468. [Anthony, Susan B.]
An
Account of the Proceedings in the Trial of Susan B. Anthony,
on the Charge of Illegal Voting, at the Presidential Election
in Nov., 1872. and on the Trial of Beverly W. Jones, Edwin T.
Marsh and William B. Hall, the Inspectors of Election by whom
her Vote was Received.
Rochester:
Daily Democrat and Chronicle Book Print, 1874
vii, 212
pp. Reprinted 2002
LCCN 2001041397.
ISBN 1-58477-187-9. Cloth. $65.
469.
Clancy, James.
A
Treatise on the Rights, Duties, and Liabilities of Husband and
Wife at Law and in Equity.
First
American from the Third London Edition, with Great Additions.
New York:
Treadway & Bogert, 1828
Reprinted
2003
ISBN 1-58477-281-6.
Cloth. $150.
See item
335 in section Treatises
for more information on this title.
470.
W.H. [Heale, William]
An
Apologie [sic]
for Women. Or an Opposition to Mr. Dr.G[ager] His
assertion, who held in the Act at Oxforde, [sic]
Anno. 1608, That it was Lawfull [sic] for Husbands
to Beate [sic] their Wives.
Oxford:
Printed by Joseph Barnes, 1609
[iv], 66
pp. Reprinted 2003
ISBN 1-58477-287-5.
Cloth. $95.
* William
Gager [fl. 1580-1619], a controversial Latin dramatist, gave
a public talk at one of the universities at Oxford in which he denounced women’s “capacitie for learning, themselves
adjudged worthie of blows.” P. 3. Disturbed by this assertion,
William Heale [1581?-1627], a chaplain-fellow at Exeter
College, published this stirring response. His case is substantiated
by his solid examination of civil and canon law in reference
to this subject. The Dictionary of National Biography VII:
797 (Gager) and IX:331 (Heale). A Short-Title Catalogue of
Books Printed in England,
Scotland, & Ireland, 1475-1640
13014.
471.
Kitchin, S.B.
A
History of Divorce.
London:
Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1912
xvi, 293
pp. Reprinted 2002
LCCN 2001041400.
ISBN 1-58477-190-9. Cloth. $75.
472.
Reeve, Tapping
The
Law of Baron and Femme, of Parent and Child, Guardian and Ward,
Master and Servant, and of the Powers of the Courts of Chancery;
with an Essay on the Terms Heir, Heirs, Heirs of the Body.
Third
Edition, With Notes and References to English and American Cases
by Amasa J. Parker and Charles E. Baldwin, Counselors-At-Law.
Albany: William
Gould, 1862
xlvi, 677pp.
Reprinted 1998
LCCN 98-36057.
ISBN 1-886363-58-7. Cloth. $95.
473.
Stow, J.W.
Probate
Confiscation.
The
Unjust Laws which Govern Women.
Fourth
edition revised and enlarged.
[n.p.]: Printed
and sold by the author, 1879
301 pp. Reprint
available 2003
LCCN 2002044366.
ISBN 1-58477-340-5
Cloth. $75.
* Reprint
of the fourth revised and enlarged edition, originally published
in 1876. Printed for the author and sold on her lecture tours
throughout the United States in an effort to enlighten citizens
of those states and demand repeal of probate laws in each state.
Mrs. J.W. Stow [d.1902], returned from a trip abroad to find
that her husband, a prominent San Franciscan, had passed away.
Although her husband was considered to be quite wealthy, Mrs.
Stow found herself nearly penniless. Here she vigorously describes
her dealings with the San Francisco Probate Court, and attempts
to expose the injustice of the probate system. A fascinating
source for scholars of women’s history and legal history alike,
the volume is a passionate and insightful first-hand account
of the legal system as it was experienced by women in the United
States in the latter quarter of the nineteenth-century, as well
as a well-informed feminist legal tract calling for economic
justice and property rights for women and widows and their children.
474.
Swinburne, Henry
A
Treatise of Spousals, or Matrimonial Contracts.
Wherein
all the Questions Relating to that Subject are Ingeniously Debated
and Resolved.
London:
Printed by S. Roycroft for Robert Clavell, 1686
[xvi], 240
pp. Reprinted 2003
ISBN 1-58477-288-3.
Cloth. $125.
* First
published after Swinburne’s [1560?-1623] death, this unique
and original ecclesiastical law treatise was hailed as “...
the first written in England” on the subject of matrimonial
law, the relationship between spousal contracts and marriage
contracts and dissolution of those contracts. The Dictionary
of National Biography XIX: 229. Swinburne was commissary
of the exchequer and judge of the consistatory court at
York.
475.
Tucker, Henry St. George
Woman’s
Suffrage by Constitutional Amendment.
New Haven:
Yale University Press, 1916
x, 204 pp.
Reprint available 2003
LCCN 2002044382.
ISBN 1-58477-342-1. Cloth. $65.
* Tucker
[1853-1932], the grandson of Henry St. George Tucker, was a
Congressman from Virginia and an opponent of most social legislation.
In Congress he was known for his opposition to women’s suffrage
and his support of states rights. He argues that a Constitutional
amendment providing for women’s suffrage would violate the division
between state and federal powers. According to Tucker, the right
to vote is not a federal issue, but a local one. Reprint of
the 1916 Yale University Storrs Lectures.
476.
Whitmore, William H.
The
Law of Adoption in the United States, and Especially in Massachusetts.
Albany:
Joel Munsell, 1876
vii, 111
pp. Reprint available 2003
LCCN 2002042757.
ISBN 1-58477-344-8
Cloth $80.
* Reprint
of first and only edition. In 1875 the Massachusetts
legislature considered a proposal to revise the state’s adoption
laws. Before it proceeded, however, it commissioned this study
from Whitmore to serve as a reference for the legislators. Written
in two parts, the first contains the texts of laws and related
cases from twenty-two states. (He also includes a brief summary
of relevant European statutes.) Organized by topic, the second
describes how these laws compare and differ. Though written
for a specific purpose, this study remains a valuable guide
for the scholar of the history of adoption law or family law
to all aspects of American adoption law during the nineteenth
century.
477.
[Women’s Law] [Hyde, Robert]
A
Treatise of Feme Coverts: Or, the Lady’s Law.
Containing
All the Laws and Statutes relating to Women, and Several Heads:
I. Of Dissents of Lands to Females, Coparceners, etc. II. Of
Cosummating of Marriage, Stealing of Women, Rapes, Polygamy.
III. Of the Laws of Procreation of Children, and therein of
Bastards or Spurious Issue. IV. Of the Privileges of Feme Coverts,
and their Power with Respect to their Husband, and all others.
V. Of Husband and Wife, and in what Actions they are to Join.
VI. Of Estates Tail, Jointures and Settlements, Real and Personal
on Women. VII. Of what the Wife is entitled to of the Husband’s,
and Things Belonging to the Wife, the Husband Gains Possession
of by Marriage. VIII. Of Private Contracts by the Wife, Alimony,
Separate Maintenance, Divorces, Elopements, etc. To which are
added, Judge Hide’s very remarkable Argument in the Exchequer-Chamber,
Term. Trin. 15 Car. 2 In the Case of Manby and Scot, whether
and in what Cases the Husband is Bound by the Contract of his
Wife: And Select Precedents of Conveyances in all Cases concerning
Feme Coverts.
[London]:
E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, 1732
[viii], 264,
[16] pp. Reprinted 2003
ISBN 1-58477-286-7
Cloth. $125.
* Reprint
of the first edition of The Lady’s Law which examines
the doctrines of English Common Law relating to “feme coverts”
or married women, from a perspective sympathetic to women. It
deals with precedents of conveyances not covered in The Law
of Baron and Femme, and as such can be seen as a companion
volume.
478.
Woolsey, Theodore D.
Divorce
and Divorce Legislation, Especially in the United States.
Second
Edition Revised
New York:
Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1882
x, [9]-328
pp. Reprinted 2001
ISBN 1-58477-118-6.
Cloth. $75.
