Lot 39
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[American War of Independence] Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Statutes at Large
Auction: Books & Manuscripts | 01 October 2026 from 10am | Lots 1 to 78
Description
from the Tenth … to the Thirteenth Year [Thirteenth Year … to the Sixteenth; Sixteenth Year … to the Twentieth; Twentieth Year … to the Twenty-fifth Year] of the Reign of King George the Third … Volume the Eleventh [Twelfth; Thirteenth; Fourteenth]. London: for Charles Eyre and William Strahan, 1774-76-80-86. 4 volumes, 4to, contemporary half calf, bindings worn [ESTC T143090, T143089, T143088, T143087] (4)
Footnote
This run of statutes prints in full the legislation of the British government before, during and after the American War of Independence, with contents including:
The Tea Act 1773, the direct cause of the Boston Tea Party (‘An Act to allow a Drawback of the Duties of Customs on the Exportation of Tea to any of His Majesty’s Colonies or Plantations in America', vol. XI, p. 723);
The five Intolerable Acts of 1774, namely the Boston Port Act ('An Act to discontinue … the landing … of Goods … at the Town, and within the Harbour, of Boston'), the Administration of Justice Act ('An Act for the Impartial Administration of Justice … in the Province of the Massachusset's Bay'), the Massachusetts Government Act ('An Act for the better regulating the Government of the Province of the Massachusset's Bay, in New England'), the Quartering Act (‘An Act for the better providing Suitable Quarters for Officers and Soldiers in his Majesty's Service in North America'), and the Quebec Act ('An Act for making more effectual Provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec in North America') (vol. XII pp. 47, 75, 84, 96, 184);
The Habeas Corpus Suspension Act 1776 ('An Act to impower his Majesty to secure and detain Persons charged with, or suspected of, the Crime of High Treason, committed in any of his Majesty's Colonies or Plantations in America, or on the High Seas, or the Crime of Piracy', vol. XIII p. 18);
The Restoration of Trade Act 1780 ('An Act to allow the Exportation of Provisions … to Certain Towns, Ports or Places, in North America, which are or may be under the Protection of His Majesty's Arms', vol. XIII p. 569;
‘An Act for the better detaining, and more easy Exchange, of American Prisoners brought into Great Britain’, 1782 (vol. XIV p. 155)
‘An Act for allowing the Importation of Goods of the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture, of the Islands of Saint Christopher, Nevis, and Montserrat … upon Payment of the British Plantation Duties’, 1782, (vol. XIV p. 187);
‘An Act to permit the Importation of British Plantation Tobacco from any Port or Place either in America, or the West Indies, or in Europe, during the Present Hostilities’, 1782 (vol. XIV, p. 200)
‘An Act to enable his Majesty to conclude a Peace or Truce with Certain Colonies in North America therein mentioned’ (vol. XIV p. 207);
‘An Act to repeal so much of two Acts … as prohibits Trade and Intercourse with the United States of America’ (vol. XIV p. 320)
‘An Act for appointing Commissioners to Enquire into the Losses and Services of all such Persons who have suffered … during the late unhappy Dissentions in America, in consequence of their Loyalty to his Majesty, and attachment of the British Government’ (vol. XIV, p. 399).