The Code of 1650, Being a Compilation of the Earliest Laws and Orders of the General Court of Connecticut; also, the Constitution, or Civil Compact, entered in and adopted by the towns of Windsor, Hartford, and Wethersfield in 1638-39. To which is added, Some Extracts from the Laws and Judicial Proceedings of New-Haven Colony, Commonly Called Blue Laws.
The Code of 1650, Being a Compilation of the Earliest Laws and Orders of the General Court of Connecticut; also, the Constitution, or Civil Compact, entered in and adopted by the towns of Windsor, Hartford, and Wethersfield in 1638-39. To which is added, Some Extracts from the Laws and Judicial Proceedings of New-Haven Colony, Commonly Called Blue Laws.
The Code of 1650, Being a Compilation of the Earliest Laws and Orders of the General Court of Connecticut; also, the Constitution, or Civil Compact, entered in and adopted by the towns of Windsor, Hartford, and Wethersfield in 1638-39. To which is added, Some Extracts from the Laws and Judicial Proceedings of New-Haven Colony, Commonly Called Blue Laws.
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Title Page to 1825 book about the Blue Laws of Connecticut
Connecticut's "Blue Laws" were supposedly laws relating to the Sabbath. They were the result of a complex hoax by a disillusioned Royalist; however, there were Sabbatarian laws in Connecticut - and still are today - restricting the sale of alcohol on Sundays, for instance.