(LAW) The Charter Granted of the Massachusetts Bay Acts

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(LAW.) The Charter Granted . . . of the Massachusetts-Bay / Acts and Laws of . . . Massachusetts-Bay, bound with a later addendum of the colony's acts and laws printed in the following year. [2], 14, 17, [3], 354 pages. Folio, early calf backstrip, lacking boards and endpapers; first 4 leaves worn and detached with minimal loss of text, otherwise minor dampstaining, soiling, and wear. Boston: B. Green, 1726-27

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A compilation of the acts and laws passed in Massachusetts from 1692 through 1726. The "Act against Adultery and Polygamie" on page 58 mandates that offending parties wear "a Capital A of two Inches long . . . of a contrary Colour to their Cloaths," though the color scarlet is not mandated. An act restricting the manumission of slaves appears on page 176, and the "Penalty for a Negro or Molatto Man, committing Fornication with a Christian Woman" appears on page 187. "An Act for the Better Rule and Government of the Indians" appears on page 55. Evans 2762 (the main work, through page 347), 2900.