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. : Volume I[-XIII]. /
By William Waller Hening. [Four lines from Priestley]

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Corporate Author

Virginia.

Related Names

Brown, William Morle, 1919-, printer.
Cochran, George, printer.
Gray, William Waller, printer.
Desilver, Thomas, printer.
Hening, William Waller, 1768-1828, ed.
J. & G. Cochran
Franklin Press (Richmond, Va.)
R. & W. & G. Bartow

Language(s)

English

Published

New-York: : Printed for the editor, by R. & W. & G. Bartow., 1823 [i.e., 1819-1823].

Subjects

Law > Law / Virginia
Virginia > Virginia / Genealogy.
Virginia > Virginia / History > Virginia / History / Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > Virginia / History / Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 / Sources.
Virginia > Virginia / History > Virginia / History / Sources.
Errata slips (Printing).
Leather bindings (Binding).

Note

Each volume contains a certification statement and an errata statement, either tipped in or printed on the title page verso.
Each volume has an index, and a list of the governors of Virginia for the period covered by the volume.
Errors in paging: v. 1, p. 321, 346 misnumbered 323, 643; v. 2, page numbers 41 and 50 omitted; v. 4, p. 122, 320, 530 misnumbered 186, 203, 50; v. 5, p. 243, 306 misnumbered 234, 630; v. 6, p. 576 misnumbered 657; v. 7, p. 260 misnumbered 602, page numbers 535-536 omitted; v. 11, p. 182, 226, 295, 524 misnumbered 188, 225, 592, 542; v. 12, p. 423, 427, 657, 817, 831 misnumbered 224, 407, 665, 803, 183; v. 13, p. 436 misnumbered 336.
Vol. 1: xxiv, 552, [1], xxvi-xxxii, 561-600 p.; v. 2: viii, [1], 10-612 [i.e., 610] p.; v. 3: [5], 10-612 p.; v. 4: 604 p.; v. 5: vi, [3], 10-568, [1], 574-603, [3] p.; v. 6: iv, [3], 10-604, [2] p.; v. 7: [7], 10-701 [i.e., 699], [1] p.; v. 8: 716, [2] p.; v. 9: v, [4], 10-656, [2] p.; v. 10: iv, [5], 10-663, [1] p.; v. 11: iv, [5]. 10-639, [1] p.; v. 12: [5], 10-832 p.; v. 13: [4], 649, [1] p. Last page of v. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13 blank.
Imprint varies: v. 3: Philadelphia: Printed for the editor, by Thomas Desilver, no. 253, Market Street. 1823; v. 4: Richmond: Printed for the editor. At the Franklin Press.--W.W. Gray, printer, 1820; 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, 1820; v. 8-9: Richmond: Printed for the editor, J. & G. Cochran, printers, 1821; v. 10: Richmond: Printed for the editor, by George Cochran. 1822; v. 11-12: Richmond: Printed for the editor, by George Cochran, 1823; v. 13: Philadelphia: Published for the editor, by Thomas Desilver, no. 253, Market Street. William Brown, printer. 1823.
Publication was begun in 1809 and suspended after the appearance of v. 4 in 1814; resumed with an increased subscription by the state in 1819, and completed in 1823. A second edition of v. 1-4 was published, 1820-1823, to complete the set. See the "Preface to the second edition," v. 1, p. [xxiii]-xxiv, signed: William Waller Hening. Richmond, January 30th, 1823.
Spine title: Hening's Statutes at large.
Vol. 1-4 are the second edition, 1820-23.

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13 v. ; 22 cm.

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