(MASSACHUSETTS) The Charter Granted by their Majesties King

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INCLUDING THE OFFICIAL MASSACHUSETTS PRINTING OF THE SUGAR ACT (MASSACHUSETTS.) The Charter Granted by their Majesties King William and Queen Mary, to . . . Massachusetts-Bay in New-England bound with, as issued, Acts and Laws, of His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England and 13 later additions to the Acts and Laws through 1764. [2], 14; 24, 477 pages. Folio, contemporary calf, worn; 24-page table of contents worn and finger-soiled, several extraneous leaves excised from rear, lacking free endpapers; early manuscript memoranda and later owner's tags on pastedowns. Boston: S. Kneeland, 1759-64

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The last item included in this volume is "An Act for Granting Certain Duties in the British Colonies and Plantations in America" (pages 464 to 477), better known as the Sugar Act. The inscriptions are believed to track legal expenses of Capt. Trustram Davis of Brimfield, MA circa 1763. Evans 8400 (calls for a final blank, not present), 8399, 8913-6, 9173-6, 9428-9, 9721-3.