The Andros interregnum, 1686–89, eliminated the General Court.
The first engrossed acts on parchment in the State archives
are those bearing the signature of Andros. They are not com-
plete for his whole term, but the manuscript collection contains
the bills as originally drafted where engrossments are lacking
as well as the petitions, etc., upon which action was taken.
The General Court records begin again with the overthrow of
Andros in 1689 and contain all votes, orders and resolves from
that time to the sitting of the First Provincial Congress in
October 1774. The engrossments of formal acts are continuous,
with but few omissions, from 1692 to the present time. The
papers upon which these acts are based are in the manuscript
collection as well as those causing orders and resolves to be
passed.

The Commonwealth period, 1780-1912, marks a difference in the
treatment of legislative records, as all papers which make up
the history of an enactment from the first step to its final passage
have since that time been filed under the chapter numbers
given acts and resolves in each year. The engrossed acts and
resolves are bound in volumes. There are no missing acts or
resolves for this period."

SESSION LAWS.

New Plymouth Colony.

History of the Plimoth Plantation, containing an account of the voyage of the Mayflower. (Sometimes called "The Log of the Mayflower.") Written by William Bradford. [Contains covenant of the Mayflower passengers, signed November 11, 1620, combining "into a Civill Body Politick." The original pen and ink MS. of this history is in the custody of the State Library of Massachusetts. For copy thereof and proceedings in the Consistory Court of London, and in the Massachusetts General Court incident to the return of the MS., see "Bradford's History of Plimoth Plantation,' published by order of the General Court.

lxxvii + 555 p. 8°. Ports. and Facsims.

Boston, 1901.]

History of the Plimoth Plantation, containing an account of the voyage of the "Mayflower." Written by William Bradford. Reproduced in fac-simile from the original manuscript. With an introduction by John A. Doyle.

London and Boston, 1896.

(1) +17 + 535 p. Folio. Photo. Facsim.

"Compact, Charter and Laws of the Colony of New Plymouth;" with an appendix containing valuable documents. Published agreeably to a resolve of the legislature, under the supervision of William Brigham.

x + 357 p. 8°.

Boston, 1836.

Contained in the foregoing are copies of the following:-
"GREAT PATENT OF NEW ENGLAND," [being the charter
granted by King James I to the Council established at Plym-
outh, Devon County, England, for the planting, ruling, order-
ing, and governing of New England in America. Dated Novem-
ber 3, (1620), p. 1.]

ACT OF THE COUNCIL OF PLYMOUTH, DEVON COUNTY, ENGLAND,
June 11, 1635, surrendering to King Charles I, the “Great
Charter" (Patent) of New England, granted by King James 1,
p. 333.

LEYDEN AGREEMENT. "Conditions upon which the English at
Leyden, who intended to remove to America, engaged with
some merchants in England, who were to be joint adventurers
with them." [Bears no date], p. 303.

"COMPACT." Copy of Compact made on board the Mayflower, with signatures attached, dated November 11, 1620, p. 19. CHARTER OF THE COLONY OF NEW PLYMOUTH. Granted to William Bradford, his associates and assigns, by King Charles I, January 13, 1629, p. 21.

BRADFORD'S SURRENDER OF THE CHARTER. Surrender by William Bradford of the Patent (Charter) of New Plymouth Colony, to the freemen of that colony. Dated March 2, 1640, p. 305. "GENERALL LAWES AND LIBERTIES" OF NEW PLYMOUTH COLONY, (1658), "Book of the Generall Lawes and Liberties of . . . New Plymouth, collected out of the Records of the Generall Court, and lately revised and established and deposed into alphabeticall order and published by the authoritie of the Generall Court. Held at New Plymouth, the 29th day of September, Anno 1658," p. 105.

"GENERAL LAWS AND LIBERTIES OF NEW PLIMOUTH COLONY" (1671), revised and published by order of the Generall Court in June 1671, p. 241.

GENERAL LAWS AND LIBERTIES OF NEW PLYMOUTH COLONY, (1685). On p. 293 Brigham notes that in June 1685, the laws. were revised and again printed, without material change from the revision of 1671. There is no MS. record preserved. Brigham prints only the most important provisions of this revision.

CONFEDERATION OF THE COLONIES (1643-72). Articles of Confederation between the colonies of the Massachusetts, New Plymouth, Connecticut, and New Haven "with the plantacons in combinacon therewith;" also proceedings of the General Court of New Plymouth, with reference to the Confederation, pp. 307–321. PROPOSITIONS OF THE ROYAL COMMISSIONERS, (1665). Propositions of the Royal Commissioners to the General Court of New Plymouth, February 22, 1665, and the Court's answer thereto. May 4, 1665, pp. 327–329. RELATIONS WITH THE INDIANS. (1) Treaty with Massasoit, March, 1621, p. 304. (2) Submission of Indian sachems, September 13, 1621, p. 305. (3) Council of war with the several conclusions dated August 23, 1671; also submission of King Philip and other sachems dated September 29, 1671, pp. 329–333. ESTABLISHMENT OF A MILITARY COMPANY. "Orders of the General Court concerning the establishment of military discipline" and a military company in the "Towns of Plimouth, Duxborrow, and Marshfield," pp. 325-326.

PLYMOUTH AND MASSACHUSETTS COLONIES (boundary). Agreement for the bounds between Plymouth and Massachusetts Colonies, dated 1640, pp. 335–336.

PLYMOUTH COLONY AND THE SETTLEMENT OF MAINE. Establishment of a government on the River Kennebeck, 1654, and instructions to Thomas Prence, pp. 322-325. See Maine. LAWS AND ORDERS OF THE GENERAL COURT:

Book of the General Laws of the inhabitants of the jurisdiction of New-Plimouth; collected out of the records of the General Court and lately revised . . . Published by authority of the General Court... at Plimouth, June 6, 1671. Printed by Samuel Green. 47+ (8) p. Folio. Cambridge, 1672. Shown in Evans' American Bibliography, Vol. 1.

THE CHARLEMAGNE TOWER COLLECTION OF COLONIAL LAWS shows the following:

Declaration of the warrantable grounds and proceedings;

of the first associates of the government of New-Plymouth; in their laying the first foundations of this government, and in their making laws, and disposing of the lands within the same. Together with the general fundamentals of their laws. Enacted, ordained, and constituted, by the authority of the associates of the colony of New-Plymouth. Printed and sold at Greenleaf's printing-office, in Hanover-Street.

1 leaf +1 leaf + 5-24 p. 8°.

Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Abstract of the Lawes as they are nove established.

F. Coules and W. Ley at Paules Chain.

1 leaf +1-15 + (2) p. 4to.

Boston, 1773.

Printed for

London, 1641.

Referred to in "Bibliography of Laws of Massachusetts Bay," by W. C. Ford, and A. Matthews. Cambridge, 1907.

Confederacy of the Colonies (1643–72). Articles of Confederation between the colonies of the Massachusetts, New Plymouth, Connecticut, and New Haven, "with the plantacons in combinacon therewith."

For copy see "Compact, Charter and Laws of the Colony of New Plymouth," p. 308, by William Brigham, Boston, 1836. x+ 357 p. 8°.

"Scobell's Laws" [Binder's Title]. "Collection of Acts and Ordinances " of Parliament from November, 1640, to September, 1656 inclusive. Being a continuation from the end of Mr. Pulton's collection. With tables. By Henry Scobell, Clerk of Parliament. In 2 parts. Bound in 1 vol.

(40) + 186 + 515 + (40) + (1) p. Folio.

London, 1658-57.