Covers the period August 6-11, Oct. 20-29, 1740, Oct. 20-Nov. 2, 1741, March 1-13, 1742 (The dates March 1-13, 1742 are printed 1741)
"The original manuscript of the ... Minutes of the House of Assembly of 1740-1743 was found among the papers of the Public Archives Commission of Delaware, and appear in this volume in print for the first time."--Explanatory.