A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 2 of 3Howard, George Elliott
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A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 2 of 3
Howard, George Elliott
Families; Marriage -- History
[BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE XIII.--For Virginia the chief materials
have been drawn from Hening's _Statutes at Large_ (Richmond,
1809-23), and the laws comprised in _Acts of the Assembly_
(fol., Williamsburg, 1769). The third volume of O'Callaghan,
_Documents Rel. to the Col. History of New York_, has an
interesting memorial of the bishop of London written in 1677;
and there are some references to marriage in Strachey, _For
the Colony in Virginea Britannea: Lawes Diuine, Morall, and
Martiall_, being "Dale's Code" (London, 1612): in Force,
_Tracts_, III; Spotswood, _Letters_, constituting Vols. I and
II, new series, of the _Collections of the Va. Hist. Soc._
(Richmond, 1882-85); Beverley, _History of Virginia_ (reprint,
Richmond, 1855); and the acts of the assembly of 1619 contained
in the _Colonial Records of Virginia_ (Richmond, 1874). Cooke,
_Virginia_ (Boston, 1884), gives a curious proclamation of
Governor Wyatt for the regulation of courtship. In Vol. IV of
the _Va. Magazine of Hist. and Biog._ (Richmond, July, 1896)
there is a unique "Marriage Agreement" which throws some light
on the economic affairs of the provincial household; and further
illustrations of domestic and social customs may be found in
Goodwin, _The Colonial Cavalier_ (Boston, 1895); and Fiske, _Old
Virginia and Her Neighbors_ (Boston, 1898).
The principal sources for Maryland are Browne, _Archives of
Maryland_ (Baltimore, 1883-91); Bacon, _Laws of Maryland_
(fol., Annapolis, 1765); and, to supplement these, the _Laws of
Maryland made since 1763_ (fol., Annapolis, 1777); or the same
(fol., Annapolis, 1787). Streeter, "Papers Rel. to the Early
Hist. of Maryland," in _Md. Hist. Soc. Publications_ (Baltimore,
1876), publishes a record of the first wedding in the colony,
with the marriage license bond. The matrimonial doctrines of
the Labadists are discussed by James, "The Labadist Colony
in Maryland," in _J. H. U. S._, XVII (Baltimore, 1899); and
the character of the episcopal clergy is described by Browne,
_Maryland_ (Boston, 1884), and by Lodge, _Short History_ (New
York, 1882).
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