Lanterna Rally

Author: Aaron Leaming

Publisher:

Published: 2015-08-04

Total Pages: 772

ISBN-13: 9781332132966

Excerpt from The Grants, Concessions, and Original Constitutions of the Province of New Jersey: The Acts The original edition of this volume of Grants and Concessions was printed by William Bradford, of Philadelphia, as the imprint states; but the exact year is unknown. Griffith, in his Law Register, vol. iv., states that it was "about 1751 or 1752," which is, perhaps, as nearly correct as can now be ascertained. It is the second, in order, of the compilations of the laws of New Jersey-the first being Kinsey's Acts, of 1732. In reprinting the original Grants and Concessions, copies of which have become scarce, we have endeavored to make the work an exact duplicate of the Bradford edition in the paging, spelling and punctuation. In a few instances, errors clearly typographical, as misplacement of letters, have been corrected; but the unique and inconsonant spelling, and the equally curious punctuation, have been, as a rule, strictly maintained. The only perceptible difference is in capitalization and italicizing. It was thought unnecessary and unwise to follow the original in these respects, because of the greater difficulty in reading the text, and because no one, in any printed quotations from such old works, at this day, would retain those particular typographical oddities. It is true the original edition had, as is believed, some slight errors in it, which were the fault of the transcribers from the English or Colonial records, or of the printer, or both; but these we have not undertaken to correct, inasmuch as only a comparison of every word with the ancient documents themselves (could they be found) would enable one to discover wherein the 1752 edition was at fault. This no person is likely ever to undertake: and the utmost that will be expected of the present publishers is, that this edition shall conform to that of 1752. 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.