The statutes at large :
being a collection of all the laws of Virginia, from the first session of the legislature, in the year 1619 : published pursuant to an act of the General Assembly of Virginia, passed on the fifth day of February one thousand eight hundred and eight ... /
by William Waller Hening.
Description
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English
- Published
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Richmond, [etc.] : [s.n.], 1810-23.
- Note
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Vol. 1, 2d edition.
Imprint varies: v. 1, New York: Printed for the editor, by R. & W. & G. Bartow. 1823.--v. 1, 2-4, Richmond: printed by and for Samuel Pleasants (v.2, Samuel Pleasants, junior), printer to the Commonwealth. 1810-14. v. 5-6: Richmond: Printed for the editor, at the Franklin Press, W.W. Gray, print., 1819; v. 7: Richmond: Printed for the editor, at the Franklin Press, Market bridge,1820; v. 8-9: Richmond: Printed for the editor, J. & G. Cochran, printers, 1821; v. 10-12: Richmond: Printed for the editor, by George Cochran. 1822-23; v. 13: Philadelphia: Published for the editor, by Thomas Desilver, no. 253, Market Street. William Brown, printer. 1823. vols. 1-4, 2d edition, with imprint: v.1-2, New York: Printed for the editor, by R. & W. & G. Bartow. 1823; v.3, Philadelphia: Printed for the editor, by Thomas Desilver, no.253, Market street, William Brown, printer. 1823.
Publication was suspended after the appearance of v. 4 and resumed according to an act passed March 10, 1819, which increased the subscription , on behalf of the state, from 150 to 800 copies, but made no provision for completing the sets with the first 4 vols. An act passed January 24, 1823, provided for a 2d edition of v. 1-4 to omplete the sets. cf. Pref. to 2d edition.
An index to the personal names contained in these volumes was published in 1896, in an edition of 100 copies, under title: Personal names in Hening's Statutes at large of Virginia, and Shepherd's continuation / by Joseph J. Casey, A.M. New York, 1896.
Each volume contains a list of governors of Virginia during the period comprised in the volumes.
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13 v. ;
22-23 cm.
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