QUEEN ANNE'S WAR.


An Act for the Raising and Government of Souldiers. [Boston: 1707?] Folio (290 x 185 mm). 3 pp plus blank. Queen's arms headpiece. Disbound. Toning and thumbsoiling.This pamphlet features a series of acts designed to retain troops fighting Queen Anne's War in the colonies: "In as much as the Safety and Defence of Her Majesty's Subjects and Interests within this Province in time of War, &c. has been duly Advised on ... be it therefore Declared and Enacted by His Excellency the Governour, Council and Representatives in General Court Assembled, and by the Authority of the same, that the several Acts and Laws herein enumerated ...[declare] ... An Act to prevent the Deserting of the Frontiers of this Province ... An Act for punishing of Officers and Souldiers retained in Her Majesties Service, and under pay ... An Act to Encourage the prosecution of the Indian Enemy and Rebels ... An Act against Souldiers and Seamen in Her Majesties Service, being Arrested for Debt ... be and hereby are revivied, re-Enacted, and Directed to abide and remain in force ... until the end of the Session of this Court [May 1709]; if the war with France so long continue, and not afterwards."