1771 Laws COLONIAL American NEW HAMPSHIRE Currency STAMP Act REVOLUTIONARY WAR

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1771 Laws COLONIAL American NEW HAMPSHIRE Currency STAMP Act REVOLUTIONARY WAR:
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[NEW HAMPSHIRE REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERA COLONIAL LAWS, PROVENANCE OF SIGNER OF PROTEST OF STAMP ACT]
ACTS AND LAWS OF HIS MAJESTY\'S PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE IN NEW-ENGLAND, WITH SUNDRY ACTS OF PARLIAMENT; By Order of the General Assembly. The which is prefix\'d the Commissions of President John Cuttss, Esq; and His Excellency John Wentworth, Esq.
Portsmouth, NH: Printed by Daniel and Robert Fowle and sold at their office near the State-House, 1771.Gorgeous copy of this late eighteenth century compilation of Revolutionary War era colonial laws in New Hampshire, manyrelating in part to the infant American Independence established only a few years prior, and to the winding down of the Revolutionary War at the time. A true gem, as with research we reveal the historical ownership inscription on title of Deacon Thomas Odiorne, signer of protest against the Stamp Act in 1765 and the Continental Congress\' 1774 non-importation agreement! Includes fantastic early printings of Colonial period Acts including the Currency Act (starting on page 252). Others address and treat the varied issues arising in this early American community, including Indian issues, land ownerships, judicial issues, crimes, natural preservation, farming, and a host of other matters. Folio, bound in newer burckram with dual title labels, as shown. Collates as follows: [1], Title leaf, [1]-6 President Cutt\'s Commission, [1]-8 The Governor\'s Commission, [1]-5 The Governor\'s Commission of Vice-Admiral, [1], iv Contents, [1]-272 (of 286) Laws of New Hampshire (with several blanks bound in), [1]-51 (of 72) Temporary Laws (back of 51 blank), xiii Table. Pages with some minor age related staining; still in great shape. Internally very good, a few library stamps of the New York Law Library. Anrare copy, please notemissing some pages as noted at the end of the Laws and Temporary laws, otherwise complete. Measures 12\" x 7.5\". Good luck!Deacon Thomas Odiorne was born December 1, 1733, and died April 29, 1819. He was one of the signers of the protest against the Stamp Act at Exeter, N. H., November 15, 1765, and was also one of a committee December 26,1774, to see that \"the association agreement,\" or \" non-importation agrement,\" determined on by the Continental Congress, be strictly adhered to. He was the first manufacturer of cottonduck in America, beginning in 1790.3 He married, January 31,1762, Joanna, the daughter of Major John and , Jane (Deane) Gilman, and their daughter Joanna, married Rev. Jonathan Strong, D. D.

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