Revisal of the Laws of Virginia 1706

Access and use

Location of collection:
Colonial Williamsburg
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Douglas Mayo
Phone: (757) 565-8521
Phone: (757) 565-8520
Fax: (757) 565-8528
Restrictions:

Collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Revisal of the Laws of Virginia, Manuscript #1930.5, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Summary

Creator:
Virginia. General Assembly.
Language:
English
Abstract:
Laws of Virginia as revised in 1706
Preferred citation:

Revisal of the Laws of Virginia, Manuscript #1930.5, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Background

Scope and content:

Manuscript copy of acts passed at a General Assembly at the Capitol in Williamsburg, Virginia, 23 October 1705-June 1706 in an attempt begun in 1699 to revise the laws then in force. Acts concern ports and towns, the Capitol and Williamsburg, titles to town lands, tobacco and size and tare (weight) of tobacco hogsheads, ships sailing in contempt of embargoes, marriage and slavery. Incomplete and imperfect.

Biographical / historical:

The Virginia General Assembly is the legislative body of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Its existence dates from the establishment of the House of Burgesses at Jamestown in 1619. It became the General Assembly in 1776 with the ratification of the Virginia Constitution.

Acquisition information:
Purchase, 1930
Physical description:
Bound volume.