[American Law] Group of 2 Volumes of New York Session Laws

Laws of the State of New-York...the Eighth Session...(Tenth Session)
New-York: Printed by Samuel Loudon, 1785-87. Three volumes in one (with the Ninth and Tenth sessions). Folio. 104; 137 (but 141), (1); 212 pp. Modern quarter blue niger over marbled paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt; all edges trimmed; ownership inscription of Christopher P. Yates, Clerk of Montgomery County on verso of final leaf of second work; dampstaining and soiling to first title-page; scattered soiling and spotting throughout. ESTC W14083, W14082, W18046; Evans 19133, 19854, 20578

A run of New York state session laws, including a printing of the state's first statutory bill of rights. Among the earliest state-level declarations of rights of its kind. In 1786, the New York legislature appointed Samuel Jones and Richard Varick to organize and publish all the legal statutes still in force within the state. Acting on this mandate, Jones introduced a Bill of Rights to the Assembly on January 13, 1787. The document consisted of thirteen paragraphs enumerating specific liberties, such as the principle that all power derives from the people and the guarantee of due process, among others. Jones drew upon diverse sources for its creation, including the existing New York Constitution (in which several were already embedded), English common law, the Magna Carta, and the Petition of Right. The bill passed both the Assembly and the Senate without opposition and was signed into law by Governor George Clinton on January 26, 1787.

Together with:

(Jones, Samuel, and Richard Varick)
Laws of the State of New-York, Comprising the Constitution, and the Acts of the Legislature since the Revolution, from the First to the Twelfth Session
New-York: Printed by Hugh Gaine, 1789. Volume II only. Folio. (ii), 471, (1), (17) pp. Blue library-style buckram; scattered library ink stamps; gift stamp on title-page, library stamp on same; scattered soiling; wear along edges. ESTC W6820; Evans 22012; Sabin 53735

The second volume only, of the important Varick and Jones edition of New York’s post-Revolutionary laws, from 1778 onward. According to ESTC, the title-page vignette was engraved by Peter Maverick.

Lot includes a bound volume of session laws of Nova Scotia, 1767-68. Bound as above. ESTC W41647, W41646, W41645

Condition varies, generally good; scattered soiling, wear, and library stamps.

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[American Law] Group of 2 Volumes of New York Session Laws

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[American Law] Group of 2 Volumes of New York Session Laws

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