[Drop-head title:] An Act for continuing so much of an Act made in the third year of His present Majestyâ s reign, intituled, An Act to continue and amend two Acts made in the twenty-first and twenty-eighth years of His late Majestyâ s reign, for encouraging the making of indico in the British plantations in America; and for extending the provisions of an Act of the thirtieth year of His late Majestyâ s reign, with respect to bringing prize goods into this kingdom, to Spanish prize goods taken since the late declaration of war with Spain, as relates to encouraging the making of indico in the British plantations in America; and for explaining so much of an Act made in the fifth year of His present Majestyâ s reign, as relates to the regu

[ACTS - GEORGE III]

Published by Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan, London, 1770

About this Item

[2], 691-694pp. Disbound. A rare survival of a Georgian act (both continuing and amending earlier legislation) encouraging the growth of indigo plants on British plantations in America. ETSC records a single copy in the British Isles (Lincoln's Inn), and a further five copies in North America (Brown, Kansas, Minnesota, Museum of American Textile History, and Virginia). ESTC N57137. Size: Folio.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: [Drop-head title:] An Act for continuing so much of an Act made in the third year of His present Majestyâ s reign, intituled, An Act to continue and amend two Acts made in the twenty-first and twenty-eighth years of His late Majestyâ s reign, for encouraging the making of indico in the British plantations in America; and for extending the provisions of an Act of the thirtieth year of His late Majestyâ s reign, with respect to bringing prize goods into this kingdom, to Spanish prize goods ...
• Publisher: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan, London
• Publication Date: 1770