An abstract or the lawes of New England
Subtitle: as they are novv established
Publisher: Printed for F. Coules, and W. Ley at Paules Chain
Published: 1641
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 15
Subjects: Law; Early works to 1800
Other titles: Abstract of the laws of New England.; Laws of New England.
Notes: This abstract was proposed by John Cotton but never adopted as the law of Massachusetts. Cf. Mass. Hist. Soc. collections, 3rd series, v. 8, p. 191-215; Winsor, Nar. & crit. hist. 1885, v. 3, p. 349-350; Whitmore, Bibliographical sketch, 1890, p. 1. "In my opinion the Abstract is nothing more than Moses's Judicialls, and dates from 1636 rather than from 1641"--W.C. Ford, in Proceedings Mass. Hist. Soc., 2nd series, v. 16, p. 280.

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