio. ()2S 
 
 t'ollatinii : Title, 1 leaf; Onntelil.s pp. i-vi ; (ext, pp. ."-255. 
 
 FjAWS of the State of New- York, | Passed at Poughkeepsic, in the 
 first Meeting of the Sixth Session of the | I^cgislature. | [Poughkeepsic: 
 John Holt. 1782.] Folio, pp. 257-2(i8. 629 
 
 17 S3 
 
 I.1AWS of the State t)f New- York, | Passed at Kingston, in tlic 
 second Meeting of the Sixth Session of the | Legislature. | [Pongh- 
 keepsie:? John Holt, 178:5.] Folio, j)p. 2r,9-:50n. 6;5() 
 
 17S4 
 
 LAWS I of the | State | of | New-Yorlc, | Pa-^scd at the first Meet- 
 ing of the Seventh Session of tlie Le- | gishiture of siiid State. | Be- 
 ginning the 12th Day of February, 1784, and ending the 12th Day of 
 May I following. | New-York: \ Printed by Elizabeth Holt, Printer to 
 the State. | JH,DCC,LXXX1 V. | Folio, Title, 1 p.; Contents, pp. 
 
 i-iii ; text, pp. ;5-127. 631 
 
 17S9 
 
 LAWS I of tile I State of New-York, | comprising | tlie Constitu- 
 tion, I and I The Acts of the Legislature since the Revolution, | from 
 I The First to the Twelfth Session, inclusive. | Published acc-ordingto
 
 180 THE TOWER COLI-ECTIOX. 
 
 an Act of the Legislatiiri', passed tlic 15th April, 1786. | [yl;-m.s of 
 
 New York.] | In Two ^'olunK•s. | Vol. I. | . . . | . . . [ | Xac- 
 
 York: | Printed by Hugh Gaine, at his Printing-OJfice and Book-Store, 
 at the Bible, in Hanover- Square. \ M,DCC,LXXXIX. | Folio. 2 
 Volumes. (j.'5'2 
 
 Collatiim : Title, 1 loaf; Prctm'c, 1 \ml'; text, jij). l-:i;!ii; Index, pp. (11); 1 p. 
 blank; Appendix, pp. i-xii ; Cipntent.'^, 1 leal', "V'dlunie II., Title, 1 leaf; text, pp. 
 1-471; 1 p. blank; Index, pp. (17). This enpy wa.s specially bmind for presenta- 
 tion to General AV'sishington whose autojiraph and book-plate appear in each v< plume. 
 
 NEW YORK CITY. 
 
 1707 
 
 SEVERAL I Laws, | Orders & Ordinanees | Established by the | 
 Mayor, | Recorder, Alder-nien and Assistants | of the | City of New- 
 York, I C'onven'd in {'oniinon-( 'oinx-il, | For the good Rule and (Jov- 
 ernmeut of the Inhabi- | tants of the said City. And published this 
 28th Day of | March, in the IMayoralty of William Peartree, Esq ; | 
 Anno Domini 1707. | Printed and Sold by William Bradford at the 
 Sign of the Bible in \ the City of New- York, 1707. | Folio, pp. 18. 633 
 
 1731 
 
 LAWS, Orders & Ordinanees | Established by the | Mayor, Re- 
 corder, I Aldermen and Assistants | of the | City of New- York | 
 Conven'd in Common-Couneil, | I'^or the good Rule and Government 
 of tile I Inhaljitants of the said City. | Rublished the Eighteenth Day 
 of November, in the | Fifth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord 
 King George | the Second, by the Grae<' of God, of Great Britain, 
 France and | Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. Annoq; Domini 
 1731. I and in the Mayoralty of Robert Lurting, Esq; [CV/.] | 
 Printed and Sold by William Bradford in the Vity of \ Ncir-York. 
 1731. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 3-37. 634 
 
 174!) 
 
 LAWS, I Statutes, Ordinances, | and | Constitutions, | Ordained, 
 Made and Established, | by the | ^layor, Recorder, Aldermen, | and 
 Assistants, | of the | City of New-York, | Convened in Common- 
 Council, I for I The good Rule and (Jovernment of the | Inhabitants
 
 NORTH CAKOIJNA. 181 
 
 and Residents of the said City. | Published the Twenty-Seventh Day 
 of Jaiuiary, and tlic First Day | of February, in the Twenty Second 
 Year of the Reign of our Sovereign | Lord (icorge the Second, by the 
 Grace of (iod, of Great-Britain, | France and Ireland, King, Defender 
 of the Faith, &c. Annoque | Domini 1 748. And in the Mayoralty of 
 Edward Holland, E.scj ; | To which is addetl, | An Appendix, Contain- 
 ing Extracts of sundry Acts of the Cieneral Assembly | of the Colony 
 of New- York, immediately relating to the good Government | of the 
 said City and Corj)oration. | [J/-»!.s of New York.^ | Printed and Sold 
 by J. Parker, at (he New Printing Office, in Becer Street, 1749. | 
 Folio, List of the Coi-poration, 1 leaf; Title, 1 leaf; pp. 3-79, (1). 
 
 635 
 1703 
 
 LAWS, I Statutes, Ordinances | and | Constitutions, | Ordained, 
 Made and Established, | By the | Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty, 
 I of the I City of New- York, | Convened in Common-Council, | for 
 I The good Rule and Government of the | Inhabitants and Residents 
 of the said City. | Published the Ninth Day of November, in the third 
 Year of the | Reign of our Sovereign Lord, George the Third, by the 
 Grace of | God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender 
 of I the Faith, &c. Annoque Domini 1762. | And in the Mayoralty 
 of I John Cruger, Esq ; | To which is added, | An Appendix contain- 
 ing Extracts of sundry Acts of the General Assembly, | of the Colony 
 of New- York, immediately relating to the good Government | of the 
 said City and Corporation. | [Arms of Neiv York.^ Printed and Sold, 
 by John Holt, at the New Printing Office, at the loxrer | End of Broad 
 Street, opposite the Exchange, 1763. | Folio, List of the Corporation, 
 1 leaf; Title, 1 leaf; pp. 3-108, (2). 636 
 
 NORTH CAROLINA. 
 
 1705 
 
 THE TWO I Chartei-s | Grantetl by | King Charles lid. | to the | 
 Proprietors | of | Carolina. | With the Firet and Last | Fundamental 
 Constitutions | of that | Colony. | London: j Pnnted, and are to be 
 Sold by Pichard I'arlur, at the \ Unicorn, under the Piazza of the 
 Royal Exchange. [1705.?] | sq. Svo. Title, 1 leaf; jip. 1-60. 637 
 
 13
 
 182 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 1751 
 
 A I COLLECTION | of | All the Public | Acts of Assembly, | of 
 I The Province of | Nortii-Carolina : | Now in Force and L^sc. | 
 Together with the Titles of all such Laws as are Obsolete, Ex- | pir'd, 
 or Repeal'd. | And also, an exact Table of the Titles of the Acts in 
 Force. | Revised by Commissionei"s appointed by an Act of the General 
 As- I senibly of the said Provin(«, for that Purpose ; and Examined 
 with tlie I Records, and Confirmed in full Assembly. | Neicbern: 
 Pnnted by James Davis, M,DCC,LI. | Folio. 638 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Dedication, 1 leaf; Charter, pp. i-xii ; Deed, 1 leaf; text, 
 pp. 1-353 ; 1 p. blank ; Table, pp. 1-8. 
 
 1791 
 
 LAWS I of the | State | of | North-Carolina. | Published, according 
 to Act of Assembly, | By James Iredell, | Now One of the Associate 
 Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. | Edenton : | 
 Printed by Hodf/es & Wills, \ Printers to the State of North-Carolina. | 
 M,DCC,XCI. I Folio. 639 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Preface, pp. iii-iv ; Contents, 1 leaf ; text, pp. 1-712 ; 
 Index, pp i-xxi ; Subscribers, pp. (3). 
 
 NOVA SCOTIA. 
 
 1767 
 
 HE I PERPETUAL Acts | of the | General Assemblies | of 
 His Majesty's Province of | Nova Scotia. | [Royal Arms.'] 
 I Halifax, in Nom Scotia.: \ Printed by Robert Fletcher. \ 
 M.DCC.LXVII. I Folio. 640 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 p.; Certificate, 1 p.; Dedication, 1 leaf; Table.s, pp. (22); 
 text, pp 1-206 ; Errata, 1 leaf. 
 
 THE I TEMPORARY Acts | of ti>e | General Asi^emblies | of | 
 His Majesty's Province of | Nova Scotia. | [Royal Anm.] \ Hali- 
 fax, in Nova Scotia : | Printed and Sold by Robert Fletcher. \ 
 M.DCC.LXVII. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf ; pp. 1-65. 641
 
 PENNSYLVANIA. 183 
 
 PENNSYLVANIA. 
 
 1093 
 
 XXO Regni GuHelmi & Marise, | Regis & Reginae, | Angliae, 
 Scotiie, Fraiicife & Hibemise, | Qiiinto. | An Act for granting 
 to King ^\'illiam and Queen | Mary tiie Rate of One Penny 
 per Pound upon the | clear Value of all the Real and Personal Estates 
 I and Six Shillings per Head upon such as are not | otherwise rated 
 by this Act. To be imployed by the | Governour of this Province of 
 Pennsilvania and j Territories thereof, for the Time being, towards | 
 the Support of this Government. | \^Xcw York: W. Bradford. 1693.] 
 FoUo, pp. (4). 642 
 
 1714 
 
 THE I LAWS I Of the Province of | Pennsilvania | Collected into 
 I One Volumn, | By Order of the Governour and Assembly of the | 
 said Province. | Printed & Sold by Andr. Bradford in Philadelphia, \ 
 1714. I Folio. 643 
 
 Title, 1 p. ; " Advertisement" to the Reader, 1 p. ; Content';, pp. (2) ; text, pp. 1- 
 184. Signatures A to Uii (the latter, pp. 183-184). Pages 14 and 15 are misnura- 
 bered 12 and 13. Sheet H, pp. 29 to 32, is followed by I, pp. 34 to 37 ; and I by K, 
 pp. 43, 40, 41, and 42. From L, pp. 43 to 46, the paging is regular up to 55, which 
 is misnumbered 52. Sheet O, pp. 52 (for 55) to 58, is followed by P, pp. 69-72. The 
 paging, except pp. 78 and 79, which are misnumbered 76 and 77, is regular to sheet 
 W, pp. 93 to 96, which is followed by X, pp. 95*, 96*, 93*, 94* and Y, pp. 99 to 102. 
 The paging is then regular to the end, except page 143, which is misnumbered 132, 
 and 176, misnumbered 172. The " catch-words" run regularly through this erratic 
 pagination. 
 
 This is the first printed collection of the Laws of Pennsylvania, and was intended 
 to give in full all the laws then in force, with the titles of such as were obsolete, ex- 
 pired, or repealed. Several Acts, and the titles of about a dozen which should have 
 been included, are omitted. The volume is badly printed and full of typographical 
 errors. 
 
 1715 
 
 THE ACTS and Laws | of the | Proviuce | of Pennsilvania, | 
 AVhicli were Enactetl by the General Assembly of | said Province, 
 begun at Philadelphia tiie 14th October, 1714. | and Continued by 
 Adjournments to the 28th of May, 1715. ( being the First Year of 
 the Reign of His present Majesty | King George, Over Great Britain,
 
 184 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 France and Ireland, &c. | [Royal Aiins.J \ Printed and Sold by Andrew 
 Bradford at the Siffn of tlie Bible \ in Philadelphia, MDCCXV. | 
 Folio. 644 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 loaf; Table of Contents, 1 leaf; text, pp. 101-274. Signatures 
 y to Rr. Signature LI, pp. 149-152, is followed bj- Mm, pp. 253-256, and the mis- 
 numbering is continued throughout the volume. 
 
 1718 
 
 THE I LAWS I of the | Province 1 of | Pennsilvania, | Passed by 
 the Governour and General Assemblies of said Pro- | vince, held at 
 Philadelphia in the Years 1715, 1717 and | 1718 being the second 
 and fourth Year of his present Ma- | jesty King George over Great 
 Britain, France and Ireland, &c. | [Royal Arms^ \ Philadelphia. | 
 Printed ami Sold by Andrew Bradford, at the Sign of the Bible \ in 
 the Second Street, MDCCXVIII. | Folio. 645 
 
 Collation : Title and Contents, 1 leaf; te.\t, pp. 275-293 (34), 825-253 for 352. Sig- 
 nature.s Ss to Yy, pp. 275-29.3, p. 282 being repeated ; Aaa to lii, 17 unpaged leaves, 
 [pp. 34], Kkk to Qqq, pp. 325 to 253, the last being a misprint for 352. 
 
 AN ACT I Passed in a | General Assembly | of the | Province of 
 Pennsilvania, | Begun at Philadelphia the Fourteenth Day of Octo- 
 ber I and continued by Adjournments till the twenty-second | of Feb- 
 ruary, in the Fourth Year of His Majesties Reign | Annoq ; Domini 
 1717. I [Royal Arms.^ \ Philadelphia; \ Printed and Sold by Andrew 
 Bradford at the Sign of the \ Bible, in the Second Street. MDCCXVIII. 
 I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 3-6. 646 
 
 1721 
 
 ACTS I of the | Province of Pennsylvania, | Pass'd in the | General 
 As,senibly | held at | Philadelphia, | The Fourteenth Day of October, 
 and continued by Ad- | journments till the Twenty Fifth Day of Feb- 
 ruaiy, in | the Seventh Year of His Maj&sty's Reign, Annoq ; | Dom- 
 ini, 1720. I [Royal Arnhs.l \ Philadelphia: \ Printed and Sold by An- 
 drew Bradford, Printer to the Province of \ Pennsylvania, at the Sign of 
 the Bible in the Second Street, \ MDCCXXI. [ Folio, pp. 12. 647 
 
 ACTS I of the | Province of Pennsylvania, | Pa.ss'd in the | General 
 Assembly | held at | Philadelphia, | The Fourteentii Day of October, 
 and continued by Adjourn- | ments till the Twenty Fifth Day of Feb-
 
 PEXNSYLVANIA. 185 
 
 ruarv, in the Seventh | Year of His Majesty's Reign, 1720. And from 
 thence by | Acljnurnnionts to the Twenty Sixth Day of August, 1721, 
 
 I in the Eighth Year of His Majesty's Reign. | [^Royal Arrm.'] \ 
 Philadelphia: \ Printed and Sold by Andrew Bradford, Pnnter to the 
 Province of \ Pennsylvania, at the Siyn of the Bible in the Second Street, 
 
 I MDCCXXI. I Folio, Title, 1 loaf; pj). 13-30. 648 
 
 1722 
 
 ACTS I of the I Province of Penn.sylvania, | Pass'd in the | General 
 Assembly | held at | Philadelphia, | The Fourteenth Day of October, 
 One Thousand Seven Hun- | dred and Twenty One, and continued by 
 Adjournments | till the Twenty Second Day of ^Slay, One Thousand | 
 Seven Hundred and Twenty Two, in the Eighth Year of | His Maj- 
 esty's Reign. | [Boyal Arms.'] | Philadelphia: \ Printed and Sold by 
 Andreic Bradford, Printer to the Province of \ Pennsylvania, at the Sign 
 of the Bible in the Second Street, \ MDCCXXII. | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; 
 pp. 33-90. 649 
 
 1723 
 
 AN I ACT I Pa.ss'd in the | General Assembly | Held at | Philadel- 
 phia I for the I Province of Pennsylvania. | The Twenty Second Day 
 of March, in the Xinth Year of | His Majesties Reign Annofj ; Dom- 
 ini 1722 I l^JRoyal Arms.] | Philadelphia: \ Printed and Sold by Andrew 
 Bradford, Printer to the Province of \ Pennsylvania, at the Sign of the 
 Bible in the Second Street, \ MDCCXXIII. | Folio, pp. 14. 650 
 
 ACTS I Passed in the | General Assembly | of the | Province of 
 Pennsylvania. | Held at | Philadelphia | The Fourteenth Day of Octo- 
 ber, One Thousand Seven Hun- | dred and Twenty-Two, and continued 
 by Adjournments | till the Eleventh Day of May, One Thou.sand 
 Seven | Hundred and Twenty Three, in the Ninth Year of His | Maj- 
 esty's Reign. | ^Boyal Anns.] \ Philadelphia: \ Printed and Sold by 
 Andrew Bradford, Printer to the Province of | Pennsylvania, at the Sign 
 of the Bible in the Second Street. \ MDCCXXIII. | Folio, pp. 47. 651 
 Two Acts are omitted, both of which were prolmhly, iind one certainly, printed 
 separately. The latter with the preceding title. 
 
 ACTS I Passetl in the | General As.sembly | of the | Province of 
 Pennsylvania. | Held at | Philadelphia | The Fourteenth Day of 
 October, One Thou.sand Seven Hun- | dred and Twenty Three, and
 
 186 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 continued In' Adjournments | till the Twelfth Day of December next 
 after, in the | Tenth Year of His Majesty's Reign. | [^Royal Ai-ms.^ \ 
 Philadelphia : | Printed and Sold by Aiidreiv Bradford, Printer to the 
 Province of | Pennttylvania, at the Sign of the Bible in the Second Street, 
 I MDCCXXIII. I Folio, pp. 28. 652 
 
 1725 
 
 ACTS I Pa.ssed in the | (Jciienil .Vssenibly | of the | Province of 
 Pennsylvania. | Held at | Pliiladelphia | the Fourteenth Day of 
 October, One Thousand Seven Hundred | and Twenty-Four, and Con- 
 tinued by Adjournments till the | 'J\venty First Day of August next 
 after, being the Twelfth Year | of His Majesty [.«ic] Reign, 1725. | 
 [^Royal Ai'ms.l \ Philadelphia : | Printed and Sold by Andrew Brad- 
 ford, Printer to the Province of Pen n- | s-ylvania, at the Sign of the Bible 
 in the Second Street. | MDCCXXV. | Folio, pp. 37. 653 
 
 1726 
 
 ACTS I passed in the | General Assembly | of the | Province of 
 Pennsylvania. | Held at | Philadelphia | The Fourteenth Day of 
 October, One Thousand Seven Hundretl | and Twenty-Five, and con- 
 tinued by Adjournment till the | Twenty Fitlh Day of August next, 
 being the Thirteenth | Y''ear of His Majesty's Reign, 1726. | [Boyal 
 Arms.^ I Philadelphia : | Printed and Sold by Andrew Bradford, 
 Printer to the Province of Penn- \ sylrania, at the Sign of the Bible 
 in the Second-Street. | MDCCXXVL | Folio, pp. 28. 654 
 
 1728 
 
 THE I LAWS I of the | Pro%nnoe | of | Pennsylvania : | Now in 
 
 Force, collected into one | Volumn. | Publish'd by Order of the General 
 
 I Assembly of the aforesaid Province. | [Royal Arms.'\ \ Philadelphia : 
 
 Printed and Sold by Andrew \ Bradford, Printer to the Province, 
 
 MDCCXXVIII. I Folio. 655 
 
 Collation : Title, 1 leaf ; Table, pp. (4) ; text, pp. 1-352, with a duplicate of pp. 
 280-281. Edited by Chief-Justice David Lloyd. 
 
 1729 
 
 ACTS I Passed in the | General Assembly | of the | Province of 
 Pennsylvania. | Held at | Philadelphia, | The Fourteenth Day of 
 October, One Thousand Seven Hundred | and Twenty Eight, and Con-
 
 PENNSYLVANIA. 187 
 
 tinned by Adjournments till the 11th. | of August, 1729. l>eing the 
 
 Third Year of his Majesty's Keigu. | [lioyul AniiH.'] | Philadelphia: 
 
 I Printed, ami Sold by Andreio Bradford, Printer to the Province, 
 
 1729. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 35:3-387. 656 
 
 Intended as a continuation of the Collection of 1728. 
 
 1730 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii II. | Regis | jNIagnae Britannia?, Francise, & 
 Hiberniffi, | Tertio | At a General Assembly of the Pro- | vince of 
 Pennsylvania, begun and holden at | Philadelphia, the Fourteenth Dat 
 of October, Anno. Dom. | 1729. In the Third Year of the Reign of 
 our Sovereign | Lord George II. by the Grace of God, of Great | 
 Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the | Faith, &c. \ 
 Aud from thence continued by Adjournment to the Twelfth of | Jan- 
 uary, 1729. Being the Second Session of this present | Assembly. | 
 [PennArms.] \ Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by B. Franklin and H. 
 Meredith, at tlie New \ Printing-Office near the Market. | M,DCC,XXX. 
 I Folio, pp. 47. 657 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii II. | Regis | Magnse Britannise, Francise, 
 & Hibemise | Quarto. | At a General Assembly of the Pro- | vince of 
 Pennsylvania, begun and holden at | Philadelphia, the Fourteenth Day 
 of October, Anno Dom. | 1729. In the Third Year of the Reign of 
 our Sovereign | Lord George II. by the Grace of God, of Great | 
 Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the j Faith, &c. | 
 And from thence continued by Adjournment to the Third of | August, 
 1730. Being the Third Session of | this Assembly. | [Penn Anns.] | 
 Philadelphia: \ Printed and Sold by B. Franklin and H. .Meredith, at 
 the 1 New Printing-office near the Market. | M,DCC,XXX. | Folio, 
 Title, 1 leaf; pp. 51-57. 658 
 
 1731 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii II. | Regis | Magnse Britannia?, | Francise, 
 & Hibernite | (Quarto. | At a General Assembly of the Pro- | vince of 
 Pennsylvania, begun and holden at | Philadelphia, the Fourteenth Day 
 of October, Aimo Dom. | 1730. In the Fourth Year of the Reign of 
 our Sovereign | liord George II. by the (irace of God, of Great | 
 Britain, Franco, and Ireland, King, Defender of the | Faith, &c. \
 
 188 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 And from thence continued by Adjournment to the Fonrth of | Janu- 
 ary, 1730. Being the Second Session of | this Assembly. | [Pc«)i 
 Amis.] I Philadelphia: | Printed and Sold by B. Franklin and H. 
 Meredith, at the \ New Printing-Office near the Market. | M,DCC,XXX. 
 [1731.] I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 61-89. 659 
 
 1732 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii II. | Regis | Magnse Britannife, Francise, 
 & Hibernise | Quinto. | At a General Assembly of the Pro- | vince of 
 Pennsylvania, begun and lioldon at | Pliiladfl])liia, the Fourteenth Da_y 
 of October, Anno Dom. ( 1731. In the Fifth Year of the Reign of 
 our Sovereign | Lord George II. by the Grace of God, of Great | 
 Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the | Faith, &c. j 
 And from thence continued by Adjournment to the Tenth of | .January, 
 1731. I \_Penn Arms.'] | Philadelphia: \ Printed and Hold by B. Frank- 
 lin, at the I Neic Printing-Office near the Market. \ M,DCC,XXXI. 
 [1732.] I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 93-95. 660 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii II. | Regis | Magnse Britanniae, Francia;, 
 & Hiberniae | Se.xto. | Xi a General Asseml)ly of the Pro- | vince of 
 Pennsylvania, begun and holdcn at | I'hiladclphia, the Fourteenth Day 
 of October, Anno Dom. | 1731. In the Fifth Year of the Reign of our 
 Sovereign | Lord George II. by the Grace of (t(x1, of Great | Britain, 
 France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the | Faith, etc. | And from 
 thence continued by Adjournments to the Thirty- | first of July, 1732. 
 
 I [Pain Arms.] | Philadelphia : \ Printed and Sold by B. Franklin, at 
 the I New Printing-Office iiear the Market. \ ]M,DCC,XXXII. | Folio, 
 Title, 1 leaf; pp. 99-102. 661 
 
 1733 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii II. | Regis | Magnse Britannia, Francia;, 
 & Hibernia; | Septimo. | At a General Assembly of the Pro- | vince 
 of Pennsylvania, begun and lioklen at | Philadelphia, the Fourteenth 
 Day of October, Anno. Dom. | 1733. In the Seventh Year of the 
 Reign of our Sove- | reign Ijord George II. by the Gi-ace of God, of | 
 Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defendc^r | of the Faith, 
 &e. I And from thence continued by Adjournments to the Seventeenth 
 
 I of December, 1733. | [P«i?i Ai-ms.] \ Philadcljjhia: \ Printed and 
 Sold by B. Franklin, at the | New Printing-Office near tlie Market. \ 
 M,DCC,XXXIII. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 10.5-128. 662
 
 PENNSYLVANIA. 189 
 
 1734 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii II. | Regis | MagnsD Britannite, Franciae, 
 & Hibernise | Ootav^o. | At a General Assembly of the I'ro- | vinoe of 
 Pennsylvania, begun and holden at | Philadelphia, the Fourteenth Day 
 of October, Anno Dom. | 1733, in the Seventh Year of the Reign of 
 our Sove- | reign Lord George IT. by the Grace of God, of | 
 Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender | of the Faith, 
 &c. I And from thence continued by Adjournments to the Twelfth 
 
 I of August, 1734. I [Pe/in Anns.'] | Phi/nrhlphia : \ Printed and 
 Sold by B. Franklin, at the | New Printinr/- Office near the Market. 
 
 I M,DCC,XXXIV. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 131-133. 663 
 
 17.3.5 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii II. | Regis | Magnae Britannise, Francise, 
 
 & Hibernise, | Octavo. | At a General Assembly of the Pro- | vince 
 
 of Pennsylvania, begun and holden | at Philadelphia, the Fourteenth 
 
 Day of October, Anno Dom. | 1734. In the Eighth Year of the 
 
 Reign of our Sove- | reign Lord George II. by the (irace of God, of 
 
 I Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of | the Faith, 
 
 &c. I And from thence continuetl by Adjournments to the Seven- | 
 
 teenth Day of March, 1 734. [1735.] | [Penn Arm.'<.] \ Philadelphia: j 
 
 Printed and Hold by B. Franklin <d the Ne>c | Prinling-O/fice, near tlie 
 
 Market. \ M,DCC,XXXIV. [1735.] | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 137- 
 
 154. 664 
 
 173G 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii II. | Regis | Magnse Britannise, Francise, 
 
 & Hibernise, | Nono. | At a General Assembly of the Pro- | vince of 
 
 Pennsylvania, begun and holden | at Philadelphia, the Fourteenth Day 
 
 of October, Anno Dom. | 1735. In the Ninth Year of the Reign of 
 
 our Sove- | reign Lord George II. by the Grace of God, of | Great 
 
 Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of | the Faith, &(: | And 
 
 from thence continue*! by Adjournments to the | Twelfth Day of 
 
 January 1735. [1736.] | [Pphji Ai-vis.] | Philadelphia: | Printed ami 
 
 Sold by B. Franklin, at the N'ein | Printiny-Ojfiee, near the Market. | 
 
 M,DCC,XXXVI. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp." 157-169. 665 
 
 1738 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii II. | Regis | Magnse Britannise, Francise, 
 & Hibernise | Duodecimo. | At a General Assembly of the Pro- | vince
 
 190 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 of Pennsylvania, begun and holden at | Pliiladelpliia, the Fourteenth 
 Day of Oc'tobor, Anno Dom. | 17."57, in the Ekv.enth Year of the 
 Reign of our Sove- | reign Lord George II. by tlic Gi-ace of Gotl, of 
 I Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender | of the Faith, 
 &c. I And from thence continued by ^Vdjournments to the | Seventh of 
 August, 1738. I [Penn Anm.l \ Philadelphia:] Printed and Sold 
 by B. Franklin, at the \ New Printing-Office, near the Market. \ 
 M,DCC,XXXVIII. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 173-189. 666 
 
 1739 
 AXXO Regni | Georgii IT. | Regis, | Maguse Britannia^ Fmneiaj, 
 & Hibernite | Duodecimo. | ^U a General jVssombly of the Pro- | vince 
 of Pennsylvania, begun and holden | at Philadelpiiia, the Foui-teenth 
 Day of October, Anno Dom. | 1738. In tlie Twelfth Year of tlie 
 Reign of our Sove- | reign Lord George II. by the Grace of God, of 
 I Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of | the Faith, 
 &c. I And from thence continued by Adjournments to the | Firet Day 
 of May, 1739. | [Penn Arms.l \ Philadelphia: \ Printed and Sold 
 by B. Franklin, at tlie New \ Printing-Offiee near the ilarket. \ 
 M,DCC,XXXIX. I Folio, Title 1 leaf; pp. 193-228 ; Table, 1 leaf. 
 
 667 
 
 THE 1 BILL I For the better raising ] of Money on the In- | 
 habitants of Phila- | delphia for Publick | Uses, and for repeal- | 
 ing a former Act | made to like Purpo- | ses; | Together with the 
 Governor's | Rea.sons | For not Passing the same. ] [^Philadelphia .•] 
 Printed [by B. Franklin] 1739. | Folio, pp. (2), 16. 668 
 
 1740 
 A I COLLECTION | of j Chartei-s | and other publick Acts | re- 
 lating to the I Province of Pennsylvania, | Viz. | I. The Royal Charter 
 to William Penn, Esq ; | II. The first Frame of Government, granted 
 in England, in 1682. | III. Laws agreed upon in England. | IV. Cer- 
 tain Conditions or Concessions. | V. The Act of Settlement, made at 
 Chester, 1082. | VI. The second Frameof Government, granted 1683. 
 I VII. The Charter of the City of Philadelphia, | granted October 
 25. 1701. 1 VIII. The New Charter of Privileges to | the Province, 
 granted October 28. 1701. | Philadelphia : | Printed and Sold by B. 
 Franklin, in 3Iarket-Street. | M,DCC,XL. | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 
 1-46. 669
 
 PENXSYLVAXIA. 191 
 
 1742 
 
 A I COLLECTIOX | of all the | Laws | Of the Province of | 
 Pennsylvania : | Xow in Force. | Publisliod by Order of Assembly. | 
 [Penn Arm.] \ Philadelphia: \ Printed and' Sold by B. Franklin, \ 
 M,DCC,XLII. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 3-562. 670 
 
 Collation: Title to Charters, 1 leaf; Charters, pp. 3-30; Title to Laws, 1 leaf; 
 Laws, pp. 3-562; Title to Appendix, 1 leaf; Appendix, iii-iv, 1-24; Table, pp. xi. 
 The title to the Charters reads : The | Charters | of the | Provi>-ce or Pe.vsil- 
 VANIA I AXD I City of Philadelphia. | [Fe,i„ Arm.<,.-\ | PhihuMphia: | Prhiied 
 and Sold by B. Franklin. | MDCCXLII. | The title to the Appendix reads: An | 
 Appendix ; | Containing a | Summary | of such | Acts of A.ssembly | As 
 
 HAVE been formerly IN FoRCE | WITHIN THIS PROVINCE, | FoR ReOULATINO OF 
 
 Descents, | And Transferino the Property of I Lands, &c. | But since ex- 
 pired, altered or repealed. I [Penn A,-nw.-\ | Philadelphia : | Printed by B. 
 Franklin. M,DCC,XLir. | Edited by John Kinsey, who added the appendix. 
 
 1743 
 
 A I BILL I For the better Regulating the ( Nightly Watch | 
 Within the City of Philadelphia, and | for raising Money on the In- 
 habitants I of the said Citv-, for defraying the | necessarv Expences 
 thereof. | Philadelphia : \ Printed by B. Fmnklin, M,DCC,XLIII. | 
 Folio, pp. IL 671 
 
 1744 
 
 AXXO REGXI I Georgii II. | Regis | Magnje Britannise, Franciie, 
 & Hibernise | Decimo Septimo. | At a General A.ssembly of the Prov- 
 ince of I Pennsylvania, begun and holden at Phi- | ladelphia, the Four- 
 teenth Day of October, Anno Dom. | 1743, in the Seventeenth Year 
 of the Reign of our So- | vereign Lord George II. by the Grace of 
 God, I of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland, King, ( Defender of the 
 Faith, &c. I And from thence continued by Adjournments to | the 
 Seventh of May, 1744. | [Penn Jrnw.] | Philadelphia: \ Printed and 
 Sold by B. Franlclin, at \ the New-Printing-Office, near the Market. \ 
 M,DCC,XLIV. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 3-22. 672 
 
 174(5 
 ANXO Regni | Gef)rgii II. | Regis | Magnae Britannia, Francis, & 
 Hibernise, | Decimo Octavo. | At a General Assembly of the Province 
 of I Pennsylvania, begun and holden at Phi- | ladelphia, the Fifteenth 
 Day of October, .ibino Dom. | 1744, in the Eighteenth Year of the 
 Reign of our So- | vereign Lord George II. by the Grace of God, |
 
 192 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, De- | fender of the Faith, 
 &c. I ^\nd from thence continued by Adjournments. | \^Pcnn Armn.^ \ 
 Philadelphia ; | Printed and Sold by B. Franklin, at \ the New Printing- 
 Office, near Vie Market, \ M,DCC,XLVI. | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 
 xxv-xxvi. 673 
 
 ANNO R^ni | Georgii II. | Regis | Magnse Britannise, Francise, & 
 Hiberniae | Decimo Nono. | At a General Assembly of the Province of 
 
 I Pennsylvania, begun and holden at Phi- | ladelphia, the Fourteenth 
 Day of October, Anno Doni. | 1745, In the Nineteenth Year of 
 the Reign of our So- | vcreign Lord George II. by the Grace of 
 God, I of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, | Defender of 
 the Faith, &c. | And from thence continued by Adjournments to | the 
 Seventh Day of March, 1745. | [Penn Anns.'] \ Philadelphia: | Printed 
 and Sold by B. Franklin, at | the New Printing-Office, near the Market. 
 
 I M,DCC,XLVI. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 25-59. U74 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii II. | Regis | Magnae Britannise, Franciae, 
 & Hibernipe, | Detumo Nono. ] At a General Assembly of the Province 
 of I Pennsylvania, begun and holden at Phi- | ladelphia, the Four- 
 teenth Day of October, Anno Dora. | 1745, in the Nineteenth Year of 
 the Reign of our | Sovereign Lord, George II. by the Grace of | God, 
 of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, | Defender «)f the 
 Faith, &e. | And from thence continued by Adjournments | to the 
 Ninth Day of June, 1746. | [Penyi Anns.'] \ Philadelphia: \ Printed 
 and Sold by B. Franklin, at the New | Printing-Ofice, near the Market. 
 I M,DCC,XLVI. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 61-69. 675 
 
 1747 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii II. | Regis | Magnae Britanniae, | Francia; 
 & Hiberniae, | Vigesimo. | At a General Assembly of the Province of 
 Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelpliia, the | Fourteenth 
 Day of October, Anno Domini 1746, in the | Twentieth Year of the 
 Reign of our Sovereign I^ord | George II. by tiic Grace of God, of 
 Great Bri- | tain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the | Faith, 
 &c. I And from thence continued by Adjournments to the | Third Day 
 of May, 1747. | [Penn Arms.] \ Philadelphia: | Printed and Sold 
 by B. Franklin, at the New- \ Printing- Office, near the Market. 
 MDCCXLVII. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. iii-iv. 676
 
 PENNSYLVANIA. 193 
 
 1749 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii II. | Regis | Magiue Britannise, Francise & 
 Hibemije, | Vigcsimo Secundo. | At a General Assembly of the Prov- 
 inee of Penn- | sylvania, l)egiin and hulden at Philadelphia, the | 
 Fourteenth Day of Octol>er; Anno Domini 1748, in the | Twenty- 
 st«md Year of the Reign of our Sovereign | Lord George II. by the 
 (Jrace of God, of Great- | Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender 
 of the I Faith, &c. \ And from thence continued by Adjournments to 
 the Second | Day of .lanuar}-, 1748-9. | [Fenn Anm.] \ Philadelphia: 
 I Printed and Sold by B. Franklin, at the New- \ Printing-Office, near 
 the Market. MDCCXLIX. | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 73-88. 677 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii II. | Regis, | Magnse Britannise, Franci a; & 
 HiberniiB, | Yigesimo Tertio. | At a General As.sembly of the Prov- 
 ince of I Pennsylvania, begun and holden at Phi- | ladelphia, the Four- 
 teenth Day of October, Anno Dom. | 1748, in the Twenty-second Year 
 of the Reign of our | Sovereign Lord George II. by the Grace of God, 
 
 I of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender | of the 
 Faith, &Q. I And from thence continued l)y Adjournments to the Seventh 
 
 I Day of August, 1749. | [Penn Arms.] \ Philadelphia: \ Printed and 
 Sold by B. Franklin, at the New- \ Printing- Office, near the Market. 
 MDCCXLIX. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 91-105. 678 
 
 1750 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii II. | Regis, | Magna BritanniaE-, Franciic 
 & Hibernise, | Yigesimo Tertio. | At a Cieneral Assembly of the Prov- 
 ince of Penn- ( .sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, the | 
 Fourteenth Day of October, Anno Domini 1749, in the | Twenty-third 
 Year of the Reign of our Sovereign | Lord George II. by the Grace 
 of God, of Great- | Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of 
 the I Faith, &c. | And from thence continued by Adjournments to the 
 First I Day of January, 1749. | [Penn Armt<.] | Philadelphia : \ 
 Printed and Sold by B. Franklin, at the New- | Printing-Offive, near the 
 Market. MDCCL. | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 107-119. 679 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii II. | Regis, | Magnse Britannise, Franciae & 
 Hibemise, | Yigesimo (iuarto. | -Vt a General Assembly of the Province 
 of Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at I'hiladelphia, | the Four-
 
 194 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 teenth Day of October, Anno Domini 1749, in | the Twenty-thircl 
 Year of the Keign of our Sovereign | Jjonl George II. by the (Jraee 
 of God, of Great- | Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of 
 the I Faith, &c. | And from thence continued by Adjournments to the | 
 Sixth Day of August, 17o0. | [Penn Arms.'] \ rhiiadelphia : | Printed 
 and Sold by B. Franklin, at tlie Xeic- \ Printing- Office, near the Market. 
 MDCCL. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 123-125. 680 
 
 1751 
 ANNO Regnl | Georgii II. [ Regis, | Magna; Britannise, Fraucise & 
 Hibemite, | Vigesimo Quai-to. | At a General Assembly of the Prov- 
 ince of Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, | the 
 Fourteenth Day of October, Anno Domini, 1750, in | the Twenty- 
 fourth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign ] Lord •George II. by the 
 Grace of God, of Great- | Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender 
 of the I Faith, &c. | And from thence continued by Adjournments to 
 the I Seventh Day of January, 17o()-l. | [PennAnm.] \ Philadelphia: 
 I PriiUed and Sold by B. Franklin, at the New- \ Printincf-Office, near 
 the Market. MDCCLI. | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 129-151. 681 
 
 ANNO Regni ] Georgii II. | Regis, | Magna; Britannia, Franciie 
 & Iliberniie, | Vigesimo Quarto. | At a (ieneral Assembly of the 
 Province of Penn- | sylvania, i>egun and holden at Philadelphia, | the 
 Fourteenth Day of October, Anno Domini, 1750, in | the Twenty- 
 fourth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign | Lord (leorge II. by the 
 Grace of God, of Great- | Britain, France and Irelaud, King, Defender 
 of the I Faith, &c. \ And from thence continued by Adjournments to 
 the I Sixth Day of May, 1751. | [Penn ^/■»i,s.] | Philadelphia : \ 
 Printed and Sold by B. Franklin, at the New- | Priidiny-tJJfice, near 
 the Market. MDCCLI. | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 155-158. 682 
 
 1752 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii II. | Regis, [ Magnse Britannise, Francite 
 & HiberniiE, | Vigesimo Quinto. | At a General Assembly of the Prov- 
 ince of Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, | the 
 Fourteenth Day of October, Anno Domini, 1750, in | the Twenty- 
 fourth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign | Lord George II. by the 
 Grace of God, of Great- | Britain, France, and Ireland, King, De-
 
 PENNSYLVAJOA. 195 
 
 fender of the | Faith, &c. | And from thence continued by Adjourn- 
 ments to the I Sixth Day of August, 1751. | [Fenn Anns.'\ | Fhiladd- 
 pliia: I Printed and Sold by B. Franklin, at the New- \ Printing- Office, 
 near the Market. MDCCLII. | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. clxi. 683 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii II. | Regis, | Magnae Britannise, Franciae 
 & Hiherniffi, | Yigesimo Quinto. | At a General Assembly of the Prov- 
 ince of Penn- | sylvania, begun and hcdden at Philadelphia, 1 the 
 Fourteenth Day of October, Anno Domini, 1751, in | the Twenty-fifth 
 Year of the Reign of our Sovereign | I^ord George II. by the Grace 
 of God, of Great- | Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of 
 the I Faith, &.l: \ And from thence continuetl by Adjournments to the 
 I Third Day of February, 1752. | {Fenn Arms.} \ Philadelphia: \ 
 Printed and Sold by B. Franklin, at the New- \ Printintf- Office, near the 
 Market. MDCCLII. | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. l(il-184. 684 
 
 ANNOR^ni | Georgii II. | Regis, | Magnse Britannise, Francis & 
 Hibernise, | Yigesimo Sexto. | At a General Assembly of the Province 
 of Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, the | Four- 
 teenth Day of October, Anno Domini, 1751, in | the Twenty-fifth 
 Year of the Reign of our Sovereign j Tjord George II. by the Grace 
 of God, of Great- | Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of 
 the I Faith, &c. | And from thence continued by Adjournments to the | 
 Tenth Day of August, 1752. | \^Penn Arnix.'\ \ Philadelphia : | Printed 
 and Sold by B. Franklin, at the Neic- \ Print inr/ Office, near the Market, 
 MDCCLII. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 187-2(J8. 635 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii II. | Regis, | Magnse Britannise, Franciae 
 & Hibernise, | Yigesimo Octavo. | At a (ieneral Assembly of the 
 Province of Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, | the 
 Fourteenth Day of October, Anno Domini, 1754. | in the Twenty- 
 eighth Year of the Reign of our Sove- | reign Lord George II. by the 
 Grace of God, of | Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender 
 of I the Faith, &c. | And from thence continued by Adjournments to 
 the Seven- | teenth Day of March, 1755. | [Penn Arnui.l \ Philadel- 
 phia: I Printed and Sold by B. Franklin, at the New- \ Printing-Office, 
 near the Market, MDCCLY. | Folio. Title, 1 leaf; pp. 211-214. 686
 
 196 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii II. | Regis, | Magnse Britannia;, Franciae 
 & Hiberniae, | Vigcsimo Octavo. | At a General Assembly of the 
 Province of Penn- | sylvania, begun and liolden at Philadeljihia, | the 
 Fonrteenth Day of October, Anno Domini, 1754, | in the Twenty- 
 eighth Year of the Eeign of our Sovc- | reign Lord George II. by 
 the Grace of God, of | Great-J5ritain, France and Ireland, King, De- 
 fender of I the Faith, &c. | And from thence continued by Adjourn- 
 ments to the Thir- | tecnth Day of June, 17.55. | [Penn Arms.] \ 
 FhUaihlphia: \ Fruited (Did Sold by B. Franklin, at the New- \ Fr'mt- 
 ing-Office, near the Market. MDCCLV. | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 
 217-222. 687 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii II. | Regis, | Magnse Britannise, Franciae 
 & Hiberniae, | A'igesimo Nono. | At a General Assembly of tlie 
 Province of Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at I'hiladelphia, | the 
 Fourteenth Day of October, Anno Domini, 1754, | in the Twenty- 
 eighth Year of the Reign of our Sove- | reign Lord George II. by the 
 Grace of God, of | Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender 
 of 1 the Faith, ttc. | And from thence continued by Adjournments to 
 the I Twenty-third Day of July, 1755. ] [Fenn Aiins.'] | Fhiladelphia : 
 I Frinfed and Sold hi/ F. FnnikHn, at the Xew- \ Frinting-Officc, near 
 the 3Iarkei. MDGCLV. | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 22.5-235. 688 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii II. | Regis, | Magnae Britannise, Franciae & 
 Hiberniae, | Yigesimo Nono. | At a General Assembly of the I'rov- 
 inoe of Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, | the 
 Fourteenth Day of October, Anno Domini, 1754, | in the Twenty- 
 eighth Year of the Reign of our Sove- | reign Lord George II. by 
 the Grace of God, of | Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, 
 Defender of | the Faith, &c. | And from thence continued by Adjourn- 
 ments to the Fif- I teenth Day of September, 1755. | [Fcnn Arms.] \ 
 FhUadclphia : \ Frinted and Sold by B. Franklin, at the New- \ Frint- 
 ing-Olfice, near the Market. MDCCLV. | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; p. 239. 
 
 689 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii II. | Regis, | Magnae Britannise, Franciae 
 & Hiberniae, | Yigesimo Nono. | At a General Assembly of the Prov- 
 ince of Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, | the 
 Fourteenth Day of October, Anno Domini, 1755, | in the Twenty-
 
 PENNSYI-VANIA. 197 
 
 ninth Year of the Reign of our Sove- | reign liOrd George II. by the 
 Grace of God, of | Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender 
 of I the Faith, &c. \ And from thence continued by Adjournments to 
 the Third | Day of November, 17o."). | [Penn Anm.] \ Philadelphia: 
 I Printed and Sold by B. Franklin, at the Xew- \ Prinling-Office, near 
 the Market. MDCCLV. | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 243-260. 690 
 
 17i>6 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii II. | Regis, | Magnae Britanniae, Francis & 
 Hibernian, | Vigesimo Nono. | At a General Assembly of the Province 
 of Penn- | sylvania, begun and holdcn at Philadeli^hia, | the Fourteenth 
 Day of October, Anno Domini 1755, in | the Twenty-ninth Year of 
 the Reign of our Sovereign | Lord George II. by the Grace of God, 
 of I Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of ( the Faith, 
 &c. I And from thence continued by Adjournments to the Third | Day 
 of February, 1756. | \^Penn Anm.'] \ Philadelphia: \ Printed and Sold 
 by B. Franklin, at the New- \ Printing- Office, near the Market. 
 MDCCLVI. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 263-266. 691 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii II. | Regis, | Magnae Britannia?, Francise & 
 Hiberniie, | A'^igesimo Nono. | At a General Assembly of the Province 
 of Penn- | sylvania, begun and holdeu at Philadelphia, | the Fourteenth 
 Day of October, Anno Domini 1755, in | the Twenty-ninth Year of 
 the Reign of our Sovereign | Lord George II. by the Grace of (iod, of 
 
 I Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of | the Faith, 
 &c. I And from thence continued by .\djournments to the Fifth | Day 
 of April, 175(!. | \_Penn Arm.'<^ \ Philadelphia : \ Printed and Sold by 
 B. Franklin, at the New- \ Printing-OJiir,near the Market. MDCCLVI. 
 
 I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 269-270. 692 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii II. | Regis, | Magna; Britannia;, Francise 
 & Hibernise, | Vigesimo Nono. | At a General Assembly of the Prov- 
 ince of Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at I'hiladelphia, | the 
 Fourteenth Day of October, Anno Domini 1755, in | the Twenty-ninth 
 Year of the Reign of our Sovereign | Lord (ieorge II. by the Grace 
 of God, of I Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of | 
 the Faith, &c. | And from thence continued by Adjournments to the 
 
 14 *■
 
 108 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 Tenth | Day of May, 1756. | [Penn Anns.'] \ Philadelphia: \ Printed 
 and iSold by B. FranJdin, at the New- \ Printinfj-Office, near the Market. 
 MDCCLVI. I Folio, Title, 1 loaf; pp. 27;3-274." 693 
 
 ANNO Regni | Greorgii II. | Regis, | Magnse Britanniae, Francise 
 tt Hihcrnise, | Trieesimo. | At a General Assembly of the Province of 
 Penn- | sylvania, begnn and hoklen at I'hiiadelphia, | the Fourteenth 
 Day of October, Anno Domini 1755, in | the Twenty-ninth Year of 
 the Reign of our Sovereign | Lord (Jeorge II. by the Grace of God, 
 of I (ireat-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of | the Faith, 
 etc. I And from thence continuetl by Adjournments to the Six- | toenth 
 Day of August, 1756. | \^Pen7i Ai-vis.] | Philadelphia: \ Printed and 
 Sold by B. Franklin, at the A^ew- | Priniinr/- Office, near the Market. 
 MDCCLVI. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 277-316. 694 
 
 1757 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii II. | Regis, | Magn;e Britanniae, Franciae 
 &, Hiberniie, | Trieesimo. | At a General Assemliiy of tiie Province of 
 Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at Piiiladelphia, | the Fourteenth 
 Day of October, Anno Domini 1756, in | the Tliirtietii Year of the 
 Reign of our Sovereign | L(jrd George II. l)y the Grace of (jod, of | 
 (Jreat-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of | the Faith, &c. 
 I And from thence continued to the Fourth of No- | vcmber, 1756. ( 
 \^Penn Armn.] | Philadelphia: \ Printed and Sold by B. Franklin, at 
 the New- I Printimi-ajHw, near the Market. MDCCLVII. | Folio, 
 Title, 1 leaf; jip. 319-^321. 695 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii II. | Regis, | Magnae Britanniae, Franciae 
 & Hiberniie, | Trieesimo. | At a General Assembly of the Province of 
 Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, | the Fourteenth 
 Day of October, Anno Domini 1756, in | the Thirtieth Year of the 
 Reign of our Sovereign | Lord George II. by the Grace of God, of | 
 Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of | the Faith, &c. 
 I And from tlience continue<l by Adjournment to tiie Twen- | ty-second 
 of November, 1756. | [Penn Arm.^.'\ | Piiiladelphia: \ Printed and 
 Sold by B. Franklin, at the New- \ Printing-Ojfice, near the Market. 
 MDCCLVII. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 325-334, 696
 
 PENNSYI-VAXIA. 199 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii II. | Regis, | Magnje Britannise, Franciae 
 & Hibemiae, | Tricesimo. | At a General Assembly of the Province of 
 Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, | the Fourteenth 
 Day of October, Anno Domini 1756, in | the Thirtieth Year of the 
 Reign of our Sovereign | I^ord George II. by the Grace of God, of | 
 Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of | the Faith, 6:r. 
 I And from thence continued by Adjournments to the Third | Day 
 of January, 1757. | \_Penn Anm.l \ Philadcfphia : \ Printed and 
 Sold by B. Franklin, at the New- | Priniinff-OJice, near tlie Market. 
 MDCCLVII. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 337-344. 697 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii II. | Regis, | Magnse Britannite, FranciseA 
 Hibernian, | Tricesimo. | At a General Assembly of the Province of 
 Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, | the Fourteenth 
 Day of October, Anno Domini 1756, in | the Thirtieth Year of the 
 Reign of our Sovereign | Lord George II. by the Grace of God, of | 
 Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of | the Faith, &c. 
 
 I Arid from thence continued by Adjournments to the Third | Day 
 of January, 1757. [for April 0, 1757.] | \_Penn Armn.'] \ Philadelphia: 
 
 I Printed ami Sold by B. Franklin, at t/ic Neiu- \ Printing-Office, near 
 Vie Market. MDCCLVII. ] Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 347-361. 608 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii II. | Regis, | Magnse Britannise, Francise & 
 Hiberniae, | Tricesimo. | At a General Assembly of the Province of 
 Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, | the Fourtwnth 
 Day of October, Anno Domini 1756, in | the Thirtieth Year of the 
 Reign of our Sovereign | Lord George II. by the Grace of God, of | 
 (ircat-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of | the Faith, &c. 
 I And from thence continue<l by Adjournments to the Tliir- | tieth 
 Day of May, 1757. | l^Penn Antis.l \ Philadelphia : \ Printed and 
 Sold by B. Franklin, at the Netr- \ Priniinr/- Office, near the Jfarket. 
 MDCCLVII. 1 Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 365-372. 699 
 
 175S 
 
 ANNO Regni | (ieorgii II. | Regis, | Magnic Britanniie, Franciie & 
 Hibernia;, | Tricesimo Pri mo. | Ata<icnoral .\sscml)ly of tlie Province 
 of Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at Philadi-lphia, | the Four- 
 teenth Day of October, Anno Domini 1757, in | the Thirty-first Year
 
 200 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 of the Reign of our Sovereign | Lord George II. by the Grace of God, 
 
 of I Great-Britain, Franco and Ireland, King, Defender of | tlie Faith, 
 «S:c. I And from thence continued by ^Vdjonrnuients to the Se- | cond 
 Day of January, 1758. | [^Penn Arrns.l \ Phihulelphia : | Printed and 
 Sold bij B. Franliin, at the New- \ Println;/- Office, near (he Market. 
 MDCCLYIll. I Foho, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 375-390. 700 
 
 AXXO Regni | Georgii II. | Regis, | Magnae Britannisc, Francis & 
 Hibernia;, | Tricesimo I'rimo. | At a General Assembly of the Prov- 
 ince of Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at I'hiladelphia, | the 
 Fourteenth Day of October, Anno Domini 1757, in | the Thirty-first 
 Year of the Reign of our Sovereign | Lord George II. by the Grace 
 of God, of I Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of | 
 the Faith, &c. ( And from thence continued by Adjournments to the | 
 Second Day of January, 1758. [for April 22.] | [Pc/ni Annfi.'] \ Phil- 
 adelphia : I Printed and Sold by B. Franklin, at the New- | Printing- 
 Office, near the Market. MDCCLVIII. | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; jip. 393- 
 407. 701 
 
 ANNO Tricesimo Primo | Georgii II. Regis. | [At a General 
 Assembly, begun October 14, 1757, and continued by adjournments to 
 j\Iay 3, 1758. Philadelphia: B. Franklin, 1758.] Folio, pp. 409- 
 427. 702 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii II. | Regis, | Magnse Britannise, Franciae 
 tt Hibernia;, | Tricesimo Secundo. | At a General Assembly of the 
 Province of I'eun- | sylvania, begun and holden at Philadcli)hia, | the 
 Fourteenth Day of October, Anno Domini 1757, in | the Thirty-fii'st 
 Year of the Reign of our Sovereign | Lord George II. by the Grace 
 of God, of I Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of | 
 the Faitli, &e. \ .Vnd from thence continued by Adjournments to the 
 I Fourth Day of September, 1758. [Pen»i Jn«.s.] [ Philadelphia : \ 
 Printed and Sold by B. Franklin, at the Neio- \ Printing-Office, near the 
 .Market. MDCCLVIII. | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 431-436. 703 
 
 1750 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii II. | Regis, | Magnae Britanniae, Franciic 
 & HibeniiiB, | Tricesimo Secundo. | At a General Assembly of the 
 Province of Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, | the
 
 PENNSYLVANIA. 201 
 
 Fourteenth Day of October, Anno Domini 1758, in | the Thirty-second 
 Year of the Reign of our Sovereign | Lord George II. by the Grace 
 of God, of I Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of 
 
 I the Faith, &c. | And from thenw; continued by Adjournments to 
 the I Fiftli Day of Fcl)rnary, 1 7V.). | [Penn Amis.'] | Philadelphia : 
 
 I Printed and Sold, by B. Franklin, at the New- \ Printing-Offiee, near 
 the' Market. MDCCLIX. | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 439-483. 704 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii II. | Regis, | Magnaj Britannia;, Francise 
 & Hibernise, | Tricesimo Secundo. | At a General Assembly of the 
 Province of Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, | the 
 Fourteenth Day of October, Anno Domini 1758, in | the Thirty-second 
 Year of the Reign of our Sovereign | Lord George II. by the Grace 
 of God, of I Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of | 
 the Faith, &c. | And from thence continued by Adjournments to the | 
 Twenty-fii-st Day of May, 1759. | \_Penn Amw.'] \ Philadelphia: \ 
 Printed and Sold by B. Franklin, <d the New- \ Priidin<j-Ofliee, near 
 the Market. MDCCLIX. | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 487-513. 705 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii II. | Regis, | Magna? Britanniie, Franciic it 
 Hibernia;, | Tricesimo Secundo. | At a General Assembly of the Prov- 
 ince of Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, | the 
 Fourteenth Day of October, Anno Domini 1758, in | the Thirty-sec- 
 ond Year of the Reign of our Sovereign | Lord George II. by the 
 Grace of God, of | Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender 
 of I the Faith, &c. | And from thence continued by Adjournments to the 
 I Tenth Day of September, 1759. | [PeJiw Arnhs.] \ Philadelphia: \ 
 Printed and Sold by B. Franklin, at the New- | Printing-OJfice, near the 
 Market. MDCCLIX. | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 517-526. 70G 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii II. | Regis, | Magna; Britaiuiia\ Francitie 
 &. HiberniiE, | Tricesimo Secundo. j At a General .Vssembly of the 
 Province of Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, | the 
 Fifteenth Day of October, Anno Domini 175!), in | the Thirty-tiiird 
 Year of the Reign of our Sovereign | Lord George II. by the (Jrace 
 of God, of I Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of | 
 the Faith, &c. | And from thence continued by Adjournments [to Nov.
 
 202 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 20, 1759]. I [Penn Anm.] \ Philadelphia: \ Printed aiid Sold by B. 
 
 Frnnklin, at the Xeir- \ Printing- Office, near tfie Market. MDCCLIX. 
 
 I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 529-530. 707 
 
 1760 
 
 ANNO Rcgni | Georgii II. | Regis, | Magnas Britanniae, Francise & 
 Hibcrniae, | Tricesinio Tertio. | At a General Assembly of the I'roviuce 
 of Penn- | sylvauia, begun and liolden at Philadelphia, | the Fifteenth 
 Day of October, Anno Domini 1759, in | the Thirty -third Year of the 
 Reign of our Sovereign | Ijord George II. by the Grace of God, of | 
 Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of | the Faith, <S:c. | 
 And from thence continued by Adjournments to the | Eleventh Day of 
 February, 1760. | [Penn Arinii.~\ \ Philadelphia: \ Printed and Sold hy 
 B. Franklin, at the Xeir- \ Priidiny-Office, near the ilarket. MDCCLX. 
 I Folio, pp. 45. 708 
 
 1761 
 
 ANNORegni | Georgii III. | Regis, | Magnse Britanniae, Francia; & 
 Hibcrniae, | Primo. | At a General Assembly of the Province of Penn- 
 
 I sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, | the Fourteenth Day 
 of October; Anno Domini 1760, in | the Thirty-fourth Year of the 
 Reign of our late Sove- | reign Lord George II. by the Grace of God, 
 
 I of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender | of the Faith, 
 &c. I And from thence continued by Adjournments to the Four- | 
 teenth Day of March, 1761, in the First Year of the | Reign of our 
 Sovereign Lord George III. &c. \ [Penn Arms.^ \ Philadelphia : \ 
 Printed and Sold hy B. Franklin, at tlw New- | Printing- Office, near the 
 Market. MDCCLXI. | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 49-98. 709 
 
 ANNO Regnl | Georgii III. | Regis, | Magnae Britanniae, Franciae 
 & Hiberniae, | Primo. | At a General Assembly of the Province of 
 Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, | the Fourteenth 
 Day of October, Anno Domini 1760, in | the Thirty-fourth Year of the 
 Reign of our late Sove- | reign Lord George II. by the Grace of Gixi, 
 I of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender | of the 
 Faith, &c. I And from thence continued by Adjournments to the 
 Twen- I ty-third Day of April 1761, in the First Year of the | Reign
 
 PENNSYLVANIA. 203 
 
 of our Sovcrcij!;n Lord (icorj^o III. &(: \ \^Penn Armx.^ | Phil mid [jhui : 
 
 I Printed and Sold by B. Frunldin, (U the New- | Piintinr/-Offife, near 
 
 the Market. MDCCLXI. | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 101-103. 710 
 
 ANNO Regni | Gcorgii III. | Regis, | Magnse Britannise, Fraiieiie 
 & Hibernise, | Primo. | At a (jeiieral Assembly of the Province of 
 Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, | the Fourteenth 
 Day of October, Anno Domini 17(10, in | the Thirty-fourth Year of 
 the Reign of our late Sove- | reign Jjord ( ieorge 1 1 . by the Grace of 
 God, I of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender | of the 
 Faith, &c. I And from thence continueil by Adjournments to the 
 Twen- I ty-sixth Day of September, 1761, in the Fii-st Year of the 
 I Reign of our Sovereign Lord George IIL &c. | [Penn Arm^i] \ 
 Philadelphia: \ Printed and Sold by B. Franklin, at the New- \ Print- 
 inr/-Ojfice, near the Market MDCCLXL |. Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 
 107-12.5. 711 
 
 l-«2 
 
 THE I CHARTERS | and | .Vets of Assembly ] of the | Province 
 I of I Pennsylvania. | In Two Volumes. | Vol. I. | Coutaining the 
 Charters of the said Province, and the City, | Boroughs and Towns 
 thereof: The Titles of all the Laws of | the said Province, since its 
 first Establishment down to the Year 1 700 : | The Acts of the said 
 Assembly from the Year 1700 to 1743, now | in Force; and the 
 Royal Confirmations and Repeals of | the said Acts. | Compared with 
 Public Records. | [Penn Arnu^.] \ Philadelphia : \ Printed by Peter 
 Miller and Comp. MDCCLX II. | Folio. 712 
 
 Collation: Title and authorization, pp. (2) ; Charters, etc., pp. 1-21 ; Acts to 1700, 
 pp. 1-4; Acts, 1700-1742," pp. 1-164. Vol. II., Title, 1 leaf; Titles, etc., pp. iii ; 
 Acts to 1759, pp. 1-116. Appimdix, Title, 1 leaf; text, 1-18; Index, 1-82. 
 
 The titles to the second volume and Appendix are as follows : 
 
 The I Charters | and | Acts of Assembly | ok the | Province | of | Pex.v- 
 STLVANiA. I Vol. II. I Containing the Acts of Assembly of the said Prov- 
 ince, FROM the I Year 1744 to 1759, now in Forcf. : A Collection of all the 
 Laws | that have been formerly in Force within this province, for 
 
 ReQDLATINQ of DE.SCENTS AND TRANSFERRINQ THE PROPERTY OF LaNDS, BUT 
 ARE SINCE I EXPIRED, ALTERED, OR REPEALED: FROM THE ESTABLISHMENT OF 
 
 THE Province, down [ to this present Time. | Compared with the Public 
 Records. | Together with | An Index, referring to the Matters | con- 
 tained IN both Volumes. | [Peun .IrHw.] | Philadelphia, \ Printed by Peter Miller 
 and Comp. ilDCCLXII. | 
 
 An I Appendix | Containing such | Acts of Assembly, | As have been
 
 204 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 formerly in force within this province, | for regulating of descents, | 
 And Transferring the Property of Lands, &c. | But since, expired, 
 ALTERED, OR REPEALED. | [Pc/jK Arms.'] \ Philadelphia: | Printed by Peter Miller, 
 and Cump. 3I,DCC,LXII. | 
 
 Edited by Lewis Weiss, and Charles Brockdcn, but generally known as " big Peter 
 Miller." 
 
 THE I CHARTERS | and | Acts of Assembly | of the | Province 
 I of I Pennsylvania, | In Two Volnmes. | Vol. I. | Containing the 
 
 Charters of the said Pro- | vinee, and the City, Boroughs and Towns 
 I thereof: | The Titles of all the Laws of | the said Province, since 
 
 its first Establishment | down to the Year 1700 : The Acts of the said 
 I Assembly from the Year 1700 to 1743, now | in Force; and the 
 
 Royal Confirmations | and Repeals of the said Acts. ) Compared with 
 
 the Public Records. | Philadelphia, \ Printed by Peter Miller and C'omp. 
 
 MDCCLXII. I l«jmo. 713 
 
 Collation : Title and authorization, pp. (2) ; Charters, pp. 1-82 ; Acts prior to 1700, 
 pp. 1-16 ; text, pp. 1-653 ; Errata, 1 leaf. Vol. II., Title, 1 leaf; Title, pp. i-xii, text, 
 pp. 1-464; Appendix, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 1-71; Index, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 3-127; Er- 
 rata, 1 leaf. In some copies of Volume I., instead of pp. 81-82 of the Charters, p. 21 
 of the folio edition is inserted as a folded leaf. The Titles to Vol. II., the Appendix, 
 and Index are as follows : The | Charters | and | Acts of Assembly | ok the | 
 Province | of | Pennsylvania. | Vol. II. | Containing the Acts of Assem- 
 bly of I THE said Province from the Year 1744 to 1759, | now in Force : A 
 Collection of all the | Laws that have been formkrly in Force within 
 
 I this Province for regulating of Descents and Transferring the Prop- 
 erty OF Lands, but | are since expired, altered, or repealed: from the 
 
 I Establishment of the Province down to the present | Time. | Compared 
 with the Public Kecords. | Together with | An Index, referring to the 
 Matters | contained in both the Volumes. | Philadelphia, | Printed by Peter 
 Miller <iml Comp. M,DCC,LXII. | . 
 
 An I Appendix. | Containing such | Acts of Assembly, | As have been 
 formerly in Force | within this Province, | For Regulating of Descents, 
 
 I And Transferring the Propertit of | Lands, &c. | But since expired, 
 altered or repealed. I Philadelphia: \ Printed by P. Miller and Comp. 
 M,DCC,LXIL I 
 
 An I Abridgment | of the | Laws of Pennsylvania, | In Manner of an | 
 Index. | Philadelphia. I Printed by Peter Miller, and Company. | MDCCLXII. | 
 
 ANXO Regni | Georgii III. | Regis, | Magnse Britannise, Franciie 
 & Hibernioe, | Secundo. | At a General Assembly of the Province of 
 Penn- | sylvania, b^un and holden at Philadelphia, | the Fourteenth 
 Day of October, Anno Domini 1761, in | the First Year of the Reign
 
 PENNSYLVANIA. 205 
 
 of our Sovereign Lord | George III. by the Grace of God, of Great- 
 I Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the | Faith, &c. \ 
 And from thence continued by Adjournnieuts to the Seven- | teenth 
 Day of February, 1762. | [Penn Arms.] \ Philadelphia: | Printed and 
 Sold by B. Franklin, at tlie New- \ Printinff- Office, near the Market. 
 MDCCLXII. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 129-18:3. 714 
 
 ANNO Rt^ni | Georgii III. | Kegi.s, | Magnae, Britannia;, Francis 
 & Hibernise, | Secundo. | At a General Assembly of the Provinc* of 
 Penn- ( sylvania, l)egun and holden at Philadelphia, | the Fourteenth 
 Day of October, Anno Domini 1761, in | the First Year of the Reign 
 of our Sovereign Lord | George III. in- the Grace of God, of Gre-It- 
 I Britain, France and Ireland, King, Detender of the | Faith, &c. | 
 And from thence continuetl by Adjournments to the | Twenty-sixth 
 Day of March, 1762. | [Penn Arm.^.] | Philadelphia: | Print'ed and 
 Sold by B. Franklin, at the New- | Printing- Office, near the Market. 
 MDCCLXII. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 187-211. 715 
 
 ANXORegui | Georgii III. | Regis, | Magna; Britannia;, FranciaA 
 Hibernise | Secundo. | At a General Assembly of the Province of Penn- 
 I sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, | the Fourteenth Day of 
 October, Anno Domini 1761, in | the First Year of the Reign of our 
 Sovereign Lord | George III. ])y the Grawof God,of Gn>at- | Britain, 
 France and Ireland, King, Defender of the | Faith, etc. | And from 
 thence continued by Adjournments to the | Third Day of May, 1762. | 
 [Penn Arms.] | Philadelphia : \ Printed and Sold by B. Franklin, at the 
 New- I Printing- Office, near the Market. MDCCLXII. | Folio, Title, 1 
 leaf; pp. 21.5-220. 716 
 
 1763 
 ANNO Rcgni | (ieorgii III. | Regis, | Magna Britannia;, Francis 
 & Hiberniae, | Tertio. | At a General Assembly of the Proviuc-e of 
 Penn- | sylvania, b^un and holden at Philadelphia, | the Fourteenth 
 Day of October, Anno Domini 1762, in | the Second Year of the 
 Reign of our Sovereign Lord | George III. by the (Jrace of God, of 
 Great- | Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the | Faith, 
 &c. I And from thence continued by Adjournments to the | Fourth 
 Day of March, 176-3. | [J'enn Anm.] \ Philadelphia: | Printed and 
 Sold by B. Franklin, ai the New- \ Printing-Office, near the Market. 
 MDCCLXIII. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 22:3-276. 717
 
 206 THE TOWER CX)LLECmON. 
 
 ANNORegni | Georgiilll. | Regis, | Magiise Britannise, Franeise & 
 Hiherniic, | Tertio. | At a General A.sseinhly of the Province of Pcnu- | 
 sylvania, begun and holden at I'liiladi-lpliia, | the Fourteenth Day of 
 October, Anno Domini 1762, in | the Second Year of the Reign of 
 oui- Sovereign Lord | George TIT. by the Grace of God, of Great- | 
 Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the | Faith, iVrc. | 
 And from thence continued by Adjournments to the | Eighth Day of 
 July, 17(;3. I [Penn Anii.<<.] \ Philadelphia: \ Printed and Sold bi/ B. 
 FraiiUin, at (he A\'w- \ Priniitui- Office, near the Market. MDCCLXllI. 
 I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 279-28(5. 718 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii III. | Regi.s, ] Magnte Britannise, Franciae 
 & Hibernise, | Tertio. | At a (Jeneral Assembly of the Province of 
 Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at Piiiladelphia, | the Fourteenth 
 Day of October, Anno Domini 17(J2, in | the Second Year of the 
 Reign of our Sovereign Lord | George III. by the Grace of God, of 
 Great- | Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the | Faith, 
 &c. I And from thence continued by Adjournments to the | Thirtieth 
 Day of September, 1763. | [Penn Arms.] | Philadelphia: \ Printed 
 and Sold bi/ B. Franklin, at the Neic- \ Printing- Office, near the Market. 
 MDCCLXIII. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 289-296. 719 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii III. | Regis, | Magnse Britanniae, Fi-anciae 
 & Hibernije, | Tertio. | At a General Assembly of the Province of 
 Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, | the Fourteenth 
 Day of October, Anno Domini 1763, in | the Third Year of the Reign 
 of our Sovereign Loi'd | George III. by the Grace of God, of Great- | 
 Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the | Faith, &c. | 
 And from thence continued by Adjournments to the | Twenty-second 
 Day of October, 1763. | [Penn Arrm.] \ Philadelpjhia : \ Printed and 
 Sold by B. Franklin, at the New- \ Printing- Offiice, near the Market. 
 MDCCLXIII. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 299-311. 720 
 
 17«4 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii III. | Regis, | Magnse Britannise, Franciaj 
 
 & Hiberuite, | Quarto. | At a General Assembly of the Province of 
 
 Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, | the Foui-teenth 
 
 Day of October, Anno Domini 4 763, in 1 the Third Year of the Reign
 
 PENNSYI-VANIA. 207 
 
 of our Sovereign Lord | Geoi'gc III. by tlie Grace of God, of Great- | 
 Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the | Faith, &(: | 
 And from tlicnce continued by ^Vdjonrnnients to the | Twenty-Fourth 
 Day of March, 1764. | [Penn Arms.^ \ Plii/adeJphia: | Prinled and 
 Sold by B. Franhlin, at the New- | Printhif/- Office, near the Market. 
 MDCCLXIV. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 3l'5-.3.30. 721 
 
 AXNO Regni | Georgii III. | Regis, | Magiuc Britannise, Franciae 
 & Hiberniae, | Quarto. | At a General Assenihlv of the Province of 
 Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, | the Fourteenth 
 Day of October, Anno Domini 1763, in | the Thii-d Year of the Reign 
 of our Sovereign Lord | George III. by the CJrace of G<xl, of CJrcat- 
 I Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the | Faith, tte. | 
 And from thence continued by Adjournments to the | Thirtieth Day 
 of May, 1764. | [Penn Arms.] \ Philadelphia: \ Printed and Sold 
 by B. Franklin, at tlie New- | Printing-Offiee, near the Market. 
 MDCCLXIV. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 333-358. 722 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii III. | Regis, | Magnse Britannise, Franciae 
 & Hibernise, | Quarto. | At a General Assembly of the Province of 
 Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, | the Fourteenth 
 Day of October, Anno Domini 1763, in | the Third Year of the Reign 
 of our Sovereign Lord | George III. by the Grace of Gotl, of Great- 
 I Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the | Faith, &e. \ 
 And from thence continued by Adjournments to the | Twenty-second 
 Day of September, 1764. | \_Penn Arms.'] \ Philadelphia: \ Printed 
 and Sold by B. Franklin, at the New- \ Printing-Officc, near the Market. 
 MDCCLXIV. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 361-369. 723 
 
 17G5 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii TIL | Regis, | Magnse Britannite, Franciae 
 & Hibernian, | Quinto. | At a General Assembly of the Province of 
 Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, | the Fourteenth 
 Day of October, Anno Domini 1764, in | the Fourth Year of the 
 Reign of our Si)vereign Loi-d | George III. by the Grace of Goil, of 
 Great- | Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the | Faith, 
 &c. I And from thence continued by Adjournments to the | Fifteenth
 
 208 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 Day of February, 1765. | [Peiin vlrww.] | Philadelphin: \ Printed and 
 Sold by B. Franklin, at Uie New- \ Printing-Office, near the Market. 
 MDCCLXV. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 373^10. 724 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii III. | Regis, | Magnae Britannise, Francise 
 & TTilxTniie, | Quinto. | At a General Assembly ()f the Provinee of 
 I'enn- | sylvania, begun and holclen at Philadelphia, | the Fourteenth 
 Day of October, Anno Domini 1 764, in | the Fourth Year of the Reign 
 of our Sovereign Lord | George III. by the Grace of God, of Grcat- 
 I J5ritain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the | Faith, »tc. | 
 And from tiience continued hy .Adjournments to the | I^ighteentii Day 
 of May, 1765. | {Penn .l;ms.] | Philadelphin: \ Printed and Sold by 
 B. Franklin, at the New- \ Priniinff-Office, near the Market. | 
 MDCCLXV. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 413-428. 725 
 
 ANNO Regni [ Georgii III. | Regis, | Magnas Britanniae, Francite 
 & Hiberniic, | Quinto. | At a (General Asseml)ly of the Provinee of 
 Penn- | sylvauia, begun and lioldeu at Philadelphia, | the Fourteenth 
 Day of October, Anno Domini 1 764, in | the Fourth Year of the Reign 
 of our Sovereign Lord | (ieorge III. by the Grace of God, of Great- | 
 Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the | Faith, <tc. j 
 And from thence continued by Adjournments to the | Twenty-first Day 
 of September, 1765. | [Penn Arms.'] \ Philadelphia : \ Printed and 
 Sold by B. Franklin at the New- \ Printi)u/-OJfice, near the Market. 
 MDCCLXV. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 431-448. 726 
 
 17CG 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii III. | Regis, | Magnae Britannise, Francise 
 & Hibernise, | Sexto. | At a General Assembly of the Province of 
 Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, | the Fourteenth 
 Day of October, Anno Domini 1765, in | the Fifth Year of the Reign 
 of our Sovereign I^ord | George III. by the Grace of God, of Great- 
 I Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the | Faith, &c. | 
 And from thence continued by Adjournments to the | Eighth Day of 
 February, 1766. | \_Penn ^;7/i.s.] | Philadelphia: \ Printed and 
 Sold by David Hall, at the New- \ Printintj- Office, near the Market. 
 MDCCLXVI. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 451^85. 727
 
 PENNSYLVANIA. 209 
 
 ANNO Regni | G«)rgii III. | Regis, | Magnae Britannise, Francise 
 & Hibernise, | S(>xto. | At a (Jeneral Assembly of the Province of 
 Penn- | svlvaiiia, begun and holden at | Piiihulelpiiia, | the Fourteenth 
 Day of October; Anno Domini 1765, in | the Fifth Year of the Reign 
 of our Sovereign Lord | George III. by the Graee of God, of Great- | 
 Britain, Franco and Ireland, King, Defender of the | Faith, &c. \ 
 And from thence continued by Adjournments to the | Twentieth Dav 
 of September, 1 706. | [Penn ArnM.] \ Philadelphia: \ Printed and 
 Sold by I). Hall, and W. Sellirfi, at the | New Printing- Office, near the 
 Market. MDCCLXVI. | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 489-198. 728 
 
 1767 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii III. Regis, | Magnse Britanniae, Framiie 
 & Hibernise, | Septimo. | At a (leneral Assembly of the Province of 
 Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at Philadeljjlna, | the Fourteenth 
 Day of October, Anno Domini 1766, in | the Sixth Year of the Reign 
 of our Sovereign Lord | George III. by the Grace of God, of Great- 
 I Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the | Faith, «fec. | 
 And from thence continued by Adjournments to the | Twentv-first 
 Day of February, 1767. | \_Penn .l/ms.] | Philaddphin .- \ Printed and 
 Sold by D. Hall, and W. Sellers, at the \ New Priniing-Office, near the 
 Market. MDCCLXVII. | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 501-538. 729 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii III. Regis, | Magna; Britanniae, Francise 
 & Hiberniae, | Septimo. | At a General As.scmbly of the Province of 
 Penn- | .sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, the | Fourteenth 
 Day of October, Anno Domini 17G6, in the | Si.xth Ywir of the Reign 
 of our Sovereign Lord | George III. by the Grace of God, of Great- 
 I Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the | Faith, itc. | 
 And from thence continued by Adjournments to the | Twentieth Dav 
 of May, 1767. | [Royal Arms.] \ Philadelphia: \ Printed and Sold by 
 William Goddurd, at the Xcir \ Printing-Office, in Market Street. 
 MDCCLXVII. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 541-583 ; Table, 1 p. 730 
 
 ANNO Regni | (Jeorgii III. | Regis, | Magnse Britaimisp, Francise 
 & Hibernite, | Septimo. | At a General Assemi)ly of the Province of 
 Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelpliia, | the Fourteenth 
 Day of October, Anno Domini 1766, in | the Si.xth Year of the Reign
 
 210 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 of our Sovereign Lord | George III. by the Grace of God, of Great- 
 I Britain, France, and Ireland, Kinir, Defender of the | Faith, &c. | 
 And from thence continued by Adjuurnnu'nt.s to the | Twenty-sixtii 
 Day of September, 1707. | [Boyal Amis.^ \ Philadelplua : \ Printed 
 and sold hij William Goddard, at the New | Printinc/- Office, in Market- 
 Sired. I MDCC'LVII. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 587-594. 731 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii HI. Regis, | MagnsB Britannise, Francise 
 & Hiberniae, | Septimo. [ At a (icneral .Assembly of the Province of 
 Penn- | sylvania, begun and liolden at Philadelphia, | the Fourteenth 
 Day of October, Anno Domini 1766, in | the Sixth Year of the Reign 
 of our Sovereign Lord | (ieorge III. by the Grace of God, of Great- 
 I Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the | Faith, &c. \ 
 And from thence continueti by Adjournments to the | Twenty-sixth 
 Day of September, 1767. | \^Penn Anm.'\ | Philadelphia: \ Printed and 
 Sold hy D. Hall, and W. Sellers, nf the | New Prinlinrj-Office, near the 
 Market. MDCCLXVII. | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 587-593. 732 
 
 17CS 
 
 ANN(^ Regni | Georgii III. Regis, | Magna; Britannife, Francise tt 
 Hibernia5, | Octavo. | At a (Jcncral .Vssembly of the Province of Penn- 
 I sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, | the Fourteenth Day of 
 October, Anno Domini 17(57, in | the Seventh Year of the Reign of 
 our Sovereign Lord | George III. by the Grace of God, of Great- | 
 Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the | Faith, &c \ 
 And from thence continued by Adjournments to the | Twentieth Day 
 of February, 1768. | [Pom ^1 /•//;«.] | Philadelphia: \ Printed and Sold 
 by I). H(dl, and \V. Sellers, at the \ New Printimj-Office, near the Market. 
 MDCCLXVIII. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 597-636. 733 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii III. Regis, | Magnse Britannise, Francise & 
 Iliberniae, | Octavo. | At a (icneral Assembly of the Province of Penn- 
 I sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, | the Fourteenth Day of 
 October, Anno Domini 1767, in | the Seventh Year of the Reign of our 
 Sovereign Lord | George III. by the (i race of God, of Great- | Britain, 
 France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the | Faith, &c. | And from 
 thence continued by Adjournments to the | Twentieth Day of Feb-
 
 PENNSYLVANIA. 211 
 
 ruary, 1768. | [Boyal Arms.] | FhUadclphia: \ Printed ami nokl by 
 William Goddard, at (he New | Frintmy- Office, in Market Sired. 
 MDCCLXVIII. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 3-44; Table, 1 leaf. 734 
 
 1709 
 
 ANNO Regiii | (ieorgii III. Regis, | Magiise Britanni;e, Francise & 
 Hibcrniae, | Noiio. | At a General Assembly of the Province of Pcnn- 
 I sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, | the Fourteenth Day of 
 October, Anno Domini 1708, in | the Eighth Year of the Reign of onr 
 Sovereign Lord | (Jcorge III. by the Grace of (Jod, of Great- | Britain, 
 France and Ireland, King, Defender of the | Faith, &c. | And from 
 thenc(> continued l)y Adjourninent.s to the | Eighteenth Dav of Fel)- 
 niary, 1769. | \_Priin Armn.] \ Philadelphia: \ Printed and Sold by D. 
 Hall, and W. Sellers, at the | New Printing- Office, near the Market. 
 MDCCLXIX. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 639-7.37; Table, 1 p. 735 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii III. Regis, | Magnae Britannise, Francise 
 *t Hiberniae, | Xmio. | At a General As,senibly of the Province of 
 Penn- | sylvania, l)(gun and holden at Philiidel|)]iia, | the Fourteenth 
 Day of Oetoiwr, .Vnno Domini 1 76.S, in | tiie Eighth Year of the 
 Reign of our Sovereign Ijord | Geoi^e III. by the Grace of God, of 
 Great- | Britain, France and Ireland, King, Deti'nder of the | Faith, 
 &c. I And from thence continued by Adjournments to the | Twentv- 
 seventh Day of May, 1769. | [Penn Arms.] | Philadelphia: \ Printed 
 and Sold by J). Hall, and II'. Sellers, at the \ New Printing- Office, near 
 the Market. MDCCLXIX. | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 741-744. 736 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii III. Regis, | Maguic Britannise, Francia; 
 ct Ilibernia', | Nono. | At a General Assembly of the Province of 
 Penn- | sylvania, In-gun and holden at Philad<'lphia, | the Fourteenth 
 Day of October, Anno Domini 17()8, in | tiie lOigiitii Year of the 
 Reign of our Sovereign Lord | (reorge III. by the Grace of God, of 
 Cireat- | Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the ( Faith, 
 tte. I And from tiieiice continual by Adjournments to the | Thirtieth 
 Day of SeptenilKT, 1769. | [Penn Arms.] | Philadelphia: \ Printed and 
 Sold by I). Hall, and II'. Sellers, at the | Xcir Printing- Office, near the 
 Market. MDCCLXIX. Folio, Title, I leaf; pp. 749-754. 7.37
 
 212 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 ANNO Regni | GcDrgii III. Regis, | Magnse Britannise, Francise & 
 Hiberniie, | Nono. | At a Goncral Assembly of tlic Province of Pcnn- 
 I sylvania, begun and holden at I'liiiadelphia, | tiie Foiirteentli Day 
 of Oetober, Anno Domini 1768, in | the Eighth Year of tiie Reign of 
 our Sovereign Lord | George III. by tiie (iraee of God, of Great- | 
 Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of tlie | Faitii, etc. | 
 And from thence continued by Adjournments to the | Eightecntli Day 
 of February, 17G9. | [lioynl Annn.'\ | PhUadclphia: \ Printed and 
 Sold by Henry Miller, in Second-titrcd. \ MDCCLXIX. | Folio, Title, 
 1 leaf; pp. 3-101. 738 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii III. Regis, | Magnse Britannise, Francise 
 & Hibernise, | Nono. | M a General Assembly of the Province of 
 Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at Piiiladc^lpliia, | the Fourteenth 
 Day of October, Anno Domini 171)8, in | tlie Kightli Year of the 
 Reign of our Sovereign Lord | George III. by the Grace of God, of 
 Great- | Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the | Faith, 
 &c. I And from thence continued by Adjourimients to the | Twenty- 
 seventh Day of May, 1769. | [^Royal Arms.'] \ PhUadclphia: \ Printed 
 and Sold by Henry Milhr, in Second-Street. | MDCCLXIX. | Folio, 
 Title, 1 leaf; pp. 10o-l()8; Table, 1 leaf 739 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii III. | Regis, | Magnre Britannise, Francise 
 & Hibernise, | Nono. | At a General Assembly of the Province of 
 Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, | the Fourteenth 
 Day of October ; Anno Domini 1768, in | the Eightli Year of the 
 Reign of our Sovereign | Lord George III. by the Grace of God, of | 
 Great-Britain France, and Ireland, King, Defender | of the Faith, <fec 
 I And from thence continued by Adjournments to the | Thirtieth Day 
 of September, 1769. | [lioyal Annn.] \ Philadelphia: | Printed and 
 sold by Williavi Goddard, at the New | Printincj- Office, in Market- 
 Street. 1 MDCCLXIX. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 113-120. 740 
 
 1770 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii III. Regis, | Magnse Britannise, Francise & 
 Hibernise, | Decimo. | At a General Assembly of the Province of 
 Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, | the Fourteenth 
 Day of October, Anno Domini 1769, in | tiie Ninth Year of the Reign 
 of our Sovereign Lord | George JII. by the Grace of (Jod, of Great-
 
 PENNSYLVANIA. 213 
 
 I Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the | Faith, &c. | 
 And from thenw continued by Adjournments to the j Twenty-fourth 
 Day of February, 1770. | [Penn Annx.] \ J'/ii/fidclphia .- \ Printed and 
 Sold by D. Hall, and \V. Sellers, at tlie \ New Prinling-Office, near the 
 Market MDCCJ.XX. | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 3-34. 741 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii III. Regis, | Magnie Britannife, Franciae & 
 Hibernise, | Dec-imo. | At a General Assembly of tlie Province of Pcnn- 
 I sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, | the Fourteenth Day of 
 October, Anno Domini 1769, in | the Ninth Year of the Keign of our 
 Sovereign Lord | George TIT. by the Graoe of God, of Great- | Brit- 
 ain, France and Ireland, King, Defender (jf the | Faitli, itc. | And 
 from thence continued by Adjournments to the | Sixteenth Day of May, 
 1770. I [Penn Arms?^ \ Philadelphia: \ Printed and- Sold by D. 
 Hall, and W. Sellers, at the | New Printing- Office, near the Market. 
 MDCCLXX. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 37-38. 742 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii III. Regis, | Magnse Britannise, Francise & 
 Hibernise, | Decimo. | At a General Assembly of the Province of Penn- 
 I sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, | the Fourteenth Day of 
 October, Anno Domini 1769, in | the Ninth Year of the Keign of our 
 Sovereign Lord | George III. by the Grace of God, of Great- | Britain, 
 France and Ireland, King, Defender of the | Faith, &v. \ And from 
 thence continued by Adjournments to the | Twenty-ninth Day of Sep- 
 tember, 1770. I \_Penn Arms.'] | Philadelphia: | Printed and Sold by 
 D. Hall, and W. Sellers, at the | New Pnnting- Office, near the Market. 
 MDCCLXX. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 41-50. 743 
 
 1771 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii III. | Regis, | Magnse Britannia', Franciie 
 & Hibernise, | Undecimo. | At a General Assembly of the I'rovince of 
 Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, | the Fourteenth 
 Day of October, .Vnno Domini 1770, in | the Tenth Year of the Reign 
 of our Sovereign Lord | George III. by the (Jrace of God, of Great- | 
 Britain, Fi-ance and Ireland, King, Defender of the | Faith, <&c. | 
 And from thence continued by Adjournments to the | Ninth day of 
 March, 1771. | [Penn Arms.] \ Philadelphia: \ Printed and Sold by D. 
 Hall, and W. Sellers, at the \ New Printing-Ojfice, near the Market. 
 MDCCLXXI. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf;, pp. 53-153; Table, 1 p. 744 
 
 15
 
 214 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii III. Regis, | Magnse Britannife, Francise 
 & Hibernifc, | Undeoinio. | At a General Assembly of the Province of 
 Penn- | svlvaiiia, begun ami liolden at Piiiladelphia, | the Fourteenth 
 Day of October, Anno Domini 1770, in | the Tenth Year of the Reign 
 of oiu- Sovereign I^onl | George III. by the (Jrace of God, of (rrejit- | 
 Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the | Faitii, Ac. | And 
 from thence continued by Adjournments to the | Twenty -filth Day of 
 September, 1771. | [Penn Anns.'] \ PhUddcIphla : \ Printed and Sold 
 by D. Hall, and W. Sellcru, at the \ New Pnnting-Offi.ce, near the Market. 
 MDCCLXXI. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 157-165. 745 
 
 1772 
 ANNO Regni ] Georgii III. Regis, | Magnse Britannife, Francise & 
 Hibcrnise, | Duodecimo. | At a General Assembly of the Province of 
 Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, | the Fourteenth 
 Day of October, Anno Domini 1771, in | the Eleventh Year of the 
 Reign of our Sovereign Lord | (ieorge III. by the Grace of (iod, of 
 Great- | Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the | Faith, 
 &c. I And from thence continued by Adjournments to the | Twenty- 
 first Day of March, 1772. | \_Penn Anns.l \ Philadelphia: \ Printed 
 and Sold 1)1/ T). Hall, and W. Sellers, at the \ New Printing-Office, near 
 the Market. MDCCLXXII. \ Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 16!)-2,S(j; 
 Table, pp. 2. 746 
 
 ANNO Regni ] Georgii III. Regis, | Magnse Britannise, Francise & 
 HilmrnisB, | Duode<'inio. | At a (Jcneral Assembly of the Province of 
 Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, | the Fourteenth 
 Day of October, Anno Domini 1771, in | the Eleventh Year of the 
 Reign of our Sovereign Lord | (ieorge III. by the Grace of (iod, of 
 Great- | Britain, Fran<'c and Ireland, King, Defender of the | Faith, 
 &c. I And from thence continued by .Vdjournments to the | Ninetecntii 
 Day of September, 1772. | \^Pemi Ai-ms.'] \ Philadelphia: \ Printed 
 and Sold by I). Hall and W. Sellers, at the \ Ncir Printing-Office, near 
 the Market. MDCCLXXII. | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 289-2'J(). 747 
 
 I77:i 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii III. Regis, | Magnse Britannise, Francise 
 & Hibernise, | Decimo tertio. | At a General Assembly of the Province 
 of Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, | the Four-
 
 PENNSYLVANIA. 215 
 
 teenth Day of October, Anno Domini 1772, in | the Twelfth Year of 
 the Reign of our Suvcrcign Lord | (icorgc III. hy the firaec of God, 
 of Great- | Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the | 
 Faitli, &c. I And from thone« continued by Adjournments to the | 
 Twenty-sixth Day of Fei)ruary, 177.'}. | [Pnin Arms.'] \ Philadelphia: 
 I Printed and, Sold by Hall and Sellers, <d, llie \ New Printing- Office, 
 near the Market. MDCCLXXIII. | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 293- 
 355 ; Table, 1 p. 748 
 
 ANNO Regnl | Georgii III. Regis, | Magnse Britannise, Franciae & 
 Hibernise, | Duodecimo Tertio. | At a General Assembly of the Prov- 
 ince of Penu- I sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, | the 
 Fourteenth Day of October, Anno Domini 1772, in | the Twelfth 
 Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord | George IIL by the Grace 
 of God, of Great- | Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of 
 the I Faith, &c. | And from thence continued by Adjournments to the 
 I Twenty-eighth Day of September, 1773. | [Penn Arms.'] \ Phila- 
 delphia : I Printed, and Sold by Hall and Sellers at the \ New Printinf/- 
 Office, near the Market. MDCCLXXIII. | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 
 
 359-364. 749 
 
 1774 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii III. Regis | Magnte Britannife, Francise <fc 
 Hibernise, | Decirao Quarto. | At a General ^^ssembly of the Province 
 of Penn- | sylvania, begun and Iiolden at Philadelphia, | the Four- 
 teenth Day of October, Anno Domini 177;>, in | the Tliirtecnth Year 
 of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord | George III. by the Grace of 
 God, of Great- | Britain, France and Ireland, King, IX'fcndcr of the 
 
 I Faith, «S:c. | And from tiience continued by Adjournments to the | 
 Twenty -second Day of January, 1774. | [Penn Ar-ms.] \ Philadelphia: 
 
 I Printed and Sold by Hall and Sellers, (d the \ New Printinrj-Offiee, 
 near the Market. MDCCLXXIV. | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 3(57-407, 
 (1). 750 
 
 [ACTS of Assembly, passed at a General Assembly, begun October 
 14, 1773, and continued by Adjournments to July 23, 1774. Phila- 
 delphia: Hcdl and Sellers. 1774.] Folio, pp. 409-411. 751 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii III. Regis, | Magnse Britannise, Franciae & 
 Hibernise, | Decimo Quarto. | At a General Assembly of the Province
 
 216 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 of Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, | the Fourteenth 
 Dav of October, Anno Domini 177.'5, in | the Thirteentli Year of the 
 Reign of our Sovereign Lord | George III. by the Grace of God, of 
 Great- | Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the | Faith, 
 &c. I And from thence continued by Adjournments to the | Twenty- 
 ninth Day of September, 1774. | [Penn Arms.'\ \ Philadelphia: \ 
 Pntited and Sold by Hull and Sellem, at the \ New Printing-Office, near 
 the Market MDCCLXXIV. | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 413-436. 752 
 
 1775 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii III. Regis, ( Magna; Britanniae, Francise & 
 Hibernise, | Decimo Quinto. | At a General Assembly of the Province 
 of Penn- | sylvania, begun and holden at Philadelphia, | the Four- 
 teenth Day of October, Anno Domini 1774, in | the Foui-teenth Year 
 of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord | George III. by the Grace of 
 God, of Great- | Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the | 
 Faith, etc. I And from thence continued by Adjournments to the | 
 Eighteenth Day of March, 1775. | [Pejui Anns.'] \ Philadelphia : \ 
 Printed and Sold by Hall and Sellers, at the \ New Printing-Office, near 
 the Market. MDCCLXXY. | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 439-464. 753 
 
 THE I ACTS of Assembly | of the | Province | of | Pennsylvania, 
 I Carefully compared with the Originals. | And an | Appendix, | Con- 
 taining such Acts, antl Parts of Acts relating to | Property, as are 
 cxpirwl, altered or rejM'alcd. | Togetlier with | The Royal, Proprietary, 
 City and Borough Charters; | and the Oi'iginal Concessions of the 
 Honourable | William Penn to the First Settlei-s of the Province. | 
 Published by Order of the Assembly. | [Penn Anns.'] | Philadelphia : 
 I Printed and Sold by Hall and Sellers, in Market-street, between \ 
 Front and Second-streets. MDCCLXXY". | 754 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Charters, &c., pp. iii-xxi ; Acts, pp. 1-536; Title to Ap- 
 pendix, 1 leaf; Appendix, 3-22; Index, pp. (12); 3. The Title to the Api)endix 
 reads: An | Appendix: | Con'Tainino a | Summary | of such | Acts of Assem- 
 bly I As HAVE BEEN FORMERLY IN FoRCE WITHIN THIS PROVINCE, | FoR KeOU- 
 
 LATiNG OF Descents | And Transferring the Property of Lands, &c. | But 
 
 SINCE EXPIRED, ALTERED OR REPEALED. | AViTH NoTKS UPON DiVERS OF THEM, 
 BY THE LATE LEARNED IN THE | LaW, ChIEF JUSTICE KiNSEY. | [Pe«n Anns.'\ j 
 
 Philadelphia: \ Printed by Hall and Sellers, in Mnrkef-sireet. | MDCCLXXV. | 
 Edited by Joseph Galloway, Esq.
 
 PENNSYLVANIA. 217 
 
 THE I CONSTITUTION | of the | Conimon-A\'eaUh | of | Penn- 
 sylvanica, | as estahlislied I)y | Tlie Gpiieral Convention | Elected for 
 that Purpose, | And held at Philadelphia, | July 15th, 1776, | And 
 continued by Adjournments | to September 28, 1776. | Philadelphia: 
 I Frinted by John Dunlap, in Market-Street. \ M,DCC,LXXVI. | 
 8vo, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 3-32. 755 
 
 1777 
 
 LAWS I Enacte<l in a | General Assembly | of the | Eepresentatives 
 I of the I Freemen | of the | Conmion-Wealth | of | Pennsylvania. | 
 Begun and held at Philadelphia the Twenty -eighth day of NovendnM-, 
 I A.D. One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-six and con- 
 tinued by adjournments | to the Twentj'-first day of March, A.D. One 
 Thousand Seven Hundred and | Seventy-seven. | Philadelphia : \ 
 Printed by John Dunlap, in Market-Street. | M,DCC,LXXVII. | 
 Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 48 ; Table, 1 leaf 756 
 
 LAWS I Enacted in a | General Assembly | of the | Representatives 
 I of the I Freemen | of the | Common- Wealth | of | Pennsylvania. | 
 Begun and held at Philadelphia the Twelfth day of :May, | A.D. One 
 Thousand, Seven Hundred and Seventy Seven, and | continued by ad- 
 journment to Lancaster, until the Fourteenth | day of October, A.D. 
 One Thousand, Seven Hundred and | Seventy Seven. | Lanca.ster : | 
 Printed by Francis Bailey, in Kiitf/.^-Strect. \ M,DCC,LXXVII. | 
 Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 51-65 ; Tai)le, 1 leaf 757 
 
 1778 
 
 LAWS I enacted in | The Second | General Assembly | of the | 
 Representatives | of the | Freemen | of the | Common-^Yealth | of | 
 Pennsylvania. | At a Sitting which began at Lancaster on the Twenty- 
 I seventh day of October, A.D. One Thousand Seven Hundretl | and 
 Seventy-seven, and continued by adjournment to the second | day of 
 January, A.D. One Thousand Seven Hundred and | Seventy- 
 eight. I Ijanca-der : | Printed by John Dunlap, in Queen-Street. | 
 M,DCC,LXXVIII. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 71-100. 758 
 
 LAWS I Enacted in the Second Sitting | Of the Second | General 
 Assembly | Of the Common- Wealth of | Pennsylvania, | ^^'hich began
 
 218 THE TOWER CXJLLECTION. 
 
 at Lancaster, on Wednesday, the Eighteenth | Day of February, A.D. 
 One Thousand Seven Hundred and | Seventy-eight. | [^Lancastrr : John 
 DunUip. 1778.] Folio, pp. l()l-i;}2. 759 
 
 LAWS I Enacted in the Third Sitting of tlie Second General | As- 
 sembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl- | vania, which began at 
 Lancaster, on Wednesday the | l."}th Day of May, 1778. [ \^Lnnc<tder : 
 John l>un(ap. 1778.] Folio, pp. 133-136. 760 
 
 L.\WS I Enacted in the Fourth Sitting | Of the Second | General 
 Assembly | Of the Commonwealth of | Pennsylvania, | Which com- 
 menced at Philadelphia, on the fourth | day of August, A.D. One 
 Thousantl Seven Hundral and | Seventy -eight. | \^F/dladelphia : John 
 Bunlap, 1778.] Folio, pp. 137-164. 761 
 
 LAWS I Enacted in the Third | General Assembly | of the | Com- 
 monwealth I of I Pennsylvania, | Which met at Philadelphia, | On 
 Monday the twenty-sixth Day of October, in the | Year of our Lord 
 One Thousand Seven Hundred | and Seventy-Eight. | ^^nd in the Third 
 Year of the Independence of the United | States of North-America. | 
 Philadelphia: | Printed bij John Dunlap. \ MDCCLXXVIII. j 
 Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 167-177 ; Table, 1 p. 762 
 
 1779 
 
 THE 1 ACTS I of the | General As.sembly, | of the | Common- 
 Wealth I of I Pennsylvania, | Enacted into I^aws, since the Declaration 
 of Independence on the Fourth Day | of July, A.D. 1776. | Phila- 
 delphia: I Printed bi/ John Dunlap. |" .MDCCLXXIX. | Folio, 1 leaf 
 
 763 
 
 A title page to the Session Laws from 1776 to 1779, used with a reprint of the first 
 two sessions, the original editions of which were printed on a much larger page than 
 the subsequent sessions. This reprint was not paged. The headings and collation 
 of these reprints are: Laws | Enacted ix the First Sitting | Of the First | 
 General Assembly, | of | Pennsylvania, | Which began at Philadelphia, 
 November 28, 1776, and was | continued by adjournments to March 21. 
 1777. I [Philadelphia: John Dunlap. 1779.] Folio, pp. (50.) Laws | Enacted in 
 THE Second Sitting | Of the First | General Assembly, | Of the Co.mmon- 
 Wealth I of I Pennsylvania, | which com.menced at Philadelphia, the 
 twelfth day of May One | Thousand seven-hundred and Seventy-seven, 
 and continued to | the nineteenth day of june in the same year. | [phila- 
 delphia: John Dunlap. 1779.] Folio, pp. (18) ; Table, 1 leaf.
 
 PENNSYLVANIA. 219 
 
 LAWS I Ena<-t(d in tlie Second Sittinfi | Of the Third | General 
 Assembly, | of the Conimoiiwcaltli | of | Pennsylvania, | Which com- 
 menced at Philadelphia, on Monday tiie first day of | February, A.D. 
 One thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine, | and continued till 
 Monday the fifth day of April of the same year. | [^Philadelphia : John 
 Dunlap, 1779.] Folio, pp. 177-228. 764 
 
 LAWS I Enacted in the Third Sitting | Of the Third | General 
 Assembly, | Of tlieCommon-wcaltli | of | Pennsylvania, | Wiiichcom- 
 mencetl at Philadelphia, on Monday the tliirtietii day t)f August | 
 A.D. One thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine. | [^Pliiladelpkia : 
 John Dunlap. 1779.] Folio, pp. 229-260. 765 
 
 LAWS I Enacted in the First Sitting | Of the Fourth | General 
 Assembly, | Of the Commonwealth | of | Pennsylvania. | Which met 
 at Philadelphia, on Monday the t\venty-fif\h day of October, in | the 
 year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine. | 
 [Philadelphia: John Dunlap. 1779.] Folio, pp. 261-280; Table, 1 
 leaf. 766 
 
 1780 
 
 LAWS I Enacted in the | Second Sitting | Of the Fourth | General 
 Assembly, | Of the Commonwealth | of | Pennsylvania. | Which Com- 
 menced at Philadelphia, on Wednesday the 19th day | of January, 
 in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred | and eighty. 
 I [Philadelphia: John Dunlap. 1780.] Folio, pp. 283-365; Table, 
 1 p. 767 
 
 LAWS I Enacted in the | Third Sitting | Of the Fourth | General 
 Assembly, | Of The Commonwealtii of | Pennsylvania. | ^^'hicll Com- 
 menced at Philadelphia, on Wednes- | Day the Tentlk Day of May, 
 One Thousand | seven hundred and eighty. | [Colophon.'\ Pnnted by 
 John Dunlap. [1780.] | Folio, pp. 367-384. 768 
 
 LAWS I Enacted in the | Fourth Sitting | Of tiie Fourth | General 
 Assembly | Of the Commonwealth | of | Pemisylvania, | Which com- 
 menced at Philadelpliia on Friday the First day | of Septend)er, One 
 Thousand Seven Huudretl and Eighty. | [Colophon.'] Printed hi/ John 
 Dunlap. [1780.] I Folio, pp. 38-5-394 ; Table, 1 leaf. 769
 
 220 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 LAWS I Of the Fii-st Sitting of tho FifUi | General Assembly | 
 Of the Commonwealth of I IVnnsylvaniii, | W'liicli met at Pliiladelpliia, 
 on Tuesday, the twcnty-tiiinl | Day of October, in the Year One 
 thousand se- | ven hundred and eigiity. | [^Colophon.l Printed by John 
 Dunlap. [1780.] | Folio, pp. a!)7-417 ; Table, 1 p. 770 
 
 17S1 
 
 LAWS I Enacted in tlie Second Sittinjj ] of tlie.Fiftli | General 
 Assembly, | Of the Commonwealth of | Tennsylvania, | Which Com- 
 mencetl at Philadelphia, on Tuesday the sixth | day of February, in 
 the year of our Tjord One thousand | seven hundred eigiity and one. | 
 [C'o/oyViOrt.] Printed by John Ditnldj). [1781.] | Folio, pp. ;395-4;i2 
 for 41!)-4r,(j; Table, pp. (2). 771 
 
 LAWS I Enacted in the Third Sitting, | of tiie | Fifth General 
 Assembly, | Of the Commonwealth | of | Pennsylvania, | Which 
 Commenced at Philadelphia, on Thursday | the Twenty-fourth day of 
 May, in the Year of our Lord One | Tliousand Seven Hundred Eighty 
 and One. \[PhHadelph ill. ■ John Dmdap. 1781.] Folio, pp. 459-470. 
 
 772 
 
 liAWS I Enacted in tlu; Fourtli Silting, | Of the Fif^li | General 
 Assembly, | Of the Commonwealth of | Pennsylvania, | Which com- 
 menced at Philadelphia, on Tuesday, the | fourth Day of September, 
 in the Y^ear of our Lord one | thousand seven Innidred and eighty-one. 
 I [Philadrlphia : John iJanlap. 17S1.] Folio, pp. 477—488. 773 
 
 17S2 
 
 THE I iV(;TS I of the I (ieneral Assembly | of the | Commonwealth 
 of Pennsylvania, | Carefully compared with the Originals. | And an | 
 Appendix, | C'ontaining the Laws now in Force, passed bet\\een the 
 ;30tli I Day of l^eptember, 177.'}, and the Revolution. | Together with 
 I The Declai-ation of Independence ; the Constitution of the State of 
 I Pennsylvania ; and the Articles of Confederation of the United | 
 States of America. | Published by order of the General Assembly. | 
 [Ai~ms of Pennsylvania.'] | Philadelphia: | Printed and Sold by Francis 
 Bailey, | in Market-Street | ]M,DCC,LXXXII. | Folio. 774 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Authorization, &c., 1 leaf; the Declaration, pp. i-vi; Con- 
 stitution, pp. vii-xxi; Articles of Confederation, pp. xxii-.xxxi; Directions to the 
 Binder, 1 p.; Acts, pp. 1— '527; 1 p. blank; Index, pp. i-viii. Edited by Chief-Jus- 
 tice Thomas McKean.
 
 PENNSYLVANIA. 221 
 
 LAWS I Enacted in | The Sixth | General Assembly | of the | 
 Representatives | of the | I'^reenion | of the | f 'oninionwoalth | of j 
 Pennsylvania, | At the Sitting wiiieli (•(jniinonc«l at Philadelphia on 
 Monday, | the Twenty-second Day of October, and continued by Ad- 
 journ- I ment to Friday, the Twenty-eighth Day of December, A.D. 
 I One Thousand Seven Hundred and p]ighty-one. | Vol. II. | 
 Philadelphia: \ Printed by Hall and Sellers, in Market-street. \ 
 M,DCC,LXXXII. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 3-8. 77.5 
 
 LAWS I Enacted in tiie Second Sitting | Of the Sixth | General 
 Assembly | Of tiie Commonwealth of | I'ennsylvania, | Which com- 
 menced at Philadelphia, on Monday, the I^leventh | Day of February, 
 in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven | Hundred Eighty and 
 Two. I [Colopho7i.'] Philadelphia: Pnnted by Hall and Sellers. 1782. 
 I Folio, pp. 9-81 ; Table, pp. (2). 776 
 
 LAWS I Enacted in the Third Sitting | Of the Sixth | General As- 
 sembly I Of the Commonwealth of | Pennsylvania, | Which cdni- 
 menced at Philadelphia, on Tluu-sday, the First Day | of August, in 
 the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred | Eighty and 
 Two. I [Colophon.l P/iiladrljthia: Printed by Hall and Sellers. 1 7S2. 
 I Folio, pp. 85-110; Table, 1 leaf 777 
 
 LAWS I enacted in | The Seventh | General Assembly | of the | 
 Representatives | of the Freemen | ol' the | Commonwealth | of | 
 Pennsylvania, | At the Sitting which commenced at Philadelphia, on 
 Monday, | tlie Twenty-eighth Day of October, and continue<l by Ad- 
 journ- I ment to Wednesday, the Fourth Day of December, A.D. | 
 One Thousand Seven Hundred and P]ighty-two. | Philadelphia : | 
 Pri7ded by Hall and Sellers, in Market-street. \ M,DCC,LXXII. | 
 Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 11.5-126. 778 
 
 17S3 
 
 LAAVS I Enacted in the Second Sitting | Of the Seventh | General 
 Assembly | Of the Commonwealth of | Pennsylvania, | Which com- 
 menced at Philadelphia, on Wednesday, the Fifleentii | Day of .Tanu- 
 uary, in the Year of our Lord one Tlu)usand Seven | Hundred iMghty 
 and Three. | \_Colophon.'\ Printed by Hall and Sellers. [1783.] | Folio, 
 pp. 127-184 for 183. 779
 
 222 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 LAWS I Enacted in the Third Sitting | Of the Seventh | General 
 Assembly | Oi' tlic C'onimomvealtli of | Pennsylvania, | Whieh eoni- 
 nieneed at I'liihulelpiiia, on Tlmrsday, the Fourteenth | Day of Augnst, 
 in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven | Hundred Eighty and 
 Three. | {Philadelphia: Hall and Sellers. 1783.] Folio, pp. 185-254; 
 Table, pp. (2). 780 
 
 LAWS I Enactwl in the First Sitting | Of the Eighth | General 
 Assembly, | ( )f the Commonwealth of | Pennsylvania, | Which com- 
 menced at Piiiladelphia on Monday the twenty- | seventh Day of 
 October, in the Year of our I^ord One | Thousand Seven Hundred 
 Eighty and Three. | [Colophon.'\ Frintedby Thomas Bradford. [1783.] 
 I Folio, pp. 255-270 ; Table, 1 leaf. 781 
 
 1784 
 
 LAWS I Enacted in the Second Sitting | Of the Eighth | General 
 Assembly, | of the | Commonwealth | of | Pennsylvania, | Which 
 commenced at Philadeljihia, on Tuesday the | thirteenth Day of January, 
 in the Year of our Lord, One | Thousand Seven Hundred Eighty and 
 Four. I {Colophon.'] Philadelphia : Printed by Thomas Bradford. 
 [1784.] I Folio, pp. 271-368 ; 1 p. blank ; Table, pp. i-iii. 782 
 
 LAWS I Enacted in the Third Sitting | of the Eighth | General 
 Assembly, | of the | Commonwealth | of | Pennsylvania, | Which 
 commenced at Philadeljjhia, un Tuesday, | the twentieth Day of July, 
 in the Year of our Lord, One | Thousand Seven Hundrefl Eighty and 
 Four. I {Colophon.] Printed by Thomas Bradford. [1784.] | Folio, pp. 
 371-399 ; 1 p. blank ; Table, pp. i-ii. 783 
 
 LAWS I Enacted in the First Sitting | Of the Ninth | General 
 Assembly, | of the | Commonwealth | of | Pennsylvania, | Which 
 commencetl at Philadelphia, on the twenty-fifth | Day of October, in the 
 Year of our Lord, One Thousand | Seven Hundred and Eighty-Four. 
 I {Colophon.'] Printed by Thomn.^ Bradford. [17.S4.] | Folio, pp. 401- 
 415 ; Table, 1 p. ' 784 
 
 Pages 402 and 403 are iiiisnumbered 442 and 443.
 
 PENNSYLVANIA. 223 
 
 1785 
 
 LAWS I Enacted in the Second Sitting | Of the Ninth | General 
 Assembly, | of the | Commonwealth | of | Pennsylvania, | Which 
 commenced at Philadelphia, on the First Day of | P^ebruary, in the year 
 of our Lord, one Thousand Seven | Hundred and Eighty-Five. | \^Colo- 
 phon.'] Fhila/Idphia : Printed by Thomaa Bradford. [1785.] | Folio, 
 pp. 417-587 ; 1 p. blank ; Table, pp. i-iv. 785 
 
 LAWS I Enacted in tiio Third Sitting | Of the Ninth | General 
 Assembly, | of the | Commonwealth | of | Pennsylvania, | Wliicii 
 commenced at Philadelphia, on Tuesilay the | twenty -third Day of 
 August, in the Year of our Lord, One | 'i^liousand Seven Hundrtnl 
 Eighty and Five. | [C'o/op/w?t.] Pliiluddphki: Printed by Tlioiuas 
 Bradford. [1785.] | Folio, pp. 589-704 ; Table, pp. i-iii. 786 
 
 1786 
 
 LAWS I Enacted in the First Sitting | Of the Tenth | General 
 Assembly | of the | Commonwealth | of | Pennsylvania, | Which 
 commenced at Philadelphia, on Monday the | Twenty-fourth day of 
 October, in the year of our Lord one | thousand seven hundred and 
 eighty-five. | [^Colophon.'] Philadelphia: Printed by T. Bradford. 
 [1786.] I Folio, pp. 8; Table, 1 leaf 787 
 
 LAWS I Enacted in the Second Sitting ] Of the Tenth | General 
 Assembly | of tiie | Commonwealth | of | Pennsylvania, | Which com- 
 menced at Philadelphia, on the Twcnt\- | firet Day of February, in 
 the year of our Lord one thou- | sand seven hundred and eighty-six. 
 I IColophon.l Philadelphia : Printed by Thomas Bradford. [1786.] | 
 Folio, pp. 9-87 ; Ip. blank ; Table, pp. 1-4. 788 
 
 LAWS I Enacted in the Tiiird Sitting | Of the Tenth | General 
 Assembly | of the | Commonwealth | of | Pennsylvania, | Which com- 
 menced at Philadelphia, on tiie Twenty- ] second Day of August, in 
 tiie Year of our Lord One | Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-six. 
 I [Colophon.] Philadelphia: Printed by Tltoma^ Bradford. [1786.] | 
 Folio, pp. 89-179 ; 1 p. blank ; Table, pp. 1-3. 789
 
 224 THE TOWER COI.I.EmON. 
 
 1787 
 
 LAWS I Enacted in the First Sitting | Of the Eleventh | General 
 Assembly | of the | Common wealth | of | Pennsylvania, | which com- 
 menced at Philadelphia, on the Twenty- | third Day of October, in 
 the Year of our Lord One [ Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty- 
 six. I [Philadelphia: Thomas Bradford. 1787.] Folio, pp. 181-194; 
 Table, 1 leaf. 790 
 
 IjAWS I Enacted in the Second Sitting | Of the Eleventh | General 
 A.sseinbly | of tlie | Commonwealth | of | Pennsylvania, | Which com- 
 menced at Philadelphia, on the Twentieth | Day of February, in tiic 
 Year of our Lord One Thou- | sand Seven Hundred and ICighty-seven. 
 I [Philadelphia: Thonuis Bradford. 178-7.] Folio, pp. 195-313; 1 p. 
 blank ; Table, pp. i-iv. 791 
 
 LAWS I Enacted in the Third Sitting | Of the Eleventh | General 
 Assembly | of the | Commonwealtli | of | Pennsylvania, | Which com- 
 menced at Philadelphia, on the Fourtii Day | of September, in the 
 Year of our Lord, One thousand seven | hundred and eighty-seven. | 
 [Colophon.] Philndclphia : \ Printed by T. Bradford. [1787.] Folio, 
 pp. 315-400; Table, pp. i-ii. 792 
 
 LAWS I Enacted in the First Sitting | Of the Twelfth | General 
 Assembly | of the | Commonwealth | of | Pennsylvania, | AVhich com- 
 menced at Philadelphia, on the Twenty .se- | cond Day of October, in 
 the Year of our Lord, One thous- | and seven hundred and eighty- 
 seven. I [Colophon.'] Philadelphia: Printed by T. Bradford. [1787.] | 
 Folio, pp. 401-404 ; Table, 1 leaf 793 
 
 1788 * 
 
 LAWS I Enacted in the Second Sitting | Of the Twelfth | General 
 Assembly | of the | Commonwealth | of | Pennsylvania, | Which com- 
 menced at Philadelphia, on Tuesday the | nineteenth Day of February, 
 in the Year of our Lord, One | thousand seven hundred and eighty- 
 seven. I [Colophon.] Philadelphia: Printed by T. Bradford. [1788.] | 
 Folio, pp. 404-454 ; Table, pp. (2). " ' 794 
 
 The error in the paging is corrected by omitting 416.
 
 PENNSYLVANIA. 225 
 
 LAWS I Enacted in the Third Sitting | Of the Twelfth | General 
 Assembly | oftiie | C'oinmonwralth | of | Pennsylvania, | Which com- 
 menced at Piiiladelphia, on Tues- | day the second Day of Septemlx-r, 
 in the Year of our Lord | one thousand seven hundred and eighty- 
 ei-iit. I [Colopkon.'\ Philadelphia: Printed by T. Bradford. [1788.] | 
 Folio, pp. 455-537 ; 1 p. blank ; Table, pp. 2. 795 
 
 LAWS I Enacted in the First Sitting | Of the Thirteenth ] General 
 Assembly | of the | Commonwealth | of | Pennsylvania, | ^Vhich com- 
 menced at Philadelphia, on Mon- | day the twenty seventh Day of 
 October, in the Year of our | Lord one thousand seven hundred and 
 eightv eight. | [Colophon.^ Philadelphia : Printed by T. Bradford. 
 [1788.] I Folio, pp. 7 ; Table, 1 p. 796 
 
 1789 
 
 LAWS I Of the Thirteenth | General Assembly | of the | Common- 
 wealth I of I Pennsylvania, | Enacted in the Second Sitting, | AVhich 
 commenced at Philadelphia, on Tues- | day, the third Day of February-, 
 in the Year of our Lord, | one thousand seven hundred and eighty 
 nine. ] [Colophon.l Philadelphia: Printed by T. Bradford. [1789.] | 
 Folio, pp. 9-103 ; 1 p. blanl< ; Table, 10.5-104 for 108. 797 
 
 LAWS I Of the Thirteenth | General A.ssembly | of the | Common- 
 wealth I of I Pennsylvania, | Enaetetl in tiie Third Sitting, | Which 
 commenced at Philadelpiiia, on Tucs- | day the eighteenth Day of 
 August, in the Year of our [ Lord, one thousand seven hundred and 
 eighty-nine. | [Phi/adelphia : T. Bradford. 1789.] F.ilio, pp. 105- 
 203 ; 1 p. blank ; Table, pp. 1-3. 798 
 
 1790 
 
 LAWS I Of the Fourteenth | General Assembly | of the | Com- 
 monwealth I of I Pennsylvania, | Enactwl in the First Sitting, | Which 
 commenced at Philadelphia, on Mon- | day the twenty-sixth Day of 
 October, in the Year of our | Lonl, one thousand seven hundretl and 
 eightv nine. | [Philadelphia: T. Bradford. 1790.] Folio, pp. 205-232 ; 
 Table, pp. 2. ' 799 
 
 LAWS I Of the Fourteenth | Genenvl Assembly | of the | Com- 
 monwealth I of I Pennsylvania, | Enacted in the Second Sitting, |
 
 226 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 Which commenced at Philadelphia, on Tues- | day the second Day of 
 Febniary, in the Year of our | I^ord, one thousand seven hundred an<l 
 ninety. | ^Colophon.'] PliiladdpJila: \ Printed by Thovmn Bradford. 
 [1790.] I Folio, 23:3-314; Table, pp. 315-317. * 800 
 
 The last session under the Constitution of 1776. 
 
 1793-1797 
 
 LAWS I of the | Commonwealth | of | Pennsylvania, | From the 
 fourteenth day of October, one thousand seven hundred, | to the first 
 day of October, one thousand seven | hundred and eighty-one. | Re- 
 published, I Under the Authority of the Legislature, | by | Alexander 
 James Dallas. | Vol. I. | Philadelphia : Printed by Hall and Sellers. \ 
 MDCCXCVII. I 4 volumes. Folio. 801 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 p. ; Authorization, 1 p. ; Preface, 1 leaf; Acts, pp. 1-913; 1 p. 
 blank ; Appendix, pp. 1-64 ; Table, pp. i-iv ; Index, pp. (22). 
 
 Laws | of the | Commonwealth | of | Pennsylvania, | From the second 
 DAY OF October, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, to the 
 second day of october, one | thousand seven hundred and ninety. | 
 Republished, | Under the Authority- of the Leoislaturk, | by | Alex- 
 ander Jambs Dallas. | Vol. II. | Philadelphia: Prinied hy Hall and Sellerx. \ 
 MDCCXCIII. I Collation : Title, 1 p. ; Authorization, 1 p. ; Preface, 1 leaf; Tables, 
 pp. i-ix ; 1 p. blank; Acts, pp. 1-817; Table, pp. i-iii ; Index, pp. (33). 
 
 Laws | of the | Commonwealth | of | Pennsylvania, | From the seventh 
 DAY' OF December, one thousand seven hundred | and ninety, to the twen- 
 tieth DAY of April, one thou- | sand seven hundred and ninety-five. | 
 Published, | Under the Authority op the Legislature, | by | Alkx- 
 ander James Dallas. | Vol. III. | Pltilnddphia. ; Printed hy Hall and Sellers. \ 
 MDCCXCV. I Collation: Title, 1 p.; Certificate,! p.; Acts, &c., pp. i-xliii, 1-793; 
 1 p. blank ; Table, i-v ; 1 p. blank ; Index, pp. (39). 
 
 LaW.S I of the I COMMONWKALTH | OF | PENNSYLVANIA, | FkoM THE FIRST 
 
 DAY OF December, one thousand skvkn hundred | and ninety-five, to the 
 
 TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY OF FkBRU- | ARY', ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND 
 
 ONE. I Published, | Under the Authority of the Legislature, | by | Alex- 
 ander JaMks Dallas. | Vol. IV. | Lancaster : | Printed by Francis Bailey, Centre- 
 square. I 1801. I Collation: Title, 1 p. ; Certificate, 1 p. ; Table of Private Acts, pp. 
 iii-v; Title to Acts of 1795-1796, 1 p.; Certificate, 1 p.; Acts, 179.'>-1801, pp. 1- 
 713; Table, pp. 715-719; Index, pp. (23). The third and fourth volumes are the 
 session laws as originally issued bound up with a general title page and indices.
 
 QUEBEC. 227 
 
 PLYMOUTH COLONY. 
 
 17 72 
 
 DECLARATION | of the | Warrantable Grounds and Pro- 
 ceedings I of the First | Associates | of the Government of | 
 Xew-Plymouth ; | In their leaving the Fii-st Foundations of 
 this I Government, and in their Making Laws, | and Disposing of the 
 Lands within the Sam(!. | Together AVith tlie (ieneral | Fundamentals 
 I of their Laws. | Enacted, ()i-dain«l, and C'onstitiitetl, by the | 
 Authority of the Associates | of the Colony of | Xew-Plymouth. | />o.s- 
 ton: Printed and Sold at Greenteaf's \ Printinff-OJfice, in Hanover- 
 Street. I M,DCC,LXXIII. I 8vo, Half-title, 1 leaf; Title, 1 leaf; pp. 
 5-24. 802 
 
 QUEBEC. 
 
 17G7 
 
 RDIXAXCES, I made for the | Province | of | Quebec, | by 
 the I Governor and Council | of the said Province, since the 
 Establishment | of the Civil Government. | [Roi/al Jem-s.] | 
 (/iK'bcc : I Printed by Brown & Gilmore, near the Bi.'^hop''s Palace. \ 
 MDCCLXVII. I Ordonuances, | faites pour la | Province | de | Que- 
 l)ec, I par le | (Jouverneur et Conseil | dc la dite Province, depuis 
 I'Etablissement | du Gouvernement Civil. | [^Royal Arrn,^.'] \ Quebec: 
 
 I Irnjjrimees par Brown A- Gilmore, proche du Palais episcopal. \ 
 MDCCLXVII. I F'olio. 803 
 
 Collation: English title, I j). ; Fronch title, 1 p.; Ordinances in English and 
 French, pp. 3-81. 
 
 AN I ABSTRACT | of the | Loi.x de Police; | or, | Public Regu- 
 lations for the Establishment of Peace | and good Order, that were of 
 force in the Pro- | vincc of Quebec, in the Tiiiie of the French Go- | 
 vernmcnt. | Drawn up by | A Selwt Committee of Canadian Gentle- 
 men, I well skilled in the Laws of F^rance, and of that Province. | By 
 the Desire of | The Honourable Guy Carleton, Esquire, | Governour in
 
 228 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 Chief of the said Province. | [Roi/al Ai"m«.'\ \ iMiidon: \ Printed h;/ 
 
 Charles Eyre and Wil/iam SIrahan, | Prinfers to the Kinr/'s Jlod E.r- 
 
 cellent Majesty. | MDCCLXXIl. | Folio. 804 
 
 Collation: Half-title, 1 leaf; Title,! leaf; text, &c., pp. 1-31. The Ualf-title 
 reads: An | Abstract | of the | Loi.x de Police. | 
 
 AN I ABSTRACT | of the | Several Royal Edicts and Declara- 
 tions, and Provincial | Regulations and Ordinances, that were in force 
 in I the Province of Quehcc in the Time of the French | Government ; 
 and of the Commissions of the several | Governours-general and Jn- 
 tendants of the said Pro- | vince, during the same Period. | Faithfully 
 collcf'tcd, from the Registers of the Superior Council | of Quebec, | 
 By I Francis Joseph Cugnet, P^squire, Secretary to the | Governour 
 and Council of the said Province, for the French | Language. | By the 
 Diri-ction of | The Honourable Guy Carlcton, Esquire, | Governour in 
 Chief of the said Province. | \_Royal Arms.~\ | London: \ Printed by 
 Charles Eyre and William Strahan, | Printers to the King's Mod Ex- 
 cellent Majesty. I MDCCLXXIl. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 1-14. 805 
 
 AN I ABSTRACT | of | Those Parts of the Custom of the Vis- 
 county I and Provostship of Paris, which were re- | ceived and prac- 
 tised in the Province of Quebec, in | the Time of the French Govern- 
 ment. I Drawn up by | A Select Committee of Canadian Gentlemen, | 
 well skilled in the Laws of France, and of that Province. | By the 
 Desire of | The Honourable Guy Carleton, Esquire, | Governour in 
 Chief of the said Province. | \^Roynl Arms^ | London : | Printed by 
 Cluirles Eyre and William Strahan, \ Printers to the King's Most Ex- 
 cellent Majesty. \ MDCCLXXIL | Folio. 806 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Avertissement, }i\>. 1-11 ; Introduction, pp. iii-iv; text, 
 pp. 1-33. 
 
 1773 
 
 THE I SEQUEL | of the | Abstract | Of those Parts of | The 
 Custom of the Viscounty and Provostship | of Paris, which were 
 receivetl and practised in | the Province of (Quebec, in the Time of the 
 French | Government : | Containing | The Thirteen latter Titles of the 
 said Abstract. | Drawn up by a Select Committee of Canadian Gentle- 
 men, well skilled in the | Laws of France, and of that Province. | By
 
 QUEBEC. 229 
 
 the Desire of | The Honourable Guy Carleton, Escjuire, | Captain- 
 General, and Governour in Chief, of the s^aifl Province. | \^Royal 
 Anm.'\ I London: | Printed by Char/oi Eyre and Williavi Hliahan, \ 
 Printers to the Kin(f IS Mod Excellent Majesty. \ MDCCLXXII. | Folio. 
 
 807 
 Collation: Half-title, 1 leaf; Title, 1 leaf; text, pp. 1-154; French Half-title to 
 the Criminal Laws, 1 leaf; English Half-title, 1 leaf; Title, 1 leaf; text, pp. 157-174. 
 The first half-title reads: The | Sequel | of the | Abstract | Of those Parts of 
 I The CtTSTOM of the Viscounty and Provostship | of Paris, which were 
 received and practised in the | province of ql'ebkc in the time ok the 
 French | Government. | Containing | The Thirteen latter Title.s of the 
 SAID Abstract. | The second half-title reads: Loix Ckiminei.lf.s | suivies en | 
 Canada. | The third half-title reads : An | Ab.stract | of the | Criminal Laws | 
 That wkre in Force | In the Province of Quebec in the Time of the | 
 French Government. | The title to the criminal laws reads : An | Abstract | 
 of the I Criminal Laws | That were in Force | In the Province of Quebec 
 in the Ti.me of the I French Government. | Drawn up by | A Select Com- 
 mittee OF Canadian Gentlemen | well skilled in the Laws of France, 
 AND of that Province. By the Desire of | The Honourable Guy Carletok 
 Esquire, | Captain-General, and Governour in Chief, of the said Prov- 
 ince. I [Royal Arms.'\ \ [Imprint as in first title.] 
 
 1777 
 
 ORDTXAXCES | Made and Pa.ssed | bv the | Governour | and | 
 
 Legislative Council | of the | Province | of | Quebec. | [^Royal .Inns.] 
 
 I Quebec: \ Printed by William Brown, behind the Cathedral Church. 
 
 I .Nr,DCC,LXXVII. I Ordonnances | Faites et Passfes | par le | 
 
 (Jouverneur | et le | Conseil I.^gislatif | de la | Province | de | (iu6bec. 
 
 I l^Royal ArniJ^.I A Quebec: \ Chez Guillaume Broicn,den-iererEglise 
 
 CathMrale. \ M,DCC,LXXYII. | Folio. 808 
 
 Collation : English title, 1 p. ; French title, 1 p. ; Ordinances in English and 
 
 French, pp. 1-134. 
 
 17S0 
 
 ORDINAXCES | Made and Passed | by the | Governor | and | 
 Legislative Council | of the | Province | of | Quebec. | [Royal 
 Arms.'] I Quebec: \ Printed by William Broini, in Moutitain-Street. \ 
 M,DCC,LXXX. I Ordonnances | Faites et Pa.ss(k>s | par le | Gouver- 
 neur | et le | Conseil Legislatif | de la | Province | de | QuC'bec. | 
 [Royal Arms.] | Quebec: \ Chez Guillaume Brown, au milieu de la 
 Grand Cote. \ M,DCC,LXXX. | I'^lio. 809 
 
 Collation: English title, 1 leaf; French title, 1 p.; Ordinances in English and 
 French, pp. 1-86. 
 
 IG
 
 230 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 RHODE ISLAND. 
 
 1730 
 
 CTS I and | Law.s, \ Of His Majesty's | Colony | of | Khode- 
 Island, I and | Providence-Plantations, | In America. | 
 \^Arms of Rhode Island.'] | Newport, Rhode- Island : | Printed 
 1)1/ James Franklin, and Sold at his Shop near | the Town School-House. 
 17.30. I Folio. 810 
 
 Collation: Title to Charter, 1 leaf; Charter, pp. 1-12; Table, pp. (12) ; Title to 
 Acts, 1 leaf; Acts, &c., pp. 1-210. The title to the Charter reads: The | Charter 
 I Grantkd by His Ma.jestt | Kino Cbarles | The Second, | to the | Colony 
 I or I Rhodk-Island, | and | Providence-Plantations, | In America. | 
 [Oolon.] I Nejcjmrt, Rhode-Island : | Printed In/ James Franklin, and Sold at his Shop 
 near | the Town Sc/iool House. 1730. | 
 
 1745 
 
 ACTS I and | Laws, | Of His jNIajesty's | Colony | of | Rhode- 
 Island, I and I Providence-Plantations, | In New-England, | In 
 America. | [^Arms of Rhode Island. '\ | Newport, Rhode-Island: \ 
 Printed by the Widoic Franklin, and to be Sold at the | Town-School- 
 Home, M,DCC,XLV. I Folio. 811 
 
 Collation: Charter, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 3-15; 1 p. blank; Table, pp. (15); Title, 1 
 leaf; Laws, pp. 1-308. The title to the Charter reads : The | Charter | Granted 
 »Y' His Majesty- | Kino Charles II. | to | The Governor and Company^ | of 
 I The English Colony- | of | Rhode-Island | and | Providence-Plantations, 
 I In New-England | in | America. | Neujjmrt, Hhode-hlamI : \ Printed by the 
 W,d,M Friinklin, and to be Sold at the \ Town School-House. M,DCC,XLIV. | The 
 third revision of the Rhode Island Laws. 
 
 1752 
 
 ACTS I and | Laws | Of His Majesty's | Colony | of | Rhode- 
 Island, I and I Providence-Plantations, | In New-England, | In.Vnier- 
 ica. I From Anno 1745, to Anno 17.52. | \^Arms of Rhode Zsfa?ic/.] | 
 Newport, Rhode-Island: | Printed by J. Franklin, at the Printing- Office 
 under the \ Town-School-Home. M,DCC,LII. | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; 
 Table, pp. («); Laws, i)p. 1-110. 812 
 
 A continuation of the third revision of the Rhode Island Laws issued in 1745. 
 
 1756 
 
 [Royal A7'ms.'\ \ AT the General Assembly of the Gover- | nor and 
 Company of the English Co- | lony of Rhode-Island, and Providence
 
 RHODE ISLAND. 231 
 
 I Plantations, in Xew-England, in Ame- | rica : begun and held, at ] 
 Providenfc | in said Colony, on the last Wednesday | of October, One 
 Thousand Seven Hun- | dred and Fifty-six, in the thirtieth Year | of 
 the Reign of His Most Sacred | Maje.-ity George the Second, by the | 
 Grace of God, King of Great-Britain, | and so forth. | \^Newport : 
 James Franklin. 1756.] Folio, pp. 79-107. 813 
 
 1757 
 
 [Royal Ann.w'] | AT the General Assembly of the Govcr- | nor and 
 Company of the English Co- | lony of Rhotlc-Island, and Providence 
 I Plantations, in Xew-England, in Ame- | rica ; begun, in Conserjnence 
 of I Warrants issued by his Honor the | Governor, and holden at 
 Providence, | within and for said Colony, on Monday | the tenth of 
 January, One Thousand | Seven Hundred and Fifty-seven, in the | 
 thirtieth Year of the Keign of His | Most Sacred Majesty George the | 
 Second, by the Grace of God, King | of Great-Britain, and so forth. | 
 [Newport: James Franklin. 1757.] Folio, pp. 108-139-|-. 814 
 
 This includes the acts and resolves of the sittings of January 26 and February 1. 
 
 1761 
 
 MARCH, 1761. I At the General .\ssembly of the | Governor and 
 Company of the English | Colony of Rhode-Island, and Providence | 
 Plantations, in Xew-England, in America ; | begun and holden, in 
 Consequence of a War- | rant issued by his Honor the Governor, at | 
 Providence, within and for the said Colony, | on Monday the Thirtieth 
 Day of March, | One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty- | one, and 
 in the First Year of the Reign of | His Most Sacretl Maji'sty George 
 the I Third, by the Grace of God, King of | Great-Britain, and so 
 ■forth. I [Neivporl: James Franklin. 1761.] Folio, pp. (10). 815 
 
 OCTOBER, 1761. | At the General Assembly of the | Governor and 
 Company of the English | Colnuy of Rhode- Island, and Providence- 
 I Plantations, in Xew-Eugland, in America; | begun and holden, by 
 Adjournment, at Xew- | port, witiiin and for tiie said Colony, on | the 
 Second Monday in Octolwr, in tiie Year | of our Lord, One Thousand 
 Seven Hun- | dred and Sixty-(jiu', and First of the Reign | of His 
 Most Sacred Majesty George the | Third, by the Grace of God, King 
 of I Great-Britain, and so forth. | [Xarport: James Franklin. 1761.] 
 Folio, pp. 48-59. 816
 
 232 THE TOWER CXJLLECTION. 
 
 17«2 
 
 MARCH, 1762. | At tlio General Assembly of the | Governor and 
 Comi)any of the Enfjlish | (Colony of Khode-Island, and I'nividciicc- 
 I Plantations, in New-England, in America; | hegnn and holden (in 
 Consequence of War- | rants issued by his Honor the Governor) at | 
 South-Kingstown, within and for the said Co- | lony, on Tuesday tlu' 
 Twenty-third Day of | March, in the Year of our Lord, One I'liou- | 
 sand Seven Hnndred and Sixty-two, and Se- | cond of the Reign of 
 His Most Sacred Majesty | George the Third, by the Grace of | God, 
 King of Great-Britain, and so forth. | [Netcpori: A. Franklin and 
 S. Hall, 1702.] Folio, pp. 85-108. 817 
 
 MAY, 1762. I ^Vt the General Assembly of the | Governor and 
 Company of the English | Colony of Rhode-Island, and Providence [ 
 Plantations, in New-England, in America ; ] begun and holden at New- 
 port, within and for | the said Colony, on the first Wednesday in | 
 May, in the Year of our Lord One Thou- | sand Seven Hundred and 
 Sixty-two, and Se- | cond of the Reign of His Most Sacred Majesty | 
 George the Third, by the Grace of | (lod. King of Great-Britain, and 
 so forth. 1 [Newport: A. Franklin and 8. Hall. 1762.] Folio, pp. 
 109-118. 818 
 
 JUNE, 1762. I At the General Assembly of the | Governor and 
 Comj>any of the English | Colony of Jihode-Island, and Providence | 
 Plantations, in New-England, in America; | begun and holden, by 
 Adjournment, at New- | l)ort, within and for the said Colony, on the 
 I Second Monday of June, in tiie Year of our | Lord, One Thousand 
 Seven Hundred and | Sixty-two, and Second of the Reign of His | 
 Most SacrcKl Majesty George the Third, by | the Grace of God, King 
 of Great-Britain, ( and so forth. | [Newport : A. Franklin and »S'. Hall. 
 1762.] Folio, pp. 120-138. 819 
 
 AUGUST, 1762. | At the General As.sembly of the | Governor and 
 Company of the English | Colony of Rhode-Island, and Providence | 
 Plantations, in New-England, in America ; | begun and holden by Ad- 
 journment, at East- I (Jrcenwich within and for the said Colony, | on 
 tile Fourtii Monday in August, in the | Year of our Lord, One Thou- 
 sand Se- ] ven Hundred and Sixty-lwo, and Second | of the Reign of
 
 RHODE ISLAND. 233 
 
 His Most Sacred Majesty | George the Thiixl, by tlie Gi-ace of | God, 
 King of Great-Britain, and so forth. | \^Newp(»-t: A. Franklin and 8. 
 Hall. 17G2.] Folio, pp. 139-180. 820 
 
 SEPTEMBER, 1762. | At the General Assembly | Of the Governor 
 and Company of the | English Colony f)f Khode-lsland, and Providence 
 
 I Plantations | in New-England, in America; Ijegnn | and holdcn by 
 Ad jonrnment, at Newport, within and | for the said Colony, | on Tues- 
 d:iy the Twenty-first Day | of Scj)teml)er, in the Year of onr Lord One 
 Thousand | Seven Hundred and Sixty-two, and Si'cond of tiie Keign 
 
 I of His Most Sacred Majesty George the Third, | by the Grace of 
 God, King of Great-Britain, and | so forth. | [Newport: A. FranMin 
 and S.Hall. 17(i2.] Folio, pp. 181-203. 821 
 
 OCTOBER, 1762. | At the General Assembly | Of the Governor 
 and Company of tlie | English Colony of Riiodc- Island, and Provi- 
 dence I Plantations, in New-England, in America; begun | and holden, 
 at Providence, \\'ithin and for the | said Colony, on the last Wednes- 
 day of C)ct()bcr, I in the Year of onr Tjord One Thousand Seven | 
 Hundred and Sixty-two, and Third of the Reign | of His Most Sacred 
 Majesty George the Third, | by the Grace of God King of Great- 
 Britain, and I so forth. | \_Nnrpnrt : A. Franklin and S. Hall. 1762.] 
 Folio, pp. 205-220. 822 
 
 l7(i:{ 
 
 FEBRUARY, 17G;!. | At the General Assembly | Of tiic (iovernor 
 and Company of the | lOnglish Colony of Rhode-Island, and Providence 
 I Plantations, in New-England, in America ; begun | and holden by 
 Adjournment at Providence, within | and for the said Colony, on the 
 last Monday in February, | in the Year of onr Lord On(! Thousand 
 Seven Hnndred | and Sixty-three, and Third of tiie Reign of His 
 Most I Sacred Majesty George the Third, by the CJrace | of (lod King 
 of Great-Britain, and so forth. | ( bloplion.^ A'cw/joH : Printed by A. 
 Franklin and S. Hall. [1763.] Folio, pp. 221-236. ^ 823 
 
 MAY, 1763. I [lioijal Arms.] | At the General Assembly | Of the 
 Governor and Company of the | English Colony of Rhode-Island, and 
 Providence | Plantations, in New-England, in America ; begun | and
 
 234 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 holden at Newport, within and fur the said Colony, | on the firet 
 Wednesday in May, in the Yrar of onr | Ijord One Thousand Seven 
 Hundred and .Sixty-three, | and Tliiiil of the Keign of His Most 
 Saered Majesty | George the Third, by the Grace of God King | of 
 Great-Britain, and so forth. | [^('olophon.l Newport: Printed hy 
 Samml Hull. [1763.] | Folio, pp. 1-10. X24 
 
 JUNE, 1763. I [Royal Arm.'^.] \ At the General Assembly | Of the 
 Governor and Company of the | English Colony of Rhode-Tsland, and 
 Providonee | Plantations, in New-England, in America ; begun | and 
 holden by Adjournment at Newport, within and | for tiie said ('olony, 
 on the Second Monday in June, in | the Year of our Lord One 
 Thousand Seven Hundred | and Si.xty-three, and Third t)f tlie Keign 
 of His Most I Sacred Majesty George the Third, by the Grace | of 
 God, King of | Great-Britain, and so forth. | [Colophon.^ Newport: 
 Printed by Samuel Hall. [1763.] | Folio, pp. 11-47. 825 
 
 MAY, 17(i4. I [Royal Anns.] \ At the General Assembly | Of the 
 Governor and Company of the | English Colony of Khode-Island, 
 and Providence | Plantations, in New-England, in America ; begun | 
 and holden at Newport, within and for the Colony | aforesaid, on the 
 First Wednesday in May, in the Year | of our Lord One Thousand 
 Seven Hinidrwl and | Sixty-fonr, and Fourth of the Reign ol' His 
 Most I Sacred Majesty George tlic Tiiird, by the Grac« | of Goil, King 
 of Great-liritaiu, and so forth. | [('oloplatn.] Neuport: Printed by 
 Samuel Hall. [1764.] | Folio, yV- 1-16. 826 
 
 JUNE, 1764. I [Royal Armx.'] | At the General Assembly | Of the 
 Governor and Company of the | English Colony of Rhode-Island, 
 and Providence | Plantations, in New-England, in ^Vmerica ; begun 
 and I holden by Adjournment, at Newport, within and for the | Colony 
 aforesaid, on the Second Monday in June, in the | Y'ear of our Loi-d 
 One Thousand Seven Hundred and | Sixty-four, and F'ourth of the 
 Reign of His Most | SacTcd Majesty George the Third, by the Grace 
 I of Gotl, King of Great-Britain, and so forth. | [Ncicporl: Printed by 
 Samuel Hall. 17(i4.] | Folio, pp. 17-29. 827
 
 RHODE ISLAND. 235 
 
 JULY, 1764. I [Royal Anm.] \ At the General As.sembly | Of the 
 Governor and Gom]>any of tlic | Eii<;lish Colony of Kluxle-Island, 
 and Providence | Dantations, in New-England, in America ; bt^un 
 and I holden, (in Consefinence of Warrants issued by his | Honor 
 the Governor) at Xewport, witiiin and for the | Colony aforesaid, on 
 Monday the Thirtieth Day of July, | in tiie Year of our Lonl One 
 Thousand Seven Hundred | and Sixty-four, and Fourth of the Reign 
 of His Most I Sacrcil Majesty George the Third, by the Grace | of God, 
 King of Great-Britain, and so forth. | [Xcirpurf : Prlnteil by Saiimel 
 HuU. 1764.] I Folio, pp. 31-36. 828 
 
 SEPTEMBER, 1764. | [Royal Anm.] \ At the General Assembly | 
 Of the Governor and Company of the | English Colony of Rhode- 
 Island, and Providence | Plantations, in Xew- England, in America; 
 begun and | holden, by Adjournment, at Xewport, within and for | the 
 said Colony, on the Second Monday in September, | in the Year of 
 our Lonl One Thousand Seven Hundred | and Sixty-four, and Fourth 
 of the Reign of His Most | Sacred Majesty George the Third, by the 
 Grace | of God, King of (ireat-Britain, and so forth. | [Xewport: 
 Printed by Samuel Hall. 1764.] | Folio, pp. ;!7-48. 829 
 
 XOVEMBER, 1764. | [Royal Anm.] \ At the (ieneral As.sembly | 
 Oi the Governor and Company of the | English Colony of Rhode- 
 Island, and Providenw | Plantations, in Xew-England, in America; 
 l)egun and | holden (by Adjournment) at Providence, within and | for 
 the said Colony, on the la.st Tuesday in Xovemln'r, | in tiic Year of 
 our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred | and Sixty-four, and Fifth 
 of the Reign of His Most | Sacred Majesty (Jcorge the Thirtl, by the 
 Grace I of God, King of (ireat-Britain, and so forth. | [Seu-jtori : 
 Printed by Samuel Hall. 1764.] | Folio, pp. 67-83. 830 
 
 17C5 
 
 FEBRUARY, 1765. | [Royal Anns.] \ At the General Assembly | 
 Of the Governor and Company of the | English Colony of Rhode- 
 Island, and Providence I Plantations, in Xew-England, in .\inerica; 
 l)egun and | holden (by Adjournment) at East-Grwnwich, within and | 
 for the said Colony, on the last Monday in Februarj-, | in tJie Year of 
 our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred | and Sixty-five, and Fifth
 
 236 THE TOAVER (OLLEfTION. 
 
 of the Reign of His Most | .Sacrefl Majesty (ieorfie the Tliird, by the 
 Grace ( of God, King of Great-Britain, and so forth. | [('olophon.'\ 
 Newpoii: Printed by Samud Hall. [176o.] | Folio, pp. 85-107. 8.31 
 
 1766 
 
 FEBRUARY, 1766. | [Royal Arms.l \ At the General Assembly | 
 Of the Governor and Company of the | English Colony of Riiodc- 
 Island, and Pnivi<lcncc | IMaiitations, in Xcw-Engiand, in America; 
 Ijegnn and | lioiden (in- Adjournment) at Soutli-Kingstown, within ] 
 and for the said Colony, on the last Monday in February, | in tiie Year 
 of onr Ijord One Thousand Seven Hun- | dred and Sixty six, and Sixth 
 of the Reign of His Most | Sacred Majesty George the Third, by the 
 Grace | of God, King of Great-Britain, and so fijrth. | [Co/oy^Ao/i.] 
 Newport: Printed by S. Hall. [1766.] | Folio, pp. 71-84. 832 
 
 MAY, 1766. I [Royal Arms.] \ At the General Assembly | Of the 
 Governor and Company of the | English Colony of Rhode-Island, and 
 Providence | Plantations, in New-England, in America; Ixgun and | 
 holden at New|K)rt, witiiin and for the sjiid Colony, | on tlie first Wednes- 
 day in May, in the Year of our | I^ord One Thousand Seven Hun- 
 dred and Sixty-six, | anil Sixtii of the Reign of His Most Sacred 
 Majesty | George the Third, by the Grace of God, King | of Great- 
 Britain, and so forth. | [C'otopAoji.] Newiport: Printed by S. Hall. 
 [1766.] I' Folio, pp. 1-12. 833 
 
 .HJNE, 1766. I [Royal Anns.] | At the General Assembly | Of the 
 Governor and Comj)any of the | English Colony »t' Rh(xlc-Island, and 
 Providence | Plantations, in New-England, in Amerii'a; begun and | 
 holden (by Adjournment) at Newport, within and for | the said Colony, 
 on the Second Monday in .Tune, in | tiie Year of our T»rd One Thou- 
 sand Seven Hundred | and Sixty-six, and Sixtii of tiie Reign of His 
 Most I Sacred Majesty George the Third, by the Grace | of God, King 
 of Great-Britain, and so forth. | [Colophon.] Newport: Printed by S. 
 Hall. [1766.] I Folio, pp. 13-23. 834 
 
 SEPTEMBER, 1766. | [Royal Arms.] \ At tiie General Assembly 
 
 I Of the Governor and Company of the | English Colony of Riiode- 
 
 Island, and Providence | Plantations, in New-England, in America ; 
 
 Ij^un and | holden (by Adjournment) at Ne\vport, within and for | the
 
 RHODE ISl-AXn. 237 
 
 said Colony, on the Second Monday in SeptenilxT, in | the Year of our 
 Ijord One Thouirand Seven Hundred | and Sixty-six, and Sixth of the 
 Reign of His Most | Saeied Majesty George the Tiiird, ijy the Grace | 
 of God, King of Great-Britain, and so forth. | [Colophon.] Newport: 
 Printed by S. Hall. [1766.] | Folio, pp. 2.5-33. 835 
 
 1767 
 
 ACTS I and | Laws | of | The English Colony | of | Khode-Island 
 
 I and I Providence-Plantations, | in | New- England, | in | Ainerit-a. 
 
 I Newport: \ Printed and mid by Samuel Hall, Printer to the \ Ilon- 
 onible General Assembly. \ MDCCLXVII. | Folio. 836 
 
 Collation: Charter, Title, 1 leaf: pp. 3-15; 1 p. blank ; Acts, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 
 3-272. The title to the Charter reads: The | Cdarter, | Grafted by His 
 Majesty, | Kixq Charles II. | to | The Governor and Company | op | The 
 English Colony | of | Rhode-Island | and | Pbovidence-Plantations, | in 
 
 I New-England, | in | America. | Xeu-jmrt.- \ I'linted ami sM by Samud Hall. 
 Printer to the \ Honorable General AsaenMy. \ MDCCLXVII. | The fourth revision 
 of the Rhode Island Laws, of which only two hundred copies were printed. 
 
 MAY, 1767. I [RoyaJ, Arms.'] \ At the General As.sembly | Of the 
 Governor and Company of the | English Colony of Rhode-Island 
 and Providence | Plantations, in Xew-England, in America ; b(^un 
 and I held at Newport, within and for the said Colony, on the | First 
 WiHliU'sday in May, in the Year of our Ijord | One Thousand Seven 
 Hundred and Sixty-seven, and | Seventh of the Reign of His Most 
 SacTetl Majesty | George the Third, by the Grace of G(xl, King | of 
 (ireat-Rrilain, and so forth. | [Colophon.] Newport: Printed by S. 
 Hall. [1767.] I Folio, pp. 1-14. 837 
 
 AUGUST, 1767. | [Roy(d Anm.] \ M the General Assembly | Of 
 the Governor and Company of the | English Colony of Rhode-Island 
 and Providence | Plantations, in Xew-Englund, in .\nieri«i; begun and 
 I iield at Newport, within and for the .siiid Colony, on the | last Monday 
 in August, in the Year of our Loitl, | One Thousand Seven Hundretl 
 and Sixty-seven, and | Seventh of the Reign of His Most Sacretl 
 Majesty | George the Third, by the Grace of God, King | of Gi-cat- 
 Britain, and so forth. | [Colophon.] Newport: Printed by S. Hall. 
 [1767.] I FoUo, pp. 49-58. 838
 
 238 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 1769 
 
 JUNE, 1769. I [Royal Aivns.] \ At the General Assembly of the 
 Rover- | nor and Cunn)any of the English Colony ( of Rhode-Ishuid, 
 and Providence Plantati- | ons, in New-England, in America ; begun 
 I and holden by Adjournment, at Newport, | within and for the said 
 Colony, on the | Second Monday in .Tune, in the Year of | our Lord 
 One Thousand, Seven Hundred | and Si.xty-nine, and Ninth of the 
 Reign of | his Most Sacred Majesty (Jeorge the | Third, by the (Jrace 
 of (lod, King of I Great-Britain, and so Ibrth. [Colophon.l Newport: 
 Printed by Solomon SoiithwicL [1769.] | Folio, pp. -21-42. 839 
 
 1771 
 
 OCTOBER, 1771. | [Royal Arm.H.] \ At the General Assembly of 
 the Go- I vernor and Company of the English Colo- | ny of Rhotle- 
 Island, and Providence Plan- | tations, in New-England, in America ; 
 be- I gun and holden at South-Kingstown, within | and for the said 
 Colony, on the last ^\'ctl- | ncsday of Oc-tober, in the Year of our Lord 
 I One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seven- | ty-one, and Twelftli <it 
 the Reign of Ills | Most Sacred Maje.'sty George the Third, | by the 
 Gi-ace of God, King of Great- | Britain, and so forth. | [C'o(ojj/io)i.^ 
 Newport: Printed by Solomon Southwick, \ Printer to the Honorable 
 General Assembly. [1771.] | Folio, pp. 71-86. 840 
 
 1772 
 
 DECEMBER, 1772. | [Royal Arms.] | At the General Assembly 
 of the Go- I vernor and Comi)any of the English | Colony of Rhcnle- 
 Lsland, and Provi- | deuce Plantations, in New- England, in | America; 
 begun and holden, by Ad- | journment, at Providence, within and | 
 for the Colony aforesaid, on the Se- | cond Monday in December, in the 
 I Year of our Lord, One Tht>usand, Se- | ven Hundred and Seventy- 
 two, and I Thirteenth of the Reign of His Most | Sacred Majesty 
 George the Third, | by the Grace of God, King of Great- | Britain, 
 and so forth. | [i'olojjhon.] Nacport: Printed by Solomon Southwick, 
 Printer | to the Honorable the General Assembly. [1772.] | Folio, pp. 
 
 77-88. 841 
 
 1773 
 
 MAY, 1773. I [Royal Arm«.] | At the General Assembly of the 
 Go- I vernor and Company of the English | Colony of Rhode-Island,
 
 RHODE ISLAND. 239 
 
 and Providence | Plantations, in New-England, in Ameri- | ca, Ix^un 
 and holden at Xcwport, witli- | in and for thf said Colony, on the First 
 I Wednesday in May, in the Year of our | Lord One Thousand, Seven 
 Hundred | and Seventy-three, and Thirteenth of | the Reign of His 
 Most Sacred Majesty, | George tlie Third, by the Grace of f God, King 
 of Great-Britain, and so | forth. | [C(jlophon.'\ Newport: Printed by 
 Solomon SoiUhwick, Printer \ to the Honorable the General Asneinbly. 
 [1773.] I Folio, pp. 27. 842 
 
 AUGUST, 177.3. | [Royal Arms.'] \ At the General Assembly of the 
 Go- I vernor and Company of the English | Colony of Kluxle-Islaud, 
 and Providence | Plantations, in New-F^nglaud, in Ameri- | ca, begun 
 and holden by Adjournment, | at Newport, within and for the said 
 Co- I lony, on the third Monday in August, | in the Year of our Lord 
 One Thousand, | Seven Hundred and Seventy-three, and | Thir- 
 teenth of the Reign of His Most | Sacred Majesty, George the Third, 
 I by the Grace of God, King of Great- | Britain, and so forth. | 
 \_Volophon^ Newport: Printed by Solomon Southwick, Printer to \ the 
 Honorable tlie General Aasembty. [1773.] | Folio, pp. 29-71. 843 
 
 OCTOBER, 1773. | [Royal Amus.] | At the General Assembly of 
 the Go- I vernor and Company of the English | Colony of Rhode- 
 Island, and Providence | Plantations, in New-England, in Ame- | rica, 
 begun and holden at South-Kings- | town, within and for the said 
 Colony, on | the last Wednesday in Octoiwr, in the | Year of our I^ord, 
 One Thousand, Se- | vcn Hundrctl and Seventy-three, and | Ft>urtcentli 
 of the Reign of His Most | Saci-ed Majesty, George tlie Third, | by the 
 Grace of God, King of Great- | Britain, and so furtli. | [Colophon.^ 
 Newport : Printed by Solomon SouthicicI:, \ Printer to the Honorable the 
 General Assembly. | [1773.] | Folio, pp. 73-91. 844 
 
 1774 
 
 DECEMBER, 1771. | [Royal Arms.] \ At the General Asscunbly 
 of the Go- I vernor and Company of the English | Colony of Rhode- 
 Island, and Providence | Plantations, in New-England, in Ame- | 
 rica, begun and holden, in Conse- | qHence of Warrants issucil by his 
 Ho- I nor the Governor, at Providentr, with- | in and for the said 
 Colony, on the First | Monday in December, in the Year of | our
 
 240 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 liOi'd, One Tliousaud, Seven | Hundred and kSeventy-four, and Fif- | 
 teenth of" tlie Reign of His Most Sa- | eral Majesty (ieorge tiie Tiiird, 
 by I the Grace of God, King of (ireat- | Britain, and so fortli. | 
 [Cb/op/ton.] Newport, Printed by Solomon Southwick, \ Printer to tlie 
 Honorable the General Assembly. [1774.] | Folio, pp. 125-157. 845 
 
 1777 
 
 MAY, 1777. I At the General Assembly of the Governor aii<l | 
 Company of tiie State of IMiode-lsland and Pro- | vidt'uee Plantations, 
 begun and holden by Ad- | journment at South-Kingstown, witiiin 
 and fiir | tiie State aforesaid, on Monday the Nineteentii | Day of May, 
 in the Year of our Lord One | Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy- 
 seven. 1 \_Colophon.'\ Providence: Printed by John Carter. [1777.] | 
 Folio, pp. 47. 846 
 
 AUGUST, 1777. | At the General Assembly of the | Governor and | 
 Company of the State of Rhode-Island and Pro- | vidence Plantations, 
 begun and holden by ^\^d- | journment, at Providence, within and for 
 the I State aforesaid, on Monday the Eighteenth Day | of August, in 
 the Year of our Ijord Oni! Thou- | sand Seven Hundred and Sevcnt}'- 
 seven. | \_Volophon,.^ Proridencc: Printed by .John Carter. [1777.] | 
 Folio, pp. 22. «47 
 
 1779 
 
 JANUARY, 1779. | At the General Assembly of the Governor and 
 I Company of the State of Rhode-Island, and Pro- | vidence | I'lanta- 
 tions, begun and holden (in Con- | sequence of Warrants issued by his 
 Excellency | the Governor) at Providence, within and for the | said 
 State, on Tuesday the Nineteentii Day of | January, in the Year of our 
 Lord Gne Thou- | sand Seven Hundred and Seventy-nine. | \^ColophoH.^ 
 Providence: Printed by John Carter. [1779.] | Folio, pp. 7. 848 
 
 RESOLVES I and | Ordci-s | of the | Council of War, | Made and 
 passed between tlie Sessions of the Ge- | neral Assembly holden on 
 Tuesday, | the Nineteenth of January, and the last Monday | in Feb- 
 ruary, A.D. 1779. I [C'o/o/j/io;i.] Providence: Printed by John Carter. 
 [1779.] I Folio, pp. 12. 849 
 
 MAY, 1779. I At the General Assembly | of the Governor and Com- 
 pa- I ny of the State of Rhode- | Island and Providence Planta- |
 
 RHODE ISLAND. 241 
 
 tions, begun and holden at Pro- | vidcnrc, within and for the State, | 
 aforesaid, on the first Wednesday | in ^ruy, in the Year of our T.ord j 
 One Thousand Seven Hini(h-cd | and Heventy-ninc, and in the | 
 Third Year of Inde- | pend(;n«'. | [Colophon.] Promdmce: Pnnted 
 hy Bennett Wheeler. [177!).] | Folio, p]). ;5t. 850 
 
 AUGUST, 177!). I At the General Assembly of the Governor and 
 I Company of the State of Rhode-Island and | Providence Planta- 
 tions, Ijegun and holden by | Adjournment at Pnnidcnee, within and 
 for the I said State, on the Fourth Monday in August, | in the Year of 
 our Lord One Thousand Se- | ven Hundred and Seventy-nine, and in 
 the I Fourth Year of Independence. | [Cb/op/twi.] Provirleiice : Pnnted 
 by John Carter. [1779.] | Folio, pp. 17. 851 
 
 DECEMBER, 1770. | At the General Assembly of the Governor 
 and I Company of the State of Rhode-Island and | Providence Planta- 
 tions, begun and holden by | Adjourmncnt at Providence, within and 
 for I the State aforesaid, on the Second Monday in | December, in the 
 Year of our Lord One Thou- | sand Seven Hundred and Seventy-nine, 
 and in | the Fourth Year of Independence. | [Colophon.] Providence- 
 Printed by John Carter. [1779.] | Folio, pp. 31. 852 
 
 1785 
 
 OCTOBER, 178"). | At the General Assenddy of the Governor and 
 I Company of the State of Rhode-Island, and | Providence Planta- 
 tions, begun and holden at | South-Kingstown, within and for the State 
 I aforesaid, on the last Monday in October, in the | Year of our I^ord 
 One Thousand Seven Hun- | drcd and Eighty-five, and in the Tenth 
 Year | of Independence. ( [Colophon.] Providence: Printed by John 
 Carter. [1785.] | Folio, pp. 44. 853 
 
 I7.S« 
 
 OCTOBER, 1786. | At the General Assembly of the Governor and 
 Company | of the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Planta- | 
 tions, begun and held (in Consecpicnce of ^\'arrants | issuetl by his 
 Excellency the Governor) at Newport, | within and for the State afoiv- 
 said, on Mondav the S<'c- I ond Dav of October, in the Year of our
 
 242 THE TOWER COI-I-EfTION. 
 
 I^onl One | Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-six, and in the | 
 Eleventh Year of Independence. | [Colophon.'] Newjwrt: Printed hi) 
 Solomon Southwick. [178(5.] | Folio, pp. 8. 854 
 
 (OCTOBER (2d Session) 178(i. | At the General Assembly of the 
 Governor and | Company of the State of Rhode-Island and | Provi- 
 dence Plantations, begun and holden at | Providence, within and for 
 the State aforesaid, | on the last Monday in October, in the Year of | 
 Our Loi-d One Thousand Seven Hundred and | Eighty-six, and in the 
 Eleventh Year of In- | dependence. | [CWo/j/ion.] Providence: Printed 
 by John Carter. [1786.] \ Folio, pp. 9. 855 
 
 1787 
 
 OCTOBER, 1787. | At the General Assembly of the Governor and 
 I Company of the State of Rhode-Island and Pro- | videnee Planta- 
 tions, begun and holden at South- | Kingstown, within and for the 
 State aforesaid, | on the last Monday in October, in the Year of | our 
 Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and | Eighty-seven, and in the 
 Twelfth Year of Inde- | pendence. | [n. p. 1787.] Folio, pp. 14. 856 
 
 1788 
 
 FEBRUARY, 1788. | At the General Assembly of the Governor 
 and I Company of the State of Rhode-Island and Pro- | videnee 
 Plantations, begun and holden by Ad- | journmcnt at Providence, 
 within and for the State | aforesaid, on the last Monday iu February, 
 in I the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven | Hundred and Eighty- 
 eight, and in the Twclfl;h | Year of Independence. | [n. p. 1788.] 
 Folio, pp. 18. 857 
 
 MARCH, 1788.] | At the (iciiei-al Assembly of the Governor and 
 I Company of the State of Rhode-Island and Pro- | videnee Planta- 
 tions, begun and holden by Ad- | journmcnt at East-Greenwich, within 
 and for the | State aforesaid, on the last Monday in ^^larch, | in the 
 Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven | Hundred and Eighty -eight, 
 and in the Twelfth ] Year of Independence. | [n.p. 1788.] Folio, pp. 
 22. 858 
 
 MAY, 1788. I At the General Assembly of the Governor and | Com- 
 pany of the State of Rhode-Island and | Providence Plantations, begun
 
 RHODE ISLAND. 243 
 
 and holden at | Xe\v|)ort, within and for the State aforesaid, | on the 
 First AA'ednesday in May in the Year | of our Lord One Thousand 
 Seven Hinidred | and Eighty-eight, and in the Twelfth Year of | In- 
 dependence. I [^Colophon.'] Providence: Printed by John Carter. 
 [1788.] I Folio, pp. 20. 859 
 
 JUNE, 1788. I At the General Assembly of the Governor and | 
 Company of" tiie State of Rliodc-Island and | Providence-Plantations, 
 begun and holden, by | Adjournment, at Newport, within and for the 
 
 I State aforesaid, on the Swond ilonday in | .June, in the Year of our 
 Lord One Thousand | Seven Hundred and Eighty-eight, and in the 
 
 I Twelfth Year of Independence. | [Colophon.'\ Printed by John 
 Carter. [1788.] | Folio, pp. 34. 860 
 
 OCTOBER, 1788. | At the General Assembly of the Governor and 
 I Company of the State of Rhotle-Island and | Providence-Plantations, 
 begun and held, by | Adjournment, at Providence, within antl for | the 
 State aforesaid, on the last Monday in Octo- | her, in the Year of our 
 Lord One Thousand | Seven Hundred and Eighty-eight, and in the | 
 Thirteenth Year of Independence, j [^Colophon.'\ Printed by John 
 Carter. [1788.] | Folio, pp. 20. 861 
 
 DECEMBER, 1788. | At the General Assembly of the Governor and 
 I Company of the State of Rhode-Island and | Providence- Plantations, 
 begun and holden, by | Adjournment, at .South-Kingstown, within 
 and I for the State aforesaid, on the last Monday in | December, in the 
 Year of our Lortl One Thou- | sand Seven Ilundretl and Eighty-eight, 
 and in | the Thirteenth Year of Independence. | [n. p. 1788.] Folio, 
 pp. 12. ^ 862 
 
 1-S9 
 
 MARCH, 178!t. | At the (Jeneral Assembly of the Governor and | 
 Company of the State of Rhode-Island and | Provideuc-e-Plantations, 
 begun and held, by Adjournment, at East-Greenwich, within and | for 
 the State aforesiiid, on the Second Monday | in March, in the Year of 
 our Lord One Thou- | sand Seven Ilundrctl and Eighty-nine, and in 
 I the Thirteenth Year of Independence. | [^Colophon.^ Printed by 
 John Carta: [1789.] | Folio, pp. -22. 863
 
 244 THE TOWKR COLLECTION. 
 
 MARCH, 1789. | At the Cieneral Assembly of the Governor and | 
 Company of the State of Rhode-Island ami Pro- | videnee Plantations, 
 l)egnn and liolden at New- | port, witliin and for the State aforesjvid, 
 on the I first Wednesday in May, in the Year of our | Lord One 
 Thousand Seven Hundred and p]iifhty- | nine, and in the Thirteenth 
 Year of ludepen- | dence. | [n. p. 178S).] Folio, pp. 18. 864 
 
 .JUNE, 1789. I At the General Assembly of the Governor and | 
 Company of the State of Rhode-Island and | Providence-Plantations, 
 begun and held, by | Adjournment, at Newport, within and for the | 
 State aforesaid, on the Second Monday in | June, in the Year of our 
 Lord One Thousand | Seven Hundred and Eighty-nine, and in the 
 I Thirteenth Year of Independence. | [n. p. 1789.] Folio, pp. 17. 865 
 
 SEPTEMBER, 1789. | At the General Assembly of the Governor 
 and I Company of the State of Rho<le-Island, and | Providence- 
 Plantations, begun and holden (in | Consequence of Warrants issued 
 by his Excel- | lency the Governor) at Newport, within and for | the 
 State aforesaid, on Tuesday, the Fifteenth | Day of September, in the 
 Year of our Lord | One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty- | nine, 
 and in the Fourteenth Year of Inde- | pendence. | \^Colophon.'] Prov- 
 idence: Printed by Bennett Wheeler. [1789.] | Folio, pp. 28. 866 
 
 OCTOBER, 1789. | At the General Assembly of the Governor and 
 I Company of the State of Rho<le-Island and | Providence-Plantations, 
 begun and holden, by | Adjournment, at P^ast-Greenwich, within and 
 I for the State aforesaid, on the Second Monday | in October, in the 
 Yrar of our I^ord one Thou- | siind Seven Hundred and Eighty-nine, 
 and in j the Fourteenth Year of Independence. | [Cb/oyjAoH.] Printed 
 by John Carter. [1789.] | Folio, pp. L8. 867 
 
 STATE of Rhode-Island and Providence-Plan- | tations. In Gen- 
 eral Assembly, October Session, A.D. 1789. \_Colophon.'\ Providence : 
 Printed by John Carter. [1789.] | Folio, pp. 8. 868 
 
 1790 
 
 JANUARY, 1790. | At the General Assembly of the Governor and 
 I Company of the State of Rhode-Island and | Providence-Planta-
 
 RHODE ISLAND. 245 
 
 tions, begun and held, by | Adjournment, at Providence, within and 
 for the I State aforesaid, on the Seeond Monday in Ja- | nuary, in the 
 Year of our Lord One Thousand | Seven Hundretl and Ninety, and in 
 the Four- | teenth Year of Independence. | [CbfopAon.] Printed by 
 John Carter. [1790.] | Folio, pp. 16. 869 
 
 MAY, 1790. I At the General Assembly of the Governor and | 
 Company of the State of Rhode-Island and | Providence-Plantations, 
 begun and holden at | Newport, within and for the State aforesaid, | 
 on the First Wednesday in May, in the Year | of our Lord One 
 Thousand Seven Hundred | and Ninety, and in the Fourteenth Year 
 of I Independence. | [Co/oyViO/i.] Printed by John Carter. [1790.] | 
 Folio, pp. 22. 870 
 
 JUNE, 1790. I At the General Assembly of the Governor and | 
 Company of the State of Rhode-Island and | Providence-Plantations, 
 I begun and held by | Adjournment at Newport, within and for the 
 I State aforesaid, in Consequence of Warrants | issued by his E.xcel- 
 lencv the Governor, on | Monday the Seventh Day of June, in the 
 Year | of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred | and Ninety, and 
 in the Fourteenth Year of | Independence. | [^Providence: J. Carter. 
 1790.] I Folio, pp. 1(3. 871 
 
 OCTOBER, 1790. | At the General Assembly of the Governor and 
 1 Company of the State of Rhode-Island and | Providence-Planta- 
 tions, begun and held at | Providence, within and for the State aforc- 
 I said, on the last Monday in October, in the | Year of our Lord One 
 Tliousand Seven | Hundred and Ninety, and in the Fifteenth | Year 
 of Independent. | [Cohphon.l Printed by J. Carter. [1790.] | Folio, 
 pp. 20. 872 
 
 1792 
 FEBRUARY, 1792. | At the General Assembly of the Governor 
 and I Company of the State of Rhode- Island, and | Providenc-e-Plan- 
 tations, begun and holden (by | Adjournment) at Provideniv. within 
 and for | the State aforesiiid, on the last Monday in | February, in the 
 Year of our Lord One Thou- | sand Seven Ihuulretl and Ninety-Two, 
 and I in the Sixteenth Year of Independence. | [Colophon.] Provi- 
 dence: Printed by Bennett ]]Tieeler. [1792.] | Folio, pp. 40. 873 
 
 17
 
 246 TIIF. TOWF-U COI.I.FXTION. 
 
 MAY, 1702. I At the (ieneral Assembly of the Governor and | 
 Company of the State of Rhode-Island, and | Providence-Plantations, 
 begun and holden at | Newport, within and for the State aforesaid, | 
 on the First Wednesday in May, in the Year | of our Lord One Thou- 
 sand Seven Hundred | and Xinety-Two, and in the Sixteenth Year | of 
 Independence. | \_Provide)ic€: B. W/ieeler/ 1792.] Folio, jjp. 28-h . 874 
 
 JUNE, 1792. I At the General Assembly of the Governor and | 
 Company of the State of Rhode-Island and | Providence-Plantations, 
 begun and holden by | Adjournment at Newport, within and for the | 
 State aforesaid, on the Third Monday of June, | in the Year of our 
 Lord (^nc Thousand Seven | Hundred and Ninety -two, and in the Six- 
 teenth j Year of Independence. | \^Pi-on<ience : B. Wheeler f 1792.] 
 Folio, pp. 28-f . 875 
 
 AUGUST, 1792. | At the General Assembly of the Governor and 
 I Compan}' of the State of Rhode-Island, and | Providence-Planta- 
 tions, begun and holden, in | Consequence of Warrants issued by his 
 Ex- I ccllcncy the Governor, at Newport, within and | for the State 
 aforesaid, on the Second Wed- | nesday in August, in the Year of our 
 Lord One | Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-two, | and in the 
 Seventeenth Year of Indiependence. | \^Colojjlto)t.'\ Providence: Printed 
 by Bennett Wheeler. [1792.] | Folio, pp. 18. 876 
 
 OCTOBER, 1792. | At the General Assembly of the Governor and 
 I Company of the State of Rhode-Island, and | Providence-Planta- 
 tions, I begun and holden, at | Providence, within and for the State 
 aforesaid, | on the last Monday in October, in the Year of | our Lord 
 One Thousand Seven Hundred and | Ninety-Two, and in the Seven- 
 teenth Year of | Independence. | \_Colophon.'\ Providence: Printed by 
 Bennett Mlieeler. [1792.] | Folio, pp. 42. 877 
 
 1793 
 
 FEBRUARY, 1793. | At the General Assembly of the Governor 
 and I Company of the State of Rhode-Island, and | Providence-Plan- 
 tations, begun and holden, by | Adjournment, at East-Greenwich, within 
 and I for the State aforesaid, on the last Monday in | February, in the
 
 RHODE ISLAND. 247 
 
 Year of our Lord One Thou- | sand Seven Hundred and Xinety-three, 
 and I in the Seventeenth Year of Independence. | [Colophon.] Provi- 
 dence: Printed by Bennett Wheeler. [1793.] | Folio, pp. 21. 878 
 
 MAY, 179.}. I At the General Assembly of the Governor and | 
 Company of the State of Khode-Island and | Providence-Plantations, 
 begun and holden at | Xe\\-port, within and for the State aforesaid, | 
 on the First Wednesday in May, in the Year of | our Lord One Tliou- 
 sand Seven Hundred and j Xinety-three, and in the Seventeenth Year 
 of I Independence. | [Co/ophoH.} Printed hy J. Carter. [lldS.] \ Folio, 
 PP- -8- 879 
 
 JUX'E, 1793. I At the General Assembly of the Governor and | 
 
 Company of the State of Rhode-Island, and | Providence-Plantations, 
 begun and holden, by | Adjournment, at Xewport, within and for the 
 I State aforesaid, on the Second Monday in June, | in the Year of our 
 Lord One Thousand Seven | Hundred and Xinety-three, and in the 
 Se- I venteenth Year of Independence. | [Colophon.] Providence: 
 Printed by Bennett Wheeler. [1793.] | Folio, pp. 17. 880 
 
 OCTOBER, 1793. | At the General Assembly of the Governor and 
 I Company of the State of Rhode-Island, and | Providence-Plantations, 
 begun and holden, at | South-Kingstown, within and for the State, | 
 aforesaid, on the last Monday in October, in the | Year of our Lord 
 One Thousand Seven Hun- | dred and Xinety-three, and in the Eigh- 
 teenth I Year of Independence. | [Colophon.] Providence: Printed by 
 Bennett Wheeler. [1793.] | Folio, pp. 21. 881 
 
 1794 
 
 FEBRUARY, 1794. | At the General Assembly of the Governor 
 and I Company of the State of Rhode-Island and | Providence-Plan- 
 tations, begun and holden by | Adjournment at Providence, within 
 and for the | State aforesaid, on the last Momlay in Febru- | arv, in 
 the Year of our Loal One Thousand | Seven Hundred and Xinetv- 
 four, and in the | Eighteenth Year of Indepcnilence. ( [Colojthon.] 
 Printed by Carter and Wilkimoit. [1794.] | Folio, pp. 28. 882 
 
 -MARCH, 1794. | At the General Assembly of the Governor and | 
 Company of the State of Rhode-Island and | Providence-Plantations,
 
 248 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 begun and holden by | Adjournment at East-Greenwich, within and for 
 the State afor<>said, on the last Moiulay in | Maroii, in the Year of our 
 Jjord One Thousantl | Seven Hundred and Ninety-four, and of In- | 
 dependence the Eighteentli. | \^('olophonJ] Piirded by Carter and 
 Wilkinson. [1794.] \ Folio, pp. 33. 883 
 
 1796 
 
 MAY, 1796. I At the General Assembly of the Governor and | 
 Company of the State of Rhode-Island and | Providence-Plantations, 
 begun and holden at | Newport, within and for the State aforesaid, | 
 on the First Wednesday in May, in the Year | of our Lord One 
 Thousand Seven Hundreil | and Ninety-six, and in the Twentieth 
 Year of | Independence. | [n. p. 1796.] Folio, pp. 24. 884 
 
 4 
 
 JUNE, 1796. I At the General Assembly of the Governor | and 
 Company of the State ol' Rhode-Island, | and Providence-Plantations, 
 in New-E!ngland, in America; [ begun and hoi- | den by Adjournment, 
 at Newport, within | and for the State aforesaid, on the Second | Mon- 
 day in June, in the Year of our Lord | One Thousand Seven Hundred 
 and Ninety- | six, and in the Twentieth Year of Inde- | pendenc«. | 
 [Warren: N. Phillip.r." 1796.] Folio, pp. 28-^. 885 
 
 OCTOBER, 1796. | At the General Assembly of the Governor | 
 and Company of the State of Rhode-Island, | and Providence-Planta- 
 tions, begun and hoi- | den at Providence, within and for the State, | 
 aforesaid, on the last Monday in October, | in the Year of our Lord 
 One Thousand | Seven Hundred and Ninety-six, and in the | Twenty- 
 first Year of Independence. | [('oloplwn.'\ Warren {Rhode-Island) : 
 I Printed by Nathaniel Phillips, Printer to the State. [179<3.] | Folio, 
 pp. 23. " 886 
 
 1798 
 
 JUNE, 1798. I At the General Assembly of the Governor and | 
 Company of the State of Rhode-Island and | Providence-I'lantations, 
 begun and holden, by | Adjournment, at Newport, within and for the 
 I State aforesaid, on the Second ]\Ionday in .Tune, | in the Year of our 
 Lord One Thousand Seven | Hundred and Ninety-eight, and in the 
 Twenty- | second Year of Indepenilence. | [Chlophon.^ Proddence: 
 Printed by Bennett Wheeler. [1798.] | Folio, pp. 27. 887
 
 ST. CHRLSlHM'HKi:. 249 
 
 OCTOBER, 1798. | At the General Assembly of the Governor and 
 ( Com])anv of the Stati; of Riiofli'-Islaiul and I'm- | vidence-Planta- 
 tions, begun and liolden at Provi- | dencc, within and for the State 
 aforesaid, on the | last Monday in October, in the Year of our Lord | 
 One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety- | eight, and in the Twenty- 
 third Year of Inde- ) pendeiice. | [^Colophon.'] Neioport: | Frinted by 
 H. & O. Fnrnmcorth, \ Printers to the llonorubh Oeneral Atisanhli) of 
 t/w I Skitr of Rhode-Mand, &c. \ M,1)CC,XCIX. | Folio, pp. 2V,. 'sSH 
 
 179J) 
 MAY, 1799. I At the General Assembly of the State of Rliode- 
 I Island and Providence Plantations, begun and hold- | en at New- 
 port, within and for the State afore- | said, on the first Wednesday in 
 May, in the Year | of our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred | 
 and Ninety-nine, and in the Twenty-third Year | of Independence. | 
 [Colopkon.'} Newport, | Printed ht/ Oliver Farnsworth, | Printer to the 
 Honorable General^ Asmnbhj. [179!).] | Folio, pp. 22. 889 
 
 ST. CHRISTOPHER. 
 
 173» 
 
 |CTS I of I Assembly, ] Passed in the | Island of St. Christo- 
 pher; I From 1711, to 1735, inclusive. | [Royal Anns.] \ 
 London: Printed by John Baskctt, Printer to the King's Most 
 F-reel- | lent Majesty. MDCCXXXIX. | Folio. 890 
 
 ColUition: Title, 1 leaf; Index, pp. iii-x ; text, pp. 1-182; Title to Abridgment, 
 1 leaf; General Heads, &c., pp. clxvii clxviii ; text, pp. 169-198. The title to the 
 Abridgment reads : An | Abridgmknt | of the | Acts of Assembly, | Passed 
 IN THE I Island of St. Christopher; | From 1711, to 1740, inclusive. | 
 [^Royal Arms.'] \ London: | Printed, by Order 11/ the Lords Commissioners of Trade \ 
 and Plantations, by John Baskett, Printer to the | Kiny's Most Excellent Majesty. 
 M.DCC.XL. I 
 
 17G9 
 
 ACTS I of I Assembly, | passed in the | Island of St. Christopher ; 
 I From the Year 1711, to 17G9. | [Royal Arm.'<.'] | ."^^ Chri.-<lopher : \ 
 Printed (by Permi.mon of the Coioicil and Assend)ly of said I.-^land) | 
 by Daniel Thibou. \ M.DCC.LXIX. | Folio. " " 891 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Index, pp. i-xiv ; Acts, 1-183; 1 j). blank; Index to 
 Laws of the Leeward Islands, pp. i-ii ; Laws of the Leeward Islands, pp. 1-20; 
 Krrata, 1 leaf.
 
 250 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 SOUTH CAROLINA. 
 
 [HE I LAAVS I of the | Prcvinre | of | South Carolina, | In 
 Two Parts. | Tlie First Part containing all the Perpetual .Vets 
 I In Force and Use. | With the Titles of such Acts as are 
 Repealed, Expired or 01)solete, | Placed in the Order of Time in 
 which they passal. | The Second Part containing all the Temporary 
 Acts I In Force and Use. | To which are added the Titles of all the 
 Private Acts, | And the Two Charters granted by King Charles II. to 
 the I Lords Proprietors of Carolina. | And also the Act of Parliament 
 I For Establishing an Agreement with Seven of the said Lords Pro- 
 prietors for the I Surrender of their Title and Interest to His Majesty. 
 I Collected in Two Volumes. | By Nicholas Trott, TjL.D. | ( 'liarleK- 
 Tomn, Printed by Lewis Timothy, MDCCXXXVI. | Folio. 8fl2 
 
 Collation: Half-title, 1 leaf; Title, 1 leaf; Title to Vol. I., 1 leaf; 1 leaf blank; 
 Preface, pp. i-vi; Introdiictinn, pp. vii-xviii; Half-title to Charters, 1 leaf; Charters, 
 pp. xxi-xliv. Title to Part I., 1 leaf; TaWe, pp. (15); 1 p. Wank; Acts with special 
 title paf;es to those passed by successive Governors, pp. 1-473; Half-title to Vol. II., 
 1 leaf; Title, 1 leaf; Title to Act of Parliament, 1 leaf; text, pp. 483-500 ; title to 
 Acts passed under Governor Johnson, 1 leaf; Acts, pp. 503-619; Table, pp. 4; Title 
 to Part II., 1 leaf; Table, pp. (2); Temporarj' Acts, with special title pages to those 
 passed under successive Governors, pp. 1-59 ; 1 )i. blank ; " The following Tables," 1 
 leaf; "Use of the following Three Tables," 1 loaf; 1st Table, pp. (9); 1 p. blank; 2d 
 Table, pp. (4) ; 3d Table, pp. (3); 1 ]>. blank; Titles of Private Acte, pp. 1-17; Table, 
 pp. (3). A large paper copy. There is also a small paper copy of the first part in the 
 collection. 
 
 ACTS I Passed by the | General Assembly | of | South-Carolina, [ 
 At a Sessions begun and holden at | Charles-Town the Fifteenth Day of 
 November, in the | Seventh Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord 
 George | the Second, by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France | 
 and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. Annoque | Domini 
 One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty-Three. | And from thence 
 continued by divers Prorogations and Adjournments, | to the Twenty- 
 Ninth Day of May, One Thousand Seven | Hundred and Thirty 
 Six. I l^Eoyal Arms.^ | Charles- Town, Printed by Lewis Timothy, 
 MDCCXXXVI. I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 3-60. 893
 
 SOUTH CAROM NA. 251 
 
 1737 
 
 ACTS I Passed by the | General Assembly | of | South-Carolina, | 
 At a Sessions begun and holden at | Charles-Town, the Tenth Day of 
 November in the Tenth | Year of the Keign of Our Sovereign Loril 
 Geoi^e the Second, | by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France 
 and Ireland, | King, Defender of the Faith, etc. Annoque Domini 
 One I Thousand Seven Hundred and riiirty-six. | And from thence 
 continued by divers Adjournments to the Fifth | Day of March, One 
 Tiionsand Seven Hundral and Thirty-six. [17.S()-7.] | [Royal AniiK.] \ 
 Charles- Tow a, Printed by Lewis Timotliy, 1737. | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; 
 pp. 63-107. 894 
 
 1779 
 
 STATE of South Carolina. | At a General Assembly begun and | 
 holden at Charlestown on Monday the Fourth | Day of January, in 
 the Year of our Lord | One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy- | 
 nine; and from thence continued by divers | Adjournments to Thurs- 
 day the Ninth Day | of September, in the Year of our Lord One | 
 Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-nine. | [n. p. 1779.] | Folio, 
 Half-title, 1 leaf; pp. 1-14. 895 
 
 The Half-title reads : An Act | For raising and payino into the Public 
 
 TrEAS- I URT OF the StaTE, A Tax FOR THE UsES | THEREIN MENTIONED. | RATI- 
 FIED THE KiNTH OK SkPTKMBER, 1779. 
 
 1790 
 
 THE I PUBLIC I Laws | of the State of | South-Carolina, | From 
 its first establishment as a British Province | Down to the year 1790, 
 inclusive, | in which | Is comprehended such of the Statutes of Great 
 Britain as were made of force by | the Act of A.ssembly of 1712, | 
 With an Appendix containing such other Statutes as have been enacted 
 or I dec-lared to be of force in this State, either virtually or expressly, 
 
 I to which is addcil | the Titles of all the Laws (with their respective 
 dates) which have been passed in | South-Carolina down to the present 
 time, I also | The Constitution of the I'niteil ."States with the amend- 
 ments thereto, | and likewise | The Newly Adoptetl Constitution of the 
 State of South-Carolina, | together with a copious index to the whole. 
 
 I By the Honorable John Faucheraud Grimk4, Esq. A.B. & L.L.D.
 
 252 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 and one of the | associate Judges of the Su|)erior Courts in t!ie State 
 of South-Carolina. | . . . . | Pliilddelphift : \ Printed by R. AUken & 
 Son, in Market Street. \ M.DCC.XC. | 4to. 896 
 
 C'oUiition ; Title, 1 leaf; Dedication, 1 p. ; Preface, 1 p. ; Titles of Acts, pp. v- 
 Ixxvii ; 1 p. blank; Appendices, pp. 1-43; 1 p. Wank; Index, pp. (58). Judge 
 .Toseph Hopkinson's copy, with lii.s autograph on the title. 
 
 THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 1781 
 
 HE I CONSTITUTIONS ] of the | Several Independent States 
 I of I .\meriea; | the | Declaration of Independence; ] the | 
 Articles of Confederation | between the said States ; | the | 
 Treaties between His Most Christian Majesty 1 and the United 
 States of America. | Published by order of Congress. ] Philadelphia: 
 I Printed by Francix Bailey, in Market-Street. \ M.DCC.LXXXI. | 
 Sm. «vo. 897 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Authorization, 1 leaf; pp. .3-226. The first collected 
 edition of the Constitutions of the several States, of which only two hundred copies 
 were printed by order of Congress. 
 
 VERMONT. 
 
 1779 
 
 jlCTS and Laws passed by the General Assembly of the Rejire- 
 sentatives of tlie State of Vermont, at their Session at Ben- 
 nington, February 11, 1779. Dresden: Judah Paddock & 
 Alden Spooner. 1779. Folio. 898 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Constitution, pp. 1-12; Table, pp. (2); Acts, pp. 1-110; 
 Proclamation of the Laws, 1 leaf. This copy lacks the title page. 
 
 1780 
 
 ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the General Assembly of the Rcpre- 
 senta- | tives of the State of Vermont, at tiieir Session at | Benning- 
 ton, October 1780. | [n. p. 1780.] Folio, pp. 125-128-|-. 899
 
 VIRGINIA. 253 
 
 17S1 
 
 ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the General Assembly of the | Repre- 
 sentatives of the State of Ver- | mont, at their Session at Windsor, | 
 April 1781. I [n. p. 1781.] Folio, pp. (4). 900 
 
 ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the General Assembly of the | Repi-e- 
 
 sentatives of the State of Ver- | mont, at their Session at Kenninji:ton, 
 
 I June 1781. | [n. p. 1781.] Folio, pp. (28 + ). 901 
 
 1787 
 
 STATUTES I of tlie | State | of | Vermont, | Passed by the Legis- 
 lature in Februaiy and March 1787. | Windsor: \ Printed bi/ George 
 Hough and Alden Spooaer, \ Printers to the General Asaembli/ of said 
 State. I M.DCC.LXXXVII. | 4to. " " 902 
 
 Collation : Title, 1 leaf; Table, pp. (2) ; Constitution, pp. 5-18; Laws, pp. 19-171. 
 
 VIRGINIA. 
 
 1662 
 
 HE I LA WES I of I A'irgiuia | Xow in Force. | Collected out 
 
 of the A.s.seinljly Kc<'ords, and | Digested into one Volume. | 
 
 Revised and Confirmed by the Grand As.sembly | lieid at 
 
 James-City, by Prorogation, the 23d of | March 1661. in the l."3th Year 
 
 of the Reign [ of our Soveraign Lonl | KingCharles the II. | [(Vowji.] 
 
 I London : | Printed in the Year, M.DC.LXII. | Folio. 903 
 
 Collation: Royal Arms, 1 p. ; Imprimatur, 1 p. ; Title, 1 leaf; Dedication, pp. (2) ; 
 Laws, pp. 1-82 ; Table, pp. (4). Edited by Francis Morison, whose name appears 
 at the end of the dedication to .Sir William Berkeley. With a contemporaneous 
 manuscript continuation of 84 pages, to October, 1677, which differs in some essential 
 particulars from the text printed by Hening. 
 
 1684 
 
 A I COMPLETE Collection | of all the | Laws [ of | Virginia | 
 Now In Force. | Carefully Copietl from the | Assembly Records. | To 
 ^vhich is Annexed an | .Uphabctical Table. | London, | Printed hy T. 
 J. for J. P. and are to be sold by Tho. Mercer \ at the Sign of the Half
 
 254 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 Moon the Coi-ner Shop of the \ Roy ul- Exchange in Coi-nhU. [1684.] | 
 Folio. 904 
 
 foliation: Title, 1 leaf; Dedication, pp. (4); Laws, pp. 1-300; Table, pp. (22). 
 Edited by John Pun-is. This copy belonged to Robert Beverly, the historian, who 
 added, in manuscript, an inde.\ and numerous legal fonns. 
 
 1727 
 
 -VCTS I of" I Assembly, | Pas,s«l in the | Colony of Virginia, | 
 From 1662, to 171">. | Volume I. | [Iloyal Arnui.'\ | Ixtnflon, \ Printed 
 hy John Ba^kett, Printer to the Kinf/x mod Excellent | Majesty, 
 MDCCXXVII. I Folio. 905 
 
 Collation; Title, 1 leaf; Index, pp. iii-xxiv; Laws, pp. 1-891. This volume in- 
 cludes the laws of August, 1715; the second volume wag never published. 
 
 1737 
 
 AX EXACT I Abridgment | Of all the | Public Acts of A.ssembly, 
 
 I of I Virginia, | In Force an<I I'se. | Together with | Sundry Prece- 
 
 dents, adapted thereto. | And j Proper Tables. | By John Mercer, Gent. 
 
 I Willianuiburg : | Printed by William Parks. m',DCC,XXXVII. | 
 
 16mo. 906 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Dedication, 1 p. ; To the Keader, pp. iv-viii ; Table, pp. 
 
 ix-xlvii ; 1 p. blank; text, pp. 1-345; 1 p. blank; Tables, pp. (46); Precedents, pp. 
 
 (33) ; Errata, pp. (3). 
 
 1756 
 AXXO R^ni ( Oeorgii II, | Regis Magnse Britannije, Francia?, & 
 Hibernise, | vicesLmo nono. | At a General Assembly, b^un and held 
 I at the Capitol, in William.sburg, on Thursday | the Twenty-fil\h 
 Day of March, in the Twenty- | ninth Year of the Reign of our 
 Sovereign Lord | George II. by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, | 
 France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, | &c. and in the 
 Year of our Lord, 1756, being the | First Session of this Assembly. | 
 [Williamsburg: 17.56.] Folio, pp. 28. 907 
 
 AXXO Regni | Georgii II, | Regis Magnic Britannise, Francite, & 
 Hibemiae, | tricesimo. | At a General A.ssembly, begun and held at the 
 I Capitol, in M'illiamsburg, on Thursday the TwentA'- | fifth Day of 
 March, in the Twenty-ninth Year of | the Reign of our Sovereign 
 Lord George II. by | the Grace of God, of Great- Britain, France, | 
 and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith &c. and | in the Year of 
 our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hun- | dred and Fifty-six, and con-
 
 VIRGINIA. 255 
 
 tinned by Prorogation to | Monday the Twentieth of September, in 
 the Thirtieth | Year of His Majesty's Reign, and in the Year of our | 
 Lord, One Thousand Seven Hnndrwl and Fifty -six ; being tlie Second 
 Session of this Assembly. | \^WUIiamsburg : 17.56.] Folio, pp. 4. 90.S 
 
 1757 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii II, [ Regis Magna Britanniae, Franeise, & 
 Hibernise, | trieesimo. | At a General .\ssembly, begun and held at the 
 I Capitol, in Willianisbtn-g, on Thursday the Twenty- | fifth Day of 
 March, in the Twenty-ninth Year of | the Reign of our Sovereign 
 Lord George II. by | the Grace of God, of Great -Britain, France, | 
 and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith &c. and | in the Year of 
 our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hun- | dred and Fifty-six, and from 
 thence continued by | several Prorogations to Thursday | the Four- 
 teenth of I April, in the Tiiirtieth Yejir of His Majesty's Reign, | and 
 in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven | Hundred and Fifty- 
 seven ; I being the Thinl Session | of this Assembly. | [ WilUanwburf/ : 
 1757.] Folio, pp. 48. " 909 
 
 17.iS 
 
 ANNO Regui | Georgii II, | Regis Magnse Britanuite, Francia;, it 
 Hibernise, | trieesimo secundo. | At a General Assembly, begun and | 
 held at the Capitol, in AVilliamsburg, on Thursday | the Fourteentli 
 Day of September, in the Tiiirty- | second Year of tiie Reign of our 
 Sovereign Lord | George II. by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, | 
 France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, | ttc. and in the 
 Year of our Lord 1758; and from | thence continued by Prorogation 
 to Thursday the | 9th of September, [November] in the Year of our 
 Lord 1758; and then held at the Capitol, in Williamsburg; | being 
 the Second Session of this Assembly. | [M'illidinsbuiy : WUliam Hunter. 
 1758.] Folio, pp. -1. 910 
 
 17.50 
 
 AXNO Regni | Georgii II, | Regis Magufe Britanniic, Francis, & 
 Hibernise, | trieesimo secundo. | At a Genei-dl Assembly, begun and | 
 held at the Capitol, in Williamsburg, on Thm-sday | the Fourteenth 
 Day of September, in the Thirty- | second Year of the Reign of our 
 Sovereign Lord | George II. by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, 
 I France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, | <tc. and in the 
 Year of our Lord 1758 ; and from | thence continued by several Pro-
 
 256 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 rogations to Thursday | the 22d of February, in the Year of our Lord 
 1759; I and then lield at the Capitol, in WillianislniPfi ; | being the 
 Thii-d Session of this Assembly. | [Williainsbnry : William Hunter. 
 1759.] Folio, pp. m. ' 911 
 
 AXNO Rcgn! | Georgii II, | Regis Magnse Britannite, Fnineiaj, & 
 Hiberniae, | tricesimo t<>rti(). | At a General Assembly, begun and | 
 held at tlie Capitol, in Williamslnirg, on Thursday | the Fourteentli 
 Day of September, in the Thirty- | seoond Year of the Keign of our 
 Sovereign Lord | (Jeorge II. by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, 
 I France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, | &c. and in the 
 Year of our Lord 1758 ; and from | thence continued by several Pro- 
 rogations to Thursday | the 1st of Xoveniber, in the Year of our Lord 
 1759 ; I and then held at the Capitol, in Williamsburg ; | being the 
 fourth Session of this Assembly. | [ Williamsburg : Witlium Hunier. 
 1759.] Folio, pp. 8. 912 
 
 17fiO 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii II. | Regis Magufc Britannise, Francise, & 
 Hibernia;, | tricesimo tertio. | At a General-Assembly, begun and | 
 held at the Capitol, in Williamsburg, on Thursday | the Fourteenth 
 Day of September, in the Thirty- | Second Year of the Reign of our 
 Sovereign Lord | George II. by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, | 
 France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, | &c. and in the 
 Year of our Lord 1758 ; and from | thence continued by several Pro- 
 rogations to Tuesday | the 4th of March, in the Year of our Lord 
 1760; I and then held at the Capitol, in Williamsburg; | being the 
 Fifth Session of this Assembly. | IWilliuinsburg : William Hunter. 
 1700.] Folio, pp. 6. 913 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii II. | Regis Magnae-Britanniae, Francise & 
 Hibcrnia), | tricesimo-tertio. | At a General Assembly, begun and | 
 held at the Capitol, in AVilliamsburg, on Thursday | the Fourteenth 
 Day of September, in the Thirty- | Second Year of the Reign of our 
 Sovereign Ijord | George II. by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, | 
 France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, | &c. and in the 
 Y^ear of our Lord 1758 ; and from | thence continued by several Pro- 
 rogations to Monday | the 19th of May, in the Y'ear of our Lord 1760 ;
 
 VIRGINIA. 257 
 
 I and then held at the Capitol, in Williamsburg; | being the Sixth 
 Session of this Assembly. | [Williamshurg : William Hunter. 1760.] 
 Folio, pp. 6. 914 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii II. | Regis Magnse-Britannise, Francise & 
 Hibernise, | tricesimo-quarto. | At a General Assembly, begun and | 
 held at the Capitol, in Williamsburg, on Thursday | the Fourteenth 
 Day of September, in the Thirty- | Second Year of the Reign of our 
 Sovereign Loixl | George II. by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, | 
 France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, | &c. and in the 
 Year of our Lord 1708 ; and from | thence continued by several Pro- 
 rogations to Monday | the 6th of October, in the Year of our Lord 
 1760; I and then held at the Capitol, in Williamsburg; | being the 
 Seventh Session of this Assembly. | [Williamnbuiy : William Hunter. 
 1760.] Folio, pp. 7. 915 
 
 1761 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii III. | Rt^is Magnae-Britannise, Francia; 
 & Hibemife, | prirao. | At a General Assembly, begun and | held at 
 the Capitol, in Williamsburg, on Thursday | the Fourteenth Day of 
 September, in the Thirty- | Second Year of the Reign of our Sovereign 
 Lord I George II. by the Grace of God of (ircat-Britain, | France, 
 and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. and in the Year of our 
 Lord 1758 ; and from | thence continued by several Prorogations to 
 Thurs- I day the 5th of March, in the l.st Year of the Reign | of his 
 present Majesty, George III. by the Grace | of God of Great-Britain, 
 France and Ireland, King, | Defender of the Faith, &c. and in the 
 Year of our | Lord 1761 ; and then held at the Capitol, in | the City 
 of AVilliamsburg ; | Ijcing the Seventh Session of this General Assem- 
 bly. \^Williaimburff : Willium Hunter. 1761.^ Folio, pp. 9-50. 916 
 
 ANNO Regni | Geoi^ii III. | Regis Magnse-Britannise, Francise 
 et Hibernise, se<'undo. | At a General Assembly, l)egun and held at | 
 the Capitol, in Williamsburg, on Tuesday | tiie 26tii of May, in the 
 1st Year of the Reign of our | Sovereign Lord George III by the 
 Grac-e of God of | (ircat-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender 
 of I the Faith, itc. and in the Year of our Loi-d 1761, and | fmin 
 thence continued by Prorogation to Tuesday the 3d | of November
 
 258 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 following ; and then held at the Capitol, | in the City of Williamsburg ; 
 being the first Session of this | General- Assembly. | [Williamsburg: 
 miliam Hunter. 1761.] Folio, pp. 14. 917 
 
 1762 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii III. | Regis Magnie-Britannise, Francise et 
 Hibernise, secundo. | At a General-Assembly, begun and iield at | the 
 Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg, on Tuesday | the '26th of May, 
 in the 1st Year of the Reign of our | Sovereign Lord (icorge III. by 
 the Grace of God of | Great-Britain, ] France and Ireland, King, 
 Defender of | the Faith, ttc. and in the Year of our Lord 1761, and | 
 from thence continued by several Prorogations to Thurs- | day | tiie 
 14th of January, 1762, in the 2d Year of his | Majesty's Reign; and 
 then held at the Capitol, in | the City of ^^'^illiarasburg ; being the 
 second Session of this General- Assembly. | [Williamshurg : William 
 Hunter. 1762.] Folio, pp. 2. ' 918 
 
 AXXO Regni | Georgii III. | Regis Magnaj-Britannia-, Francife et 
 Hibernise, secundo. | At a General-Assembly, begun and held at | the 
 Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg, on Tuesday | the 26th of May, 
 in the 1st Year of the Reign of our | Sovereign I^ord George III. by 
 the Grace of God of | Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, De- 
 fender of I the Faith, &v. and in the Year of our Lord 1761, and | 
 from thence continued by several Prorogations to Tuesday | the 30th of 
 March, 1762, in the second Year of his | Majesty's Reign; and then 
 held at the Capitol, in | the City of Williamsburg ; | being the Third 
 Session of | this General-Assembly. | \^Williamsburg : William Hunter. 
 1762.] Folio, pp. 10. 919 
 
 ANNO Regni | Georgii III. | Regis Magnse-Britannise, Francise et 
 Hibernise, tertio. | At a General-Assembly, begun and held at | the 
 Capitol, in the City [.v/c] Williamsburg, on Tucstlay | the 26th of May, 
 in the 1st Year of the Reign of our | Sovereign Lord (iccjrgc III. by 
 the Grace of God of | Great-Britain, | France and Ireland, King, De- 
 fender of I the Faith, &c. and in the Year of our Lord 1761, and | 
 from thence continued by several Prorogations to Tuesday | the 2d of 
 November, 1762, in the Third Year of his | Majesty's Reign; and
 
 VIRGINIA. 259 
 
 then held at the Capitol, in | the City of Williamsburg ; | being the 
 Fourth Session of | this Goneral-Asseml)ly. | [Williamiibuiff: William 
 Hunter. 1762.] Folio, pp. 52. 920 
 
 17(59 
 
 THE I ACTS I of I Assembly, | Now in Force, | in the | Colony 
 
 of Virginia. | A\'ith | An exact Table to the Whole. | Published by 
 
 Order of the General Assembly. | [yl;-)/i.s of Mrf/iiiia.^ Wilti(iini<hni-f/. 
 
 I Printed by W. Rind, A. Furdie, and J. Dixon. | MDCCLXIX. | 
 
 Folio. 921 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Laws, jip. 1-487, Appendix, pp. 489-4!)7 ; Table, pp. 
 499-577. 
 
 1770 
 
 ACTS I of the I General Assembly, | 10 Geo. III. | with an | In- 
 dex. I l^Arvhs of Virffinia.l | WilUamHburrf : \ Printed by William Rind, 
 Printer to the Colony. \ MDCCLXX. | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 1-80; 
 Index, pp. (3). 922 
 
 1776 
 
 AT a I General Assembly, | begun and held at the Capitol, | In the 
 City of Williamsburg, | On Monday the seventh day of October, in 
 the Year of our Lord One | Thousand Seven Hundretl and Seventy 
 Six, and in the first Year of the | Commonwealth. | William.'iburg : \ 
 Printed by Alexander Purdie, | Printer to the Commonwealth. [1776.] 
 Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 3-56. 923 
 
 1777 
 
 AT a I General Assembly, | begun and held at the Capitol, | In the 
 City of Williamsburg, | On ^londay the fifth Day of May, in the 
 Year of our Lord (3ne | Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Seven, 
 and in the first Year of the | Commonwealth. | William.-<burg : \ 
 Printed by Alexander Purdie, | Printer to the Cominomcealth. [1777.] 
 Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 1-34. 924 
 
 AT a I General Assembly, | begun and held at the Capitol, | In the 
 City of Williamsburg, | On Monday the twentieth Day of October, 
 in the Year of our Lord | One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy 
 Seven, and in the .-;econd Year of the | Commonwealth. | William.-<- 
 burr/ : | Printed by Alexander Purdie, | Printer to the Commonwealth. 
 [1777.] I Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 1-40. 925
 
 260 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 1778 
 
 AT a I General Assembly | Begun and Held at the Capitol, | in the 
 city of I Williamsburg, | On Monday the Fiftli Day of October, | in 
 the year of our Ijord | One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy 
 Eight. I Williamsbitrg : \ Printed by Alexander Purdie, \ Printer to the 
 Commonwealth. [1778.] | Folio, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 3-46. 926 
 
 1779 
 
 ACTS I Passed at | a | General Assembly, | begun and laeld at the 
 Capitol, I In the City of Williamsburg, | On Monday tlic third day 
 of May, in the year of our Lord | One Tiiousand Seven Hundred and 
 Seventy Nine. | Williavisburg : \ Printed by John Dixon and Thomas 
 Nicokon. [1779.] | 4to, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 3-57. 927 
 
 ACTS I Passed at | a | General Assembly, | begun and held at the 
 Capitol, I In the City of Williamsburg, | On Monday the fourth day 
 of October, in the year of our Lord, | One Thousand Seven Hundred 
 and Seventy Nine. | Williamsburg: \ Printed by John Dixon & Thomas 
 Nicokon. [1779.] | 4to, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 3-48. 928 
 
 1785 
 
 A I COLLECTION | of all such | Public Acts | of the | General 
 Assembly, | and | Oi-dinances | of the | Conventions | of | A^irginia, | 
 Passed since the year 17(JS, as are now in force ; | With a Table of the 
 Principal jNIatters. | Published under the inspection of the Judges of 
 the High Court of | Chancery, by a resolution of General Assembly, | 
 the IGth Day of June 1783. | Bichmond : \ Printed by Thomas Nieol- 
 son and Wiiliam Prentis. \ M,DCC,LXXXy. | Folio. 929 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; text, pp. 3-221; Table, pp. 223-235. 
 
 17J>0 
 
 ACTS I passed at a | General Assembly, | of the | Commonwealth | 
 of I Virginia. | Begun and held at the Capitol, in the City of Rich- | 
 mond, on Alonday, the eighteenth of October, | in the Year of our 
 Lord, one thousand | seven hundred and ninety. liichmoiid: Printed 
 by John Dixon, Printer to this Commomrealth. [179U.] | Folio, pp. 66. 
 
 930
 
 VIRGINIA. 261 
 
 1791 
 
 ACTS I ])assecl at a | General Assembly | of the ] Commonwealth 
 I of I Virginia. | Begun and held at the Capitr)!, in the City of Rich- 
 mond, I ( >n 31(jnday, the seventeenth day of (X'tober, one | thousand 
 seven hundre<l and ninety one. | I{ichm<md: | Printed by Augustine 
 Davis, Printer for the Public. \ M,DCC,XCI. | Folio, pp. 44. 931 
 
 1794 
 
 ACTS I passed at a | General Assembly | of the | Commonwealth 
 
 I of I Virginia. | Begun and held at tlie Capitol, in the City of Rich- 
 
 I mond, on ISIonday, tiie twenty-first day of Oe- | tober, one thousand 
 
 seven hundred and | ninety-three. | Richmond: \ Printed by Augustine 
 
 Davis, Printer for the Public. \ ]\I,DCC,XCIV. | Folio, pp. 54. 932 
 
 A I COLLECTION | of all ^^uch | Ads | of the | General As- 
 sembly I of I Virginia, | Of a Pubhe and Permanent Nature, as are 
 now in | Force ; | with a table of tiie principal matters. | To which are 
 prefixed the Declaration of Rights, | and Constitution, or Form of 
 Government. | Published pursuant to an Act of the General Assembly, 
 inti- I tulctl, " ^Vu Act providing for the Republication of the | Laws 
 of this Commonwealth," passed on the twenty- | eighth day of De- 
 cember, one thousand seven | htuidred and ninety two. | Picliiuond : | 
 Printed by Augustine Davis, Printer for the Commonwealth, 1794. | 
 Folio. 933 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; text, pp. 3-342; Table, pp. 343-380. 
 
 179G 
 
 ACTS I passed at a | General Assembly | of the | Commonwealth | 
 
 I of I Virginia. | Begun and held at the Capitol, in the City of | 
 
 Richmond, on Tuesday, the tentii day of ( November, one thou.sand 
 
 seven hundred | and ninety-five. | Jiichmond: \ Printed by Augustine 
 
 Davis, Printer for the Public. \ M,DCC,XCYI. \ Folio, pp. 59. 934 
 
 17!) 7 
 ACTS I ]iass((l at a | (ieneral .Assembly | of llio | Commonwealth 
 I of I Virginia. | Begun and held at the Capitol, in the City of Rich- 
 
 18
 
 262 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 mond, on | Tuesdaj', the eighth day of November, one thou- | sand 
 seven hundred and ninety-six. | JRivlimond : \ Printed by Augmt'me 
 Davis, Printer for the Public. | M,DCC,XCVII. | Folio, pp. 48. 935 
 
 1798 
 
 ACTS I passed at a | General Assembly | of the | Commonwealth 
 
 I of I Virginia: | Begun and held at the Capitol, in the City of IJicli- 
 
 I niond, on Monday, tlie fourth day of December, | one thousand 
 
 seven hundred and ninety-seven. | liichmond: \ Printed by Augustine 
 
 Davis, Printer for the Public. \ M.DCC.XCVIII. | Folio, pp. 51. 936 
 
 1799 
 
 ACTS I passed at a | General Assembly | of the | Commonwealth | 
 of I A^irginia : | Begun and held at the Caj)it()l, in the City of | Rich- 
 mond, on Monday, the third day | of December, one thousand | seven 
 hundred and | ninety-eight. | Richmond: \ Printed by 3Ieri wether Jones 
 & John Dixon, \ Printers to the Commonwealth. \ 1799. | Folio, pp. 36. 
 
 937 
 
 ISOO 
 
 ACTS I passed at a | General Assembly | of the | Commonwealth | 
 of I Virginia. | Begun and held at the Capitol, in the City of Rich- 
 mond, on I Monday the second day of December, one thousand | seven 
 hundred and ninety-nine. | Richmond : \ Printed by Meriwether Jones, 
 Printer to the Commonwealth. | M.DCCC. | Foho, pp. 35. 938 
 
 ISOl 
 
 ACTS I pas^sed at a | (Jeneral Assembly | of the | Commonwealth 
 of Virginia. | Begun and held at tiie Capitol, in the City of Rich- | 
 mond, on Monday the first day of December | one thousand eight hun- 
 dred. I Richmond: \ Printed by 31. Jone.i, Printer to the Commonwealth. 
 [1801.] I Folio, pp. 39, (1). 939 
 
 1S02 
 
 ACTS I passed at a | General Assembly | of the | Commonwealth 
 I of I Virginia : | Begun and held at the Capitol, in the City of | 
 Richmond, on Monday, the Seventh Day | of December, one thousand
 
 VIRGINIA. 263 
 
 I eight hundred and one. | Richmond: | Printed by MeriweUier Jones, 
 I Prinlerto the Commonwealth. [1802.] | Folio, pp. 53,(1). 940 
 
 1805 
 
 ACTS I jjassed at a | General Assembly | of the | Coniiu(wi\vealtli 
 I of I Virginia, | Begun and held at the Capitol, in the City of Rieh- 
 mond, on | Monday, the third day of December, one thou- | sand eight 
 hundred and four. | Richmond: \ Printed by Samuel Pleasantx, Junior, 
 Printer \ to the Vommonwealth. [1805.] | Folio, pp. 59 ; 1 p. blank ; 
 Index, pp. i-ii. 941 
 
 1823 
 
 THE I STATUTES at Large ; | being | A Collection | of all the 
 I Laws of Virginia, | from the | First Session of the Legislature, | in 
 the year 1619. | Publishe<l pui-suant to an Act of the General Assem- 
 bly of Virginia, | passed the fifth day of February one thou- | sand 
 eight hundred and eight. | Volume I. | By ^^'illiam Waller Hcning. 
 I ... I ... I ... I ... I New York: \ Printed for the Editor, by 
 R. & W. & G. Bai-tow. \ 1823. | 8yo. 13 volumes. 942 
 
 Collation: Vol. I. Title, 1 leaf; Preface to 1st Edition, pp. iii-xxii ; Preface 
 to 2d Edition, pp. xxiii-xxiv ; Contents, pp. 2 ; List of Governors, Constitutions, 
 Charters, &c., pp. 3-118; Laws, pp. 119-552; Index, pp. xxv-600 [48 pages] ; Cer- 
 tificate and Errata, 1 leaf. The second and best edition. 
 
 Vol. II . Title, 1 leaf; Preface, pp. iii-iv ; List of Governors, pp. vii-viii ; Laws, 
 pp. 9-583; Index, pp. 585-612; Certificate and Errata, 1 leaf. 
 
 Vol. III. Philadelphia: | Printed for the Editor by Thomas Desilver, No. 253, | 
 Market Street. | 1823. | Title, 1 leaf; Preface, 1 p. ; List of Governors, 1 p. ; Laws, 
 pp. 9-571 ; Index, pp. 573-612 ; Certificate, 1 leaf. 
 
 Vol. IV. Rirhmomt. \ Printeil for the Editor, \ At the Franklin Pres.i. I)'. »'. Gra,/, 
 Print. I 1820. | Title, 1 leaf; Preface, 1 loaf; List of Governors, 1 leaf; 1 leaf blank ; 
 Laws, pp. 9-565 ; Index, 567-604 ; Certificate and Erratii, 1 leaf. 
 
 Vol. V. Richmond. 1819. Title, 1 leaf; Preface, pp. iii-vi; List of Governors, 1 
 p. ; Act concerning the publication, 1 p. ; Laws, pp 9-568; Index, pp. 57.3-603. 
 
 Vol. VI. A Vol. C, I leaf; Title, 1 p. ; Certificate, 1 p. ; Preface, pp. iii-iv , List 
 of Governors, 1 leaf; Laws, pp. 9-570; Index, pp. 571-004; Errata, 1 leaf 
 
 Vol. VII. Richnond. 1820. Title, 1 ]). ; Certificate, 1 p. ; Preface, 1 leaf; List of 
 Governors, 1 leaf; Laws, pp O-titill ; Index, pp. 671-699; Errata, p. 701. 
 
 Vol. VIII. Richmond. 1821. Title, 1 leaf; Certificate, 1 leaf; Preface, 1 leaf; List 
 of Governors, 1 leaf; 1 leaf blank; Laws, pp. 9-672; Index, 673-716; Errata, 1 
 leaf. 
 
 Vol. IX. Title, 1 p ; Certificate, 1 p. ; Preface, pp. iii-v ; List of Presidents, 1 
 leaf; Laws, pp. 9-692; Index pp. 593-656; Errata, 1 leaf.
 
 264 
 
 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 Vol. X. Richmond. 1882. Title, 1 leaf; CcrtilUate, 1 leaf; Preface, jip. iii-iv ; 
 List of Governors, 1 leaf; 1 leaf blank; Law.*, pp. 9-582; Index, pp. 583-663; Er- 
 rata, 1 leaf. 
 
 Vol. XI. Richmond. 1813. Title, 1 leaf; Certilieate, 1 leaf; Preface, pp. iii-iv; 
 List of Governors, I leaf; 1 leaf blank ; Laws, pp. 9-575 ; Inde.x, pp. 677-639 ; Errata, 
 1 leaf. 
 
 Vol. XII. Title, 1 leaf; Preface, 1 p. ; List of Govcruoi's, 1 p. ; Laws, pp. 9-79G ; 
 Index, pp. 797-832; Certificate and Errata, 1 leaf. 
 
 Vol. XIII. Philmlclphia. 1823. Title, 1 leaf; Preface, 1 leaf; List of Governors, 
 1 leaf; Laws, pp. 1-631; Index, pp. 633-649; Certificate and Errata, 1 leaf. The 
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 Privilfgio. | [Frinto^s demce.'] \ In Venetia, Ad imtaniia di Pidro, & 
 Francesco \ Tini, fmteUi. M.D.LXXTI. | [Colophon.'] In Venetia, | 
 Appresiso gli hercdi di \ Giovan Maria Bonelli. \ M.D.LXXII. j 
 16mo. ' 7 
 
 Collation : Title, 1 leaf; Dedication, pp. (3) ; "Tavola," pp. (2) ; Portrait of Ben- 
 zoni, 1 p. ; text, folios 1-179; Colophon, 1 leaf. 18 cuts in the-text. 
 
 [BE VERLEY (Robert)]. Tlie | History | and | Rresent State | of | 
 Virginia, | In Fonr Part.s. | I. The History of the First Settlement | of 
 Virginia, and the Government there- | of, to the present Time. | II. 
 The Natural Productions atid Conveni- | eneics of the Country, suited 
 to Trade | and Improvement. | III. The Native Indians, their Relig- 
 ion, Laws, I and Customs, in AVar and Peace. | IV. The present State 
 of Country, as to | the l*olity of the (Tovernment, and the | Improve- 
 ments of the Land. | By a Native and Inhabitant of the Place. | 
 London: | Frinted for R. Farker, at the \'nicorn, under the Fiazza\ \ 
 of the Royal-Exchange. MDCCV. | lOmo. 8 
 
 Collation: Frontispiece, 1 leaf; Title, 1 leaf; Preface, pp. (C) ; text, pp. 1-10-1, 
 1-40, 1-04, after p. .50 ; 1 leaf folded ; 1-83 ; 1 p. blank ; Table, pp. 1-10, (3) ; Errata, 
 1 p. ; 14 copper-plates. 
 
 A I BILL I in the | Clianccry of New-Jersey, | At the Suit of | 
 John Earl of Stair, and others, Proprietoi-s | of tiie Eastern-Division 
 of New-Jersey ; | ^Vgainst | Benjamin Bond and some otiier Pei-sons of 
 Elizabeth- | Town, distinguished by the Name of Clinker Lot Right 
 Men. I With | Three large Maps, done from Copper- Plates. | To wliich 
 is added ; | Tiie Publications | of | The Council of I'roprietors of 
 East New-Jersey, | And | Mr. Nevill's Si>eeches to the General As-
 
 270 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 sembly, | Concerning | The Riots committed in New-Jersey, | And | 
 The Pretences of the Rioters, and their Seducers. | These Papers will 
 give a better Light into the History and Constitution of New- | Jcr- 
 .sey, than any Thing hitherto published, the Matters whereof have been 
 chiefly | collected from Records. | Published by Subscription. | Prinlal 
 by James Parker, in New- York, 1747 ; and a few Copies are to be Sold 
 by I him, and Benjamin Franklin, in Philadelphia ; Price bound, and 
 Maps coloured, \ Three Pounds ; plain and stitcld only, Fifty Shilling, 
 Proclamation Money. \ Folio. '• 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 p.; Errata, 1 p.; The Bill, pp. 3-81; Schedules, i-xiv, pp. 
 82-124 ; 3 Maps folded (Engraved by James Turner of Boston) ; Publications of the 
 Council (1), March 25, 174G, pp. 1-11 ; (2) March 25, 1747, pp. 13-24 [for 23, there 
 being no p. 16] ; (3) Sept. 14, 1747, pp. 25-39 ; " Reprinted from the New York 
 Weekly Post-Bmj of May 19, 174fi," pp. (2) ; " Reprinted. . . . Post-Boy of May 26, 
 1746," pp. (2) ; Reprint of fli-st page of the New York Oazeite of March 7, 1747-48, 
 1 leaf. 
 
 BISHOPE (G). New-England Judged, | by the | Spirit of the 
 Lord. I In Two Parts. | First, Containing a Brief Relation of the 
 Sufferings | of the People call'd Quakers in New-England, from the 
 
 I Time of their Arrival there, in the Year 1(556, to | the Year 1 (>(!(). 
 AVherein their Merciless AVhippings, | Chainings, Finings, Imprison- 
 ings, Starvings, Burning in | the Hand, Cutting off Ears, and Putting 
 to Death, with | divei-s other Cruelties, inflicted upon the Bo<lies of 
 In- I nocent Men and ^\'omen, only for Conscience-sake, are | briefly 
 described. In Answer to the Declaration of their | Pereec-utors Apolo- 
 gizing for the same, MDCLIX. | Second Part, Being a farther Relation 
 of the Cruel and | Bloody Sufferings of the People call'd Quakers in 
 New- I England, Continuetl from anno 1G60 to anno 1GG5. Be- | 
 ginning with the Sufferings of William Leddra, whom | they put to 
 Death. | Formerly Published by George Bishop, and now | somewhat 
 Abreviated. | \\'ith an Appendix, | Containing the A\'ritings of several 
 of the Sufferers ; with | some Notes, shewing the Accomplishment of 
 their Pro- | phesies ; and a Postscript of the Judgments of God, that 
 
 I have befallen divei-s of their Pei-^ecutors. j Also, | An Answer to 
 Cotton Mather's Abuses of the said People, | in his late History of 
 New-England, Printed anno 1702. | The whole being at this time 
 Published in the said Peoples [ Vindication, as a Reply to all his 
 Slanderous Calumnies. | ... | .... | London, Printed and Sold by T. 
 Sowle, in White- \ Hart-Court in Gracious-Street, 1703. | 16mo. 10
 
 AMERICANA. 271 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; To the Unprejudiced Reader, pp. (6); Title, 1 leaf; text, 
 pp. 1-231. Appendix, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 23-5-498; Whiting's Truth and Innocency 
 Defended, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 3-212; Index, pp. (9) ; Errata, 1 p. ; List of Books, pp. 
 (2). The second title and those of the Appendix and Truth and Innocency Defended 
 read: New-England Judged, | Not by Man's, but the Spirit oip the Lord: 
 I And I The Sum sealed tip of New-England'.s | Persecution.s. | Being | A 
 Brief Relation of the Sufferings of the People | called Quakers in 
 THOSE Parts of America, from | the heoinnino of the 5th Month, ICoC. (the 
 
 I time of TUEIR FIR.ST ARRIVAL AT BOSTON FROM En- | OLAND) TO THE LATTER 
 
 END OF THE IOth Month, lOGO. | Wherein | The Cruel Whipino and Scourq- 
 iNGS, Bonds and I.mprison- | ments. Beatings and Chaininos, Starvinqs and 
 Huntings, | Pines and Confiscation of Estates, Burning in the Hand | aKd 
 Cutting off Ears, Orders of Salb for Bond-men and | Bond-women, Banish- 
 ment UPON PAIN of Death, and put- | ting to Death of those People, are 
 shortly touched : AViTH I A Relation of the Manner, and some of the other 
 most I Material Proceedings; and a Judgment thereupon. | In Answer | 
 To a certain Printed Paper, Intituled, A Declaration of | the General- 
 Court of the Ma,<sachuset.s, holden at Boston, the 18th | of October, 1658. 
 Apologizing for the same. | By George Bishope. | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 
 .... I London, Printed in the i'ear 1661. And now | Re-printed, 170§. | 
 
 An I Appendix | To the Book, Entituled, | New-England judg'd: | Being 
 Certain | Writings | Of those Persons which were there ] Executed. | 
 Written by The.m in the Time of their Im- | prisonment, in the Bloody 
 Town of | Boston. | London, | Printed and Sold by T. Sowle, in White-Hart- | Cuwt, 
 in Gracious-Street, 1702. | 
 
 Truth and Innocency | Defended ; | against | Falsehood and Envy : | 
 And THE Martyrs of Jesus, AND | Sufferers for his sake, | Vindicated. | In 
 Answer to Cotton Mather (a Priest of | Boston) his Calumnies, Lyes and 
 Abuses | of the People called Quakers, in his late | Church-History of 
 New-England. | With Remarks and Observations on several Pas- | sages 
 IN the same, AND his Confessions TO the | Just Judgments of God on them. | 
 By John Whiting. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | .... | London, Printed 
 and Sold by T. Sowle, in | White-Hart-Court, in Gracious-Street, 1702. | 
 
 BLACKSTONE (^Y.). Commentaries | on tlio | T.aws | of | Eng- 
 land. I In Four Books. | By | Sir William iilackstone, Knt. | Printinl 
 fruiu the British Copy, | Page for Page with the Last Edition. | 
 America: \ Frinted for the Subscribers, \ By Robert Bell, at the hite 
 Union Library, in Third-street, \ Philadelphia. ^riK'CIAXI. | 
 8vo. 4 volimies. 1 1 
 
 Collation: Vol. I. Title, 1 leaf; Dedication, 1 leaf; Preface, pp. i-ii ; Content*, 
 pp (2) ; Half-title, 1 leaf; Text, pp. 3-485. 
 
 Vol. II. Title, 1 leaf; Contents, pp. (5); 1 p. blank; text, pp. 1-520; Appendix, 
 pp. i-xix. 
 
 Vol. III. Title, dated MDCCLXII, 1 leaf; Contents, pp. (5); 1 p. blank; text, 
 pp. 1-455; To the Encouragers of Literature, 1 p. ; Appendix, pp. i-xivii.
 
 272 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 Vol. IV. List of Subscribers, pp. (22) ; Title, 1 leaf; Contents, pp. (.5) ; 1 ji. 
 blank; text, 1-43G; Appendix, i-vii ; 1 p. bliink ; Index, pp. (43). 
 
 [BLENMAN (Jonathan)]. Remarks | on the | Trial | of ] Joliii- 
 Peter Zenger, | Printer of the | New-York Weekly Journal, | \\'\h> 
 was lately Try'd and Aequitted for | Printing and Piibli.sjiing Two 
 Tiibels I Against the | (iovernnicnt of that Province. | London : \ 
 Printed for J. lioherh In Warwk-k-Lunr, MDCCXXXYllI. | {Prkc 
 One Shilling.) \ Sm. 4to, Title, 1 leaf; Preface, pp. iii-iv; Remarks, 
 pp. 1-27. 12 
 
 THE BOOK of I Common Prayer, | And Administration of the | 
 .Sacraments, | and other | Rites and Ceremonies | of the | Church, | 
 according to the use of the | Cluireh of l^ngland : | Together witli | .V 
 Collection of Occasional Prayers, and | divers Sentences of | Holy 
 Scripture, | Necessary for Knowledge and Practice. | Formerly col- 
 lected, and translated into the Mohawk Language | under the direc-tion 
 of the Missionaries of the Society for the | Propagation of the Gospel 
 in Foreign Parts, to the Mohawk | Indians. | A new Edition : | To 
 which is added | The (lospel according to St. Mark, | Translated into 
 the Mohawk Language, | By Capt". Joseph Brant, | An Indian of the 
 Mohawk Nation. | London: | Printed hy C. Buck-ton, Cireat Puliney 
 Sired, I Golden Square. 1787. | 12mo. 13 
 
 Collation: English title, 1 leaf; Mohawk title, 1 leaf; Preface (in English), pp. 
 i-iii ; Contents, double column, Euijlish and Mohawk, 1 p. ; text, altiTniite pages Eng- 
 lish and Mohawk, pp. 2-50-3; Observations, 1 p. ; 19 plates. Tlie Mohawk title reads 
 thus: Nk TaKAWKA | YoNDERKANAYENDAOnKWA | OanSERAQWEOOUH, | NeoNI 
 YaKAWBA I Ne OrIGHWADOQEAOHTY I YONDATNEKOS.SERAOHS I NEONI I 
 TeKARIOHWAGEHHADONT, I OTA ONI | AdERBANATENT, I NE TEAS NIKARIWAKE 
 I RaDITSIHUIISTATSTGOWA I RONADERIQHWISSOU | GORAGHGOWA A-ONEA RO- 
 
 DANHAOun. I Oni, | Watkanissa-aghtoh I Oddyake Adereanayent, I Neoni 
 
 T.SINIYOQHT-IIARE NE | KaGHYADOOHSERADOQEAGHTY, | NeWAHOiENY AkOYEN- 
 DARAKE neoni AhHONDATTERIIIHONNY. I A-ONEA WADIRoROGHKWE, NEONI 
 TEKAWEANADliNNYOH KaNYEN- | KCIIAGA TsIKAWEANONDAGHKO, NE NEANK 
 RaDITSIHUIISTATSY NE I RaDIRIGHWAWAKOUOHKGoWA RONADANUA-OUn, KaN- 
 YENKE WAON- I DY'E TSI-RADINAKERONNYO OnGWE-OEWE. | KeAGAYE ASE YON- 
 DEREANATENDAQHKWA. | ONI TAHOGHSONDEROH | St. MaRK RaORIGHWADO- 
 
 OEAGHTY, I Tekawkanadennyoh Kanyenkehaqa Rakowanea | T'Hayenda- 
 NKQBA, I ROEWATATS. | London: \ Karistodarho C. Buckton, Great PuHnej/ Sfrcet, | 
 Oolden Square. 1787. | 
 
 BOSTON. The | Votes and Proceedings | of the | Freeholders and 
 other Inhabitants | of the | Town of Boston, | In Town Meeting
 
 AMERICANA. 273 
 
 assembled, | According to Law. | (Published by Order of the Town.) 
 
 I To which is prefixed, as Introdiictorv, | An attested Copy of a Vote 
 
 of the Town | at a preceeding Meeting. | Bodon: \ Printed by Edes 
 
 and Gill, in Queen-Street, \ And T. and J. Fleet, in Cornhill. [1772.] 
 
 I 8vo. 14 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Kesolution, pp. (2); text, pp. 1-36; Appendix, pp. 37-43. 
 
 A BRIEF and True | Narration | Of the Late | Wars | risen in 
 
 I Xcw-England : | Occasioned by the Quarrelsom disposition, | and 
 
 Perfidious Carriage | of the | Barbarous, Savage and Jleatheuish | 
 
 Natives | There. | Licensed November 16. Roger Ijestrangc. | London 
 
 I Printed for J. 8. 1675. | Sm. 4to, Title, 1 leaf, pp. 3-8. 15 
 
 BURK (J.). The | History of Virginia, | from | Its First Settle- 
 ment I to I The Present Day. | By John Burk. | Volume I. | Peters- 
 burg, Virginia, \ Printed for the Author, by Dickson & Pescud. \ 1804. 
 I 8vo. 4 volumes. 16 
 
 Collation: Vol. I. Title, 1 leaf; Dedicsition, pp. (2); Preface, pp. i-iv; text, pp. 
 1-295 ; 1 p. blank ; To the Public, pp. (2) ; Appendix, pp. 299-348. 
 
 Vol. II. Title, 1 leaf; text, pp., 3-335; 1 p. blank; Appendix, pp. i-lxii. 
 
 Vol. III. Title, 1 leaf; text, pp. .3-469. 
 
 Vol. IV. Title, 1 leaf; Dedication, 1 leaf; Preface, pp. v-vii ; 1 p. blank; text, 
 pp. 1—538; Apjiondix, i-xv ; Errata, 1 leaf. 
 
 The I History ok Viroixia, | from | Its First .'^kttlkment | to | The 
 Prksent Day. | By John* Burk. | Volume II. | I'cferslmrg, Virginia, \ Printed by 
 Dickson ^ Pescud. \ And for sale at the book-stores of Somervell j- Conrad, Pe- \ iers- 
 burg. John Conrad, ^ Co. Philadelphia. Michael <J- | John Conrad, ^ Co. Baltimore 
 Rapine, Conrad, .j- | Co. Washington City, and Bonsall, Chn- | rod, <J- Co. Norfolk. \ 
 1805. I 
 
 The I History ok Virginia, | From | Its First Settlement | to | The 
 Present Day. | By John Burk. | Volume III. | Petersburg, Virginia, | Printedby 
 Dickson ^ Pescud, \ aiui for sale at the book-stores of Somei-rell J- Conrad, Pe- | ters- 
 burg. John Conrad, <(■ Co. Philadelphia. Michael .j- | John Conrad <f- Co. Baltimore. 
 Rapine, Conrad, ij- Co. Washington City and Bonsall, Co)i- \ i-ad, ^ Co. Norfolk. \ 
 1805. I 
 
 The I History of Viroikia; | commenced by | John Burk, | and continued 
 by I Skelton Jones | and | Louis Hue Gerardin. | Vol. IV. | — Petersburg, 
 Virginia — | Printed by M. W. Dunnavantfor the Proprietors. | 1816. | 
 
 [BURNET (William).] An | Es.'viy | on \ Scripture-Proijhecy, | 
 AVherein it is Endeavouretl | to | Explain the Three Periods | Con- 
 tain'd in the XII Chapter of the | Prophet Daniel. | With some Ar-
 
 274 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 guments to make it Probable, | That the First of the Periods did 
 Expire in the Year ] 1715. | . . . | ... | ... | .... | [Xeir York :^ 
 Printed [by W. Bradford] in the Year MDCCXXIV. | Sq. 8vo, 
 Title, 1 leaf; Contents, 1 leaf; pp. 1-167. 17 
 
 C[ASTELL] (W[illiam]). A | Petition | of W. C. | Exhibiteil | 
 
 To the High | Covrt of Parliamcn | now a.ssembled, for the propa- | 
 
 gating of the Gospel in | America and tlic A\'est Indies ; and | for the 
 
 setling of our Plantations | there ; whieh Petition is ai)pro- | ved by 
 
 70 able English | Divines. | Also by Ma.ster Alexander Henderson, | 
 
 and some worthy Ministers | of Scotland. | Printed in tlie yeare, 1641. 
 
 I Sm. 4to. ' 18 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; text, pp. 5-17, 10, 15 for 19. Pages 18 and 19 are mis- 
 numbered 10 and 15. 
 
 A CLEAR and Succinct | Account | of | Xorth America, | Histori- 
 cal, Gcograpliical, &c. \ So far as it respects | The Arguments of the 
 present Time. | Done from Authentic Record.s, | And the best Relations 
 extant. | Dublin : \ Printed by Richard James, at Newton's Head, | 
 in Dame-street, 1755. | 8vo, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 3-48. lit 
 
 GOLDEN (C). The | History | of the | Five Indian Nations | 
 of I Canada, | wliich are | The Barrier between the I^nglish and | 
 French in that Part of the World. | A\'itli | Particular Accounts of 
 their Religion, Manners, Customs, Laws, | and Government ; their 
 several Battles and Treaties witli the | European Nations ; their Wars 
 with the other Indians ; | and | A true Account of the present State of 
 our Trade witii them. | In which arc shewn, | The great Advantage of 
 their Trade and Alliance to the British Nation ; | and the Intrigues 
 and .Vttcmjtfs of the French to engage them from us ; | a Subject 
 nearly concerning all our American Plantations, and highly | meriting 
 the Consideration of the British Nation. | By the Honourable Cad- 
 wallader Colden, Esq ; | One of his Majesty's Coun.-*el, and Surveyor- 
 General of New- York. | To which are added, | Awounts of the several 
 other Nations of Indians in North-America, their | Numbers, Strength, 
 <tc. and the Treaties M'hieh have been lately | made with tliem. | The 
 Second Edition. | London : \ Printed for John Whiston at Mr. Boyle's 
 Head, and \ Lockyer Daris at Lord Bacon's Head, both in Fled- \ street, 
 and John Ward opposite the Royal Exchange. \ MDCCL. | 8vo. 20
 
 AMERICANA. 275 
 
 Collation : List of Books, 1 leaf; 1 map folded ; Title, 1 leaf; Dedication, pp. iii-ix ; 
 Preface, pp. xi-xiv. ; Vocabulary, pp. xv-xvi ; Contents, pp. (4); text, pp. 1-90; 
 Half-title to Part II., 1 leaf; Preface, pp. iii-iv; text, pp. 91-204; Pajjers relating to 
 an Act of the Assembly of New York, Half-title, 1 leaf; pp. 3-44; Treaty, July, 
 1742, Half-title, 1 leaf; pp. 47-86; Treaty, June, 1744, Half-title, 1 leaf; pp. 89- 
 152; Treaty, August and September, 1746, Half-title, 1 leaf; pp. 155-196; Collec- 
 tion of Charters of Pennsylvania, Half-title, 1 leaf; pp. 199-283; List of Books, 1 p. 
 
 CUGNET (F. J.). Extrait,s | Des Edits, Declarations, Ordun- | 
 nances et Keglemens, de sa Ma- | jest4 Tr^s Chretienne. | Dcs Regle- 
 niens et Jugemen.s des | Gouverneurs Goneraux et Inten- | dans con- 
 cernans las ju.stice ; et des | Reglemens et Ordonnanecs de Po- | lice 
 reudues par les Intendans, | Fai.sans partie de la legislature en | force 
 en la Colonic du Canada, | aiijourd'hui Province de Quebec. | Tires 
 des Registre.s du Conseil Supe- | rieur et de ceux d'Intendance. | Par 
 Franjois Joseph Cugnet Ecuier, Seignieur de St. \ Etienne, &c. &c. \ 
 Quebec: | Chez Guillaume Broum, \ MDCCLXXV. | Sq. 8vo. 21 
 
 Collation: Half-title, 1 leaf; Title, 1 p. ; Table, &c., 1 p. ; text, pp. 3-106. From 
 the sheet-marks it would seem that this was printed with the Traite de la Police, of 
 which the title is given below. 
 
 CUGNET (F. J.). Traits | de la | Loi des Fiefs. | Qui a toujours 6t6 
 suivie en Canada depuis son €ta- \ blissement, tirfe de celle contenue en 
 la Coiitume de | la Prevotc ct Vicomt^' de Paris, il laquelle les Fiefs | 
 et Seigneuries de cette Province sont assujettis, en | vcrtu de Icurs titres 
 primatifs de Concession, et des | Edits, R^lemens, Ordonances et Dec- 
 larations de .sa I Majeste tr^s Chretienne, rendus en consequence; et | 
 des diferens Jugemens d'lntendans rendus A cet | 6gard, en vcrtu de la 
 Loi des Fiefs, et des dits E- | dits, Reglemens, Ordonanc-es et Declara- 
 tions. I Traite utile il tons les Seigneurs de cette I'rovincc, tant nou- 
 veaux I qu'anciens Siijets, aiix Juges et an Rcceveur-gC'neral des Droits 
 I de sa Majeste. | Par Francois Joseph Cugnet, Ecuier, Seigneur de 
 St. I Etienne, &c. &c. | . . . . | Quebec : \ Chez Guillaume Broum, \ 
 MDCCLXXV. I Scj. 8vo. 22 
 
 Collation : Half-title, 1 leaf; Title, 1 p. ; Table, 1 p. ; Dedication, pp. ix-x ; Pref- 
 ace, pp. xi-xii; Introduction, pp. xiii-xiv; text, pp. 1-71; 3 pp. blank; Half-title 
 to Traite des Anciens Loix de Propriete, 1 leaf; Title, 1 p. ; Table, 1 p. ; Preface, 
 pp. iii-iv ; text, pp. 5-188 ; Advertisement, 1 p. ; Liste des Livre.*, 1 p. The title to 
 the second tract reads: Traite | Abrege i>e.s axcieses Loix, Coutumes et 
 
 US.\QES de la I CoLOSIE DU CaXADA, AUJOlRD'Hiy PR0VI^■CE DE QUE- | BEC, 
 TIRE DE LA COUTIME DE LA PREVOTE ET VICOMTE DE | PaRIS, k LAdUELLE LA
 
 276 THE TOWER COLLECTIOK. 
 
 DITE COLONIE ETAIT ASSUJETIE, EN | CONSEQUENCE DE L'EdIT DE L'ETABLISSEMENT 
 DU CONSEIL I SOUVERAIN DU MOIS D'AvRIL 1G63; AVEC I.'F.Xn.ICA- I TION DE 
 CQAqUE TITRE ET DE CUAQUE ARTICLE, I'UISSEE | DANS LES MEILLEURS AUTIIEURS 
 QUI ONT iCRIT ET CO- | MENTE LA DITE COUTUME. | NeCESSAIRE A TOUTES LES I'ER- 
 SONNES QUI VOTJDRONT AVOIR | UNE TEINTUBE DES DITES ANCIENES LOIX, COU- 
 TUMES ET I USAGES, ET QUI I'OURKA LES FACILITER DANS L'ETUDE QU'ILS | SERONT 
 
 obliges d'en faike, tant commk ju(!es, que | comme avocats ou procurers. | 
 Par Francois Josei-u Cuonet Ecuier, Seigneur de St. | Etienne, &c. &c. ] 
 ... I ... I .... I Quebec: \ C/iez Guillamne Brown, \ MDCCLXXV. | 
 
 CUGNET. Trait6 | de la | Police. | Qui a toujours (:i(i suivie en 
 Canada, aiijoimriuii | rrovincc de QueLet-, depuis .son ftablisscment jns- 
 qu'a I la conquOte, tiro de.s diforens reglcmons, jugeniens | et ordon- 
 nanoes d'Intendans, n ([iii par leur.s com- | missions, cette partie du 
 gouvernement etait totale- | nicnt atribuec, a I'cxclusion de tons autres 
 juges, I qui n'en pouvaicnt connaitre qu'en qualitc de leurs | subde- 
 legu<5s. I Traits qui pourrail Ctre de quel qu'utilit^ aux Grands | Voy- 
 ers, et aux juges de Police en cette Province. | Par Franjois Joseph 
 Cugnet, Ecuier, Seigueur de St | Etienne, &c. <tc. | . . . . | Quebec : | 
 Chez Guillaume Broicn, \ MDCLXXV. | Sq. 8vo. 23 
 
 Colliition: Half-title, 1 leaf; Title, 1 leaf; Preface, pp. iii ; text, pp. 5-25; Table, 
 p. (1). 
 
 A I DECLARATION | of tiie Demea- | nor and Cariage of | Sir 
 Walter Raleigh, | Knight, aswell in his Voyage, a.s ] in, and .sitlicnce 
 his Returnc ; And of the true niotiues and induce- | ments which occa- 
 sioned His ]\Iajestie | to Proceed in doing lustice vpon him, | as hath 
 bene done. | London, \ Printed by Bonham Norton | and John Bill, 
 deputie Printers for \ the Kim/g most Excellent 3Iajesiie. \ M.DC.XVIII. 
 I Sm. 4to, pp. (4); G8. 24 
 
 DODDRIDGE (J.). Notes, | on the settlement and | Indian Wars, 
 I Of the Western Parts of | Virginia & Pennsylvania, | from the year 
 176a until the | year 1783 inclusive. | Together with a View, | Of the 
 state of society and manners of the first settlei-s | of the Western 
 Country. | By the Rev. Dr. Jos. Doddridge. | Wcllsburfjh, Ya. \ 
 Printed at the office of the Gazette, \ For the author. \ 1824. | 12mo. 25 
 Collation : Title, 1 p. ; Copyright, 1 p. ; Index, pp. (2) ; To the Reader, pp. (G) ; 
 Preface, pp. v-.xii; text, pp. 1")-31(!.
 
 AMERICANA. 277 
 
 [DULANY (Daniel)]. Considerations | on the | Propriety \ of im- 
 posing I Taxes I in the | Jiritish Colonies, | For the Purpose of raising 
 a llevenue, by | Act of Parliament. | ... | .... | The Second Edition. 
 I Annapolis: Printed and Sold by Jonan Green. 1765. | (Price Two 
 Shillings and Six-pence.) \ Sm. 4to. 26 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Preface, pp. .3^; text, 5-5.5. This copy belonged to 
 Samuel Chase, one of the signeiii of the Declaration of Independence, and bears his 
 autograph upon tlie title. 
 
 THE ELIOT INDIAN TRACTS. 
 
 NEW I ENGLANDS | First Fruits ; | In Respect, 
 
 {Conversion of some, ■^ 
 Conviction of divers, V of the Indians. 
 Preparation of svindry J 
 2. Of the progre.sse of Learning, in the Colledge at | Cambridge in 
 Massacusets Bay. | With | Divers other speciall Matters concerning 
 that Couutrey. | Published by the instant request of sundry Friends, 
 who desire | to l)e satisfied in these points by many New-England Men 
 I who are here present, and were eye or eare- | witnesses of the same. 
 I ... I ... I .... I London, | Printed hij R. 0. and G. D.for Henry 
 Overton, and are to be \ sold at kin shop in Popes-head-Alley. 1643. | 
 Sm. 4to. 27 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 loaf; New-England's First Fruits, in respect to the Indians, pp. 
 1-19 for 11 ; in respect to the College, pp. 12-26. Page 7 is raisnumbered 15; pp. 
 10-1 1 are misnumbered 18-19, and p. 14 is misnumbcred 22. The firet of the series 
 of reports from New England relative to the convereion of the aborigines, known as 
 the Eliot Indian Tracts. 
 
 THE I DAY-BREAKING, | if not | The Sun-Rising | of the | 
 Gospel I AVith the | Indians in New-England. | . . . | . . . | . . . | 
 ... I ... I ... . I London, \ Printed by Rich. Cotes, for Fidk 
 Clifton, and are to bee \ sold at his shop under Saint MargareUi Church 
 on I New-fish-street Ilill, 1647. | Sm. 4to. 28 
 
 Collation : Title, 1 p. ; To the Keader, 1 p. ; A True Relation, pp. 1-25. The 
 second of the series. 
 
 THE I CLEAR Sun-shine (.f the Go.-^ijel | Breaking Forth | upon 
 the I Lidiaus | in | Xew-lMigland. | Or, | .\ii Ili.stnricall Xarration of 
 Gods I Wondcrfull Wdikings upon sundry ot' the | Indians, both chief 
 
 19
 
 278 THE TOWER CX)LLECTIOX. 
 
 Governors and Common-people, | in bringing them to a willing and 
 
 desired submission to | the Ordinances ot" the Gospel ; and framing 
 
 their | hearts to an earnest intjuiric after the knowledge | of God the 
 
 Father, and of Jesus Christ | the Saviour of the AVorld. | By Mr. 
 
 Thomas Shepanl Minister of the Gospel of | Jesus Christ at Cambridge 
 
 in New-England. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | .... | 
 
 London, Printed by R. Cotes for John Bellamy at the three golden | 
 
 Lions in CornhiU near the Royall Exchange, 1648. | Sm. 4to. 29 
 
 Collation : Title, 1 leaf; Dedication, pp. (6) ; To tlie Keader, pp. (6) ; te.\t, pp. 
 1-38. The third of the scries. 
 
 THE I GLOKIOUS Progress | of the | Gospel, | amongst the 
 I Indians in New England. | Manifested | My three Letters, imder 
 the Hand of that fa- [ mous Instrument of the Lonl | Mr. John Eliot, 
 I and another from Mr. Thomas Mayiiew jun : both Prcaehers of | 
 the Word, as well to the English as Indians in Xew England. | 
 Wherein | The riches of Gods Grace in the effectuall calling of | 
 many of them is cleared up : .Vs also a manifestation of the hungring 
 I desires of many People in sundry parts of that Country, after the | 
 more full Revelation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, to the | exceeding 
 Consolation of every Christian Reader. | Togetiier, | With an Ap- 
 pendix to the foregoing Letters, hoi- | ding forth Conjectures, C)i)serva- 
 tions, and Applications. | By I. D. Minister of the Grospell | Puljli.shed 
 by Edward AV'inslow | ... | ... | ... | .... | London. Printed 
 for Hannah Allen in Pope's-head Alley. 1649. | Sm. 4to. 30 
 
 Collation : Title, 1 leaf; Dedication, pp. (6) ; text, pp. (1-8), 9-28. The fourth of 
 the series. 
 
 THE LIGHT appearing more and more to- | wards the perfect 
 Day. I Or, | A farther Discovery of the present state | of the Indians 
 I in I Xew England, | Concerning the I'rogre.-sc of the Gospel | 
 amongst them. | Manife.sttxl by Letters from such as ])rcacht | to them 
 there. | Published by H. Whitfield, late Pastor to the (Imnli | of 
 Christ at Gilford in Xew England, who came | late thence; | . . . | 
 ... I .... I London, Printed by T. R. &■ K. J/, for John Bartlet, 
 and are to be \ sold at the Giit Cup, neer St. Austins gate in Pauls | 
 Church-yard. 1651. | Sm. 4to. 31 
 
 Collation: 1 Preliminary leaf, signed Joseph Carji; Title, 1 leaf; Dedication, pp. 
 (4) ; text, pp. 1-46. The fifth of the series.
 
 AMERICANA. 279 
 
 STRENGTH | ovtof | Weaknesse; | Or a Glorious | Manifestation 
 I Of the further Progresse of | the Gospel among the Indians | in | 
 Xevv-England. | Held forth in Rnndiy Letters | from divers Ministers 
 and others to the | Corporation established by Parliament for | pro- 
 moting the Gospel among the Hea- | then in New-England ; and to 
 partindar | Members thereof sinee tiie last Trea- | tise to that effect, 
 formerly set | forth by Mr. Henry ^\'hitfield | late Pastor of Gilford 
 in I Xew-England. | Published by the aforesaid Corporation. | . . . | 
 ... I ... I .... I London; \ Printed by M. Simmons for John Blague 
 and I Samuel Howes, and are to be sold at their | Shop in Popes-Head- 
 Alley. 16o2. I Sm. 4to. 32 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Dedication, pp. (4) ; To the Reader, pp. (5) ; 1 p. blank; 
 To the Christian Reader, pp. (3); 1 p. blank; text, pp. 1-40. The first edition of 
 the sixth of the series. 
 
 STRENGTH | ovtof | AVeaknes.se; | Or a Glorious | Manifestation 
 I Of the further Progresse of the | Gospel among the Indians in | 
 New-England. | Held forth in Sundry Letters from | divers Ministers 
 and others to the | Corporation established by Parliament for | pro- 
 moting the Gospel among the Heathen in | New-England : and to par- 
 ticular Members there- | of since the last Treatise to that effect, for- 
 mer- I ly set forth by Mr. Henr^- Whitfield late Pastor of Gil- | ford 
 in New-England. | Published by the aforesaid Corporation. | . . . | 
 ... I ... I .... I London, Printed by M. Simmons for John Blague \ 
 and Samuel Howes, and are to be sold at their \ Shops in Popes- Head- 
 Alky. 1652. I Sm. 4to. 33 
 Collation : Title, 1 leaf; Dedication, pp. (4) ; To the Reader, pp. (4) ; text, pp. (2), 
 1-33 ; The Corporation to the Reader, 1 p. The second edition of the sixth of the 
 series. 
 
 STRENGTH out of Weakness. | Or a Glorious | Manifestation | 
 Of the furtlier Progresse of the | Gospel | Amongst | The Indians | 
 in I New-England. | Held forth in sundry Letters | from divers Min- 
 ister and othei"s to the | Corporation establishe<l i)y Parliament for | 
 promoting the Gospel among the Hea- | then in New-England ; and to 
 particular | Members thereof since the last Trea- | tise to that effect, 
 formerly set | forth by Mr. Henry Whitfield | late Pastor of Gilford 
 in I New-England. | Published by the aforesaid Corporation. | . . . | 
 ... I ... I .... I London, Printed by M. Siminonn for .John Blmpic |
 
 280 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 avd Samitd Howes, and are to be sold al their \ Shop in Popes Head 
 Alley. 1652. | Sm. 4to. 34 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Dedication, pp. (4) ; To the Reader, pp. (5) ; 1 p. blank ; 
 text, pp. (4), 1-40. The third edition of the sixth of the series. 
 
 STRENGTH out of Weakness. | Or a Glorious | Manifestation | 
 Of the further Progresse of the | Gospel | Amongst | The Indian.-* | 
 in I New-England | Held fortli in sundry- Ixitters | from divers Min- 
 isters and others to the | Corporation establislied by Parliament f()r | 
 promoting the Gospel among the Hea- | then in New- England ; and to 
 particular | Members thereof since the last Trea- | tise to that effect, 
 formerly set | forth by Mr. Henry Whitfield | late Pa>tor of Gilford 
 in I New-England. | Published by the aforesaid Corporation. | . . . | 
 ... I ... I .... I London, J'rinted by M. Simmons for John Blarpie \ 
 and Samuel HoiceJi, and are to be sold at their | Shop in Popes Head- 
 Alley. 1652. I Sm. 4to. 35 
 
 Collation : Title, 1 leaf; Dedication, pp. (4) ; To the Reader, pp. (5) ; I p. blank ; 
 text, pp. (4), 1-40. The fourth edition of the sixth of the series. It is most readily 
 recognized by the omission of the heading on page 40, " The Corporation to the 
 Reader." 
 
 TF>.\RS of Rejwntance : | Or, A further | Narrative of the Prog- 
 ress of tlie Gosjjcl I .\mongsttiie | Indians | in | Ncw-Englan<l : | 
 Setting fortii, not only tiieir pR'sent slate | and condition, i)nt .sundry 
 Confessions of sin | by diverse of the said Indians, wrought ujMjn | by 
 the saving Power of the Gosjk-I ; Together | witli the manifestation of 
 their Faitii and Hope | in .Jesus Chri.st, and the Work of CJrace upon 
 I their Hearts. | Related by Mr. Eliot and Mr. Mayhew, two Faithful 
 Lab<jrcrs | in that work of the Lord. | Pul>lish«l by the Corporation 
 for propagating the Gospel there, for the | Satisfaction and Comfort of 
 such as wish well thereunto. | ... | .... | Lonrlon : Printed by Peter 
 Cole in Leaden-Hall, and are to be Sold at \ hix Shop, at the Sif/n of 
 the Printing-PresK in Cornhil, \ near the lioytU Exchange. 1653. | 
 Sm. 4to. 36 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; To His Excellency, signed .John Eliot, pp. (2); To His 
 Excellency, signed William Steel, without date, pp. (2) ; To the much Honoured 
 Corporation, pp. (13) ; 1 p. blank ; To the Reader, pp. (4) ; To the Christiaa Reader, 
 pp. (11); 1 p. blank; text, pp. 1-47; Signatures A to K in fours ; List of liooks, 1 p. 
 The text ends in the middle of page 47 with the word " Finis" in capitals over a line 
 of printer's blocks, under which Itegins the li.sl of bofjks continued on the verso of 
 that page. The first edition of the seventh of the scries.
 
 AMERICANA. 281 
 
 TEARS of Repentance : | Or, A further | Narrative of the Prog- 
 ress of the Gospel | Amongst the | Indians | in | Xcw-England : | 
 Setting forth, not only their present state | and condition, but sundry 
 Confessions of sin | by diverse of the said Indians, wrouglit upon | by 
 the saving Power of the Gospel ; Togetlu-r | with the manifestation of 
 their l"\iitli and Hope | in Jesus ('iu'ist, and the Work of Grace upon 
 I tiieir Hearts. | Related l)y Mr. lOliot and Mr. Mayhew, two Faithful 
 Laborers | in tiiat woi-l< of the Lord. | Publislicd l)y the Corporation 
 for propagating the GosjjcI tliere, for tlie | Satisfaction and Comfoil of 
 such as wish well thereunto. | ... | .... | Loiidun : Prinkd by Peter 
 Cole in Leaden-Hall, and are lo be Sold at \ liin Shop, at the Sign of 
 the Printinff-Pretis in CoridiH, | near the Royal Exchanye. 1653. | 
 Sm. 4to. 37 
 
 Collation : Title, 1 leaf; To His Excellency, signed William Steel, dated " Coopers- 
 Hall, London, March, 20. 16.53.," pp. (2) ; To the much Honored Corporation, pp. (13) ; 
 1 p. blank ; To His Excellency, signed John Eliot, pp. (2) ; To the Reader, pp. (4) ; 
 To the Christian Reader, pp. (11); 1 p. blank; A Brief Relation, pp. 1-47; signa- 
 tures A to I in fours, K in three, and L, one leaf. The word '• Finis," on page 47, is 
 in larger type between two lines of printer'.* blocks, and the list of books is omitted. 
 The second edition of the seventh of the series. 
 
 A LATE and Further | Manifestation | of the | Progress of the 
 Gospel I Among.st the | Indians | in | New-England. | Declaring 
 their constant Love and Zeal to | the Truth : With a readinesse to give 
 I Accompt of their Faith and Hope ; as of | their desires in Church 
 Commu- I nion to be Partakers of | the Ordinances of | Christ. | Be- 
 ing a Narrative of the E.xamination of the Indians, about | their 
 Knowledge in Religion, by the Elders of the Churches. | Related by 
 Mr John Eliot. | Published by the Corporation, established by | Act 
 of Parliament, for Propagating the Gospel there. | ... | .... | London: 
 Printed by M. S. 1655. | Sm. 4to. 38 
 
 Collation : Title, 1 leaf; Approval, 1 leaf; To all that pray, &c., pp. (4) ; text, pp. 
 1-23. The eighth of the series. 
 
 FR.\NCK. (S.) aScItbiicfK fpicsjcl | ttiib bitbtiiifs bcB aantjen | erbt= 
 bobenS toon Scbaftiano iiyraiico | 'iiUn'bcfi in bier hiicficr, ucmlicf) in 
 3lfi= I am, 3(pbrica, Giiropant, uiib I'lmcvica, i-o'tclt iMib iibtcilt, 3(iidi allcr 
 barifi bc: | i^riffncr I'dnbcv, nation, t^viniinljC vnb o'M»-'l"/ s5>-'l*^!"l>-'ii'"-'it, 
 grbil'c, lucitc, i^c | wa6.)\\, ciH3cnfd,iafft, iMib bcr barinn ijclcgcncr oblcfcr 
 Wnb cinaioncr, nam | men, iicftalt, Icbcn, lucicn, vdiijion, glauben, ccre=
 
 282 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 monien, gfa^, rcgimct, | j^otticcti, fittcn, brand), triecj, ijciPcrCi, friirftt, t(iier, 
 ticttbimij on IHT: I cnbcruiiii, enijciitlidi fiir bic aiujcn geftclt, 3(uct> etwa-3 
 lie iiciu I jcfimbciicn wcltcii onb 3»1"-''"/ "it* ^iuft 23croio, ^i-^^iinc I i'c 
 moittc Dilla, S. Sranbons ^iftori, Bfi bcrglcic^en ] fabein, funb aiife aiuje: 
 mimncn, glaiiblinrbigcn | crfarnc, luctticfireibcrn miifctiij ',& fwuff tra | ge 
 un aufe inleii, ipcitleiiffiijcn biidicrn in | cin hanbtbiicfi eingdcibt onb ik= 
 
 I ia^t, lionnaU bevijlcidicn | in iciitfdi nic au^-- \ tgangcn. | Wit eincni 
 3U cnb angcbcnrftcn :'){cgiftcv a\k-i innlm(t-o. | . . . | . . . . | Anno. 
 M.D.XXXIIII. I [Colophon.] C (ktradd zTi Tubingen durch Vlrich 
 Morhart, hn iausent fi'i nf | hundert vier und dreyssisten jar. \ Folio. 39 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 p. ; Authors cited, 1 p. ; Preface, pp. (8); text, folios i-ccxxxvii 
 1 leaf blank; Index, pp (14). 
 
 [GLENN. (James)] A | Description | of | South Carolina ; | con- 
 taining, I ^lany curious and interesting Particulars relating | to the 
 Civil, Natural and Commercial | Historj' of that Colony,, viz. | The 
 Succession of European Settlers there ; Grants | of English Charters ; 
 Boundaries; Constitution of | the Government; Taxes; Number of 
 Inhabitants, | and of the neighbouring Indian Nations, &c. | The Na- 
 ture of the Climate ; Tabular Accounts of the | Altitudes of (lie 
 Barometer ^lonthly for Four Years, | of the Depths of Rain ^lontiily 
 for Eleven Years, and of | the Winds Direction Daily for One Year, 
 &c. I The Culture and Produce of Rice, Indian Corn, and Indigo ; | 
 the Process of extracting Tar and Turpentine ; the State of | their 
 Maritime Trade in the Years 1710, 1723, 1740 and 1748, | with tlie 
 Number or Tonnage of Shipping employed, and the Species, | Quanti- 
 ties and Values of their Produce exportetl in (^ne Y'ear, &c. | To whidi 
 is added, | A very particular .Account of their Rice-Trade for Twenty 
 Years, | with their Exports of Raw Silk and Imports of British | 
 Silk Manufactures for T\venty-five Years. | London : \ Printed for R. 
 and .J. Doddnj in Pall-MalL \ MDCCLXI. | 8vo. 40 
 
 Collation : Half-title, 1 leaf; Title, 1 leaf; Preface, 1 p. ; Contents, pp. vi-viii ; 
 text, pp. 1-96; Index, pp. 97-110; List of Books, pp. (2). 
 
 [HEWATT. (Alexander)] An Historical | Account | of the | Rise 
 and Progress | Of the Colonies of | South Carolina | and | Georgia. | 
 In Two Volumes. \ Vol. I. | Printed for Alavander Donaldson, \ Xo. 
 48. St. PauVs Church- Yard, London. \ M.DCC.LXXIX. | 8vo. 2 
 volumes. 41
 
 AMERICANA. 283 
 
 Collation: Vol. I. Title, 1 leaf; Contents, pp. vii-xiv ; 1 leaf blank; text, pp. 
 1-319; Laws, pp. 321-347. 
 
 Vol. II. Title, 1 leaf; Contents, pp. iii-ix ; 1 p. blank; text, pp. 1-309 for 329. 
 
 [HOLYWOOD. (Jolin) ami] M INIAURO. Sphera volgare 
 
 novameiite | tradotta con iiioltc notande | Additioui di Geometria, 
 Cosnio- I irrapliia, Arto Xavigatoria, et | Stfivometria, Proportion!, 
 et I (ivantita delli Elenicuti, Distan | ze, (irandeze, ct Movimente 
 di I tvtti li Corpi celesti, Cose oer | tamente rade et maravii^liose. | 
 Avtore M. Mavro Fiorentino | Pbona.Sfo et Piiilopaiiaret<j. | A Measer 
 Giovan' Oi1:hega | Di Carioii Biirgcnse Hispano, & Dino Compagni 
 Patritio Fiorentiiio, | Matheniatic-i. | [Cb/oyj/ioH.] Anno salutia nostre. 
 M.D. XXXVII. Metise Ottobri, &c. \ Impresso in Vendia per Bar- 
 tholovieo Zanetti ad inslantla & requisitione | di M. Giouann' Orthega 
 de Carion Bargeunc Ilyspano \ Comoraute in Firenze. \ Sm. 4to, pp. 
 (112). 42 
 
 HUBBARD. (W.) The Happine&s of a People | In the Wisdome of 
 their Riders | Directing | And in the Obedience of their Brethren | At- 
 tending I I'lito what Israel ouglio to do : | Rccoininendt'd in a | Sermon 
 1 Before the Honouitihle Govcrnour and Council, and | tiic Rcspec'ted 
 Deputies of the JNIattachusets Colony I in New-England. | Preached 
 at Boston, May 3d. 167tj. being tlie day of | Elec-tion there. | By Wil- 
 liam Hubbard Minister of Ipswich. | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 
 ... I ... I ... I .... I Bodon, Printed by John Foster. 1G76. j 
 Sm. 4to. 43 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Dedication, pp. (5) ; Errata, 1 p. ; text, pp. 1-C3. Bound 
 up, a-s usually found, with the following : 
 
 HUBBARD. A | Narrative | of the troubles with the | Indians | 
 
 In New-England, from the first planting thereof in the | year 1607. 
 
 to this present year 1677. But chiefly of the late | Troubles in the 
 
 two la.st years, 167-5. and 1676. | To whicii is added a Discourse about 
 
 the Warre with the | Pinpiotls | In tiie year 16.57. | By Vi\ Hubbard, 
 
 Minister of Ipswich. | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 
 
 ... I ... I ... I .... I Published by Authority. | Bonton ; \ Printed 
 
 by John Foster, in the year 1677. | Sm. 4to. 44 
 
 Collation : License, 1 leaf; Title, 1 leaf; Dedication, pp. (4) ; Advertisement, pp. 
 (2); To the Rev. William Hubbard, &c., 1 p.; Upon the Elaborate Survey, Ac, 
 pp. (2j ; The Printer to the Reader, 1 p. ; text, pp. 1-132 ; 1 map folded; Table, pp.
 
 284 TIIK TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 (7); Postscript, 1 p. and pp. 7-12; 1 leaf blank; "Narrative of the Troubles with 
 the Indians in New England from Pascataqua to Pemmaquid," pp. 1-88; "The 
 Happiness of a People," as described in No. 43, supra. 
 
 HUTCHINSON. (T.) Tlu; | History | of the \ Colony | of | 
 MassachiLset's Bay, | from the | first settlement thereof | in 1628, | 
 until its incorporation | with the | Colony of Plimonth, Province of 
 Main, itc. | i>y the | Ciiartcr of King William and (inecn Mary, | in 
 1691. I By Mr. Hutchinson, | Ijieutenant-Governor of the Ma.ssaehn- 
 set's Province. | ... | .... | The Second Edition. | London: \ Printed 
 for 31. Richardson, in Fater-nostcr Roic. \ MDCC^LXV. | 8vo. ;3 
 volumes. 45 
 
 Collation : Vol. I. Title, 1 leaf; Contents, pp. (3) ; 1 p. blank ; Preface, pp. i-iv ; 
 text, pp. 1-480 ; Appendix, pp. 487-56G. 
 
 Vol II. Title, 1 leaf; Contents, 1 p.; Errata, 1 p.; Preface, pp. i-iv; text, pp. 
 1-448; Appendix, pp. 449-520; Index, pp. 521-539. 
 
 Vol. III. Title, 1 leaf; Dedication, pp. (2) ; Preface, pp. v-xvi ; Contents, pp. 
 xix-xx; text, 1-460; Appendix, Half-title, 1 leaf; pp. 463-551. The titles to the 
 second and third volumes read: The | History | of the | Province | of | Mas- 
 
 SACHUSET.S-BaY, I FROM TUB | CHARTER OF KiNO WiLLIAM AND QUKEN MaRV, 
 
 I IN 1091, I Until the Year 1750. | By Mr. Hutchinson, Lieutenant-Gov- 
 ernor OF THE Province. | Vol. II. | The Second Edition. | London: | Printed 
 by J. Smith, neai- Wellciose-Square ; for | O. Kearsly, at Nn. 1 In Ludgate-Streel ; | 
 and W. DavenhUl, at Xo. 8 in Cornhill. MDCCLXVIII. | 
 
 The I History of the Province | of | 3Iassachusett.s Bay, | from 1749 to 
 1774, I Comprising a detailed Narrative of the | Origin and Early Stages 
 
 I of the I American Revolution. | By Thomas Hutchinson, Esq., L.L.U. | 
 Formerly Governor of the Province. | Edited fro.m the Author's MS., by 
 ins Grandson, | the Rev. ,1ohn Hutchinson, M.A. | London: \ John Murray, 
 Albemarle Street. \ MDCCCXXVIII. | 
 
 [HUTCHINSON.] A | Collection | of | Original Papers | Rela- 
 tive to the I History | of the | Colony of Massachusetts-Bay. | Boston, 
 New-England: \ Printed by Tliomcts and John Fleet, | 1769. | 8vo, 
 Title, 1 leaf; Preface, pp. i-ii ; Papers, pp. 1-576. 46 
 
 KEITH. (G.). The | Presbyterian and Independent | visible | 
 Churches | in | New-England | And else-where, | Brought to the 
 Test, and examined according to the | Doctrin of the holy Scriptures, 
 in their Doctrin, | Ministry, Worship, Constitution, Government, 
 Sacraments, | and Sabbatli Day. | More particularly directed to those in 
 New-England, and | more generally to those in Old-England, Scotland, 
 I Ireland, &c. | With | A Call and Warning from the Lord to the
 
 AilERICANA. 285 
 
 Peopl<! of I Boston and New-England, to Repent, &c. And two | 
 
 Ijotters to tlu! Preaehers in Boston ; and an Answer to | the gross 
 
 Abuses, Lies and Slanders of Increa-ii' Matiier | and NatL. Morton, 
 
 >Scr. I Hy (ieorge Keith. | Londoii : | I'rintcA for Tliomaa Noiihcott, 
 
 in (ilcoiyc-Yard \ hi Lomlxtrd-fitircl, 1(591. | 16mo. 47 
 
 Coll(M>ti<>ii : Quotations,! loaf; Title,! Ipiif; I^'iiiiully Kpistli-, pp. ((i) ; t(;\t, pp. 
 1-230. 
 
 LAHONTAN. (Arniand Louis de Delondaree, Baron de) Vt)yages 
 
 du Baron de Lahontan dans I'Amerifine Septentrionale. Amsterdam : 
 
 MDCCXXXXI. 12mo. ;J volnmes. 48 
 
 These volumes not having been returned by the biiuUr in London, a full description 
 is unavoidably omitted. 
 
 LAWSON. (D.) Christ's Fidelity | The Only | Shield | Against | 
 Satan's Malignity. | Asserted in a | Sermon | Deliver'd at Salem-Vil- 
 lage the | 24th of March, 1692. Being Lecture- | day there, and a 
 time of Publiok [ Examination, of some Suspected | for Witchcraft. | 
 By Dcodut Lawsou, ^Minister | of the Gospel. | The Second Edition. 
 I ... I ... I ... I ... I ... I .... I Printed at Boston in New-Eng- 
 land, and Reprinted \ in London by R. To keij for the Aidhor ; and \ 
 are to be sold by T. Farkhurst, at the Bible and \ Three Crmons in 
 Cheapside; and J. Lawrence, at \ the Angel in the I'oultrey. 1704. | 
 12nio. 49 
 
 (.'oUatJon: Title, 1 leaf; Dedication to Ashhur.st, ! leaf; Dedication to Gidney, 
 llathorne, and Corwin, pp. (2) ; To all my Cliristian Friends, pp. (5) ; ! p. blank ; 
 te.vt, pp. 1-02; Appendix, pp. 93-!20. 
 
 L'ESTllANGE. (H.) Americans no lewcs, | or | Improbabilities 
 that the | .Vmericans are of that race. | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 
 ... I .... I Ilamon I'Estrange, Kt. | Londmi, | Printed by W. W. for 
 Henry Seile ovo- against \ St. Dunstans Church in Fleetstreet. 16o2. | 
 Sm. 4to. 50 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; To the Kcader, pp. (2); text, pp. 1-80. 
 
 LINSCMOTr:N. (J. II. van) lohn Hvighen Van | Linschoten. 
 
 I his Discours of Voyages | into y" Easte ct West j Indies. | Dcuided 
 
 into Fouro Bookcs. | Printed at London by | John Wolfe \ Printer to 
 
 y' Honorable Cittic of \ London. [1598.] | Folio. 51
 
 286 THK TOWEK COLLECTION. 
 
 Engraved titlo, 1 leaf; Dedication, pp. (3); To the Reader, pp. (4); 1 p. Wank; 
 text, j)p. 1-462; 12 maps. Each of the last three hooks has a special title page with 
 imprint dated 1598. 
 
 MARTYR. (P.) De Noiio Orbe, | or | Tlie Historic Of | the west 
 Iiitlies, Contayniiig the acte.s | and adiientures of the Spanyaides, 
 whifh hanc | cuiKiiu'rod and jwoplcd those Countrie^j, | inriched with 
 varietie of pleiu-^aiit iv- | iatioii of tiie Maiiiiers, t'ercmonics, | Lawcs, 
 Gouemraeiits, and | Warres of the Indians. | Comprised in eight Dec- 
 ades. I Written hy Peter ^Martyr a Millanoise of Ani^leria, Ciiiefe | 
 Seeretary to the Eniperour Cliarles the tift, | and of his Priuie Couneell. 
 I Whereof three, haue beene formerly translated in- | to English, by 
 R. Eden, wliereunto the otiier | fine, are newly added by tlie Industrie, 
 and I painefuU Trauaile of M. Lok Gent. | ... | .... | London \ 
 Printed for Thomas Adams. \ 1612. | Sm. 4to. 52 
 
 Collation : Title, 1 leaf; Dedication, pp. (4) ; To the Reader, pp. (4) ; text, folios 
 1-318. 
 
 MATHER. (C.) Magnalia Christi Americana : | Or, the | Eeclesi- 
 a.'^tieal History | of | Xew-I"ngland, | from | Its First Planting in the 
 Year 1()20. unto the Yciir | of our Lord, 16'JS. | In Seven BooUs. | I. 
 Antiquities : In Seven Chapters. With an Appendix. | II. Containing 
 the Lives of the Goveruours, and Names of the Magistrates | of New- 
 England : In Thirteen Chapters. With an Appendix. | III. Tiie 
 Lives of Sixty Famons Divines, by whose Ministry the Clinrehes of | 
 New-England have been Planted and Continued. | IV. An Account 
 of the University of Cambridge in New-England ; in Two | Parts. 
 The First contains the Laws, the Benefactors, and Vicissitudes of | 
 Harvard College ; with Remarks upon it. The Second Part contains 
 the Lives | of some Eminent Persons Educated in it. | V. Acts and 
 Monuments of the Faith and Order in the Churches of New-Eng- | 
 land, passed in their Synods; with Historical Remarks upon those 
 ^''enerable | .Vssemblies ; and a great Variety of Church-Ca.ses occur- 
 rins, and resolved bv I the Svnods of those Churches : In Four Parts. 
 I VI. A faithful Record of many Illustrious, Wonderful Providences, 
 both I of Mercies and Judgments, on divers Persons in New-England : 
 In Eight Chapters. | VII. The ^^'ars of the Lord. Being an History 
 of the Manifold Afflictions and | Disturbances of the Ciiurehes in 
 New-England, from their Various Adversa- | ries, and the Wonderful
 
 AMERICANA. 287 
 
 Methods and Mercies of God in their Deliverance : | In Six Chapters: 
 To which is subjoined, An Appendix of Remarkable | Occurrences 
 which Xew-England had in the Wars with the Indian Salvages, | from 
 the Year 1688, to the Year 1698. | By the Reverend and I^earned 
 Cotton >[atiior, M.A. | And Pastor of the North Church in Boston. 
 New-England. | London: \ Printed for Tlioincm l'urklmrst,ut iln' Bibk 
 and Three | Ormiyns in Cheapside. MDCCII. | Folio. 5:5 
 
 Collation: List of Books, pp. (2); General title, 1 leaf; Title to Book I., 1 leaf; 
 Attestation, pp. (G) ; Prefatory Poem, &c., pp. (8); Oeneral Introduction, pp. (10); 
 Contents, pp. (2); 1 map; Book I., pp. 1—38; Book II., Title,! leaf; pp. 1-75; 
 Book III., Title, 1 leaf; pp. 1-2.38; Book IV., Title, 1 leaf; pp. 125-222; Book V., 
 Title, 1 leaf; pp. 3-100 ; Book VI., Title, 1 leaf; pp. 1-88 ; Book VII., Title, 1 leaf; 
 pp. 3-118; List of Books, pp. (2). The several titles read: 
 
 Antiquities. | The First Book | of the | New-Exolish History. | Report- 
 ing, I The Design where-on, |The Manner where-in, | And the People 
 WHERE-BY, ; The several Colonies | ok Xew-Enoland | were Planted. | 
 With | A Narrative of many Memorable Passages, | Relating to the | Set- 
 tlement of these Plantations; | and | An Ecclesiastical Map of the 
 Country. | Bt the Endeavocr of | Cotton Mather. | . . . . | London, \ Printed 
 for Thoma.1 Parkhurst, at the Bible and Three \ Crowns in Cheapside near Mercers 
 Chappel, 1702. | 
 
 Ecclesiarum Clypei. I The Second Book | of the | New Enoli.sh History: 
 I Containing the | Lives | of the | Governodrs, and the Names of the Ma- 
 I gistrates, that have been Shields | unto the Churches of New-England, 
 I (until the Year 1(586.) | Perpetuated by the Essay of Cotton Mather. 
 I ... I ... I . . I .. I ... I ... I .... I [Imprint as above.] 
 Polybivs. I Thb Third Book ] of the | New England History: | Contain- 
 ing the I Lives | of many j Reverend, Learned, and Holy' Divines, | (ar- 
 riving SUCH FROM Europe to America) by' whose | Evangelical Mini.stry 
 THE Churches of New- | England have been Illuminated. | By Cotton 
 Mather. | ... | ...]... | ... | . . | . . . . | [Imprint as above.] 
 
 Sal Gentium. | The | Fourth Book | of the | New-English History. | Con- 
 taining I An Account of the | University, | From whence the Churches of 
 New-England, (and many other | Churches) have been Illuminated. | 
 Its Laws, its Benefactors, its Vicis- | sitvdes, and a Catalogue of such | 
 AS have been therein Educated and Graduated. | Whereto are Added, | 
 The Lives of some Eminent Persons, who were Plants of Renown | 
 growing in that Nursery'. | Offered unto the Publick | By Cotton 
 Mather. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | .... | London, | Printed 
 for Tho. Parkhurat. 1702. | 
 
 Acts and Monuments. | The Fifth Book | of the | New English History : 
 
 I (In Four P.\rts.) | Containing | The Faith and the Order | in the | 
 
 Churches of New-England: | Agreed by the | Elders and Messengers of 
 
 the Churches | Assembled in Synods. | With | Historical Remarks | upon 
 
 I All those Venerable Assemblies. | And a great Variety of other 
 
 Church-Cases, | Occurrino and Resolved in these American | Churches. |
 
 288 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 .... I Compiled by Cotton Mather. | ... | ... | .... | [Imprint as in 
 Book I.] 
 Thaumaturqus : I Vbl I N'JnDI ^3D i.K. Liber Mkmorabilium. I TuE 
 
 ' T - T ; T 
 
 Sixth Book | ofthe | New-English History ; | wukkbix | Vkry many Illus- 
 TRiors I Discoveries and De.mo.nstratio.ns | of the | Divine I'roviui-.nik | in 
 
 I Kkmarkable I Mkrcie-s and Jldoments I on I Many Particular Persons 
 amono the People | of | New-England, | are | Observ'd, Collected and 
 Related: | By Cotton Mather. | ... | .... | London, Printed in tlie Vein- 
 1702. I 
 
 EccLKsiARUM Prjclia : | Or, | A Book of the "Wars of the Lord. | The 
 Seventh Book | of the | New English History: | Relating the | Afflic- 
 tive Disturbances | which the | Churchks of New-England | have | Suf- 
 fered from their Various .Vdversaries: | And The Wonderful Methods 
 AND Mercies where- | by the Churches have been Delivered out of thkir 
 
 I Difficdlties. I Composed by Cotton Mather. | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 
 ... I .... I [Imprint as in Book I.] 
 
 [.MATHER.] Memoirs | of the | Life | Of tlie late Eeverend | 
 Increa^' Mather, D.D. | AVho died August 23, 1723. | With a Prefaee 
 by the Reverend Edimind | Calamy, D.D. | London : \ Printed Jot- 
 John Clark and Richard \ Hett at the Bible and Crown in the Poultry, \ 
 near Cheapside, MDCCXXA'. Price Is. \ 8vo. 54 
 
 Collation: Portrait engraved by Robert Wbite; Title, 1 leaf; Preface, pp. (6); 
 text, pp. 1-88. 
 
 [MATHER. (Increase)] A Brief | Relation | of the | State | of ] 
 New England, | From the Beginning of that | Plantation | To this 
 Present Year, 1689. | In a Letter to a Person of Quality. | Licenced, 
 July 30th, 1G89. | London, \ Printed for Richard Raldwine, near the 
 Black Bull in the \ Old-Baily, 1689. | Sm. 4to. 55 
 
 Collation : Title, 1 leaf; text, pp. 3-18; List of Books, pp. (2). 
 
 MATHER. Diatriba | de signo | Filii Hominis, | et de | Secundo 
 Messise Adventu ; | Ubi de modo futiu-se .ludseorum Conversionis ; | 
 Xec non de signis | Xovissimi diei, dis.seritur. | Authore | Crescentio 
 Mathero | V.D.^M. apud Bostoniensis in Xova Anglia. | AniMelodami, 
 I Apud Mercy Browning Juxta Bursam. 1682. | Sm. 8vo, pp. (8), 
 98, (6). 56 
 
 MATHER. The | Mystery | of | Christ | opened and applyed. | 
 In several Sermons, Concerning the | Person, Office, and Glory of Jesus
 
 AMEKICASA. 289 
 
 Christ. I By Increase Mather, | Teacher of a Church at Boston in X. 
 Enjiland. | [Bodon :] rrinted in the T/ear'SlDCLXXXXI. \ Sm. 8vo, 
 pp. (2), 6, 212, (1). 57 
 
 ]\IATHEPt. Tlic Order of the | Gospel, | Professed and Practised 
 hy tile I Churches of Christ in | Xe\v-En<rland, Justified, by the | 
 Scripture, and by the Writings | of many Learned men, both | Ancient 
 and Modern Divines ; In Answer to several Questions, | relating to 
 Church Discipline. | By Incresise Mather, President of | Harvard Col- 
 lege, in Cambridge, and | Teacher of a Church at Boston | in New- 
 England. I .... I BnMon, Printed by B. Green, & J. Allen, | . . . . 
 1700. I 12mo, pp. 143, (1). 58 
 
 The titles of numbers 56, 57, and 58 are given from Sabin's Bihliotheca Amerieann, 
 the books not yet having been returned by the binder in England. 
 
 [MOXARDES. (Nicolas)] C loyfvll Newes | out of the new found 
 world, I wherein are declared the rare and | singular vertues of diners 
 and sundrie | Herbs, Trees, Oyles, Plants, & Stones, | with their ap- 
 plications, as well to the vse | of Phisicke, as Chirurgery : which being 
 wel I applied, bring such present remedy for | all disea.ses, as may 
 seemealtoge- | ther incrctlible : not with- | standing by practize found | 
 out, to be true, j Also the portrature of the sayde | Herbs, very aplly 
 described : En- | glished by John Frampton | Merchant. | Newly cor- 
 rected as by conference with | the old(> copies may appcarc. ^\' here-- 
 vnto are 1 added three other bookes treating of the Bezaar | stone, tiic 
 herbe Escueryonera, the properties of | yron and Steele, in Medicine 
 and the benefite of | snowe. | Imprinted at London, in Paides \ Church- 
 yard at the signe of the Quenes Amies, by William Xoiion. | 1580. | 
 [Colophon.'] Imprinted at Ijon- \ don at the three Cranes in the llii- 
 I tree by Thomas Dawson, for \ William Norton, dwelUny in \ Paidcf 
 Churchyard at the signe of \ the Queenes Armes. \ 1580. | 8vo. 5'J 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Dedication, pp. (3); 1 p. blank; folios 1-181; Colophon, 
 1 loaf. 
 
 MONARDES. Primcra y | Segvnda y Tercera | Partes de la His- 
 toria I Medicinal de las co^^as | que se traen de nncstras Indias Oc<i- | 
 dentales ipic siruen en | Medicina. | Tratato de la I'iiilra | Bizjuir, y 
 de la yerua Escuer<;onera. | Dialogo de las (Jrau- | dezas del Hierm, y 
 de sus virtudes | Metlieinales | Tratailo de la Nieve y del beuer frio. |
 
 290 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 Hechos por el Do- | ctor Monardes Medico | de Seuilla. | Vau en esta 
 impression | la Tercera parte y el Dialogo del Hierro nuena- | inente 
 hechos, que no han sido impressos | hasta agora. Do ay cosas grandes 
 I y dignas de saver. | Con liconcia y Preuilcgio de su Magestad. | 
 En Sevilla En ca.m de .\lonso Escriuauo. | 1574. | 4to. 60 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; " Licentia," &c., pp. (2) ; " Elogio hecho," &c., pp. (4) ; 
 " Sanctis D. N. Gregario XIII.," &c., pp. (3) ; 1 p. blank ; text, folios 1-206 ; Wood- 
 cut and colophon on verso of folio 206; " Errata," 1 leaf. 
 
 XEAL. (D.) The | History | of | New-England | Containing an | 
 Impartial Account | of" the | Civil and Ecclesiastical Affairs | Of the 
 Country | To the Year of our I^ord, 1700. | To which is added | The 
 Present State of New-England. | With a New and Accurate Map of the 
 Counfi-y. I And an | Appendix | Containing their | Present Charter, 
 their Ecclesia.stical Disci- | pline, and their Municipal-Laws. | In Two 
 Volumes. | By Daniel Neal. | Vol.1. | London: j Printed for J. Clark, 
 at the Bible & Crown in the Poultry, \ P. Ford, at the Angel in the 
 Poultry, and P. Crit- \ tenden, at the Bible and Three Crowns in Cheap- 
 side. i'mDCCXX. | 16mo. 2 volumes. 61 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Dedication, pp. i-vi ; Preface, pp. i-x ; Contents, pp. (2); 
 1 map folded; text, pp. 1-330. Vol. II., Title, 1 leaf; Contents, pp. (2) ; text, pp. 
 331-616 ; Appendix, pp. 617-712 ; Index, pp. i-xv ; List of Books, p. (I). 
 
 NEW HAMPSHIRE. Journal of the House of Representatives of 
 the Province of New Hampshire. 1744-45. Boston: [1745.] Folio, 
 pp. 42. 62 
 
 NEW HAMPSHIRE. Journal of the General Assembly of the 
 
 Province of New Hampshire. Portsmouth. 1762. Folio. 6."} 
 
 This and the preceding volume not having been returned by the binder in London, 
 a full description is unavoidably omitted. 
 
 [PENN. (William)] ,V brief Account of the | Province of Penn- 
 sylvania, I Lately (irantcd by the | King, | Under tlie Great | Seal r)f 
 England, | to William Pcnn | and his | Heirs and Assigns. | \_Colo- 
 phon.'\ London, \ Printed for Benjamin Clark in George-yard in 
 Lom-bard- \ sired. 1681. | Folio, pp. 8. 64 
 
 PENN vs. BALTi:\IORE. In Chancery. | Breviate. | John Pcnn, 
 Thomas Penn, and Richard | Penn, Esqrs; Plaintiffs. | Charles
 
 AMERICANA. 291 
 
 Calvert, Esq ; Lord Baltimore | in the Kingdom of Ireland, Defend- 
 ant. I For the Plaintiffs. | Upon a Bill to compcll a Speeifick Execu- 
 tion of Articles of | Agreement entretl into between the I'artys for 
 setting the | Boundarvs of the Province of Pensilvania, the Three 
 Lower | Countys, and the I'rovince of Maryland, and for perpetu- 
 ating I Testimony, etc. | :Mr. Attorney General Sir Dudley Ryder. | 
 Mr. Sollieitor General Murray. ( Mr. King's Council Noell. | Paris 
 and Weston Sollieitors. | [London: 1742.] Folio, Title, 1 leaf; Index, 
 pp. (2); Two maps; text, pp. 1-116. 65 
 
 [PETERS. (Samuel)] A | General History | of | Connecticut, | 
 from its | First Settlement under (ieorge Fcnwick, Esq. | to its | 
 Latest Period of Amity with Great Britain ; | including | A Descrip- 
 tion of the Country, | And many curious and interesting Anecdotes. 
 
 I To which is added, | An Appendix, wiierein new and the true 
 Sources of the present | Rebellion in America are pointed out ; together 
 with the particu- | lar Part taken by the People of Connecticut in its 
 Promotion. | By a Gentleman of the Province. | The Second Edition. 
 
 I ... I .... I London: \ Printed for (he Author; | And Sold by J. 
 Bew, No. 28, Paler- Noster- Row, \ MDCCLXXXII. | 8vo. 66 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Preface, pp. iii-x ; text, pp. 1-2, 1*, 2*; 3-366; Ap- 
 pendi.\, 367-424 ; Index, pp. 425-436. 
 
 PROLTD. (R.) The | History of I'ennsylvania, | in | Xorth America, 
 I from the | Original Institution and Settlement of that Province, 
 inider | the first Proprietor and Governor William Penn, | in 1681, 
 till afler the year 1742; | with an | Introduction, | respecting, | The 
 Life of W. Penn, prior to the grant of the Province, and the religious 
 I Society of the People called Quakers ; — with the first rise of the 
 neighboring | CVjlonies, more particularly of \\'est-Xew-Jersev, and 
 the Settlement | of the Dut(>h and Swedes on Delaware. | To which is 
 added, | A brief Description of the said Province, | and of the | 
 General State, in which it flourishetl, principallv between the Ycai-s 
 1760 and 1770. | The whole including a N'aricty of Things, | Useful 
 and interesting to be known, respecting tiiat Country in early Time, 
 &c. I With an Appendix. | Written principally between the Years 
 1776 and 1780, | By Robert Proud. | ... | ... | ... | .... | 
 N^.lume I. I Phi/adelphia: | PrhUed and sold bi/ Zachariah Pouhon, 
 Junior, \ Number Eif/htij, Vhedmd-Street. \ 1797. ( Svo. 2 vols. 67
 
 292 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 Collation : Vol. I. Portrait of Pcnn ; Title, 1 p. ; Quotation, 1 p. ; Preface dedi- 
 catory, pp. 3-16; Contents, pp. 17-18; te.tt, pp. 19-487; Index, pp. 489-508. 
 
 Vol. H. 1 map folded; Title, 1 leaf; text, pp. 3-373; 1 p. blank; Appendix, pp. 
 1-132; Index, pp. 133-146. 
 
 The title to the second volume differs fri>m the first only as follows : Volumk II. I 
 Philadelphia: \ Printal and sold by Zaehariah Poulson, Junun-, \ Ao. 106, Chestnut 
 Street, | Nearly opposite to the Bank o/ North America. | 1798. | 
 
 K()]iEirrnS MONACHUS. Bellvm C'liristi- | anorvni Prin- 
 
 cipvm, I praeoipvc Gallo | rvra, contra Saracenos, Anno Salvtis | 
 
 M.LXXXVIII. pro terra sancta gestum : autore | Roberto Momacho 
 
 [.«'«]. I Caroliis Vcrardns de expugnatioiie regni Granatae : qua; con | 
 
 tigit ab hinc quadragcsimo sccundo anno, per Catholicu rc^em | Fcr- 
 
 dinandum Hispaniarum. | Cristophonis Colom de prima insularum, 
 
 in mari Indico sitanmi, | lustratione, quae sub rege Ferdinando Hi.spa- 
 
 niariim facta est. | Do legatione regis Aethiopite ad Clementcm ponti- 
 
 ficem VII. ac | Rege Portugallise : item de regno, hominibus, atq3 
 
 moribus eius- | dem populi, qui Trogloditae hodie esse putantur. | loan. ■ 
 
 Baptista Egnatius de origino Tnrcarum. | Pomponius Lfttus de e.xortu 
 
 ilaomotliis. | Lector humanissinie liabes iiicopus quarundam historiariT, 
 
 quas I lam prima typis no.stris ex antiquo & scripto cxemplari in com 
 
 I niodnni timni eiuilgaiiinnis. | Pxixlhu; Excvdebul Ilenrin-n | Petna 
 
 Mcnxc Aryrxto. | \_< '(tl()ph(m.'\ lUisilmc Kn-nhbal Hcttrk-vs I'e- | trm 
 
 Mense Avgvsto Anno | D.M. XXXIII. | Folio. 68 
 
 Collation: Title, I leaf; Prtrface and Index, pp. (4); 1 leaf blank ; folios 1-149; 
 Colophon, 1 p; Printer's device, 1 leaf 
 
 SEVERAL I Conferences | Between some of the principal People 
 amongst the | Quakers | in | Pennsylvania, | and tlie | Deputies | 
 from the | Si.x Indian Nations, | In Alliance with Britain ; | In order 
 to reclaim their Brethren the Delaware | Indians from their Defection, 
 and put a Stop to their | Barbarities and Hostilities. | To which is 
 prefi.x'd j (A.s introductory to the saiil Conferences) | Two Addresses 
 from the said Quakers ; | one to the Lieutenant-Governor, and the 
 other to the | General- Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania ; as 
 also I the Lieutenant-Governor's Declaration of War | against the 
 said Delaware Indian.s, and their Adherents. | Newcmtlc vpon 2'yne : 
 I Printed by I. Tliompsoii and Company. \ MDCCLYI. | 8vo, 
 pp. 28. " 69
 
 AMERICANA. 293 
 
 » 
 
 SEWALL. (S.) Plijeiiomcna fnucdam | Aixxtilyptica | Ad Aspec- 
 tum Novi Orbis coufigiirata. | Or, some few Lines towards a deserip- 
 tion of the New | Heaven | As It makes to tliose who stand ujjon the | 
 New Earth | By Samuel Sewall A.M. and sometime Fellow of Harvard 
 
 I College at Cambridge in Ne\v-England. | The Seexind Edition. 
 
 |...|...|...|...|...|... I ... I ...|...|...|....| 
 MassadivHd ; \ Boston, Frintcd by Bartholomew Green : And Hold by \ 
 Benjamin Eliot, Samuel (lerrinh &■ Daniel Henchman. 1727. | 4to. 70 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Dedication, pj). (2); text, 1-C4. The Fountain Opened, 
 pp. 1-24; To the Hon. William Slaughton, pp. (3) ; Psalm 139, 1 p. 
 
 A SHORT I Collection | of the | Most Remarkable Passages | 
 from the originall to the dissolution | of the | Virginia | Company. | 
 London, ( Prined by Richard Votes for Edward Husband, at the \ 
 Golden Dragon in Fledstred, 1651. | Sm. 4to. 71 
 
 Collation : Title, 1 leaf; To the honorable Company, pp. (2) ; text, pp. 1-20. 
 
 SMITH. (J.) The | Generall Historic | of | Virginia, New-Eng- 
 land, and the Summer | Isles : with tiie names of the Adventurers, | 
 Planters, and (Jovernoui-s from their | first ix'ginniiig An° 1-^84. to this 
 
 I present 1626. | W'itii tlie Proeedings of those Severall Colonies | 
 and the .Vceidents that ix-fell them in all their | Journeyes and Dis- 
 coveries. I Also the Maps and Deserii^tions of all those | Countryes, 
 their Commodities, people, | Government, Customes and Religion | yet 
 knowne. | Dividetl into si.xc Bookes. | By Cajitaine loiin Smith some- 
 tymes Governour | in those Countryes & Admirall | of New England. 
 
 I London. \ Printed by I. D. and | I. H. for Michael \ Sparkes. \ 
 1627. I Folio. 72 
 
 Collation: Engraved title, 1 leaf; Dedication, pp. (2); Preface, 1 p.; Poems to 
 Smith, pp. (5) ; Contents, pp. (4) ; text, pp. 1-248 ; 4 maps. 
 
 SMITH. (S.) The | History | of | The Colony | of | Nova-Ca?saria, 
 New-Jersey : | Containing, | An Account of its first settlement, | pro- 
 gres.sive improvements, | the original and ])resent Constitution, | and 
 other events, | to the year 1721. | With | some j)artieulai-s since; | 
 and I a short view of its present state. | By Samuel Smith. | Burling- 
 ton, in Xew-Jcrscy : | Printed and Sold by James Parke)-: Sold also 
 by I David Hall, in Philadelphia. M,DCC,LXV. | 8vo. 73 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Contents, pp. iii-vi; Preface, pp. vii-x ; text, pp. 1-511; 
 Appendix, pp. 512-573; Erratji, 1 p. 
 
 20
 
 294 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 [SMITH. (William)] Relation | Historique | de | I'expMition, [ 
 contre | Les Indiens do I'Ohio | en MDC'CLXIV. | ComniandtV par 
 le Chevalier Henry Bouquet, Co- | lonel d'Infantorie, & ensuite Briga- 
 dier-General en I Am^rique ; contenant ses Transactions avec les In- | 
 diens, relativenient a la delivranee des Prisonniers | <t aux Pr^limi- 
 naires de la Paix ; avec un R6cit | iiitroductoire de la Campagnc pr<>c6- 
 dente de I'an 1763, | & de la Bataillede Bushy-Run. | On y a joint des 
 M^moires Militaires contenant des | R6flexion.s sur la guerre avvc les 
 Sauvages : une Me- | thode de former des 6tablissemens sur la Fron- 
 tiere : | quelques details concernant la contr^e des Indiens : | avec une 
 liste de nations, combattans, villes, distan- | cas, & diverses routes. | 
 Le tout enrichi do Cartes & Tailles-<loucos. | Traduit de I'Anglais, ] 
 Par C. G. F. Dumas. | A Amsterdam, \ Chez Marc-Michel Rey, \ 
 M.DCC,LXIX. I 8vo. 74 
 
 Collation: Half-title, 1 leaf; Title, 1 leaf; Preface, pp. v-xvi ; Introduction, 1-26; 
 Relation, pp. 27-88 ; Keflexions, pp. 89-147 ; Avis au Kelieur, 1 p. ; Table, pp. (9) ; 
 4 maps and plans, and 2 plates. 
 
 STIGLIANI. (T.) II Mondo | Nvovo. | Del Caualier | Fra' 
 Tomaso | Stigliani. | Diuiso | In trcntaquattro Canti. | Cogli Argo- 
 menti | Dell' Istesso Avtore. | \_M(ip.~\ \ In Roma, \ ApprcxKO Giacomo 
 Mascardi. \ M.DC.XXVIII. | Con Pnvikgio, | E. Licenza rfe* Snpe- 
 riori. I 24mo, pp. 1011, (32). 75 
 
 STITH. (W.) The | History | of the | First Discover)' | and | Set- 
 tlement I of I Virginia: | Being | An Ei<say towards a General | His- 
 tory of this Colony. | By William Stith. A.M. | Rector of Henrico 
 Parish, and one of the Governors of | William and Mary College. | 
 
 I Williamsburg: \ Printed by William Parts, M,DCC,XLVII. | 
 
 16mo. 76 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Preface, pp. iii-viii ; to.\t, pp. 1-331 ; Appendix, Title, 1 
 leaf; Preface, pp. iii-v ; 1 p. blank; text, pp. l-.'!4. 
 
 The title to the appendix reads: An | ArpjjNDix | to the | First Pakt of tiie | 
 History | of | Viroinia: | Coxtaixino | A Collection of such ancient Char- 
 ters I OR Letters Patknt, as relate to that Period | of Time, and are 
 
 STILL extant in OUR PUBLICK ( OFFICES IN THE CaPITOL, OR IN OTHER 
 
 AUTHENTIC | Pajers AND Eecords. | WiUiamshurg : Printed by W. Parks, \ 
 ir,DCC,XLVII. I 
 
 THEVET. (A.) Historia | Dell' India America | Detta Altra- 
 mente | Francia Autartica, | Di M. Andrea Tevet : | Traddotta di
 
 AMERICANA. 295 
 
 Fraiiciese in | lingva Italiana, da | M. Givseppe Horologgi. | Con 
 
 Privilcgio. | ^^I'rhifcrx flcfirc.^ | Tn V'lnegia oppresno Gabriel | GiolUo 
 
 de' Ferrari. \ MDLXl. \ Kjmo. 77 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; Dedication, pp. (14); Table, pp. (16); text, pp. 1-363; 
 Colophon, 1 p. ; Printer's device, 1 leaf. 
 
 TIIOROWTJOOD. (T.) lews in Anicrica, | Or | Pn.lnihilities | 
 
 That tlu' Anioricans are of | that Race. | With the reniovall of some | 
 
 contrary reasonings, | and earnest de- | sires for effeetuall endi'a\oni-s 
 
 to I make tiiem Christian. | Proposed by Tho : Thorovvgood, B.D. one 
 
 of the I As.sembly of Divines. | ...[... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
 
 ... I .... I London, Printed by W. II. for Tho. Slater, and are to 
 
 be sold I at ///••>• s/iop at the signe of the Angel in Divck lane, 1650. | 
 
 Sm. 4to. 78 
 
 Collation : Title, 1 leaf; To the Honourable Knights, &c., pp. (14) ; Preface, pp. 
 (8) ; Epistolicall Discourse, pp. (16) ; Contents, 1 leaf; text, pp. 1-136, (3). 
 
 A I TREATY | Held at tiie Town of | Lancaster, in Pennsylvania, 
 I By the Honourable the | Ijientenant-Govemor of the Province, | 
 And the HonoiiraLle tlie | Connnissicniei-s for the Provinces | of | Vir- 
 ginia and Maryhmd, | with the | Indians | of the | Six Nations, | In 
 June, 1744. ( Philadelphia: \ Printed and Sold by B. Franklin, at 
 the Netc-Printing- Office, \ near the Market. M,DCC,XLrV^. | Folio, 
 pp. 39. 79 
 
 THP: I TRYAL I of I Jolm Peter Zenger, | of | Xew-York, Prin- 
 ter, I Who was lately Try 'd and Aeqnittetl fi>r Printing and | Puljlish- 
 ing a Libel agjiinst the Gt)vernnient. | With the Pleadings and Argu- 
 ments on both Sides. | . . . . | The Fourth E<lition. | London: Printed 
 for J. Witford, behind the ('hapter-Hou.se, St. PokAs- | Church- Yard. 
 1738. I 4to, Title, 1 leaf; pp. 1-32. 80 
 
 [VAUGHAN. (William)] The | Golden Fleece | Diuidwl into three 
 Parts, I Vnder which are discoueri-d the Errours | of Religion, the 
 Vices and Decayes of the King- | dome, and lastly the wayes to get 
 wealth and to | restore Trading so much complaynetl of. Transported 
 from I Cambrioll Colehos, out of the | Southermost | Part of the 
 Island, commonly called the | Newfoundland, | By Orpheus lunior, | 
 For the generall and perpetuall Good of | Great Britaine. | London,
 
 296 THE TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 I Pmiied /w Francis Williams, and are to bee sold | at kis Shop at 
 f/ie signe of the Globe, oner | against the Royall Exchange, \ 162G. | 
 Siu. 4to. 81 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 loaf; Voi-ses, pp. (3); To the inditlbront Roadir, pp. (3); To 
 tlii^ uiichantal)lo Knulor, pp. (1) ; Oominciidatory voi-se.'!, pp. (2) ; Contont-;, pp. (14) ; 
 1 map fiildcd; ti>xt, jip, ]-14!l; 1 p. l.lank ; 1-105; 1 p. Idank ; 1-95. 
 
 WEI.D. (T.) A I Sliort, Story | Of tlio | Ri.so, HoijTn, and Hnino of 
 
 tlie Anliiumiiaiis, | Familists and Libertines : | 'I'liat Infected the 
 
 Olnirelies | Of Nc\v-Enu;land : .\ii<l how tliey were Confiitcd l)v | 'I'he 
 
 Assembly of Mini.stcrs tliere: | As also of tlu; Miijristrates |)roeeedin<;;s 
 
 in Oonrt against tlieni. | Togetiier witli (lod's strange lieniarkable 
 
 Judge- I ments from Heaven n|)()n some of the Chief Fomentei's of | 
 
 these Opinions; And the Lamentable Death of Mrs. Hutchison. | 
 
 Very fit for these Times; heri' being the same Errors amongst us, | 
 
 and Acted by the same Spirit. | Publishtid at the Instant llwjtiest of 
 
 Sundry, by one that was an | Eye and Ear-witness of the; C^arriage of 
 
 Matters there. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | .... | London, Printed 
 
 for I%o. Parkhurst, at tlie Bible and three Crotmis, at the \ loiner end 
 
 of Cheapside, n£ar Mercer's Cliappcl. 1692. | Sm. 4to. 82 
 
 Collation: Title, I leaf; To the Reader, 1 p. ; Preface, pp. (15) ; 1 p. blank ; text, 
 pp. 1-G4 for GO. Pages 58, 50, and GO are misnumbcred GO, Gl, and C4. 
 
 WHITBOURNE. (R.) A | Discovrsc | And Discovery | Of 
 Nevv-fovnd-land, With | many reasons to prooue how worthy and 
 bene- | fieiall a Plantation may there be made, after a far | betttr 
 manner than now it is. | Together with the leaving | Open of f'ertaine 
 Enormities [ and abuses committed by some tliat trade to that | Conn- 
 trey, and the mcanes laid downe for | reformation thereof | Written by 
 Captaine Richard Whitbonrnc of | Exmonth, in the Count}' of Denon, 
 and pub- | blished by Authority. | As also, an Inuitation : and likewise 
 certaine Letters sent | from that Countrey ; which are printed in the | 
 latter part of this Booke. | \^Printer's device.^ | Imprinted at London 
 by Felix Kingdon. 1622. | Sm. 4to. ' 83 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 p.; Royal Arms, 1 p.; Recommendations of tbe King and 
 Council, pp. (2) ; The names of some who have undertaken to help and advance 
 .his Majesty's Plantation in Newfoundland, pp. (2) ; Dedication, pp. (4) ; To his 
 Majesty's good subjects, pp. (4) ; Preface, pp. (8) ; text, pp. 1-107; Conclusion, pp. 
 (5); Letter from Captain Wynne, &c., pp. 1-15. Uishop White Kennott's copy, 
 with his autograph on the title page.
 
 AMERICANA. 297 
 
 [WHITE. (.John)] The | Planters | Plea. | Or | The Grovnds of 
 IMuii- I tations E.xaniini'd, | And vtsiiall OI)jcctions answered. | To- 
 f>('th(T widi a nianilJ'station oCtlie cans'.'s niooving | snch as liave lately 
 vndertaken a Plantation in | N(!vv-En<^land : | For tlic satisfaetion of 
 fiiosc tiiat (iiicstion | tiie la\viidne.sse of the Aetion. | ... | .... | 
 London, | Pnnted bij WUUani Ione.t. | KJ.'JO. | Hm. 4tt). 84 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 loal'; To the Reader, pp. (2) ; text, pp. 1-84. 
 
 W[ILLIAMS. (E[d\vard]) Viri,rinia: | More es|)ccially the Sontli 
 part thereof, | Ri(^hly and trnly valued : vi/.. | The fertile Carolana, and 
 no Icssc excellent Isle of lioa- | noaU, of Latitude from ."51. to .'57. 
 Dei^r. relatinoj the | meanes of raysin;^ infinile ])rolits to the Adventn- | 
 rers and Planters. | The second lulition, witli .V<ldition of | The Dis- 
 covery of Silkworms, | with their benefit. | .Vnd Implanting of Mul- 
 l)erry Trees. | Also | Tiie Dressino; of Vines, for the rich Trade 
 of ma- I king Wines in Virginia. | Together with | The making of 
 the Saw-mill, very usefnll in Virginia, | for cutting of Timber and 
 Clajibord to bnild with- | all, and its Conversion to many as 
 profitable Uses. | By E. W. Gent. | London, | Printed by T. H. for 
 John Stephetison, at the Signe of \ tlie Sun below Ludgate. 1650. | 
 Sm. 4to. 85 
 
 Collation : Title, 1 loaf; To the worthy Gentlemen, pp. (2) ; To the Supremo 
 Avithority, pp. (8) ; text, pp. 1-47 ; 1 p. blank ; Table, pp. (3) ; Supplement, pp. (5) ; 
 Virginia'.^ Silk Worm.s, Title, 1 leaf; To the Virginia Merchant's, pp. (4) ; text, 1-75, 
 (3). There are live fuU-pajje cut^ ineliuled in the text. The title reads : Vikoinia's | 
 DiseoVKRV OF I SlI.KK-VVoUMKS, I WITH TIIKIR IIKNKKIT. | Axi) | Tn K ImI'LANT- 
 
 INH OF Mut.nKKKY Trkk.-4. | A r.so I The dkkssinu and kkki-ino of Vink.s, for 
 TiiF. Rnn Tradk | of makino Wtnks tukrk. | Tookthkr wiTit | Thk makinu 
 
 OF THK SaW-MILI,, VERY U.SKFITI.I, IN VIRGINIA, | FOR CUTTINQ OF TiMHER AND 
 ClAPBORD, to BUILD WITH- | ALL, AND 1T.S CONVERSION TO OTHKR AS PROFIT- 
 AULE Uses. | [Cui of Deer.'] \ LnniUm : | Printed hi/ T. II. for John Stephcnuon, at the 
 Siync of I the Sun, below Luilgate. 1650. | 
 
 WILLIAMSON. (H.) The | Hi.story | of North Carolina. | By 
 I Hugh Williamson, M.D. LL.D. | Member of the Holland Society 
 of Sciences, of the Society of Arts and Sciences ] of Utrecht, of the 
 American Philosophical So<Mety, &c. | Tn two volumes. | Vol. I. | 
 Philadelphia: \ Puldi.'fhe.d by Thomas Dobson, (d the Stone Hoitue | 
 No. 41, Soutli Second Street. \ Fry and Kammerer, Printers. | LSI 2. | 
 8vo. 86
 
 298 
 
 TIIK TOWER COLLECTION. 
 
 CollKtion: Vol. I. Uiilf-titlc, 1 luaf; 1 Map foklud; Tillo, 1 p.; Copyright, 1 p.; 
 Preface, pp. v-xiv ; CunteuUs, pp. xv-xix ; 1 p. blank; text, pp. 1-211; Proofs, 
 &c., pp. 213-289. 
 
 Vol.11. Half-Title, 1 leaf; Title, 1 leaf; Contents, pp. iii-viii; text, 1-222; 
 Proofs, &c., pp. 223-289. 
 
 ZEIGLER. (J.) Quic | intvscon | tinentvr. | Syria, ad Ptoloniaici 
 operis rationem, Prajterea Stralia- | ne, Pliiiio, & Antonio auetoribus 
 locnpletata. | Palostina, ii.-^dcin aiictoriljus. Pnctoroa Hi- | .storia .'<acra, 
 tt lo.scpiio, & (lino HiiM'dnynio locnpletata. | .Arabia Pclra?a, sine, 
 Itinera filionim Israel per de- | sertnm, iisdem anctorihns. | .Vegyptvs, 
 iisdem anetoribn.s. Pnuterca Toanne | I.,eone arahc jfrannnatico, se- 
 cundnm recentiorum locorniu situ, | illn.strata. | Sciiondia, tradita ab 
 auetoribus, qui iu eius o- | peris prologo memorantur. | HolmiDe, eiui- 
 tatis regi^, suetia», deplorabilis exci- | dij ; Christiernnn) Datiaj cim- 
 briciB regem, historia. | llegionvm snperiorum, singuhe tabula Geogni 
 I pliicae. I [('olophoii.^ Argtntorati \ apud Petrmn OpUionem. \ 
 M.D.XXXII. I Folio. 87 
 
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