The perpetual acts of the general assemblies of His Majesty's province of Nova Scotia.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Nova Scotia. House of Assembly

Standardized Title:

Laws, etc. 1758-1766

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nova Scotia. House of Assembly--Early works to 1800.

Nova Scotia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([26], 206, [2]p.)

Place of Publication:

Halifax, in Nova Scotia : printed by Robert Fletcher, 1767.

Notes:

This was the first revised edition of Nova Scotia statutes. It contains session by session, 1758-Oct. 1766, the text of acts passed and still in force, with titles of acts passed by no longer in force. Laws of a temporary character ... were excluded from this work and published in a separate revised edition ... --Tremaine.

Revised by John Duport and Jonathan Belcher.

"This work was sold by Fletcher for several years with supplemental sessions laws to date ... though after Fletcher relinquished the printing business (1770) these sessional supplements were actually printed by Anthony Henry". (Tremaine)

The final leaf (2F2) contains errata.

Signatures: [pi]² [A]² B² C¹ D-F² ²A-F² G-3F².

In this edition, the imprint has "printed by Robert Fletcher". In another edition, the imprint has "printed and sold by Robert Fletcher".

Reproduction of original from National Library of Scotland.

Cited in:

Tremaine, 111

Fleming & Alston. Early Canadian Printing, 111

English Short Title Catalog, W41648.

OCLC:

609709384