Charters and General Laws of the Colony and Province of Massachusetts Bay 132-133 (1814)
| dc.coverage.spatial | Massachusetts - Colony of Massachusetts Bay | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T01:55:30Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T13:54:28Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T02:21:47Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1633 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Ch. 58, § 2 (1633): Prohibited the possession, trade, sale, and repair of guns, ammunition, armor, and weapons generally for "any Indian" enforced by fine. | |
| dc.description.lawtext | SECT. 2. And it is ordered, that no person whatsoever, shall henceforth buy land of any Indian without license first had and obtained of the general court, and if any offend herein, such land so bought shall be forfeited to the country. Nor shall any person sell, give or barter, directly or indirectly, any gun or guns, powder, bullets, shot, lead, to any Indian whatsoever, or to any person inhabiting out of this jurisdiction: Nor shall any amend or repair any gun belonging to any Indian, nor shall sell any armor or weapons, upon penalty of ten pounds for every gun, armor or weapons so sold, given or bartered, five pounds for every pound of powder, forty shillings for every pound of shot or lead, and proportionately for any greater or lesser quantity. | |
| dc.description.summary | Prohibited giving or selling guns, powder, or shot to Indians, enforced by fine. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/4226 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyGoogle | https://www.google.com/books/edition/Laws_of_the_Colonial_and_State_Governmen/-BlfcdEVnaMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA10&printsec=frontcover | |
| dc.subject | ENSLAVED PERSONS & OTHER MINORITIES | |
| dc.title | Charters and General Laws of the Colony and Province of Massachusetts Bay 132-133 (1814) |