The Code of 1650, being a compilation of the earliest laws and orders of the General Court of Connecticut: also, the constitution, or civil compact, entered into and adopted by the towns of Windsor, Hartford, and Wethersfield in 1638-9. To which is added some extracts from the laws and judicial proceedings of New-Haven Colony commonly called Blue laws

Published by S. Andrus and Son, 1843

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The Code of 1650, being a compilation of the earliest laws and orders of the General Court of Connecticut: also, the constitution, or civil compact, entered into and adopted by the towns of Windsor, Hartford, and Wethersfield in 1638-9. To which is added some extracts from the laws and judicial proceedings of New-Haven Colony commonly called Blue laws, S. Andrus and Son, Hartford, 1843, 119 pp, frontispiece, original leather, 6.5 x 4 , 18mo. In as-is condition. Spine split down center with front board and endpapers-24pp detached. Moderate rubbing to extremities with dryness and light loss at tips. Spine abraded and perished and end bands. Joseph C. Boyd bookplate Attorney at Law, Baltimore on pastedown. W.A. Leary s, Philadelphia bookseller s plate on front pastedown. Foxing throughout text, heavy at times. Typically age-toned. Free of marginalia. Please see photos. This incredible 19th-century record of the Blue Laws of New Haven was a direct correlation to cases during the Salem Witch Trials. Note the frontispiece of a constable seizing a tobacco taker! The Blue Laws of the Colony of Connecticut, as distinct from the generic term "blue laws" that refers to any laws regulating activities on Sunday, were the initial statutes set up by the Gov. Theophilus Eaton with the assistance of the Rev. John Cotton in 1655 for the Colony of New Haven, now part of Connecticut. After the laws were approved, they were printed in London, England, in 1656 and distributed to households in New Haven. ***** FORN0756 HKVAR1223.

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• Title: The Code of 1650, being a compilation of the earliest laws and orders of the General Court of Connecticut: also, the constitution, or civil compact, entered into and adopted by the towns of Windsor, Hartford, and Wethersfield in 1638-9. To which is added some extracts from the laws and judicial proceedings of New-Haven Colony commonly called Blue laws
• Publisher: S. Andrus and Son
• Publication Date: 1843
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Poor
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
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