A LENGTHY RUN OF EARLY ALABAMA LAWS, 1823-1871: ACTS OF 1827, 1833, 1835, 1837, 1838, 1840-1843, 1845, 1849, 1851, 1852, 1855, 1857, DIGESTS.
Toulmin, Harry: A DIGEST OF THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA: CONTAINING THE STATUTES AND RESOLUTIONS IN FORCE AT THE END OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, IN JANUARY, 1823...COMPILED BY APPOINTMENT, AND UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, BY HARRY TOULMIN, ESQ. Cahawba: 1823. Modern buckram. xxxiv, [7]-1066 pp. Rubberstamp on title page, tape repair to last leaf [no loss], else Very Good. The first Digest of Alabama laws. It is organized alphabetically by subject, with detailed regulations concerning slavery, Free Negroes, and "Mulattoes." It includes a complete index of all the subjects encompassed.
Toulmin had been a Territorial Judge in Alabama and Mississippi; earlier, he had been Kentucky's Secretary of State. "By any standard, his 1823 Digest of the Laws of the State of Alabama is an impressive compilation. Nearly a thousand pages, it encompasses statutes of the Mississippi and Alabama territories as well as the acts of the Alabama state legislature. It is unmatched as a historical document of the Old Southwest and illustrates well how Toulmin shaped the public institutions of the wild frontier" [Encyclopedia of Alabama].
Cohen 5616. Babbitt 8.
ACTS PASSED AT THE NINTH ANNUAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA, BEGAN AND HELD IN THE TOWN OF TUSCALOOSA, ON THE THIRD MONDAY IN NOVEMBER, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN. Tuscaloosa: Dugald M'Farlane, 1828. 176, [6-index] pp.
ACTS PASSED AT THE ANNUAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA, BEGUN AND HELD IN THE TOWN OF TUSCALOOSA, ON THE THIRD MONDAY IN NOVEMBER, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE. Tuscaloosa: May & Ferguson, State Printers, 1834. 205pp.
ACTS PASSED AT THE ANNUAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA, BEGUN AND HELD IN THE TOWN OF TUSCALOOSA, ON THE THIRD MONDAY IN NOVEMBER, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE. Tuscaloosa: Meek & M'Guire, State Printers, 1836. 184pp.
ACTS PASSED AT THE ANNUAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA, BEGUN AND HELD IN THE TOWN OF TUSCALOOSA, ON THE FIRST MONDAY IN NOVEMBER, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN. Tuscaloosa: Ferguson & Eaton, State Printers, 1837]. 136pp.
ACTS PASSED AT THE ANNUAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA, BEGUN AND HELD IN THE TOWN OF TUSCALOOSA, ON THE FIRST MONDAY IN DECEMBER, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT. Tuscaloosa: Hale & Eaton, State Printers, 1838. 216pp.
ACTS PASSED AT THE ANNUAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA, BEGUN AND HELD IN THE TOWN OF TUSCALOOSA, ON THE FIRST MONDAY IN NOVEMBER, 1840. Tuscaloosa: Hale & Phelan, Printers, 1841. 215pp.
ACTS PASSED AT THE ANNUAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA, BEGUN AND HELD IN THE TOWN OF TUSCALOOSA, ON THE FIRST MONDAY IN NOVEMBER, 1841. Tuscaloosa: Hale & Phelan, State Printers, 1841. 182, x [index] pp.
[Bound with] ACTS PASSED AT THE ANNUAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA, BEGUN AND HELD IN THE TOWN OF TUSCALOOSA, ON THE FIRST MONDAY IN DECEMBER, 1842. Tuscaloosa: Phelan & Harris, Printers, 1841. 256pp.
[Bound with] ACTS PASSED AT THE ANNUAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA, BEGUN AND HELD IN THE TOWN OF TUSCALOOSA, ON THE FIRST MONDAY IN DECEMBER, 1843. Tuscaloosa: John McCormick, State Printer, 1844. 224pp.
Clay, Clement: A DIGEST OF THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA: CONTAINING ALL THE STATUTES OF A PUBLIC AND GENERAL NATURE, IN FORCE AT THE CLOSE OF THE SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, IN FEBRUARY, 1843...COMPILED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, BY C.C. CLAY. Tuskaloosa: Marmaduke Slade. 1843. Modern buckram. xliv, [2], 768 pp [as issued]. Clean and Very Good, except for an institutional rubberstamp on title page.
With detailed regulations concerning slavery and Free Negroes, this Digest includes a complete index of all the subjects encompassed. Clay was an early settler of the Mississippi Territory, in the Huntsville area, before Alabama was excised from the Territory. He served in the Territorial Legislature and at the Alabama 1819 Constitutional Convention, and became that State's first Chief Justice at the age of 29. He later served as Governor and U.S. Senator. He was the father of Clement Claiborne Clay, who would be Alabama's Senator in the 1850's and a leading advocate of Southern Rights in the Territories.
FIRST EDITION. Ellison 473. Owen 865. I Harv. Law Cat. 24. Cohen 5621.
ACTS PASSED AT THE ANNUAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA, BEGUN AND HELD IN THE TOWN OF TUSCALOOSA, ON THE FIRST MONDAY IN DECEMBER, 1845. Tuscaloosa: John McCormick, Printer, 1846. 280pp.
ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND BIENNIAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF ALABAMA, HELD IN THE CITY OF MONTGOMERY, ON THE SECOND MONDAY IN NOVEMBER, 1849. Montgomery: Brittan & De Wolf, State Printers. 1850. 544pp.
ACTS PASSED AT THE THIRD BIENNIAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF ALABAMA, HELD IN THE CITY OF MONTGOMERY, COMMENCING ON THE SECOND MONDAY IN NOVEMBER, 1851. Montgomery: Brittan & De Wolf, State Printers. 1852. 575pp.
THE CODE OF ALABAMA. PREPARED BY JOHN J. ORMOND, ARTHUR P. BAGBY, GEORGE GOLDTHWAITE. WITH HEAD NOTES AND INDEX BY HENRY C. SEMPLE. PUBLISHED IN PURSUANCE OF AN ACT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, APPROVED FEBRUARY 5, 1852. Montgomery: Brittan & De Wolf, State Printers. 1852. 795, [2]pp.
ACTS OF THE FIFTH BIENNIAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF ALABAMA, HELD IN THE CITY OF MONTGOMERY, COMMENCING ON THE SECOND MONDAY IN NOVEMBER, 1855. Montgomery: Bates & Lucas, State Printers. 1856. 388, [1-errata slip tipped in] pp.
ACTS OF THE SIXTH BIENNIAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF ALABAMA, HELD IN THE CITY OF MONTGOMERY, COMMENCING ON THE SECOND MONDAY IN NOVEMBER, 1857. Montgomery: N.B. Cloud, State Printer. 1858. 468pp. Item #38745
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