The True-Blue Laws of Connecticut and New Haven and the False Blue-Laws Invented by the REV. Samuel Peters to Which Are Added Specimens of the Laws an
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Excerpt from The True-Blue Laws of Connecticut and New Haven and the False Blue-Laws Invented by the Rev. Samuel Peters to Which Are Added Specimens of the Laws and Judicial Proceedings of Other Colonies and Some Blue-Laws of England in the Reign of James I, 1876 The publishers assure me that a new edition of the "Blue Laws" is wanted, and at their request I have undertaken to prepare one. I have regarded this as, in some sort, missionary work. There are regions, in which schools and printing-presses have for years been at work, where Peters´s "History of Connecticut" is still read as history. There are hundreds who still believe - and thousands who profess to believe - that to kiss one´s child on the Sabbath-day, to make minced pies, and to play on any instrument of music except the drum, trumpet, and jew´s-harp, were made criminal offences by the ancient laws of New Haven. There are honest inquirers, not a few, who write, week after week, to the newspapers, for information about these ´Blue-Laws,´ and to ask where authentic copies of them can be found. It has seemed worth while to bring together, in one volume of convenient size, the truth and the falsehood about the early legislation of Connecticut and New Haven colonies. Those who like to read the famous code which Peters gave to "the independent dominion of New Haven," may find it here, in unadulterated mendacity. They may find also some genuine curiosities of legislation and jurisprudence, taken from the records of Connecticut - and other American colonies; and, for comparison with these, a few specimens of the laws which were in force in England, in the reign of James the First. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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