The Acts of Assembly, Now in Force, in the Colony of Virginia

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The Acts of Assembly, Now in Force, in the Colony of Virginia, printed in 1769, existed as the written set of laws for Virginia in Colonial America.[1] Printed by William Rind with financial aid from Thomas Jefferson, this volume displays the legal code of the colony beginning in 1661 and spanning over a century. The Acts of Assembly covers many issues pertinent to Virginians in this era, most notably laws regarding slavery and tobacco farming.

Bibliographic Information

Author: Virginia

Title: The Acts of Assembly, Now in Force, in the Colony of Virginia

Published: Williamsburg: Printed by W. Rind, A. Purdie, and J. Dixon, 1769.

Edition:

Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library

Dean's Memo[2] includes this particular compilation of Virginia laws in the section of titles Wythe wrote or collaborated on. The Brown Bibliography[3] suggests Wythe owned this compilation based on notes in John Marshall's commonplace book[4] and a citation by Wythe in the case report for Pendleton v. Lomax.[5] This may have been one of the items to which Thomas Jefferson referred in his inventory of Wythe's Library as Laws of Virga. various edns.


Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy

View this book in William & Mary's online catalog.

References

  1. The Acts of Assembly, Now in Force, in the Colony of Virginia (Printed by W. Rind, A. Purdie, and J. Dixon in Williamsburg, 1769), available from Open Library, accessed October 30, 2013.
  2. Memorandum from Barbara C. Dean, Colonial Williamsburg Found., to Mrs. Stiverson, Colonial Williamsburg Found. (June 16, 1975), 16 (on file at Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary).
  3. Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433
  4. The Papers of John Marshall, eds. Herbert A. Johnson, Charles T. Cullen, and Nancy G. Harris (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, in association with the Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1974), 1:47-49.
  5. George Wythe, Decisions of Cases in Virgina by the High Court of Chancery, 2nd ed. (Richmond : J.W. Randolph, 1852), 6.