Stitched
1816 · Boston
by White, D.A.
Boston: Printed by Nathaniel Willis, 1816. First edition. Stitched. Title page with signature of the owner, J. S. Locke, perhaps of the publishing company, a few small stains, and two sets of black stamped numerals, creases and edge wear to most leaves, corner of one leaf chipped, affecting one letter on page 11 and three letters on page 12; about good.. 15 pp. 8vo. Contains Report of the Joint legislative committee appointed to consider what further provision was necessary to enforce a due observance of the Lord's day, chaired by Daniel Appleton White (1776-1861). It finds the prior laws of the late 18th century sufficient but enforcement lax. Sabin 45968. Shaw & Shoemaker 38777. Nineteenth-Century Legal Treatises, 62625. (Inventory #: 27597)