The statutes at large
Subtitle: from Magna Charta, to the end of the last parliament, 1761. In eight volumes
By: by Owen Ruffhead, Esq
Contributors: Ruffhead, Owen, 1723-1769; Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner; Boston Public Library) John Adams Library
Publisher: Printed by Mark Baskett ... and by Henry Woodfall and William Strahan ...
Published: 1763
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Statutes; Law; History
Notes: V. 9 also contains: "a copious index and appendix, consisting of obsolete and curious acts."

V. 1-5 are dated 1763; v. 6-9 1765.

Includes tables.

Includes index, v. 9.

Printed marginalia.

Includes list of subscribers, v. 9.

Each volume has a separate t.p., including v.1, in addition to the general t.p.

An 'Advertisement' in v. 8 announces that "at the request of many of the subscribers" the series would be brought up to date and completed by a ninth volume.

Subsequently, another 9 volumes were published to continue the series to 1800. The edition statements in vols.15-18 of Ruffhead's edition describe them as vols. 11-14 of the edition of 'Statutes at large,' edited by Runnington.

John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library.

John Adams' signature on title page, v. 1-9: "John Adams."

ESTC, T134761

Also available on microfilm (Vols. 1-3). Woodbridge, CT : Research Publications, Inc., 1983. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 678, no. 04).

Also available on microfilm (Vols. 4-7). Woodbridge, CT : Research Publications, Inc., 1983. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 679, no. 01).

Also available on microfilm (Vols. 8-9). Woodbridge, CT : Research Publications, Inc., 1983. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 680, no. 01).

John Adams Library copy transferred from the supervisors of the Temple and School Fund. Quincy, Mass., 1894.