The perpetual laws of the commonwealth of Massachusetts : from the establishment of its constitution, in the year 1780, to the end of the year 1800; : with the constitutions of the United States of America, and of the commonwealth, prefixed. : To which is added, an appendix, containing acts and clauses of acts, from the laws of the late colony, province and state of Massachusetts, which either are unrevised or respect the title of real estate. : In three volumes. : Vol. I[-III]. ... [Three lines of quotations].

Author/creator Massachusetts
Format Electronic
Publication InfoPrinted at Boston : By I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews. Sold by them, at their bookstore, no. 45, Newbury-Street, and by said Thomas, at his bookstore, in Worcester, March, 1801.
Description3 volumes ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentShaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
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Other author/creatorThomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831.
Other author/creatorAndrews, Ebenezer Turrell, 1766-1851.
Included WorkWashington, George, 1732-1799. Farewell address.
Included WorkUnited States. Constitution.
Included WorkMassachusetts. Constitution.
Uniform titleLaws, etc. (Compiled statutes : 1801)
SeriesEarly American imprints. Second series no. 895. ^A575643
Contents (from title pages) Vol. I. Containing the laws, from November, 1780, to March, 1788, inclusively. -- Vol. II. Containing the laws from June, 1788, to June, 1798, inclusively. -- Vol. III. Containing the laws from January, 1799, to November, 1800, inclusively.--Also the appendix.
General noteTitle varies slightly: v. 2-3 have " ... the title to real estate" in place of " ... the title of real estate."
General noteDedication to the judges of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts signed on v. 1, p. [3], 1st count: By the editors ... Isaiah Thomas. Ebenezer T. Andrews. Boston, February, 1801.
General noteVol. 3 also issued with a collective index as: A supplement to the second volume of Thomas's edition of the Perpetual laws of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, published in 1799. Boston: Thomas & Andrews, 1801 (Not in Shaw & Shoemaker).
General notePunctuation of imprint varies: v. 2-3 have a semi-colon following "Newbury-Street" in place of a comma.
General note"Advertisement. The General Court of this commonwealth, having ordered a new edition of the perpetual statutes to be printed ... it was thought best, by the undersigned, to reprint and complete Thomas's edition of said laws, in three volumes, demi octavo ... Thomas & Andrews. Boston, February, 1801."--v. 1, p. [4], 1st count.
General noteVol. 1: [4], 452 p.; v. 2: [3], 10-68, 25-510 p.; v. 3: [3], 6-257, [1] p. In v. 2, the first sequence of page numbers 25-68 is enclosed in square brackets. Last page of v. 3 blank.
General noteErrors in paging: v. 2, p. 245, 454 misnumbered 145, 445; v. 3, p. 209-224 misnumbered 109-124.
General noteShaw & Shoemaker entry 895 records the following 5 volumes, confusing editions and including two later supplements: Vol. 1 Pr. by Thomas and Andrews, Boston, Mar. 1801. Vol. 2 Pr. by Isaiah Thomas, Worcester, 1801. Vol. 3 Pr. by Thomas and Andrews, Boston, Mar. 1801. Vol. 4 Pr. by Thomas and Andrews, Boston, June 1807. Vol. 5, entitled "Laws of the commonwealth of Massachusetts" pub. by Thomas and Andrews, Boston, May, 1817.
General noteWith an index to each volume.
General note"President Washington's Address. To the people of the United States."--v. 3, p. [121]-134.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 895
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 895).

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