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Att the Generall Court Holden att New Plymouth the Sixt of June, 1656 MASS. GEN. LAWS (William White 1861).

  • Year:
  • 1656
Category:

Sensitive Places and Times, Felons, Foreigners and Others Deemed Dangerous By the State, Firing Weapons,

Jurisdiction:

Colonial, State,

“Att the generall court holden att New Plymouth the sixt of June 1656…

    …It is ordered by the court that all Indians liueing neare any towne of this Jurisdiction shalbee forthwith strictly charged not to make any Alarum in the night by shooting or otherwise vnlesse nessesitated therunto as they will answare it att theire prill;
    And Likwise that noe Indian shall discharge any gun on the Lords day att any thinge to the breach of the Sabbath and desturbance of the English; as they will answare it att theire prill…”

David Pulsifer, ed., Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England Printed by Order of the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Laws: 1623-1682 (Boston, MA: William White, 1861), 65-66. “Att the Generall Court Holden att New Plymouth the Sixt of June 1656.”

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