The Grants, Concessions, and Original Constitutions of the Province of New Jersey: The Acts Passed During the Proprietary Governments, and Other Material Transactions Before the Surrender Thereof to Queen Anne, the Instrument of Surrender, and Her Formal Acceptance Thereof, Lord Cornbury's Commission and Instructions Consequent Thereon ...Aaron Leaming, Jacob Spicer The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 2002 - 763 páginas Leaming, Aaron and Jacob Spicer. The Grants, Concessions, and Original Constitutions of the Province of New Jersey: The Acts Passed During the Proprietary Governments, and Other Material Transactions Before the Surrender Thereof to Queen Anne The Instrument of Surrender, and Her Formal Acceptance Thereof, Lord Cornbury's Commission and Instructions Consequent Thereon, Collected by Some Gentlemen Employed By the General Assembly. And Afterwards Published by Virtue of an Act of the Legislature of the said Province With Proper Tables Alphabetically Digested, Containing the Principal Matters in the Book. Philadelphia: W. Bradford, [1881]. [vi], 763 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 2001050457. ISBN 1-58477-219-0. Cloth. $135. * Reprint of the 1881 second edition. Originally printed by William Bradford at Philadelphia in 1752. The work covers the years 1664-1702 and contains the deeds and agreements of the proprietary period and Lord Cornbury's commission and instructions as royal governor, together with the laws passed before the surrender of the province to Queen Anne. Includes laws regarding trade regulation, roads, militia, livestock, courts, appointment of governors, Indians, negroes, civil and religious freedom, Quakers, taxes, war, land grants, liquor sales, freeholders, legislature, privileges and rights and individuals, and more. The capital laws covered state that adultery, rape witchcraft and conspiracy all were punishable by death. With an index for East Jersey and an index for West Jersey. |
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... acres of land English measure ; and for every able servant that he shall carry with him , arm'd and provided as aforesaid , and arriving there , the like quantity of one hundred and fifty acres English measure : And whosoever shall send ...
... acres of land English measure ; and for every able servant that he shall carry with him , arm'd and provided as aforesaid , and arriving there , the like quantity of one hundred and fifty acres English measure : And whosoever shall send ...
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... acres of land of like measure : And to every Christian servant that shall arrive the second year , forty five acres of land of like measure , after the expiration of his or their time of service , for their own use and behoof . V. ITEM ...
... acres of land of like measure : And to every Christian servant that shall arrive the second year , forty five acres of land of like measure , after the expiration of his or their time of service , for their own use and behoof . V. ITEM ...
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... lands be divided by general lots , none less than two thousand one hundred acres , nor more than twenty one thousand acres in each lot , excepting cities , towns , & c . and the near lots of townships ; and that the same be divided into ...
... lands be divided by general lots , none less than two thousand one hundred acres , nor more than twenty one thousand acres in each lot , excepting cities , towns , & c . and the near lots of townships ; and that the same be divided into ...
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... land , by virtue of what authority , the date of the authority or warrant , the number of acres , the bounds , and on what point of the compass the several limits thereof lye ; which certificate the Register is likewise to enter in a ...
... land , by virtue of what authority , the date of the authority or warrant , the number of acres , the bounds , and on what point of the compass the several limits thereof lye ; which certificate the Register is likewise to enter in a ...
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... land for highways and for streets , not exceeding one hun- . dred foot in ... acres , in such places as the General Assembly shall appoint . IV . ITEM ... land ) yearly to us , as for their other lands as aforesaid ; which said lands in ...
... land for highways and for streets , not exceeding one hun- . dred foot in ... acres , in such places as the General Assembly shall appoint . IV . ITEM ... land ) yearly to us , as for their other lands as aforesaid ; which said lands in ...
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according acres of land afore Amboy Anno Domini appointed authority aforesaid Burlington Chap charge clerk commission commissioners consent constable Council and Deputies Deputy Governor Duke of York East Jersey East New Jersey Edward Edward Byllynge Elizabeth Town England ernor execution freeholders further enacted Gawn Lawry Governor and Council hath heirs and assigns hereafter hereby enacted hundred acres impowered Indians inhabitants JAMES Duke John justice Lawbook Exchange LCCN Letters Patents Lords Proprietors Mahlon Stacy Majesty Majesty's Nicholas Lucas offence peace pence person or persons Perth Perth Amboy plantations premises present Province of East publication hereof publick purchase respective Richard river Robert Royal Highness Salem Samuel seal servant share and portion Sheriff shillings Sir George Carteret six-pence Stacy tenth therein thereof thousand acres tion tract of land twenty warrant West whereas William Dockwra William Penn yearly
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Página 28 - Island, and bounded on the east part by the main sea and part by Hudson's River, and hath upon the west Delaware Bay or River, and...
Página 611 - And also to make, ordain and establish all manner of Orders, Laws, directions, instructions, forms and Ceremonies of Government...
Página 68 - And also, all the estate, right, title, interest, property, possession, claim, and demand whatsoever, as well in law as in equity, of the said party of the first part, of, in, or to the above described premises, and every part and parcel thereof, with the appurtenances.
Página 663 - THIS INDENTURE made the twenty sixth day of June in the thirtieth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c.
Página 91 - God and the world that our Sovereign Lord King George is lawful and rightful King of this realm and all other his Majesty's dominions and countries thereunto belonging.
Página 42 - Hudsons river, and all the land from the west side of Connecticut river, to the east side of Delaware bay.
Página 92 - Crown, and better securing the rights and liberties of the subject,' is, and stands limited to the Princess Sophia, Electress and Duchess Dowager of Hanover, and the heirs of her body, being Protestants; and all these things I do plainly and sincerely acknowledge and swear, according to these express words, by me spoken, and according to the plain and common sense and understanding of the same words, without any equivocation...