Item #43973 Acts and Laws, Passed by the General Court of Massachusetts; Begun and Held at Boston, in the County of Suffolk, on Wednesday the Twenty-fifth day of May, A.D. 1785; and from thence Continued, by Adjournment, to Wednesday the 19th Day of October Following. Massachusetts.

Acts and Laws, Passed by the General Court of Massachusetts; Begun and Held at Boston, in the County of Suffolk, on Wednesday the Twenty-fifth day of May, A.D. 1785; and from thence Continued, by Adjournment, to Wednesday the 19th Day of October Following.

Boston: Printed by Adams and Nourse, 1785. [314]-342, [1] pp. Folio. Disbound. First edition. Removed from a larger volume, staining to upper inner corner of first few leaves, corner chip tear on bottom corner of first leaf, one worm hole through text of last leaf, name inscribed on margin of first leaf. Evans 19080. ESTC W16747. Item #43973

Caleb Strong's copy, with his signature on the title page. Includes Acts for the Suppression of Lotteries; the Exportation of Tobacco and Butter, to prevent the Destruction of the Alewives; for the naturalization of Paul Beltremieux; of William Bond; for Establishing a Toll for the Purposes of repairing and maintaining the Great Bridge over the River Parker, in the Town of Newbury, and County of Essex; for changing An act for regulating and governing the Militia of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and for repealing all Laws heretofore made for that Purpose. for encouraging the manufacture of Loaf-Sugar within this Commonwealth, and more.

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