| HENING'S STATUTES AT LARGE
The statutes at large; being a collection of all the laws of Virginia, from the first session of the Legislature in the year 1619. By William Waller Hening. New York, Printed for the editor, 1819-23.
Imprint [Charlottesville, Published for the Jamestown Foundation of the Commonwealth of Virginia by the University Press of Virginia, 1969
Description 13 v. 23 cm.
Contents 1. 1619-1660--2. 1660-1682--3. 1684-1710.--4. 1711-1736.--5. 1738-1748.--6. 1748-1755.--7. 1756-1763. Proclamations of 1754 and1763.--8. 1764-1773.--9. 1775-1778.--10. 1779-1781. Resolutions and State papers from 1779 to 1781.--11. 1782-1784. Resolutions and State papers from1782 to 1784.--12. 1785-1788.--13. 1789-1792.
I made a comprehensive search of the index and noted any laws bearing on the Potomac; also legislation concerning the
establishment of ferries, clearing of rivers,regulation of mills etc. Detailed research notes can be found listed by volume in wordperfect format. See heningsvol5, heningsvol6, heningsvol7, heningsvol8, heningsvol9, heningsvol10, heningsvol11, heningsvol12, heningsvol3,
or as htmls:
heningsvol5, heningsvol6, heningsvol7, heningsvol8, heningsvol9, heningsvol10, heningsvol11, heningsvol12, heningsvol13,
heningsvol13,
A summary of relevant legislation found in Hening's vols. 5-13 (1738-1792) regarding the potomac, ferries, mills, pilots, navalofficers, otherrivers, heningsmisc, warehouses, can be found in word perfect format OR as HTML files: potomac, ferries, mills, navalofficers, pilots, otherrivers, warehouses, and heningsmisc
NOTE: These summaries do not include as much detail as the research notes by volume so it may be necessary to refer back to individual volumes for more detailed notes; all laws referenced in the summaries give vol. and page nos. for Henings. |
