> Hening's compilation was fifty some years after the passage of the
> statutes you questioned. Although Hening's Statutes are generally accepted
> as a correct rendition of the laws in force on the dates indicated,
> Henings
> was not the document actually used. If there is an issue whether the
> transcription was correct, the first effort would be to determine if an
> original document exists with the laws as passed by the Burgesses.
>
> Richard E. Dixon
> Editor, Jefferson Notes
> Thomas Jefferson Heritage Society
>
Mr. Dixon makes an IMPORTANT point, thank you. Indeed the LVA cataloging
(below) for the first of its six copies of one eligible primary-source
edition (also available in the Evans/Readex microcards) suggests that
Hening used Copy 1.
Jon Kukla
Call Number KFV2430 1769 .A2
Author Virginia. 1760-1769
Filing Title Laws, etc. (To 1769)
Title The acts of Assembly, now in force, in the Colony of Virginia. :
With an exact table to the whole. / Published by order of the General
assembly.
Publication Williamsburg, : Printed by W. Rind, A. Purdie, and J.
Dixon, 1769.
Material 1 p. l., 577 p. ; 36 cm.
References Evans 11511 Sabin 100391
Notes
Copy 1 with autographs of Gerard Banks and Wm. W. Hening; manuscript
notes interspersed.
Copy 1 conserved by the Etherington Conservation Center, 2002.
Copy 2 has "Peter Eppes’s law book for his own use 1772" and "J. Tyler,
Westbury" on unsigned sheets supplied in Barrow process.
Copy 3: p. 1 has manuscript note "From James B. Ferguson, Goochland
County, Virginia to James Chapman Payne, Liberia, Dec. 12, 1840"; t.p.
has same note with addition of "LaVallee" following "Ferguson."
Copy 4: t.p. has signature of "John Parham, Philada."
Copy 5: t.p. wanting; has signature of "John Smith, King and Queen
County."
Copy 6: p. 223-262 wanting.
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Call Number Fiche 131 Evans 11511 (Main)
Author Virginia.
Filing Title Laws, etc.
Title The acts of Assembly, now in force, in the colony of Virginia.
With an exact table to the whole. : Published by order of the General
Assembly. [microform] :
Publication Williamsburg [Va.]. : Printed by W. Rind, A. Purdie, and J.
Dixon., MDCCLXIX. [1769]
Material [2], 577, [1] p. ; 37 cm. (fol.)
References Evans 11511
Format Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm.
(Early American imprints. First series ; no. 11511).
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