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1704-, Delaware Session Laws
Session laws of the State of Delaware: 1704–, var. state printers, 1704– (The name “Delaware” was first given to the river of that name and its bay
on the Atlantic. It was derived from the honorific of Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Ware, an English nobleman and Virginia’s first colonial governor.
The territory that is now the State of Delaware was for many years merely a group of European settlements located to the west of the lower Delaware
River and its bay. For most of its settled period prior to the American Revolution this area was ruled from elsewhere. From 1631 the area hosted a colony
of the Dutch West India Company, which ran a small settlement called Swanendael until 1633, when the settlers were wiped out by Indians. In 1638 a
Swedish colony, New Sweden, was established at Fort Christina, the site of modern Wilmington. Swedish rule lasted until 1655, when Peter Stuyvesant, the
Dutch governor of New Amsterdam {now Manhattan} defeated the Swedes, but allowed them to remain in residence under Dutch rule. When, in 1664, the
British defeated the Dutch in the New World, Charles II granted proprietary rights over all former Dutch territories to his brother, the Duke of York.
Under the Duke of York period, 1664-1682, the South River Area {the Dutch name for Delaware} was renamed the Colony of New-Castle. In 1681 Charles II
gave a charter for Pennsylvania to William Penn. A year later Penn succeeded in having the area on the West Bank of the Delaware estuary {then called the
“Lower Counties on the Delaware”; i.e. New-Castle, Kent & Sussex} added to his grant. This gave Pennsylvania Colony a much coveted direct access to
the sea. Between 1682-1704 the Lower Counties were ruled from Philadelphia. However, in 1701Penn granted the Lower Counties the right to an independent
General Assembly; although they continued to share a governor with Pennsylvania for the rest of the colonial period. The first General Assembly was
held at New-Castle in 1704, and the Lower Counties exercised this limited self-government from then until the American Revolution. Since there were no
printers in the Lower Counties at the time, the journals of its first assemblies were printed in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin, the jurisdiction’s
official printer from 1729 to 1760. In the latter year, James Adams, a printer, set up shop in Wilmington and became official printer. In 1776 the
Lower Counties comprised one of the original thirteen colonies declaring independence from England. At this point the unique colony, by resolution of
the Continental Congress, was officially fully severed from Pennsylvania and named “Delaware”. The first state constitution was adopted in 1776, with
one of its provisions being the establishment of a legislature with two chambers, the House of Assembly and The Council; later the Senate. In 1777 the
capital was moved from New-Castle to Dover, in Kent County because of that settlement’s more central location, and also because it was felt to be safer
from British raiders plying the Delaware River.) (The session laws in the Early State Records Collection were digitized from a microfilm copy of
titles originally held by the Library of Congress, the Harvard Law School Library, the Historical Society of Delaware Library, and the Public Record
Office in London, England).
Title:   Laws of the state of Delaware.
OCLC Number:   319422604
Available Volumes
NameFiche CountOnlinePaper Backup
1733 Oct.-1734 Mar., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1783 Oct. (inc.)YesNo
1753 Oct., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1763 Oct.-1764 Mar., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1764 Oct., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1766 Oct., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1767 Oct. Reg. Sess.YesNo
1768 Oct.-1769 June, Reg. Sess.YesNo
1769 Oct.-1770 Mar., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1770 Oct., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1771 Oct.-1772 June, Reg. Sess.YesNo
1772 Oct.-1773 Apr., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1773 Oct., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1774 Oct.-1775 Aug., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1775 Oct., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1776 Oct.-1777 Jan., Reg. Sess.YesNo
Index (MS)YesNo
1777 Dec.-1778 Apr., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1778 May (2 acts), pt. 1YesNo
1778 May (2 acts), pt. 2YesNo
1778 June, Called Sess. (2 acts)YesNo
1778 Oct.-1779 May, various sessionsYesNo
1779 Oct.-1780 June, various sessionsYesNo
1780 Oct.-1781 May, various sessionYesNo
1781 Oct., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1782 Jan., Adj. Sess.YesNo
1782 May Adj. Sess.YesNo
1783 Jan., Adj. Sess.YesNo
1783 May, Adj. SessYesNo
1783 Oct.-1784 May, various sessionsYesNo
1784 Oct.-1785 Jan., various sessionsYesNo
1785 May, Adj. Sess.YesNo
1785 Oct.-1786 Jan., various sessionsYesNo
1786 May, Adj. Sess.YesNo
1786 Oct.-1787 Jan., various sessionsYesNo
1787 May, Adj. Sess.YesNo
1787 Oct., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1788 Jan., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1788 May, Adj. Sess.YesNo
1788 Oct., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1789 Jan., Adj. Sess.YesNo
1789 May, Called Sess.YesNo
1789 Oct., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1790 Jan., Adj. Sess.YesNo
1790 Oct., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1791 Jan., Adj. Sess.YesNo
1791 Oct., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1792 Jan., Adj. Sess.YesNo
1792 May, Called Sess.YesNo
1793 Jan., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1793 May, Called Sess.YesNo
1794 Jan., Reg. SessionYesNo
1795 Jan., Reg. SessionYesNo
1796 Jan., Reg. SessionYesNo
1797 Jan., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1798 Jan., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1799 Jan., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1800 Jan., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1800 Nov., Called Sess.YesNo
1801 Jan., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1802 Jan., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1803 Jan., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1804 Jan., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1805 Jan., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1806 Jan., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1807 Jan., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1807 Aug., Called Sess.YesNo
1808 Jan., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1809 Jan., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1810 Jan., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1811 Jan., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1812 Jan., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1812 May, Called Sess.YesNo
1813 Jan., Reg. Sess.YesNo
Table of Private Acts, 1806-1813 Jan.YesNo
Index, 1806-1813 Jan.YesNo
1813 Apr., Called Sess.YesNo
1813 May, Adj. Sess.YesNo
1814 Jan., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1815 Jan., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1816 Jan., Reg. Sess.YesNo
Index, 1813-1816YesNo
1817 Jan., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1818 Jan., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1819 Jan., Reg. Sess.YesNo
Table of Private Acts, 1813-1819 Jan.YesNo
Index, 1813-1819 Jan.YesNo
1820 Jan., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1821 Jan., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1822 Jan., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1823 Jan., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1824 Jan., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1825 Jan., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1826 Jan., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1827 Jan., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1829 Jan., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1830 Jan., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1831 Jan., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1832 Jan., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1833 Jan., Reg. Sess.YesNo
1835 Jan., Bien. Sess.YesNo
1835 July, Spec. Sess.YesNo
1836 June, Spec. Sess.YesNo
1837 Jan., Bien. Sess.YesNo
1839 Jan., Bien. Sess.YesNo
1841 Jan., Bien. Sess.YesNo
1843 Jan., Bien. Sess.YesNo
1845 Jan., Bien. Sess.YesNo
1847 Jan., Bien. Sess.YesNo
1849 Jan., Bien. Sess.YesNo
1851 Jan., Bien. Sess.YesNo
1852 Jan., Adj. Sess.YesNo
1875 Jan Bien SessYesYes
1877 Jan Bien SessYesYes
1881 Jan Bien SessYesYes
1883 Jan Bien SessYesYes
1885 Jan Bien SessYesYes
1887 Jan Bien SessYesYes
1889 Jan Bien SessYesYes
1891 Jan Bien SessYesYes
1893 Jan Bien SessYesYes
1898 Jan Adj SessYesYes
1899 Jan Bien SessYesYes
1901 Gen. Ass. Vol. 22 Pt. 1YesYes
1903 Gen. Ass. Vol. 22 Pt. 2YesYes
1904 Gen. Ass. Spec. Sess. Vol. 22 Pt. 1YesYes
1906 Gen. Ass. Spec. Sess. Vol. 24 Pt. 1YesYes
1909 Gen. Ass. Vol. 25 Pt. 1YesNo
1911 Gen. Ass. Vol. 26YesNo
1913 94th Gen. Ass. Vol. 27YesYes
1915 95th Gen. Ass. Vol. 28 Pt. 2YesYes
1917 96th Gen. Ass. Vol. 29YesYes
1918 96th Gen. Ass. Spec. Sess. Vol. 30YesYes
1919 97th Gen. Ass. Vol. 30YesYes
1920 97th Gen. Ass. Spec. Sess. Vol. 31YesYes
1923 99th Gen. Ass. Vol. 33YesYes
1925 100th Gen. Ass. Vol. 34YesNo
1927 101st Gen. Ass. Vol. 35YesNo
1929 102nd Gen. Ass. Vol. 36YesYes
1931 103rd Gen. Ass. Vol. 37YesYes
1932 104th Gen. Ass. Spec. Sess. Vol. 38 Pt. 1YesNo
1933 104th Gen. Ass. Vol. 38 Pt. 2YesNo
1933 104th Gen. Ass. 2nd Spec. Sess. Vol. 39YesYes
1935 105th Gen. Ass. Vol. 39YesYes
1937 106th Gen. Ass. Vol. 41YesYes
1939 107th Gen. Ass. Vol. 42YesNo
1941 108th Gen. Ass. Vol. 43YesYes
1943 109th Gen. Ass. Vol. 44YesYes
1947 114th Gen. Ass. Vol. 46YesYes
1949 115th Gen. Ass. Vol. 47YesNo
1951 116th Gen. Ass. Vol. 48YesNo
1953 117th Gen. Ass. Vol. 49YesNo
1957 119th Gen. Ass. Vol. 51YesYes
1959 120th Gen. Ass. Vol. 52YesNo
1961 121st Gen. Ass. Vol. 53YesYes
1963 122nd Gen. Ass. Vol. 54YesYes
1965-66 123rd Gen. Ass. 1st-2nd Sess. Vol. 55 Pt. 1YesNo
1965-66 123rd Gen. Ass. 1st-2nd Sess. Vol. 55 Pt. 2YesNo
1967-68 124th Gen. Ass. 1st-2nd Sess. Vol. 56 Pt. 1YesNo
1967-68 124th Gen. Ass. 1st-2nd Sess. Vol. 56 Pt. 2YesNo
1969-70 125th Gen. Ass. 1st-2nd Sess. Vol. 57 Pt. 1YesYes
1969-70 125th Gen. Ass. 1st-2nd Sess. Vol. 57 Pt. 2YesYes
1973-74 127th Gen. Ass. 1st-2nd Sess. Vol. 59 Pt. 1YesYes
1973-74 127th Gen. Ass. 1st-2nd Sess. Vol. 59 Pt. 2YesYes
1975-76 128th Gen. Ass. 1st-2nd Sess. Vol. 60 Pt. 1YesYes
1975-76 128th Gen. Ass. 1st-2nd Sess. Vol. 60 Pt. 2YesYes
1977-78 129th Gen. Ass. Spec. + 1st-2nd Sess. Vol. 61 Pt. 1YesYes
1977-78 129th Gen. Ass. Spec. + 1st-2nd Sess. Vol. 61 Pt. 2YesYes
1979-80 130th Gen. Ass. 1st-2nd Sess. Vol. 62YesYes
1981-82 131st Gen. Ass. 1st-2nd Sess. Vol. 63YesYes
1983-84 132nd Gen. Ass. 1st-2nd Sess. Vol. 64YesYes
1985-86 133rd Gen. Ass. 1st-2nd Sess. Vol. 65YesYes