The Earliest Laws of the New Haven and Connecticut Colonies, 1639-1673"The facsimile edition contains the earliest printed laws of what eventually became the Colony of Connecticut, consisting of the jurisdiction established in 1632 by the towns of Hartford, Weathersfield and Windsor, as well as the settlement founded at New Haven in 1638"--Editorial note. |
Contents
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut 1639 | 59 |
The Charter Granted by His Majesty King Charles the Second c | 65 |
The Book of the General Laws For the People within | 71 |
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