Thorough Records from a Nineteenth-Century Missouri Court [Manuscript]. [Docket Book]. [Missouri, c.1880]. 289 pp. Octavo (8" x 5-1/2"; 20.3 x 13.9 cm). Contemporary sheep, gilt fillets to boards, gilt-edged raised bands and gilt title to spine ("Record"), marbled edges. Light rubbing, a few scuffs and nicks, some soiling to boards..... More
An Eighteenth-Century Manuscript on Prejudicium [Manuscript]. [Praejudicia Tabularia]. Probably Hungary, c.1760. [284] pp. Octavo (6-1/2" x 4-1/2"). Contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine with raised bands, edges rouged. Light rubbing and a few minor nicks to boards, which are slightly bowed, moderate rubbing to extremities, corners bumped, pastedown excised from verso..... More
Peace Cannot be Secured by Force [Manuscript Archive]. Bower, Sir Graham John [1848-1933]. [Two Pre-Publication Manuscript Copies of "Treaties of Peace," Read Before the Grotius Society]. [London, c.1917]. 31, 10 ff. on 10" x 8" (25.4 x 20.3 cm) loose-leaf ruled sheets; 29 ff. in 10" x 8" (25.4 x...... More
Souvenirs of a Royal Divorce Trial: Lady Denman Apparently Giving to a Friend Examples of the Hands of Three of the Main Figures on Queen Caroline's Legal Defence Team, Including An Example of the Hand of Her Husband, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench [Manuscript Archive]. [Caroline of Brunswick..... More
Letters Tracing the Courtship and Early Marriage of a Notable New Jersey Judge [Manuscript Archive]. Hartshorne, Ellen Fritz [1895-1988]. Hartshorne, Richard [1888-1975]. [Correspondence of Judge Richard Hartshorne and His Wife, Ellen Fritz (Nee Sahlin) Hartshorne. America, Early 1900s]. Approximately 550 letters, 1,150 manuscript pages in ink, 200 pages in pencil..... More
Archive of Correspondence From the Hope Family, 1809-1824. [Manuscript Archive]. [Hope Family]. Hope Family Archive. Hope, Charles [1763-1851]. Hope, Louisa [d.1824]. Hope, Charlotte [1771-1834]. [8 Brief Autograph Letters from Members of the Hope Family, 1809-1824]. This is a small archive of correspondence from the Hope family of the early nineteenth..... More
The Administration of a Small New Hampshire Town, 1783-1815 [Manuscript Archive]. [New Hampshire]. [Documents Relating to the Town of New Ipswich, 1783-1813]. New Ipswich, NH, 1783-1813. 18, 12, 16, 6, 8, 14, 18 pp. 7 stab-stitched manuscript volumes, 1 is 6-1/4" x 4" (15.8 x 10.2 cm), 1 is 12-1/2"..... More
Documents from the Settlement of a New Hampshire Estate [Manuscript Archive]. [New Hampshire]. [Wallace Family]. [Deeds, Receipts, Estate Inventories and Other Legal Documents]. Londonderry, NH, 1766, 1782-1801. 17 documents, 7 are 12" x 7-1/2" (30.5 x 19 cm) bifolia and single sheets, 1 is a 15" x 12" (38 x...... More
A New York Lawyer Re-Establishes His Practice in Ohio [Manuscript Archive]. [Scott, Lyman, Jr.]. [Documents Concerning Scott's Application to Practice Law in Ohio]. Coshocton County, OH and Cattaraugus County, NY, 1832-1836. Six documents, one franked on verso, sizes ranging from 4-1/2" x 8" to 12-1/2" x 7-1/2" (11.4 x 20.3..... More
Four Certificates Appointing a Distinguished Litchfield Judge [Manuscript Archive]. [Woodruff, Morris (1777-1840)]. [4 Judicial Appointment Certificates]. Litchfield, CT, 1829-1839. 12-1/2" x 7-3/4" part-printed bifolia, text running parallel to fold line, blind-embossed seal to 3 certificates and residue from removed seal to 1 certificate. Light toning, negligible light soiling, a few..... More
An Antitrust AG for Roosevelt Helps Secure a Federal Appointment [Manuscript]. Arnold, Thurman [1891-1969]. [Rogan, Richard R. (1914-1996)]. [Typed Letter, Signed, On Department of Justice Letterhead, Washington, DC, July 14, 1938]. 10-1/2" x 8" sheet of Arnold's personalized Department of Justice letterhead, text to recto. Moderate toning, two horizontal fold..... More
Manuscript Commentary on the Customary Law of Artois [Manuscript]. [Artois]. Hebert, Guillaume-Francois. Remarques Faites par Guillaume Francois Hebert Ecuier Conseiller du Roy au Conseil Provincial d'Artois sur Plusieurs Articles de la Coustume d'Artois et sur Quelques Questions de Droit et de Pratique. Commence en 1695 [Caption Title]. Artois?, c.1700s. 447..... More
Early Nineteenth-Century Manuscript Account Book of Pennsylvania Lawyers [Manuscript]. [Barnard, James (1755-1806)]. [Barnard, Isaac D. (1791-1834)]. [Barnard, Thomas D. (1793-1873)]. [Acct. of Money Recd. for the Estate of James Barnard, Esq. Decd. in the Office, Etc.][And][Acct. of Money Recd. by Isaac D. Barnard Belonging to His Late Father's Estate]. Chester..... More
Earliest Known Example of Manuscript Ordonnances Relating to Provence [Manuscript]. [Barrigue de Montvalon, Andre (1678-1779]. [Bornier, Philippe (1634-1711)]. Precis des Anciennes et Nouvelles Ordonnances, Edits et Declarations les Plus en Usage avec Quelques Observations sur le Commentaire de Bornier. Aix-en-Provence, 1724. [287] ff. Quarto (9" x 6-1/2"). Contemporary calf, gilt..... More
"Free / W. Blackstone": A Bold and Exceptionally Clear Signature of the Great Commentator on the Laws of England [Manuscript]. Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. [Walker, Thomas (1724-1804)]. [Franked Docketed Address Leaf Addressed to Walker, Signed ("Free / W. Blackstone"), In His Hand, Oxford, October 14, (1766?)]. 9" x 7" (23..... More
Blackstone at Work [Manuscript]. Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Grey, Thomas de, 1st Baron Walsingham [1719-1781]. [Two Sections Removed from an Indenture, One of Them Signed by Blackstone and de Grey, Huntingdonshire, June 16, 1776]. Part-printed vellum, text completed in manuscript, approximately 13" x 2" (33 x 6 cm) and 11-1/2..... More
Restoring Discipline in the Augustinian Community of Grand-Saint-Bernard [Manuscript]. Boniface, Louis. [Hospice de Grand-Saint-Bernard]. Opuscula Nonnulla R. Ludovici Bonifacii Canonici Regularis Coadiutoris ad Salutiferam Regularis Disciplinae Restitutionem. Sparsim Adiunctis Postea Latis a Sacra Episcoporum & Regularium Congegatione Decretis 1718. [Grand-St.-Bernard, c.1718]. 304 ff. Quarto (9-1/2" x 7"; 24 x 17.75..... More
Bill of Costs for an Ohio Murder Case Heard Before a Distinguished 19th-Century Jurist [Manuscript]. Bowman, John, Defendant. Meigs, Return J., Jr. [1764-1825]. United States v John Bowman: Indct. for Murder Cost Bill for Atty General. [Chillicothe, OH, 1801]. 16-1/2" x 5" (42 x 12.5 cm) sheet, text to recto..... More
A High Sheriff's Detailed Accounting for the Yorkshire Assizes, Including Fees for the Marshall and Office Seals [Manuscript]. Boynton, Sir Griffith, 6th Baronet [1745-1778]. [High Sheriff's Account Book of Expenses for the County of York, 1771-1772]. [Yorkshire, c.1772]. [2 blank], [5], [1 blank] pp. Text in one (possibly two?) neat..... More
The Brandeis Firm Seeks Information from a Judge [Manuscript]. [Brandeis, Louis D. (1856-1941)]. [Typed Letter on Brandeis, Dunbar & Nutter Letterhead, Boston, December 24, 1909]. Single-sided letter on 10-1/4" x 8" sheet. Moderate toning, fold lines, some with browning. Letter signed, most likely by a secretary or clerk, "Brandeis, Dunbar..... More
Greetings to Alfred Eisenstaedt from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brennan and Reinhold Niebuhr [Manuscript]. Brennan, William J, Jr. [1906-1997]. Niebuhr, Reinhold [1892-1971]. [Eisenstaedt, Alfred (1898-1995)]. [Leaf from an Autograph Book that Belonged to Alfred Eisenstaedt, Dated October 10 and May 14, 1956]. 5" x 6-1/4" removed leaf, untrimmed edges, stab..... More
Legal Practice and Provincial Life in Northern England, 1778-1846 [Manuscript]. [Burgess, Joseph]. [Burgess, William]. [Account Book of Joseph and William Burgess]. Chester, UK, 1778-1846. [xiii], 151, [1] ff. Final leaf numbered 251, with approximately 100 leaves excised in antiquity after fol. 151. Includes a manuscript index. Folio (12-3/4" x 8";..... More
An Interesting Receipt Book from a Pennsylvania Attorney [Manuscript]. Campbell, John Gardner [1812-1859]. Receipt Book [Spine Title]. York County, Pennsylvania, 1848-1859. Content to first 118 ff. of 140 hand-numbered leaves. Oblong octavo (5" x 7-1/2"; 12.6 x 19 cm). Contemporary reverse calf, stamped frames to boards, lettering pieces (reading "Receipt..... More
Gilded Age Philadelphia: The 1890s Letter Book of Francis S. Cantrell, Esq. [Manuscript]. Cantrell, Francis S. [1844-1914]. Cantrell, Francis S., Jr. [1872-1946]. [Letter Book of the Law Offices of Francis S. Cantrell]. [Philadelphia], 1892-1897. [xxvi], 234, 245-500 blank ff. Quarto (11-3/4" x 9-1/2"; 29.7 x 24.2 cm). Contemporary quarter sheep..... More
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A Warm Thank-You Note from Cardozo to the Wife of a Notable New York Judge Cardozo, Benjamin N. [1870-1938]. [Seabury, Mrs. Samuel (Richey, Maude) (d. 1952)]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, To Seabury On Personal Letterhead, March 1, 1928]. Single sheet folded to form two 6-1/2" x 4-1/2" leaves and 5" x...... More