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NEW JERSEY] WILSON, PETER (compiler). Acts of the General Assembly of the State of New-Jersey . Trenton: Isaac Collins, 1784. First edition with first issue title page. Contemporary calf, housed in a folding clamshell case. 13 1/8 x 8 3/8 inches (33.5 x x 22 cm); 398 pp., 28 pp. appendix, 30 pp., index lacking rear blank. An indistinct 1837 signature to title, booklabel of George C. Ludlow, cover detached, boards rubbed, some foxing, toning and stains, stamp to verso of title. This is a compilation of New Jersey laws from 1776 to 1783. This is one of the earliest copies distributed before the title page was corrected from reporting the source of the publication being the General Assembly rather than the legislature as a whole. Felcone 394; Evans 18632. C The New York City Bar Association