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The colonial laws of New York from the year 1664 to the Revolution including the charters to the Duke of York, the commissions and instructions to colonial governors, the Duke's laws, the laws of the Dongan and Leisler assemblies, the charters of Albany and New York and the acts of the colonial legislatures from 1691 to 1775 inclusive.

Title
The colonial laws of New York from the year 1664 to the Revolution [microform] : including the charters to the Duke of York, the commissions and instructions to colonial governors, the Duke's laws, the laws of the Dongan and Leisler assemblies, the charters of Albany and New York and the acts of the colonial legislatures from 1691 to 1775 inclusive.
Author
New York (State)
Publication
Albany : J.B. Lyon, 1894-96 [v.1, 1896]

Details

Additional Authors
  • Lincoln, Charles Z. (Charles Zebina), 1848-
  • Johnson, William H.
  • Northrup, A. Judd (Ansel Judd), 1833-1919.
  • New York (State). Commissioners of Statutory Revision.
  • New York (State). Charters.
  • Albany (N.Y.). Charters.
  • New York (N.Y.). Charters.
Description
5 v.
Alternative Title
  • Duke of York, Charters to the.
  • Duke's laws.
  • Dongan and Leisler assemblies.
Subject
  • New York (State) > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > Sources
  • New York (State) > Politics and government > To 1775 > Sources
Note
  • Transmitted to the Legislature by the Commissioners of Statutory Revision, pursuant to Chapter 125 of the Laws of 1891.
  • Commissioners of Statutory Revision: Charles Z. Lincoln, William H. Johnson, and A. Judd Northrup.
  • "The Revision Commission has taken the edition of Van Schaack [New York, 1774] as a basis of this publication, so far as the arrangement and chapter numbering are concerned. Every act, however, of which the original or a copy is known to be in existence has been printed in full... The first sixty-three chapters of the laws, beginning with the year 1691, except when otherwise stated in the note preceding a chapter, have been copied from the parchment-rolls in the State Library... The laws subsequent to chapter 63, except where otherwise stated ... have been copied from the original manuscripts in the office of the Secretary of State."--Explanatory note.
Reproduction (note)
  • Microfiche.
Call Number
*XMB-830
OCLC
11672718
Author
New York (State)
Title
The colonial laws of New York from the year 1664 to the Revolution [microform] : including the charters to the Duke of York, the commissions and instructions to colonial governors, the Duke's laws, the laws of the Dongan and Leisler assemblies, the charters of Albany and New York and the acts of the colonial legislatures from 1691 to 1775 inclusive.
Imprint
Albany : J.B. Lyon, 1894-96 [v.1, 1896]
Reproduction
Microfiche. Chicago : Library Resources, 1970. 6 microfiches ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of American civilization ; LAC 23339-44)
Added Author
Lincoln, Charles Z. (Charles Zebina), 1848-
Johnson, William H.
Northrup, A. Judd (Ansel Judd), 1833-1919.
New York (State). Commissioners of Statutory Revision.
New York (State). Charters.
Albany (N.Y.). Charters.
New York (N.Y.). Charters.
Added Title
Duke of York, Charters to the.
Duke's laws.
Dongan and Leisler assemblies.
Research Call Number
*XMB-830
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