LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING AGRICULTURE. CONTAINING, THE NAMES OF ITS PRESENT OFFICERS AND MEMBERS, LIST OF PREMIUMS, &C. WITH SOME INTERESTING EXTRACTS FROM FOREIGN AND DOMESTICK PUBLICATIONS. BY THE TRUSTEES

Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, 1793. v, [1 blank], [7]-56 pp. Stitched, untrimmed, and Very Good.

This document prints the Society's Articles of Incorporation, signed in type by John Hancock. Samuel Adams and other luminaries comprised the original incorporators. The Rules and Regulations, and list of officers, are also printed, along with other founding documents, including the list of original members-- John Adams, a Brattle, Bulfinch, Brooks, Cabot, and a long cast of eminent persons.
The document also includes papers on early agricultural research. According to Evans and Sabin, this is the first printing of all the constituent documents of the Society.
FIRST EDITION. Evans 25794. Sabin 45896. Rink 1011.