Catalogue of Acts and Laws of the Colony and State of New York and of the Other Original Colonies and States Constituting the Collection Made by Hon. (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ...development in the several Colonies well repays the student of our institutions. Unfortunately the collections of such material are comparatively few in number and difficult of access to the student of this branch of our history. The Honorable Nicholas Trott, Chief Justice of South Carolina, formed, about 1715, the first collection of American colonial statutory law. He describes the books in his collection in the preface to his work on Ecclesiastical Laws. By comparison with the well known collection made by Mr. Charles R. Hildeburn for Charlemagne Tower and now in the Pennsylvania Historical Societys library in Philadelphia, the first collection seems rather meagre. As time goes on collections of the original issues of works of this character become more and more difficult to form, on account of the relatively small number of copies of any particular book that was issued. For example, the collections of the Sessional issues in all the public libraries taken together do not comprise a complete original run or set of New York Colonial statutes. In forming the collection described in this catalogue, naturally the statute laws of my own state and city, in the colonial and constitutional periods, presented the most attractive field of research hence the New York section of this collection contains items of greater rarity than will be found in respect of most of the other Colonies, although of the latter there are many scarce items. Signed Russell Benedict Brooklyn, N. Y. January 1, 1922 RESUME OF JUDGE RUSSELL BENEDICTS COLLECTION OF ACTS AND LAWS The Collection of Laws belonging to Judge Russell Benedict, to be offered at Unrestricted Public Sale by the American Art Association, on the afternoon and evening of February 27th, 1922, is the...