Description: The True-Blue Laws of Connecticut and New Haven and the False Blue-Laws Invented by the Rev. Samuel Peters, to which are added specimens of the laws and judicial proceedings of other colonies and some blue-laws of England in the reign of James I By J. Hammond Trumbull Published: American Publishing Company, Hartford Conn., 1876. 360 pp. Hardcover in original cloth binding. Gilt emblem centered on embossed front board. Not Ex-Lib. Title page printed in blue.Samuel Peters, a loyalist and English refugee from revolutionary New England authored severe "blue laws" in what later commentators thought was an attempt to malign the character of New England Puritans by showing them to be uncompromising fundamentalists. This work is a scholarly attempt to reconcile the historical record with Peter's forgeries. Trumbull, the author was a noted Connecticut antiquarian, well versed to deal with Peter's scurrilous claims. Contents: Preface. --Introduction. --First constitution of Connecticut, 1639. --Capital laws of Connecticut, 1642. --The first code of laws,1650. --Laws, orders &c. of the Connecticut courts. --Fundamental agreement at New Haven. --The New Haven code, 1655. --Laws, orders, and judgments, of New Haven courts, 1639-1660. --The "blue law" forgeries of Peters. --Laws and judicial proceedings of other colonies: New York, Virginia, Maryland, Massachusetts. --Blue laws of England, in the reign of James I. I've done my best to describe the books, but if you have additional questions, please don't hesitate to send me an e-mail.
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Year Printed: 1876
Topic: American (US)
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Subject: History
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