1774 Providence Edition Owned by a Subscriber Who Was an Early Massachusetts Judge and Politician [Care, Henry (1646-1688)]. N[elson], W[illiam] [b.1653], Editor. English Liberties, Or The Free-Born Subject's Inheritance. Providence: Printed and Sold by John Carter, 1774. viii, 350, [6] pp. Includes six-page subscriber list. Octavo (7" x 4-3/4"; 17.8..... More
An Abridgment of Lutwyche's "Valuable and Accurate" Reports Lutwyche, Sir Edward [1634-1709]. Nelson, W[illiam], Translator. The Reports and Entries of Sir Edward Lutwyche, Serjeant at Law, And Late One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas. The Several Cases Therein are Truly Stated Upon the Respective Pleadings and..... More
Nelson, William, [1847-1914]. First Report of the Public Record Commission of New Jersey. 1899. Somerville, N.J.: Unionist-Gazette Association, State printers, 1899. 116 pp. Publisher's tan buckram with red and black lettering pieces to spine. Deckle edges. Moderately worn and soiled with rubbing to spine. Pencil inscription "Rare/ Best guide to/..... More
"The Difficulty is to Find Out What a Man Intended After He is Dead" Nelson, William [d. 1653]. Lex Testamentaria: Or, A Compendious System of All the Laws of England, As Well Before the Statute of Henry VIII. As Since, Concerning Last Wills and Testaments. In Which Are Collected, All..... More
The First Book Devoted Exclusively to the English Law of Evidence [Nelson, William (b.1653), Compiler]. The Law of Evidence: Wherein All the Cases that Have Yet been Printed in Any of Our Law Books or Tryals, And that in Any Wise Relate to Points of Evidence, Are Collected and Methodically..... More
From the Library of a Notable Worcester Doctor and Bibliophile [Trial]. Darnes, William P., Defendant. Nelson, Thomas S., Reporter. A Full and Accurate Report of the Trial of William P. Darnes, On an Indictment Found by the Grand Jury of St. Louis County, At the September Term, 1840, Of the..... More