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Description and Holding Information
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1704-, Delaware Session Laws
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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).
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Title:
Laws of the state of Delaware.
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OCLC Number:
319422604
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Available Volumes
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Name | Fiche Count | Online | Paper Backup |
1733 Oct.-1734 Mar., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1783 Oct. (inc.) | | Yes | No |
1753 Oct., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1763 Oct.-1764 Mar., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1764 Oct., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1766 Oct., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1767 Oct. Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1768 Oct.-1769 June, Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1769 Oct.-1770 Mar., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1770 Oct., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1771 Oct.-1772 June, Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1772 Oct.-1773 Apr., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1773 Oct., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1774 Oct.-1775 Aug., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1775 Oct., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1776 Oct.-1777 Jan., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
Index (MS) | | Yes | No |
1777 Dec.-1778 Apr., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1778 May (2 acts), pt. 1 | | Yes | No |
1778 May (2 acts), pt. 2 | | Yes | No |
1778 June, Called Sess. (2 acts) | | Yes | No |
1778 Oct.-1779 May, various sessions | | Yes | No |
1779 Oct.-1780 June, various sessions | | Yes | No |
1780 Oct.-1781 May, various session | | Yes | No |
1781 Oct., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1782 Jan., Adj. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1782 May Adj. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1783 Jan., Adj. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1783 May, Adj. Sess | | Yes | No |
1783 Oct.-1784 May, various sessions | | Yes | No |
1784 Oct.-1785 Jan., various sessions | | Yes | No |
1785 May, Adj. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1785 Oct.-1786 Jan., various sessions | | Yes | No |
1786 May, Adj. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1786 Oct.-1787 Jan., various sessions | | Yes | No |
1787 May, Adj. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1787 Oct., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1788 Jan., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1788 May, Adj. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1788 Oct., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1789 Jan., Adj. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1789 May, Called Sess. | | Yes | No |
1789 Oct., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1790 Jan., Adj. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1790 Oct., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1791 Jan., Adj. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1791 Oct., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1792 Jan., Adj. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1792 May, Called Sess. | | Yes | No |
1793 Jan., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1793 May, Called Sess. | | Yes | No |
1794 Jan., Reg. Session | | Yes | No |
1795 Jan., Reg. Session | | Yes | No |
1796 Jan., Reg. Session | | Yes | No |
1797 Jan., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1798 Jan., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1799 Jan., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1800 Jan., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1800 Nov., Called Sess. | | Yes | No |
1801 Jan., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1802 Jan., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1803 Jan., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1804 Jan., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1805 Jan., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1806 Jan., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1807 Jan., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1807 Aug., Called Sess. | | Yes | No |
1808 Jan., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1809 Jan., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1810 Jan., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1811 Jan., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1812 Jan., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1812 May, Called Sess. | | Yes | No |
1813 Jan., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
Table of Private Acts, 1806-1813 Jan. | | Yes | No |
Index, 1806-1813 Jan. | | Yes | No |
1813 Apr., Called Sess. | | Yes | No |
1813 May, Adj. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1814 Jan., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1815 Jan., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1816 Jan., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
Index, 1813-1816 | | Yes | No |
1817 Jan., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1818 Jan., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1819 Jan., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
Table of Private Acts, 1813-1819 Jan. | | Yes | No |
Index, 1813-1819 Jan. | | Yes | No |
1820 Jan., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1821 Jan., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1822 Jan., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1823 Jan., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1824 Jan., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1825 Jan., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1826 Jan., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1827 Jan., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1829 Jan., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1830 Jan., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1831 Jan., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1832 Jan., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1833 Jan., Reg. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1835 Jan., Bien. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1835 July, Spec. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1836 June, Spec. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1837 Jan., Bien. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1839 Jan., Bien. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1841 Jan., Bien. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1843 Jan., Bien. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1845 Jan., Bien. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1847 Jan., Bien. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1849 Jan., Bien. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1851 Jan., Bien. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1852 Jan., Adj. Sess. | | Yes | No |
1875 Jan Bien Sess | | Yes | Yes |
1877 Jan Bien Sess | | Yes | Yes |
1881 Jan Bien Sess | | Yes | Yes |
1883 Jan Bien Sess | | Yes | Yes |
1885 Jan Bien Sess | | Yes | Yes |
1887 Jan Bien Sess | | Yes | Yes |
1889 Jan Bien Sess | | Yes | Yes |
1891 Jan Bien Sess | | Yes | Yes |
1893 Jan Bien Sess | | Yes | Yes |
1898 Jan Adj Sess | | Yes | Yes |
1899 Jan Bien Sess | | Yes | Yes |
1901 Gen. Ass. Vol. 22 Pt. 1 | | Yes | Yes |
1903 Gen. Ass. Vol. 22 Pt. 2 | | Yes | Yes |
1904 Gen. Ass. Spec. Sess. Vol. 22 Pt. 1 | | Yes | Yes |
1906 Gen. Ass. Spec. Sess. Vol. 24 Pt. 1 | | Yes | Yes |
1909 Gen. Ass. Vol. 25 Pt. 1 | | Yes | No |
1911 Gen. Ass. Vol. 26 | | Yes | No |
1913 94th Gen. Ass. Vol. 27 | | Yes | Yes |
1915 95th Gen. Ass. Vol. 28 Pt. 2 | | Yes | Yes |
1917 96th Gen. Ass. Vol. 29 | | Yes | Yes |
1918 96th Gen. Ass. Spec. Sess. Vol. 30 | | Yes | Yes |
1919 97th Gen. Ass. Vol. 30 | | Yes | Yes |
1920 97th Gen. Ass. Spec. Sess. Vol. 31 | | Yes | Yes |
1923 99th Gen. Ass. Vol. 33 | | Yes | Yes |
1925 100th Gen. Ass. Vol. 34 | | Yes | No |
1927 101st Gen. Ass. Vol. 35 | | Yes | No |
1929 102nd Gen. Ass. Vol. 36 | | Yes | Yes |
1931 103rd Gen. Ass. Vol. 37 | | Yes | Yes |
1932 104th Gen. Ass. Spec. Sess. Vol. 38 Pt. 1 | | Yes | No |
1933 104th Gen. Ass. Vol. 38 Pt. 2 | | Yes | No |
1933 104th Gen. Ass. 2nd Spec. Sess. Vol. 39 | | Yes | Yes |
1935 105th Gen. Ass. Vol. 39 | | Yes | Yes |
1937 106th Gen. Ass. Vol. 41 | | Yes | Yes |
1939 107th Gen. Ass. Vol. 42 | | Yes | No |
1941 108th Gen. Ass. Vol. 43 | | Yes | Yes |
1943 109th Gen. Ass. Vol. 44 | | Yes | Yes |
1947 114th Gen. Ass. Vol. 46 | | Yes | Yes |
1949 115th Gen. Ass. Vol. 47 | | Yes | No |
1951 116th Gen. Ass. Vol. 48 | | Yes | No |
1953 117th Gen. Ass. Vol. 49 | | Yes | No |
1957 119th Gen. Ass. Vol. 51 | | Yes | Yes |
1959 120th Gen. Ass. Vol. 52 | | Yes | No |
1961 121st Gen. Ass. Vol. 53 | | Yes | Yes |
1963 122nd Gen. Ass. Vol. 54 | | Yes | Yes |
1965-66 123rd Gen. Ass. 1st-2nd Sess. Vol. 55 Pt. 1 | | Yes | No |
1965-66 123rd Gen. Ass. 1st-2nd Sess. Vol. 55 Pt. 2 | | Yes | No |
1967-68 124th Gen. Ass. 1st-2nd Sess. Vol. 56 Pt. 1 | | Yes | No |
1967-68 124th Gen. Ass. 1st-2nd Sess. Vol. 56 Pt. 2 | | Yes | No |
1969-70 125th Gen. Ass. 1st-2nd Sess. Vol. 57 Pt. 1 | | Yes | Yes |
1969-70 125th Gen. Ass. 1st-2nd Sess. Vol. 57 Pt. 2 | | Yes | Yes |
1973-74 127th Gen. Ass. 1st-2nd Sess. Vol. 59 Pt. 1 | | Yes | Yes |
1973-74 127th Gen. Ass. 1st-2nd Sess. Vol. 59 Pt. 2 | | Yes | Yes |
1975-76 128th Gen. Ass. 1st-2nd Sess. Vol. 60 Pt. 1 | | Yes | Yes |
1975-76 128th Gen. Ass. 1st-2nd Sess. Vol. 60 Pt. 2 | | Yes | Yes |
1977-78 129th Gen. Ass. Spec. + 1st-2nd Sess. Vol. 61 Pt. 1 | | Yes | Yes |
1977-78 129th Gen. Ass. Spec. + 1st-2nd Sess. Vol. 61 Pt. 2 | | Yes | Yes |
1979-80 130th Gen. Ass. 1st-2nd Sess. Vol. 62 | | Yes | Yes |
1981-82 131st Gen. Ass. 1st-2nd Sess. Vol. 63 | | Yes | Yes |
1983-84 132nd Gen. Ass. 1st-2nd Sess. Vol. 64 | | Yes | Yes |
1985-86 133rd Gen. Ass. 1st-2nd Sess. Vol. 65 | | Yes | Yes |
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