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An Abstract or the Lawes of New England, As they are novv established.

Title
An Abstract or the Lawes of New England, As they are novv established.
Author
Cotton, John, 1584-1652.
Publication
London, Printed for F. Coules, and W. Ley at Paules Chain, 1641.

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John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
Description
1 p.l., 15, [2] p.; 18.5 x 14.5 cm.
Alternative Title
  • Abstract or the lawes of New England, as they are now established
  • Abstract of the lavves of New England
Subjects
Note
  • This abstract was proposed by John Cotton but never adopted as the law of Massachusetts. Cf. Mass. Hist. Soc. collections. 3d series, v. 8, p. 191-215; Windsor, Nar. & crit. hist., 1885, v.3, p. 349-350; Whitmore, Bibliographical sketch, 1890, p. 1. "In my opinion the Abstract is nother more than Moses's Judicalls, and dates from 1636 rather than from 1641,"--W.C. Ford in Proceedings Mass. hist. soc., 22 series, v. 16, p. 280; cf. also Church 450.
  • The caption title reads "An Abstract Of the Lavves of Nevv England."
  • Title vignette with initials TP (McKerrow 344).
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  • JCB
Call Number
*KC 1641 (Cotton, J. Abstract or the Lawes of New England)
LCCN
14001030
OCLC
1581756
Author
Cotton, John, 1584-1652.
Title
An Abstract or the Lawes of New England, As they are novv established.
Imprint
London, Printed for F. Coules, and W. Ley at Paules Chain, 1641.
Indexed In:
Sabin 17042
JCB, 1919, II, 286-287
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Caption Title
Abstract of the lavves of New England
Research Call Number
*KC 1641 (Cotton, J. Abstract or the Lawes of New England)
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