1798 · Albany
by New York
Albany: Loring Andrews & Co., 1798. Modern quarter morocco and marbled boards. Tall 8vo. Untrimmed. pp [2], [243]-535, [1 blank], [5], [1 blank] [as issued]. Light uniform tanning, Very Good.
With Table of Contents and Errata at the end. The Laws include an Act validating Quakers' manumissions of slaves, even where such manumissions did not conform to prescribed legal procedures; an Act incorporating the firemen of the City of New York; an Act permitting aliens to purchase land in the State, under certain conditions; and a host of other Acts dealing with courts, corporations, municipalities, and other matters.
According to ESTC this is a very scarce imprint.
FIRST EDITION. Evans 34215. II Harv. Law Cat. 202. ESTC W42182 [1- HSP]. (Inventory #: 17843)
With Table of Contents and Errata at the end. The Laws include an Act validating Quakers' manumissions of slaves, even where such manumissions did not conform to prescribed legal procedures; an Act incorporating the firemen of the City of New York; an Act permitting aliens to purchase land in the State, under certain conditions; and a host of other Acts dealing with courts, corporations, municipalities, and other matters.
According to ESTC this is a very scarce imprint.
FIRST EDITION. Evans 34215. II Harv. Law Cat. 202. ESTC W42182 [1- HSP]. (Inventory #: 17843)