The Compact with the Charter and Laws of the Colony of New Plymouth by William Brigham (compiled by) - 1836: Together with the Charter of the Council at Plymouth, and an Appendix, Containing the Articles of Confederation of the United Colonies of New England and Other Valuable Documents

"The Compact with the Charter and Laws of the Colony of New Plymouth by William Brigham (compiler). 1836 1st edition; Dutton and Wentworth; Boston. "Together with the Charter of the Council at Plymouth, and an Appendix, Containing the Articles of Confederation of the United Colonies of New England and Other Valuable Documents." One of only 1,500 copies published. There is an Index at the back of the book.

From the Advertisement: "A large portion of the volume has never before been published, and was taken from manuscript records - the originals of which are now in the Registry of Deeds for the County of Plymouth. The work is divided into three parts: the first containing all the laws from the settlement of the Colony to 1658; the second all the laws found in the records from that period to its union with Massachusetts, and the third the general revised laws, which were adopted and printed in 1671, together with portions of the edition of the laws published in 1685."

Here are a few examples from the Index: Days of Thanksgiving to be appointed; Witchcraft punished with death; Indians not to be trusted; Sodomy punished with death; Relief afforded to shipwreck sufferers; Single persons not allowed to live by themselves; Quakers books to be seized; Kidnapping; Horses to have brand marks; Fines for card playing; Fornication punished; Fishing and fowling to be free; Burning homes or ships punished with death; Cattle tax; Courting without parents consent prohibited; Drunkenness - how punished; Fines for profane swearing; Guns allowed for military service; Handicraftsmen not to work for strangers; Irish required to bear arms and train; Penalty for selling liquors to children or servants; Marriages regulated; Penalty for wearing masks; Night walkers punished; Pirates - how tried; Quakers to be whipt; Swine to be ringed and yoked; Bounty for killing wolves; Whales found adrift or on shore to whom to belong; Wrecks upon the coast to be protected...and much more.

Here are a few examples of the Appendices:
* Treaty with Massasoit (1621)
* Submission of Indian Sachems (1621)
* Surrender of the Patent of Plymouth Colony to the Freemen, March 2d, 1640
* Proceedings of the General Court Relative to a Confederation with the Other Colonies (1642)
* Articles of Confederation Between the Plantations Vnder the Gouernment of the Massachusetts the Plantacons Vnder the Gouernment of New-Plymouth the Plantacons Vnder the Gouernment of Connectacutt and the Gouernment of New-Haven with the Plantacons in Combinacon Therewith (1643)
* Establishment of a Millitary Company (1643)
* The Act of Surrender of the Great Charter of New England to His Majesty
* The Agreement for the Bounds Betwixt Plymouth and Massachusetts (1640)

Condition:
The pages are in very good condition - mostly clean with occasional light foxing and a smudge/stain here and there; the words "lover" and "buttercup" are written in pencil in the outer margin of pages 204 and 328, respectively. Scuffing/scratching to the leather covers; a 2" piece is missing at the bottom of the spine; worn corners. Tight binding with no loose pages. Name/address written in pencil on the front end paper and pastedown.