BULLETIN 



ESSEX: IltTSTITTJTE. 



Vol. 2. Salem, Mass., June, 1870. No. 6. 



One Dollar a Year in Advance. 10 Cents a Single Copy. 



ACTS AXD EESOLVES OF THE PROVINCE OF 

 THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY.* 



The Essex Institute has lately received from the Com- 

 monwealth, as a donation to its library, two copies of the 

 first volume of this most important publication. The 

 early part taken by this society in urging legislative 

 action for the purpose of bringing together for preser- 

 vation a complete series of the Provincial Laws, very 

 many of which were then only to be found in a single 

 private collection, renders proper from us something 

 more than a mere passing notice. 



This edition, which will be in many respects more 

 complete and useful than any which has preceded it, was 

 authorized by the General Court in 1867, and is in charge 

 of Ellis Ames, Esq., and Abuer C. Goodell, Jr., Esq., 

 commissioners appointed for the purpose. These gentle- 

 men, as is well known, are eminently qualified for such 

 an undertaking l)y their intimate and thorough knowl- 

 edge of the history of legislation in our State, and by 



* The Acts and Resolves, Public and Private, of the Province of the Massachu- 

 setts Bay : to which are prefixed the Charters of the Province, with historical and 

 explanatory notes, and appendix. Vol.1. Boston : Wright & Potter : 18til». 



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