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Pennsylvania-North Carolina.

Laws of Maryland (1763-92). 2 vols. Annapolis, 1787.

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James Bisset, Abridgment and Collection of the Acts of Assembly of the Province of Maryland. Phila., 1759.

Archives of Maryland, edited by William Hand Browne. 13 vols. Baltimore, 1883–94. — Vols. I, II, VII, XIII, Proceedings of the General Assembly (1637-92); Vols. III, V, VIII, Proceedings of the Council (1636–93); Vols. IV, X, Business of the Provincial Court (1637–57); Vols. VI, IX, Correspondence of Governor Horatio Sharpe (1753–61); Vols. XI, XII, Journals of the Convention of 1775, and of the Council of Safety (1775-76).

Virginia.

William Waller Hening, The Statutes-at-Large, being a Collection of all the Laws of Virginia (1619–1792). 13 vols. Phila. and N.Y., 1823. Acts of Assembly, Passed in the Colony of Virginia from the Year 1662. London, 1728.

The Acts of Assembly, Now in Force, in the Colony of Virginia (1661– 1752). Williamsburg, 1752.

The Acts of Assembly, Now in Force, in the Colony of Virginia (1661– 1768). Williamsburg, 1769.

A Collection of all such Public Acts of the General Assembly, and Ordinances of the Conventions of Virginia, passed since the Year 1768, as are now in force (1769-83). Richmond, 1785.

A Collection of all such Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, of a public and permanent nature, as are now in force (1776-94). Richmond, 1794.

Report of the Committee of Revisors appointed by the General Assembly of Virginia in 1776. Richmond, 1784.

Thomas Hicks Wynne and W. S. Gilman, editors, Colonial Records of Virginia. Richmond, 1874. (Senate Doc., Extra.)

North Carolina.

François-Xavier Martin, Revisal of the Laws of North Carolina, 1715– 1790. New Bern, 1804.

James Davis, Revisal of the Laws of North Carolina. New Bern, 1752. James Davis, Revisal of the Laws of North Carolina, 1715-1773. New

Bern, 1773.

François-Xavier Martin, A Collection of the Statutes of the Parliament of England in Force in the State of North Carolina. Newbern, 1792. [William Lawrence Saunders, compiler], The Colonial Records of North Carolina (1662–1776). 10 vols. Raleigh, 1886–90.

South Carolina.

Nicholas Trott, The Laws of the Province of South Carolina before 2 vols. Charleston, 1736.

1734.

John Faucheraud Grimké, compiler, The Public Laws of the State of South-Carolina (1694-1790). Phila., 1790.

Thomas Cooper and David James McCord, Statutes at Large of South Carolina. Io vols. Columbia, 1836-41.

Thomas D. Condy, Digest of the Laws of the United States and of South Carolina relating to the Militia. Also Patrol Laws, Slave Laws, and Judicial Decisions thereon. Charleston, 1830.

Joseph Brevard, An Alphabetical Digest of the Public Statute Law of South-Carolina. 3 vols. Charleston, 1814.

The Revised Statutes of the State of South Carolina. Columbia, 1873. – An Appendix to some copies gives a list of old acts.

Charles Jennett Weston, editor, Documents connected with the History of South Carolina. London, 1856.

Georgia.

R. and G. Watkins, A Digest of the Laws of the State of Georgia. Phila., 1800.- Contains material of value as regards the boundaries of Georgia.

Horatio Marbury and William H. Crawford, compilers, Digest of the Laws of the State of Georgia. Savannah, 1802. Contains all the laws

passed before 1802, and then in force.

Charles Colcock Jones, editor, Acts passed by the General Assembly of the Colony of Georgia. 1755 to 1774. Wormsloe, 1881.

John Perceval, First Earl of Egmont, A Journal of the Transactions of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America. Wormsloe, 1886.

Louisiana.

[Buckingham Smith, editor], Coleccion de Varios Documentos para la Historia de la Florida y Tierras Adyacentes. Tome I. Londres [1857]. [Don John O'Reilly], Regulations. 1770. In French, in Appendix to Gayarré's Histoire de la Louisiane; in English, in American State Papers, folio edition, Public Lands, V, and Miscellaneous, I, 369 et seq. Recopilacion de Leyes de los Reynos de las Indias. 4 vols. Madrid,

1774.

Novisima Recopilacion de las Leyes de Espana. 6 vols.

Madrid,

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Joseph M. White, A New Collection of Laws, Charters of Great Britain, France and Spain, relating to the Concessions of Land in their several Provinces. 2 vols. Phila., 1839. Contains a mass of papers, difficult of access elsewhere, relating to the early history and institutions of Louisiana.

Digests and Reports.

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, United States Digest ... from the Earliest Period to the Year 1870. 15 vols. Boston, 1874.

Thomas Bee, Reports of cases adjudged in the District Court of South Carolina, to which is added an Appendix containing decisions in the Admiralty Court of Pennsylvania. Phila., 1810. The Appendix contains many cases decided between 1779 and 1785. Edmund H. Bennett, Massachusetts Digest of reported decisions [1804-79, with references to earlier cases]. 2 vols. Boston, 1881. Frederick Charles Brightly, A Digest of the Decisions of the Courts of Pennsylvania (1754-1877). 2 vols. Phila., 1877.

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Daniel Call, Reports of Cases in the Court of Appeals of Virginia. Second edition. 6 vols. Richmond, 1824. — A few early cases will be found scattered through these volumes.

Alexander James Dallas, Reports of Cases in the Courts of Pennsylvania; and in the Several Courts of the United States and of Pennsylvania (1754-1806). 4 vols. Phila., 1790–1835. Vol. I is entitled: Reports of Cases ruled and adjudged in the Courts of Pennsylvania, before and since the Revolution. Second edition of Vol. I, Phila., 1806. Thomas Harris and John McHenry, Maryland Reports (1700–99). 4 vols. N.Y., 1809-18.

Thomas Jefferson, Reports of Cases determined in the General Court of Virginia, from 1730 to 1748, and from 1768 to 1772. Charlottesville, 1829.

François Xavier Martin, Notes of a few Decisions in the Superior Courts of North Carolina, and in the Circuit Court of the United States for North Carolina District [with a Translation of Latch's Cases]. Newbern, 1797. Included with other matter in a second edition, Raleigh, 1843.

William Henry Norris and others, Digest of the Maryland Decisions. 2 vols. Baltimore, 1847.

Richard Peters, Admiralty Decisions in the District Court of the United States for the Pennsylvania District. 2 vols. Phila., 1807. Contains Hopkinson's decisions, 1780-1806, and other interesting matter, as, for example, the "Marine Ordinances of Louis XIV."

Josiah Quincy, Jr., Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Superior Court of Judicature of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, between 1761 and 1772. Boston, 1865.

Jesse Root, Reports of Cases adjudged in the Superior Court [of Connecticut]. Hartford, 1798. — Vol. I contains several cases decided before 1789.

George Fred. Williams, Massachusetts Citations. Quincy to 122 Mass. Boston, 1878.

George Chalmers, Opinions of Eminent Lawyers on various points of English Jurisprudence, chiefly concerning the Colonies, Fisheries, and Commerce, of Great Britain. 2 vols. London, 1814.

William Forsyth, Cases and Opinions on Constitutional Law and various points of English Jurisprudence. London, 1869. — Contains a few opinions dealing with the thirteen English colonies on the American continent.

§ 30. United States Records.

Under the Constitution both Houses of Congress are obliged to keep a Journal; and a statement of receipts and expenditures must also be made. In the course of years many other documents have come to be regularly published. Most of these publications for the current year may be had by applying to the member of Congress from one's district; sometimes back sets may also be had, by gift or purchase. These are among the most valuable sources accessible to students of American history.

The manuscripts of the Journals from 1774 to 1788 are in the State Department at Washington. No full and accurate printed edition exists. The two titles below (§ 30a) show what exists in print. Indexes to the Journals and Debates are enumerated in § 16 e. The laws are printed in annual volumes, and they are also to be found in the Appendices to the records of debates (§ 30 b). The standard editions, authoritative in the courts, are enumerated below (§ 30 c). Volume VIII of the Statutes at Large contains an index to the laws up to 1845. There is also a Synoptical Index to the Laws and Treaties, 1789-1851. Boston, 1882. An index in another form is: F. C. Brightly, Analytical Digest of the Laws of the United States, 1789-1857. Phila., 1858; and the indexes to the Revised Statutes cover all laws still in force.

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United States Records.

Indexes to the Documents are enumerated in § 16e.

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To the decisions of the Federal Courts the most convenient guide is: Robert Desty, Constitution of the United States. San Francisco, 1887; it is arranged in the order of the clauses of the Federal Constitution. The commentators refer freely to cases. There are also three "Digests" to Supreme Court Decisions : Jonathan Kendrick Kinney, Digest of the Decisions of the Supreme Court. 2 vols. Boston, 1886; Henry G. Danforth, Digest of the United States Supreme Court Reports. 2 vols. Albany and N.Y., 1885; H. D. Clarke, Hand-Book of all the Decisions of the Supreme Court. Rochester, 1892.

§ 30 a. Journals of Congress.

1774-1788. Journals of Congress. Containing their proceedings. (Contemporaneous edition) 13 vols. Phila., 1777-88. Reprint. 13 vols. N.Y., 1800-01.- Another reprint, with additions as Public Journals of Congress. 4 vols. Boston, 1823. 1775-1788. Secret Journals of the Acts and Proceedings of Congress. 4 vols. Boston, 1821. Extracts from the Manuscript Journals, omitted in preparing the Public Journals,

described above.

1789-1895. Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States. (Annual volume.) 106 vols. Phila. and Washington, 17891895. — Also a reprint (1789-1815). 9 vols. Washington, 1826.

1789-1895. Journal of the Senate of the United States. (Annual volume.) 106 vols. Phila. and Washington, 1789-1895. — Also a reprint (1789-1815). 5 vols. Washington, 1820.

1789-1869. Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States. 18 vols. Washington, 1828-87.- Contains matter omitted from the public journals.

§ 30 b. Records of Debates.

1789-1824. [Annals of Congress.] Annals of the Congress of the United States. 42 vols. Washington, Gales & Seaton, 1834-56. 1825-1837. [Congressional Debates.] Register of Debates in Congress. 29 vols. Washington, Gales & Seaton, 1825-37.

1833-1873. The Congressional Globe, containing the Debates and Proceedings. 108 vols. Washington, 1834-73.