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by William Waller Hening (Author)
Title: The statutes at large: being a collection of all the laws of Virginia from the first session of the legislature, in the year 1619.
Author: William Waller Hening
Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana
Description:
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SourceLibrary: Huntington Library
DocumentID: SABCP05225105
CollectionID: CTRG05-B10053
PublicationDate: 18190101
SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America
Notes: Vols. 1-4 of the 2d ed. and v. 5-13 of the 1st and only ed. Imprint varies: v. 1-2: New York, 1823; v. 3: Philadelphia, 1823; v. 4: Richmond, 1820; v. 5-12: Richmond, 1819-23; v. 13: Philadelphia, 1823. Each volume contains a list of governors of Virginia during the period comprised in the volume. An index to the personal names in these volumes was published (New York, 1896) under title: Personal names in Hening's Statutes at large of Virginia and Shepard's continuation, by Joseph J. Casey. Vols. V-XIII and corrected reprint of vols. I-IV published according to acts of the General Assembly passed March 10, 1819 and January 24, 1823. Vols. 1-5 and 10-13 have sheet containing certificate and errata or certificate only (errata being bound at end of volume) mounted on verso of t.-p. Includes indexes.
Collation: 13 v.; 23 cm
