Certification of Revised Code Continuation by George William Smith.

• imprint_number: 1808.038
• title: Richmond, February 8th, 1808. 1 do hereby certify that 1 have superintended the press during the printing of the “New Revised Code,” by Pleasants and Pace . . . James Rind. 1 do hereby certify that I have carefully compared the several laws printed . . . [approves printing and lists a few corrections] Geo. Wm. Smith.
• sequence_number: 38
• year: 1808
• place_issued: Richmond
• issuing_press: Samuel Pleasants
• author: Smith, George William (1762-1811).
• notes: Smith was a member of the Council of State at this time; he was eventually elected governor of Virginia, but died three weeks later in the Richmond Theater Fire of December 26, 1811.
  Sheet lacks colophon; text was included in the front matter of the Continuation of the New Revised Code of 1803 (1808.037), and formatting here suggests that this item was a galley proof from that book, so the attribution to Pleasants, publisher of the completed work.
  
  
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  • Samuel Pleasants, Jr.

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