AN ACT FOR THE BETTER AND MORE SPEEDY RECOVERY OF DEBTS, OF THE VALUE OF FIFTY DOLLARS. PASSED APRIL 12, 1824. PUBLISHED IN OBEDIENCE TO THE 44th SECTION OF THE SAID ACT

Albany, 1824. 32pp. Gathered signatures, stitched as issued. Tanned and foxed, contemporary ownership signature on titlepage. Good, untrimmed. 32pp. One of a series of laws enacted in New York State, beginning in the 1780s, designed to expedite the recovery of debts through legal measures. This one was known as the "Fifty Dollar Act." Includes the text of required forms. Not in Shoemaker. OCLC locates only one copy, in the New York State Library. Rare. OCLC 26234135