Excerpt from The Confiscation Laws of MassachusettsThe Act for disarming persons notoriously disaffected to the cause of America, passed 1 May, 1776 (province Laws, v. 479) The Act for taking up and restraining persons dangerous to this State, passed 9 May, 1777 (ibid. V.The Act for securing this and the other United States against the danger to which they are exposed by the internal enemies thereof, passed 10 May, 1777 (ibid. V. 648)About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.