The Compact with the Charter and Laws of the Colony of New Plymouth 184 (William Brigham ed., 1836)
| dc.coverage.spatial | Massachusetts - Plymouth | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T01:55:37Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T13:54:35Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T02:21:39Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1677 | |
| dc.description.abstract | "It is enacted by the Court That the order of Court made Anno 1644 allowing Matchcockes be repealed ; and that all psons required by the lawes of this Collonie to keep and maintaine armes ; be att all times provided with sufficient fix feir lockes or snaphance musketts or other servicable peeces not exceeding four foot and an halfe longe ; nor under Colliver bore" | |
| dc.description.lawtext | It is enacted by the Court That the order of Court made Anno 1644 allowing Matchcockes be repealed; and that all psons required by the lawes of this Collonie to keepe and maintaine armes; be att all times provided with sufficient fix feir lockes or snaphance musketts or other serviceable peeces not exeeding four foot and an halfe longe; nor under Colliver bore on penaltie of six shillings to be levied on the estate of all and every such pson or psons as by order are appointed to keepe and maintaine the same; and that every such pson required to keepe and maintaine armes shall for every fier locke or snaphance be alwaies provided with thirty flints on penaltie of twelve pence fine. | |
| dc.description.summary | The law repealed the previous authorization for matchlock firearms and instead required everyone legally obligated to keep arms to possess a serviceable flintlock, snaphaunce musket, or similar firearm meeting specified size and caliber requirements. It also required each firearm owner to keep 30 flints on hand, imposing fines for failing to maintain the required firearm or ammunition supplies. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/4138 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyGoogle | https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Compact_with_the_Charter_and_Laws_of/m1wthvl5THAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22THE%20COMPACT%20WITH%20THE%20CHARTER%20AND%20LAWS%20OF%20THE%20COLONY%20OF%20NEW%20PLYMOUTH%22&pg=PA184&printsec=frontcover | |
| dc.subject | REQUIRED POSSESSION | |
| dc.title | The Compact with the Charter and Laws of the Colony of New Plymouth 184 (William Brigham ed., 1836) |