1763 Pa. Laws 306, An Act to prohibit the Selling of Guns, Gun-Powder, or other Warlike Stores, to the Indians, § 1
| dc.coverage.spatial | Pennsylvania | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T14:09:27Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T17:04:11Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T04:19:31Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1763 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Prohibited the giving, selling, bartering guns, ammunition, or warlike equipment to "any Indian," punishable by fine or imprisonment. | |
| dc.description.lawtext | Whereas several Tribes of Indians, for some Time past, have perfidiously made Incursions within the Frontiers of this Province, and have perpetrated many cruel and barbarous Murders on the Inhabitants thereof, and it must be, in the present Circumstance of Affairs, of dangerous Consequence to supply the said Indians with Guns, Gunpowder, or other Warlike Stores; For Prevention whereof, BE IT ENACTED by the Honourable James Hamilton, Esq; Lieutenant-Governor under the Honourable Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, Esquires, true and absolute Proprietaries of the Province of Pennsylvania, and Counties of New-Castle, Kent and Sussex, upon Delaware, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Representatives of the Freemen of the said Province, in General Assembly met, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the Passing of this Act, if any Person or Persons whatsoever shall, directly or indirectly, give to, sell, barter or exchange, with any Indian or Indians whatsoever, any Guns, Gunpowder, Shot, Bullets, Lead, or other Warlike Stores, without Licence from the Commander in Chief of the King's Forces in those Parts, or from the Governor, or Commander in Chief of this Province for the Time being, first had and obtained, every such Person or Persons so offending, being thereof legally convicted in any County Court of Quarter Sessions within this Province, shall forfeit and pay the Sum of Five Hundred Pounds, one Moiety thereof to the Informer, and the other Moiety thereof to the Governor, or Commander in Chief of this Province for the Time being, and shall furthermore be whipt with Thirty-nine Lashes on his bare Back, well laid on, and be committed to the common Goal of the County, there to remain Twelve Months, without Bail or Mainprize. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED by the Authority aforesaid, That this Act shall continue and be in Force for the Term of Twelve Months, and from thence to the End of the next Session of Assembly, and no longer. | |
| dc.description.summary | Pennsylvania temporarily prohibited supplying Native Americans with guns, gunpowder, ammunition, or other warlike supplies without official authorization. Violations carried severe penalties: a £500 fine, 39 lashes, and 12 months in jail without bail. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/5154 | |
| dc.subject | ENSLAVED PERSONS & OTHER MINORITIES | |
| dc.title | 1763 Pa. Laws 306, An Act to prohibit the Selling of Guns, Gun-Powder, or other Warlike Stores, to the Indians, § 1 |