Colonial origins of the American Constitution : a documentary history
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0865971560
ISBN 13
9780865971561
DDC
342.73
Category
American Law
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Publication Year
1998
Publisher
Pages
xi, 396 pages
Subject
American Constitutional Law
Abstract
"A collection of eighty documents which demonstrate how local government in colonial America was the seedbed of American constitutionalism. Most of these documents, commencing with the Agreement of the Settlers at Exeter in New Hampshire, July 5, 1639, and concluding with Joseph Galloway’s Plan of Union, 1774—”the immediate precursor to the Articles of Confederation”—have never before been accessible to the general reader or available in a single volume." - Liberty Fund
Description
Content:
New Hampshire -- Agreement of the Settlers at Exeter in New Hampshire, July 5, 1639 -- General Laws and Liberties of New Hampshire, March 16, 1680 -- Massachusetts -- Agreement Between the Settlersat New Plymouth (The Mayflower Compact), November 11, 1620 -- Plymouth Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity, 1625 -- The Salem Covenant of 1629 -- Agreement of the Massachusetts Bay Company at Cambridge, England, August 26, 1629 -- The Watertown Covenant of July 30, 1630 -- Masschausetts Election Agreement, May 18, 1631 -- The Oath of a Freeman, or of a Man to Be Made Free, 1631 -- The Massachusetts Agreement on the Legislature, May 9, 1632 -- Cambridge Agreement, December 24, 1632 -- Dorchester Agreement, October 8, 1633 -- Cambridge Agreement on a Town Council, February 3, 1634 -- Massachusetts Agreement on the Legislature, May 14, 1634 -- The Oath of a Freeman, May 14, 1634 -- Salem Oath for Residents, April 1, 1634 -- Watertown Agreement on Civil Officers, August 23, 1634 -- The Enlarged Salem Covenant of 1636 -- Plymouth Agreement, November 15, 1636 -- Pilgrim Code of Law, November 15, 1636 -- Dedham Covenant, 1636 -- The Massachusetts Body of Liberties, December 1641 -- The Combination of the Inhabitants upon the Piscataqua River for Government, October 22, 1641 -- Massachusetts Bicameral Ordinance, March 7, 1644 -- Massachusetts Ordinance on the Legislature, November 13, 1644 -- The Laws and Liberties of Massachusetts, 1647 -- Massachusetts Ordinance on Legislative Procedure, October 18, 1648.
New Hampshire -- Agreement of the Settlers at Exeter in New Hampshire, July 5, 1639 -- General Laws and Liberties of New Hampshire, March 16, 1680 -- Massachusetts -- Agreement Between the Settlersat New Plymouth (The Mayflower Compact), November 11, 1620 -- Plymouth Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity, 1625 -- The Salem Covenant of 1629 -- Agreement of the Massachusetts Bay Company at Cambridge, England, August 26, 1629 -- The Watertown Covenant of July 30, 1630 -- Masschausetts Election Agreement, May 18, 1631 -- The Oath of a Freeman, or of a Man to Be Made Free, 1631 -- The Massachusetts Agreement on the Legislature, May 9, 1632 -- Cambridge Agreement, December 24, 1632 -- Dorchester Agreement, October 8, 1633 -- Cambridge Agreement on a Town Council, February 3, 1634 -- Massachusetts Agreement on the Legislature, May 14, 1634 -- The Oath of a Freeman, May 14, 1634 -- Salem Oath for Residents, April 1, 1634 -- Watertown Agreement on Civil Officers, August 23, 1634 -- The Enlarged Salem Covenant of 1636 -- Plymouth Agreement, November 15, 1636 -- Pilgrim Code of Law, November 15, 1636 -- Dedham Covenant, 1636 -- The Massachusetts Body of Liberties, December 1641 -- The Combination of the Inhabitants upon the Piscataqua River for Government, October 22, 1641 -- Massachusetts Bicameral Ordinance, March 7, 1644 -- Massachusetts Ordinance on the Legislature, November 13, 1644 -- The Laws and Liberties of Massachusetts, 1647 -- Massachusetts Ordinance on Legislative Procedure, October 18, 1648.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-396).
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