Research Catalog

Title

The statutes at large [electronic resource] : being a collection of all the laws of Virginia from the first session of the legislature, in the year 1619 / published pursuant to an act of the General Assembly of Virginia, passed on the fifth day of February one thousand eight hundred and eight, by William Waller Hening.

Author

Virginia.

Publication

Richmond : Printed for the editor by R. & W. & G. Bartow, 1819-1823.

Details

Additional Authors

• Hening, William Waller, 1768-1828.
• Virginia. General Assembly.
• United States. Constitution.
• United States. Declaration of Independence.
• United States. Articles of Confederation.
• Virginia. Constitution.

Description

13 v.; 23 cm.

Uniform Title

Laws, etc.

Alternative Title

• Laws, etc.
• Statutes at large of Virginia
• Hening's statutes at large

Subject

• Law > Virginia
• Virginia > History > Sources
• Virginia > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > Sources
• Virginia > Genealogy

Note

• Vols. 1-4 of the 2d ed. and v. 5-13 of the 1st and only ed.
• Imprint varies: v. 1-2: New York, 1823; v. 3: Philadelphia, 1823; v. 4: Richmond, 1820; v. 5-12: Richmond, 1819-23; v. 13: Philadelphia, 1823.
• Each volume contains a list of governors of Virginia during the period comprised in the volume.
• An index to the personal names in these volumes was published (New York, 1896) under title: Personal names in Hening's Statutes at large of Virginia and Shepard's continuation, by Joseph J. Casey.
• Vols. V-XIII and corrected reprint of vols. I-IV published according to acts of the General Assembly passed March 10, 1819 and January 24, 1823.
• Vols. 1-5 and 10-13 have sheet containing certificate and errata or certificate only (errata being bound at end of volume) mounted on verso of t.-p.
• Includes indexes.
• Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
• Sabin no. 31339.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Indexed In (note)

• RLIN

Reproduction (note)

• Electronic reproduction.

Contents

I. Resolution of the Convention of Virginia, authorising their delegates in Congress to declare American independence. Constitution of the United States. Declaration of Independence. Articles of Confederation. Declaration of rights of Virginia. Constitution of Virginia. Ancient charters relating to the first settlement of Virginia. Commission to Sir Francis Wyatt (July 24th, 1621). Instructions to Governor Wyatt (July 24th, 1621). Acts of Assembly, 1619-1649. Articles at the surrender of the country, &c. Acts of Assembly, 1652-1660 -- II. 1660-1682. Historical documents from 1660 to 1682 -- III. 1684-1710. Historical documents from 1682 to 1710 -- Iv. 1711-1736 -- v. 1738-1748 -- VI. 1748-1755 -- VII. 1756-1763. Proclamations of 1754, and 1763 -- VIII. 1764-1773 -- IX. 1775-1778 -- X. 1779-1781. Resolutions and state papers from 1779 to 1781 -- XI. 1782-1784. Resolutions and state papers from 1782 to 1784 -- XII. 1785-1788 -- XIII. 1789-1792.

OCLC

CTRG05-B10053

Author

Virginia.

Title

The statutes at large [electronic resource] : being a collection of all the laws of Virginia from the first session of the legislature, in the year 1619 / published pursuant to an act of the General Assembly of Virginia, passed on the fifth day of February one thousand eight hundred and eight, by William Waller Hening.

Imprint

Richmond : Printed for the editor by R. & W. & G. Bartow, 1819-1823.

Edition

[2nd ed.]

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Indexed In:

RLIN, CTRG05-B10053

Reproduction

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

Connect to:

Full text online available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Added Author

Hening, William Waller, 1768-1828.

Virginia. General Assembly.

United States. Constitution.

United States. Declaration of Independence.

United States. Articles of Confederation.

Virginia. Constitution.