Parliamentary Acts | A collection of approximately 26 Parliamentary Acts, mostly relating to North America

Parliamentary Acts

A collection of Parliamentary Acts, mostly relating to North America, from the reigns of Anne, George I, George II, and George III. London: various printers, 1708-1778

26 Parliamentary Acts, folios (varying in size, from approx. 295 x 185 to approx. 320 x 195 mm). Woodcut arms of Great Britain, text in black letter and roman type; some minor browning, foxing, closed marginal tears, and offsetting. Disbound, with a few Acts with modern staples. Housed together in tan cloth slipcase and folding chemise, green morocco spine lettered in gilt.

Lot includes: An Act for Ascertaining the Rates of Foreign Coins in Her Majesties Plantations in America. London: Charles Bill, 1708. ESTC N53267 — An Act for the Preservation of White and other Pine Trees in Her Majesties Colonies… London: Thomas Newcomb, 1711. ESTC N52280 — An Act for the further Preventing Robbery, Burglary, and other Felonies, and for the more effectual Transportation of Felons, and Unlawful Exporters of Wooll; and for Declaring the Law upon some Points relating to Pirates. London: John Baskett, 1718. ESTC N53238 — An Act for establishing an Agreement with Seven of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina, and for the Surrender of their Title and Interest in that Province to His Majesty. London: Henry Hills, 1729. ESTC N50955 — An Act to Prevent the Exportation of Hats out of any of His Majesty's Colonies or Plantations in America … London: John Baskett, 1732. ESTC N51096 — An Act for the better securing and encouraging the Trade of his Majesty's Sugar Colonies in America. London: John Baskett, 1733. ESTC N51232 — An Act for granting a Liberty to carry Sugars, of the Growth, Produce, of any of His Majesty's Sugar Colonies in America, from the said Colonies directly to Foreign parts, in ships Built in Great Britain … London: John Baskett, 1739. ESTC N51938 — An Act for restraining and preventing several unwarrantable Schemes and Undertakings in His Majesty's Colonies and Plantations in America. London: John Baskett, 1741. ESTC N51824 — An Act to revive several Acts for the Punishment of Persons destroying Turnpikes or Locks, or other Works erected by Authority of Parliament … London: Thomas Baskett, 1742. ESTC N51756 — An Act for giving publick Reward to such Person or Persons, His Majesty's Subject or Subjects, as shall discover a North West Passage through Hudson's Streights, to the Western and Southern Ocean of America. London: Thomas Baskett, 1745. ESTC N52046 — An Act for Regulating the Commencement of the Year; and for Correcting the Calendar now in Use. London: Thomas Baskett, 1750. ESTC N52459 — An Act to encourage the Importation of Pig and Bar Iron from His Majesty's colonies in America … London: Thomas Baskett, 1750. ESTC N53139 — An Act to regulate and restrain paper Bills of Credit in His Majesty's Colonies or Plantations … London: Thomas Baskett, 1751. N52510 ESTC — An Act to amend an Act made in the last Session of Parliament, (intituled, An Act for regulating the Commencement of the Year and for correcting the Calendar now in Use.). London: Thomas Baskett, 1752. ESTC N52600 — An Act for avoiding and putting an End to certain Doubts and Questions, relating to the Attestation of Wills and Codicils, concerning Real Estates, in that Part of great Britain called England, and in His Majesty's Colonies and Plantations in America. London: Thomas Baskett, 1752. ESTC N52569 — An Act to permit Persons professing the Jewish Religion, to be naturalized by Parliament … London: Thomas Baskett, 1753. ESTC N52871 — An Act to repeal an An Act of the Twenty sixth Year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act to permit Persons professing the Jewish Religion, to be naturalized by Parliament … London: Thomas Baskett, 1753. ESTC N53600 — An Act for the further Improvement of his Majesty's Revenue of Customs … London: Mark Baskett, 1763. ESTC N56778 —An Act to prevent Paper Bills of Credit, hereafter to be issued in any of His Majesty's Colonies or Plantations in America, from being declared to be legal Tender in Payments of Money … London: Mark Baskett, 1764. ESTC N56821 — An Act for the better securing the Dependency of His Majesty's Dominions in America upon the Crown and Parliament of Great Britain. London: Mark Baskett, 1766. ESTC N56897 —An Act for repealing certain Duties, in the British Colonies and Plantations, granted by several Acts of Parliament … London: Mark Baskett, 1766. ESTC N56937 — An Act to enable the Governor, Council, and Assembly of His Majesty's Colony of New York, to pass an Act of Assembly for creating and issuing upon Loan Paper Bills of Credit to a certain Amount … London: Charles Eyre and William Strahan, 1770. ESTC N57135 —An Act for granting a Drawback of Part of the Customs upon the Exportation of Tea to Ireland, and British Dominions in America … London: Charles Eyre and William Strahan, 1772. ESTC N57309 — An Act to explain and amend an Act, made in the Fourth Year of His present Majesty, intituled, An Act to prevent Paper Bills of Credit … London: Charles Eyre and William Strahan, 1773. ESTC N57395 — An Act for giving publick Reward unto such Person or Persons, being His Majesty's Subject or Subjects, as shall discover a Northern Passage for Vessels by Sea, between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans … London: Charles Eyre and William Strahan, 1776. ESTC N57597 — An Act for repealing an Act, passed in the Fourteenth Year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act for the better regulating the Government of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England. London: Charles Eyre and William Strahan, 1778. ESTC N57743

From the preservation of "White and other Pine Trees," to duly awarding those responsible for discovering "a Northern Passage for Vessels by Sea, between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans," the present lot forms a large and compelling group of Parliamentary Acts relating to North America.