1825 SALEM WITCHCRAFT Blue Laws of 1650 Connecticut
1825 SALEM WITCHCRAFT Blue Laws of 1650 Connecticut Colonial Witch Trials New Haven
This incredible 19th-century record of the Blue Laws of New Haven was a direct correlation to cases during the Salem Witch Trials. Note the frontispiece of a constable seizing a tobacco taker!
The Blue Laws of the Colony of Connecticut, as distinct from the generic term "blue laws" that refers to any laws regulating activities on Sunday, were the initial statutes set up by the Gov. Theophilus Eaton with the assistance of the Rev. John Cotton in 1655 for the Colony of New Haven, now part of Connecticut. After the laws were approved, they were printed in London, England, in 1656 and distributed to households in New Haven.
Item number: #10049
Price: $350
Connecticut, General Court
The Code of 1650, being a compilation of the earliest laws and orders of the General Court of Connecticut : also, the constitution, or civil compact, entered into and adopted by the towns of Windsor, Hartford, and Wethersfield in 1638-9 ; to which is added some extracts from the laws and judicial proceedings of New-Haven colony, commonly called Blue laws.
Hartford: Silas Andrus, 1825.
Details:
Collation: Complete with all pages
10, 119, [2]
Language: English
Binding: Leather; tight and secure
Size: ~6.5in X 4in (16cm x 10.5cm)
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1825 SALEM WITCHCRAFT Blue Laws of 1650 Connecticut Colonial Witch Trials New Haven
This incredible 19th-century record of the Blue Laws of New Haven was a direct correlation to cases during the Salem Witch Trials. Note the frontispiece of a constable seizing a tobacco taker!
The Blue Laws of the Colony of Connecticut, as distinct from the generic term "blue laws" that refers to any laws regulating activities on Sunday, were the initial statutes set up by the Gov. Theophilus Eaton with the assistance of the Rev. John Cotton in 1655 for the Colony of New Haven, now part of Connecticut. After the laws were approved, they were printed in London, England, in 1656 and distributed to households in New Haven.
Item number: #10049
Price: $350
Connecticut, General Court
The Code of 1650, being a compilation of the earliest laws and orders of the General Court of Connecticut : also, the constitution, or civil compact, entered into and adopted by the towns of Windsor, Hartford, and Wethersfield in 1638-9 ; to which is added some extracts from the laws and judicial proceedings of New-Haven colony, commonly called Blue laws.
Hartford: Silas Andrus, 1825.
Details:
Collation: Complete with all pages
10, 119, [2]
Language: English
Binding: Leather; tight and secure
Size: ~6.5in X 4in (16cm x 10.5cm)
Our Guarantee:
Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.
Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation!
10049
Condition Report: Excellent
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