An exact abridgement of all the public acts of Assembly of Virginia, in force and use, January 1, 1758 : together with a proper table

An exact abridgement of all the public acts of Assembly of Virginia, in force and use, January 1, 1758 : together with a proper table

Glasgow : Printed by John Bryce and David Paterson, 1759.

[2], xxii, 482 p. ; 20 cm. (8vo)

L2015F106 1759

(OCoLC)04569962

First published in Williamsburg, 1737.
Second ed. with index & added lists of Virginia counties & towns, showing the years they were created & a table of legislative sessions.
Signatures: pi1 A-3R4.
Complete & correct abridged form of all titles of Virginia law, including hog-stealing, Indians, militia, slaves, runaways, soldiers, wolves, etc.
Bound in full calf with spine divided in 6 compartments by raised bands.
Ms. inscription on front pastedown & title: "Garret Van Meter, His Book" (Van Meter served as a colonel of the Virginia militia during the revolutionary war and was a friend of George Washington; on end free endpaper: "Garret Van Meter His Book 1760 September the 8, Joseph Carroll 1769, Isaac N Van Meter May 1st 1892."

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