ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE TWENTY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, 1839-40
by [Tennessee]
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Nashville: J. Geo. Harris, 1840.. x,291pp. Contemporary three-quarter calf and paper-covered boards, gilt morocco label. Binding heavily worn. Text dampstained. Good. A rare collection of the laws passed by the Tennessee General Assembly during October 1839. Laws address the typical legal and governmental concerns of a frontier American state, namely infrastructure, military & militia service, land & estate matters, voting laws, establishing courts and banks, taxation, and more. This session also incorporates the town of Chattanooga, among others, and amends an earlier act incorporating Memphis. Particularly notable is the act "to prohibit the practice of permitting slaves to act as if they were free persons of color." Also contains a resolution "removing the seat of government from the city of Nashville to the town of Murfreesborough." Allen does not record a copy. Rare. ALLEN 1638. AII (TENNESSEE) 463.
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- William Reese Company (US)
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- Title
- ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE TWENTY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, 1839-40
- Author
- [Tennessee]
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. Geo. Harris
- Place of Publication
- Nashville
- Date Published
- 1840.
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We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...