An Exact Abridgment of all the Public Acts of Assembly in Virginia (1737)

<h1>An Exact Abridgment of all the Public Acts of Assembly in Virginia (1737)</h1>

<p>Mercer, John. <em>An Exact Abridgment of all the Public Acts of Assembly in Virginia, in force and Use: Together with Sundry Precedents adapted thereto and Proper Tables</em>. Williamsburg: Printed by William Parks, 1737. Library of Virginia.</p>

<p>A prominent Virginia lawyer, <strong>John Mercer</strong> (1705–1768) owned one of the largest law libraries in Virginia. His library was the school for his nephew George Mason (1725– 1792), the author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights and the Virginia Constitution of 1776, and a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1787. William Parks (d. 1750) recruited Mercer to prepare the <em>Exact Abridgment</em>, which was one of the first Virginia-specific law books written by a Virginian and printed by a Virginian. This copy is from the Library of Virginia.</p>

<h2>Usage Rights:</h2>

<p>Item from the Library of Virginia, used with permission.</p>

<h2>Files available for download:</h2>

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