The true-blue laws of Connecticut and New Haven : and the false blue-laws invented by the Rev. Samuel Peters, to which are added specimens of the laws and judicial proceedings of other colonies and some blue-laws of England in the reign of James I

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OCLC:679895837
Other Authors: Trumbull, J. Hammond (James Hammond), 1821-1897, Peters, Samuel, 1735-1826
Language:English
Published: Hartford, Conn. : American Pub. Co., 1876.
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Online Resource:LLMC digital
Related Items:Print version: True-blue laws of Connecticut and New Haven.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • First constitution of Connecticut, 1639
  • Capital laws of Connecticut, 1642
  • The first code of laws, 1650
  • Laws, orders &c. of the Connecticut courts
  • Fundamental agreement at New Haven
  • The New Haven code, 1655
  • Laws, orders, and judgments, of New Haven courts, 1639-1660
  • The "blue law" forgeries of Peters
  • Laws and judicial proceedings of other colonies: New York, Virginia, Maryland, Massachusetts
  • Blue laws of England, in the reign of James I.