(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1776.) Volume of British Parliamentary acts. 28 acts bound in one volume, all but one with its own title page, paginated continuously. 828 pages. Folio, modern calf; lacking 9 blank leaves and the Cap. V title page (leaf 3H1); minimal wear to contents. London, 1776
Among the acts relating to America are Cap. V, the "Act to Prohibit all Trade and Intercourse with the Colonies . . . during the Continuance of the Present Rebellion" (pages 215-244); and Cap. III, "An Act to Enable His Majesty . . . to call out and assemble the Militia in all cases of Rebellion" (pages 101-104). Also of interest is Cap. VI, "An Act for Giving a Publick Reward unto such Person . . . as shall discover a Northern Passage for Vessels by Sea, between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans" (pages 245-250).
