North American ColoniesList of Copies of Charters, from the Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, Presented to the Honourable the House of Commons, in Pursuance of their Address to His Majesty, of the 25th of April 1740. viz. Maryland Charter, granted by King Charles I. in the 8th Year of His Reign. Connecticut Charter, granted by King Charles II. in the 14th Year of His Reign. Rhode-Island Charter, granted by King Charles II. in the 15th Year of His Reign. Pensylvania Charter, granted by King Charles II. in the 33d Year of His Reign. Massachusets Bay Charter, granted by King William and Queen Mary, in the 3d Year of Their Reign. Georgia Charter, granted by His present Majesty, in the 5th Year of His Reign. London: n.p., 1741 Folio (321 x 203 mm). Each charter with separate heading, register, and pagination; light to moderate text browning. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards; spine abraded with minor losses. First edition. "Although [the] charters allowed recipients considerable latitude in their operations, they also outlined the basic institutional structure of the colonial corporation, the constraints on its powers, and the obligations it had to meet to remain in the good graces of the crown. … Within a few years of its founding, the Massachusetts Bay colony included a house composed of two deputies from every town. While Maryland's 1632 charter granted the proprietor 'absolute Power' to make laws, it also stated that this was to be done with 'the Advice, Assent, and Approbation of the Free-Men of the … Province.' The Charter of Liberties that William Penn issued in 1701 mandated an annual assembly composed of four representatives from every county" (Colonists, Citizens, Constitutions, p. 22). With the arms of Alexander Brodie, Lord Lyon, a Scottish clan chief and politician from Moray. He sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain for 34 years from 1720 to 1754, as a government supporter. For 27 years he was Lord Lyon King of Arms, the most junior of the Scottish Great Officers of State, responsible for regulating the heraldry of Scotland. REFERENCE:Colonists, Citizens, Constitutions, 1; ESTC T80993; Sabin 41430 PROVENANCE:Alexander Brodie, Lord Lyon (armorial bookplate on front pastedown)
North American ColoniesList of Copies of Charters, from the Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, Presented to the Honourable the House of Commons, in Pursuance of their Address to His Majesty, of the 25th of April 1740. viz. Maryland Charter, granted by King Charles I. in the 8th Year of His Reign. Connecticut Charter, granted by King Charles II. in the 14th Year of His Reign. Rhode-Island Charter, granted by King Charles II. in the 15th Year of His Reign. Pensylvania Charter, granted by King Charles II. in the 33d Year of His Reign. Massachusets Bay Charter, granted by King William and Queen Mary, in the 3d Year of Their Reign. Georgia Charter, granted by His present Majesty, in the 5th Year of His Reign. London: n.p., 1741 Folio (321 x 203 mm). Each charter with separate heading, register, and pagination; light to moderate text browning. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards; spine abraded with minor losses. First edition. "Although [the] charters allowed recipients considerable latitude in their operations, they also outlined the basic institutional structure of the colonial corporation, the constraints on its powers, and the obligations it had to meet to remain in the good graces of the crown. … Within a few years of its founding, the Massachusetts Bay colony included a house composed of two deputies from every town. While Maryland's 1632 charter granted the proprietor 'absolute Power' to make laws, it also stated that this was to be done with 'the Advice, Assent, and Approbation of the Free-Men of the … Province.' The Charter of Liberties that William Penn issued in 1701 mandated an annual assembly composed of four representatives from every county" (Colonists, Citizens, Constitutions, p. 22). With the arms of Alexander Brodie, Lord Lyon, a Scottish clan chief and politician from Moray. He sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain for 34 years from 1720 to 1754, as a government supporter. For 27 years he was Lord Lyon King of Arms, the most junior of the Scottish Great Officers of State, responsible for regulating the heraldry of Scotland. REFERENCE:Colonists, Citizens, Constitutions, 1; ESTC T80993; Sabin 41430 PROVENANCE:Alexander Brodie, Lord Lyon (armorial bookplate on front pastedown)
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