Note 7 — Chapter XVII · A CENTURY AND A QUARTER OF DIVORCE LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1776-1903
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So in New Hampshire: compare the act of Feb. 17, 1791: Laws of the State of N. H. (1797), 295, with Rev. Stat. (1843), 293, when the modern usage was adopted. For Rhode Island see Pub. Laws (1798), 497, and later revisions; for Maine compare Laws (1821), I, 344, 345, with Rev. Stat. (1847), 364 (modern usage).