...Publishing dates are 1801 and 1807...[Vol. I November, 1780, to March, 1788 - 6, 452 pgs., Vol. II June, 1788, to June, 1798 - 510 pgs., Vol. III January, 1799, to November, 1800 - 247 pgs., 56 page index to Vols. I, II, and III, and Vol.IV(FIRST EDITION) January, 1801, to February, 1807 - 6, 404 pgs., 66 page index to all four volumes]..."WITH THE CONSTITUTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND OF THE COMMONWEALTH, PREFIXED. TO WHICH IS ADDED AN APPENDIX CONTAINING ACTS AND CLAUSES OF ACTS, FROM THE LAWS OF THE LATE COLONY..."... Compiled by Isaiah Thomas and Printed at Boston by Isaiah Thomas and E.T. Andrews...The third volume contains an index to the first three volumes and a fourth volume was added in 1807 which contains an index to the first four volumes...COMPREHENSIVE AND SCARCE SERIES OF MASSACHUSETTS LAWS FROM SHORTLY AFTER THE WRITING OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION TO 1807...Original calf leather bindings with original spines and title labels...PROVENANCE OF THIS SET CAN BE TRACED TO JOSIAH ADAMS. HE WAS EDUCATED AT HARVARD, BECAME A LAWYER AND LIVED IN FRAMINGHAM , MA. HE WAS THE FOUNDER OF FRAMINGHAM'S FIRST BANK AND CONSIDERED THE SQUIRE OF FRAMINGHAM. THE SET WAS THEN OWNED BY JONATHAN MAYNARD WHO FOUGHT IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR AT BUNKER HILL AND WAS CONSIDERED FRAMINGHAM, MASSACHUSETT'S MOST PROMINENT CITIZEN BETWEEN THE PERIOD OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND THE RAILROAD. HE DIED IN 1835. THE OWNERSHIP CAN THEN BE TRACED TO MR. CHARLES RUSSELL TRAIN , ALSO BORN IN FRAMINGHAM, MA..HE WAS A U.S. CONGRESSMAN IN THE 36TH AND 37TH CONGRESS AND VOLUNTEERED DURING THE CIVIL WAR AND WAS AN AIDE DE CAMP TO GEN. MCCLELLAN. HE ALSO SERVED AS ATTORNEY GENERAL IN MA. IN 1871-1878. THE SET FINALLY RESIDED WITH MR. C. C. ESTY WHO WAS ACTIVE IN THE FIELD OF GENEALOGY AND HE DONATED THE SET TO THE FRAMINGHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY. THE SOCIETY MAINTAINED IT FOR OVER 100 YEARS AND IT WAS ONLY DE- ACCESSED IN 2006. THE NOTATIONS ON THE INSIDE COVER AND FRONT FREE ENDPAPER OF EACH VOLUME GIVE THE 200 YEAR PROVENANCE OF THIS SET. ... Bindings tight...Toning...Dampstain to bottom right corner of Vol. I...Some scuffing to leather boards...SHAW & SHOEMAKER 895. SABIN 45932. 003532

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