![[VIRGINIA - REVOLUTION] At a General Assembly begun and held at the capitol, in the city of Williamsburg, on Monday, the fourth day of May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight](/sites/default/files/styles/auction_slider/public/images/lots/2015-04-15/1064661.jpg?itok=zF2WLNMD)
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Lot 32
[VIRGINIA - REVOLUTION] At a General Assembly begun and held at the capitol, in the city of Williamsburg, on Monday, the fourth...
. Williamsburg: Alexander Purdie, [1778]. 20th century cloth. 12 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches (32 x 20); 14 [i.e. 15] pp. Stamp to verso of title with minor show through, early and unobtrusive ink notations to title and verso of final leaf, two punctures to last leaf; Together with At a General Assembly, begun and held at the capitol, in the city of Williamsburg, on Monday the fifth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight. Williamsburg: Alexander Purdie, [1778]. 20th century cloth. 46 pp. Title with signature of Thomas Berry (likely the Captain of a company in the 8th Virginia Regiment), the title with tape repair to verso and backing along gutter, the first text leaf trimmed close at bottom with possible loss of text and signature marker, some spotting and stains to final leaf but otherwise clean.
Very rare revolutionary era works with ESTC reporting three copies of the May work and five of the October. We find no copies at auction. While the May measures include an act preventing the further importation of slaves and "An act for Establishing the county of Ilinois" on the western side of the Mississippi river, the October acts directly respond to the escalating conflict and the first four include those for "raising volunteers to join the Grand Army," "An act for raising a regiment of horse," "An act for raising a battalion of infantry," and "An act for recruiting the Continental Army." Evans 16153; 16154.
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