Lawes Divine, Morall and Martiall, &c.

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Content type
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Collection(s)
Collection(s)
Encyclopedia Virginia
Title
Title
Title
Lawes Divine, Morall and Martiall, &c.
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Resource Type
Image
Description
Description
The title page of William Stracheys For The Colony in Virginea Britannia. Lawes Divine, Morall and Martiall, &c., published in London in 1612, bears the coat of arms of the English monarch. Stracheyserved briefly as secretary of the English colony at Jamestown and he subsequently compiled and published the laws that regulated the colony. These are the earliest extant English-language body of laws in the western hemisphere.
Local Identifier
Local Identifier
evm00002728
Persons
Persons
William Strachey: Creator (cre)
Genre
Genre
Manuscripts/Texts
Book title page
Subject
Subject
colonial era
Strachey
Lawes Divine
Morall
and Martiall
Origin Information
Origin Information
Publisher
John Carter Brown Library at Brown University
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Note
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date/sequential designation
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1612
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creation/production credits
Note
the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University
Restriction on Access
Restriction on Access
Open
Language
English
Name
Lawes Divine, Morall and Martiall, &c.
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653px
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928px
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