An Invitation to Spend an Afternoon with Dr. Holmes Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr. [1809-1894]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, Boston, February 7, 1883]. Single-page letter on Holmes's 6-1/4" x 4-1/2" 296 Beacon Street stationary in attractive glazed wood 10" x 9" frame. Light toning to letter, faint fold line through center, a...... More
Day Books of an English Solicitor from 1794, 1803 and 1811 [Manuscript]. [Solicitors]. [Kent, England]. Day Book Commencing April 1794. [Kent, England, April 2, 1794-January 13, 1802]. [96] pp. [With] [Day Book]. [Kent, England, January 3, 1803-January 14, 1811]. [96] pp. [And] Day Book Commencing 2nd February 1811. [Kent, England..... More
Antebellum Virginia Docket Book [Manuscript]. [Virginia]. [Justice's Docket Book, Amherst County, Virginia, 1850-1859]. 2 books. [200]; [212] pp. Folio (13-1/2" x 8-1/4" and 12-3/4" x 8"). Quarter and three-quarter sheep over marbled boards, one book has lettering piece reading "Justice's Docket." Bindings lightly cocked, moderate rubbing to boards and board..... More
Court Document Signed Twice by Blackstone [Manuscript]. Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. [Autograph Document, Signed Twice, London, May 11 and 18, 1770]. 4-1/4" x 7-1/4" sheet with four small embossed duty stamps, light toning, somewhat heavier along margins, tipped-in to old 5" x 8" sheet at lower left corner, content in..... More
"I Am Very Proud of Your Review of My Little Book" [Manuscript]. Cardozo, Benjamin N. [1870-1938]. [Shientag, Bernard L. (1887-1952)]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, To Bernard L. Shientag, February 20, 1931]. Single sheet folded to form a pair of 8" x 6" leaves, content to both sides of first leaf and..... More
Account Book of Polk's Attorney General and Ambassador to Mexico, Later an Associate U.S. Supreme Court Justice [Manuscript]. Clifford, Nathan [1803-1881]. [Clifford, Hannah Ayer (1811-1892)]. [Account Book]. Newfield, ME, 1839-1849. [110] pp. Octavo (7-1/4" x 6-1/4"). Quarter calf over marbled boards, rebacked, hinges mended. Moderate rubbing to boards, corners bumped..... More
Revolutionary-Period Rhode Island Justice's "Book of Records" [Manuscript]. Cook(e) Hopkins [b.1735]. A Book of Records of Justice's Courts No 2. Begun January 1st. Anno Domi. 1774 By H. Cooke Just. Peace. [East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island, December 24, 1773-September 4, 1781], [282] pp. Quarto (8" x 6-1/2"). Four sewn..... More
Letters to an Ohio Prosecutor [Manuscript Archive]. [Lawyers]. [Taylor, Clyde A.]. [Letters Addressed to Jefferson, Ohio, Prosecutor Clyde A. Taylor]. Mostly Jefferson, OH, 1906-1907. 144 items comprising single-leaf, bifolio and multipage manuscript and typescript letters, 3 printed documents, sizes range from 3-1/2" x 5-1/2" to 11" x 8-1/2." Light toning..... More
The Busy Life of a Prominent Jewish Rhode Island Lawyer and Civic Leader [Manuscript Archive]. [Lawyers]. [Levy, Arthur J. (1897-1972)]. [Letters and Other Documents of Prominent Jewish Rhode Island Lawyer and Civic Leader Arthur J. Levy]. Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New York, 1917-1931. 365 items comprising single-leaf, bifolio and multipage..... More
Important Early Work on Writs Thoroughly Annotated by an Early Owner Theloall, Simon. Le Digest des Briefes Originals, Et des Choses Concernants Eux. London: In Aedibus Richardi Tottelli, 1579. [viii], 424 ff. Octavo (5-3/4" x 3-3/4"). Seventeenth-century calf, blind rules to boards, raised bands to spine, boards reattached. Moderate rubbing..... More
A Medieval Marriage Contract Nevill Thomas de. Chaumont, John de. [Marriage Contract] [York, England, 1345]. 39 lines of text in Anglo-Norman on 10-1/2" x 10" indented parchment sheet, fragment of seal below text. Light soiling, horizontal and vertical folds, minor staining to upper left corner, natural flaw to left margin..... More
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Early Nineteenth-Century Diaries of an English Solicitor [Manuscript]. Chapman, Thomas. Memorandum Book for 1804, No. 1. [Richmond, Surrey, England]. [80] pp. [And] No.1-Memorandum Book for 1806. [Richmond, Surrey, England]. [64] pp. Three printed leaves (of interest tables and 1797 holidays) laid in. Octavo (7" x 4"). Plain wrappers with manuscript..... More
Manuscript Copy of a Rare 1685 French Treatise on Hunting Laws [Manuscript]. [Laisne, Antoine (active 1685-1737)]. [Novion, Nicolas Potier de (1618-1693)]. La Nouvelle Jurisprudence sur le Fait des Chasses: Contenant l'Explication de l'Ordonnance de 1669, Avec les Arrests & Jugemens Rendus sur Chaque Article, & Plusiers Autres Arrests & Jugemens..... More
The Distribution of Tithes in a Small Town in Devon, England [Manuscript]. [Great Britain]. The Charters of Crediton, To Which Are Annexed Certain Decrees. Crediton, c.1800. [90] ff. Folio (14-1/2" x 9-1/2"). Contemporary diced and mottled calf, gilt frames to boards, gilt spine, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. A few light..... More
Document Appointing a Notary Public in Oklahoma Indian Territory [Manuscript]. [Oklahoma]. [Indian Territory]. [Document Appointing A Notary Public for the Central District of the Indian Territory]. Atoka, Oklahoma, October 13, 1899. Single 12-1/2" x 8" leaf, embossed seal of the United States District Court in the Central District, Indian Territory..... More
Pre-Publication Manuscript Copy of the Devonshire Chapter of the Domesday Book [Manuscript]. [Domesday Book]. No. 23. V 1.2. Domesday Book for Devonshire. London?, c.1714-1783. 73 ff. Folio (15-1/2" x 10-1/2"). Marbled paper-covered limp boards, raised bands to spine, hand-lettered title panel to front cover. Rubbing and soiling to boards, spine..... More
The Daily Business of a Prominent Vermont Lawyer [Manuscript Archive]. [Lawyers]. [Robinson, David, Jr. (1777-1858)]. [Archive of Letters Sent to David Robinson, Jr., Attorney-at-Law, Bennington, Vermont]. Vermont and New York, 1820-1842. 27 single-leaf and bifolia comprising 88 pages, sizes range from 8-1/4" x 6-1/4" to 12-1/2" x 7-1/2." Manuscript in..... More
Probably Compiled Around 1765 by an Apprentice to a New York City Lawyer [Manuscript]. [Legal Education]. [Formbook]. New York, c. 1765. 89 pp. Folio (14-3/4" x 9-3/4"). Quarter calf over marbled paper-covered limp boards. Worn, paper mostly peeled away, leather spine partially detached, edges frayed and chipped, moderate edgewear and..... More
Rare Wide-Margined 1804 Edition of the Code Napoleon with Extensive Contemporary Annotations [Code Napoleon]. Code Civil des Francais, Entierement Conforme a l'Edition Originale Precede de la Table des Titres: Suivi des Lois Transitoires; Du Tableau des Distances de Paris aux Chefs-Lieux des Departements et d'une Table Alphabetique des Matieres. Paris..... More
Classroom Notes on the Codex Justinianus [Manuscript]. [Justinian I (483-565 CE), Emperor of the East]. Codicis Justiniani SS. Principis. [France, c.1830?]. 564, [11] pp. Folio (12" x 8"). Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, vellum-covered corners to boards. Moderate rubbing to boards, crease to upper corner of front board below..... 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. Artois?, c.1700s. 447 pp. Folio..... More
Notes Taken During a Course of Lectures on the Code Napoleon by a Distinguished Professor [Manuscript]. [Code Napoleon]. [Duverger, Alexandre, (1818-1892)]. [Student Notes on a Course About the Code Napoleon]. [Paris]: November 18, 1860-May 3, 1861. 882 pp. Folio (14" x 9"). Quarter morocco over marbled boards, raised bands and..... More
Handsome 1724 Manuscript Digest of Royal Decrees 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..... More
Handsome Manuscript Copy of the Coutume de Paris [Manuscript]. [Paris]. Coutume de la Prevoste et Vicomte de Paris. [Paris?, c.1700-1750]. [ii], 389, [1] pp. Quarto (8" x 6-1/2"). Contemporary tree sheep, gilt spine with raised bands and lettering piece, edges rouged, ribbon marker. Light rubbing and shallow scuffing to boards..... More
Manuscript Commentary on the Code Louis and Estate Law [Manuscript]. [Toulouse]. [Darnes, Francois]. Supplement de l'Explication de l'Ordonnance de 1667 Selon l'Usage du Parlement de Toulouse par M[aitr]e Riccard Avocat en Parlement. [Toulouse?], c. 1753. [ii], 185, [5]; 134, [26]; 351-358; 359-378 pp. four parts, the second, third and fourth..... More
A Set of Manuscript Notes on an Eighteenth-Century Textbook on French Law [Manuscript]. Deloche, Maurice Clement [d.1842]. Serres, Claude [1695-1753]. Notes sur les Institutes de Justinien Redigees dans l'Ordre des Institutes au Droit Francois de Serres par M. XXX. Grenoble, 1787. [viii], 523, [22] pp. Quarto (10-1/4" x 7"). Contemporary..... More
Interleaved Copy Annotated by a French Nobleman [Justinian I (485-565 CE), Emperor of the East]. Hotman, Francois [1524-1590], Editor. Digestorum seu Pandectarum Libri Quinquaginta ex Pandectis Florentinis Nuper in Lucem Emissis, Quoadeius Fieri Potuit, Repraesentati, & In Septem Partes Justiniani Sententia Distincti, Adjectis Brevibus Francisci Hotomanni Parisiensis I.C. Clarissimi Summariis..... More
Manuscript Compiled on the Kentucky Frontier [Manuscript]. Meade, Richard E[verard] [1787-1861]. Richard E. Meade's Commonplace Form Book. 1805. [Jessamine County, Kentucky, 1805, 1809]. [ii], 229, [2], [12] pp. Final 12 pages are a thumb-tabbed index. Folio (12-3/4" x 7-3/4"). Quarter sheep over paper-covered boards. Rubbing with considerable wear, boards, index..... More
Nineteenth-Century Archive Concerning American Tariffs [Archive]. [Tariff Laws]. [Pamphlets, Circulars, Offprints and Letters Concerning Tariffs]. Massachusetts, New York and Washington, DC, 1823-1902. 72 items, comprising 42 pamphlets, 12 offprints, 10 circulars and 8 letters, sizes range from 5-1/4" x 3-1/4" to 12-1/2" x 9-1/2." Light to moderate toning, browning to..... More
Determining Compensation for Madame de Corbin's Property [Manuscript]. [Case Concerning the Seizure of Property from Madame de Corbin, A Widow]. Rennes. Saint-Aignon, France, 1679-1680. 160 ff. Quarto (9-3/4" x 7"). Contemporary limp vellum, ties lacking, faint hand-lettered annotation to front cover. Moderate soiling and a few stains, worming in a...... More
"I Am Inclined to Give Credit to Her Assertions" [Manuscript]. [Trial]. [Ireland]. [Account of a Rape]. [County Carlow, Ireland, June 25, 1807]. 11" x 7" leaf, docketed on verso. Horizontal fold lines, light browning and edgewear. Annotations by presiding magistrate to foot of recto and sections of verso. $1,500. *..... More
1799 Document Appointed a Judge to the Kennebeck County, Maine, Court of Common Pleas [Judges]. [Maine]. [Dummer, Nathaniel (1755-1815)]. To All Unto Whom These Presents Shall Come, Greeting... Boston, February 28, 1799. 17" x 11" part-printed document, inscribed in neat hand, docketed on verso, large embossed Massachusetts seal to upper-left..... More
With Interesting Commentary About Law and Society [Manuscript]. [Savoy, France]. Memoire Concernant la Taxe Imposee en 1727 par le Senat de Savoye sur le Clerge du Pais pour la Garde de les Frontieres Contre la Peste. [France: 18th Century]. 28 pp. Folio (8-3/4" x 5-3/4"). Contemporary quarter vellum over marbled..... More
Poignant Letter Regarding the "Death of Justice Cardozo" by a Fellow Justice [Manuscript]. Stone, Harlan Fiske [1872-1946]. [Typed Letter, Signed, Regarding the Death of Benjamin Cardozo, On U.S. Supreme Court Letterhead, October 17, 1938]. Single-sided letter on 10-1/2" x 8" sheet, signed Harlan Stone. Faint horizontal fold lines, a few..... More
Inventory of the Estate of a Prominent Frederick County, Maryland, Landowner and Judge [Manuscript]. [Beall, William Murdock (1742-1823)]. [Inventory and Appraisal of the Estate of Judge William Beall]. Frederick County, MD, 1823-1825. 66 pp. Main text preceded by 2 pp. index. Folio (13-1/2" x 8-1/4"). Thick pressed-paper side-sewn ledger, untrimmed..... More
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Late Eighteenth-Century Account Book of a Notable New York Attorney [Manuscript]. Remsen, John H. [c.1770-1798]. [Account Book]. New York, 1795-1798. [xxiii], 326 pp. Quarto (9-1/2" x 7-1/2"). Reverse calf, blind fillets and panels to boards, rebacked retaining parts of existing spine, raised bands, blind ornaments and lettering piece (reading "Register")..... More
Reconstruction-Era Account Book of a Richmond, Virginia Law Firm [Manuscript]. Cosby, William W. Turner, Charles W. [Account Book of Cosby & Turner]. Richmond, Virginia, 1871-1875. [xxiv], 458 pp. Folio (13-1/2" x 8-1/2") Reversed calf, black-stamped frames to boards, raised bands and lettering pieces to spine, "Ledger" gilt-stamped to upper piece..... More
Archive Relating to an 1883-1884 Railway Case in Argentina [Manuscript Archive]. [Argentina]. [Trial]. [Legal Documents Relating to a Railway Righ-of-Way Case]. Buenos Aires, 1883-1884. 6 items: 4 notebooks in stiff wrappers, 13" x 9," app. 100 pp. in all, 2 folding maps bound into a folder, 15-3/4" x 28," 12-1/2"..... More
Account Book of a Distinguished Nineteenth-Century New Jersey Jurist [Manuscript]. Vredenburgh, Peter [1805-1873]. [Account Book]. Freehold, NJ, 1829-1839. 231, [13] pp. Oblong octavo (5-1/4" x 8-1/2"). Reversed calf, black-stamped frames to boards. Light rubbing and some scuffs and scratches to boards, moderate rubbing to board edges with wear to corners..... More
A Group of Galveston Lawyers Attempt to Put One of their Colleagues on the Federal Bench [Manuscript]. [Galveston, Texas]. [Goddard, William H.]. [Manuscript Letters from Members of the Galveston Bar Recommending William H. Goddard for a Judgeship]. Galveston, TX, June 25 [and] June 29, 1870. 4 pp. 13-1/2" x 8-1/4."..... More
Ravishment, Excommunication, Spousal Abuse and Other Matters [Manuscript Archive]. [Trials]. [Great Britain]. [Legal Documents Relating to Six Trials]. Great Britain, 1631-1632. 6 items, 2 are single leaves, 4 bifolia, sizes range from 9-1/2" x 8-1/3/4" to 12" x 7-1/2." Moderate toning and soiling, occasional browning, vertical folds, 5 items docketed..... More
Nineteenth-Century Docket Book with Unusually Detailed Entries [Manuscript]. [Arkansas]. [Justice's Docket Book]. Stone County, Arkansas, 1873-1911. [xxvi], 412 pp. Thumb-tabbed index. Folio (13-3/4" x 8-3/4"). Reversed calf, raised bands to spine, black-stamped panels and calf panels to boards. Rubbed with considerable wear to spine and corners, a few sections lacking..... More
1785 Connecticut Court Document Ordering the Arrest of an Absconding Debtor [Manuscript]. [Connecticut]. [Writ from the State of Connecticut Ordering the Seizure of Goods of an Absconding Debtor]. [Hartford or New Haven]: August 9, 1785. 2 pp. 13-1/2" x 8" bifolium, docketed on verso. Horizontal fold lines, a few with..... More
Daily Record of a Police Officer in Newark, New Jersey in the Early 1960s [Manuscript]. [Newark, New Jersey]. [Personal Logbook of a Newark, New Jersey Police Officer]. [Newark, NJ?, February 5, 1962-September 21, 1965. 500 pp. Thumb-tabbed index. Folio (13-3/4" x 8-1/2"). Three-quarter cloth over contrasting pebbled cloth, raised bands..... More
A Rhode Island Debt Claim from 1728 [Manuscript]. Wanton, Joseph [1705-1780]. [Autograph Legal Document, Signed, Bristol, Rhode Island, July 5, 1728]. Single 12-1/4" x 7-1/2" leaf, franked below signature, docketed on verso ("Joseph Wanton's Release"). Light browning, horizontal and vertical creases, wax seal at signature, some separation along fold lines..... More
Blackstone's Transcription of Notes by a Notable Critic on Literary Imitation in the Work of English Poets [Manuscript]. Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. [Warburton, William (1698-1779)]. [Autograph Transcription, Signed ('W.B.'), 1 April 1779, London, Lincoln's Inn Fields, 26 April 1779]. 9-1/2" x 7-1/2" bifolium, four pages of text, archival guard at..... More
Blackstone Seeks Assistance from His Patron [Manuscript]. Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. [Petty, Lord William, Earl of Shelburne (1737-1805)]. [Autograph Letter, Addressed to "My Lord," Signed "W. Blackstone," London, Inner Temple, March 21, 1761]. Two-page letter on single 8-3/4" x 7-1/4" sheet and 5" x 4" copperplate portrait of Blackstone (after..... More
1823 Docket Book from Plymouth, Massachusetts [Manuscript]. [Massachusetts]. [Docket Book, Court of Common Pleas, Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1823]. [26], [110] pp. Includes 3 thumb-tabbed indexes. Folio (13-1/2" x 8-1/2"). Three-quarter calf over marbled boards, lettering piece reading "Dockets/ 1823" to spine. Worn, about 45% of marbled paper lacking from boards, lower..... More
1854 Interrogatory Concerning the Mental Fitness of the Decedent in an Inheritance Case [Manuscript]. [Wills]. [Mental Fitness]. Lewis, Garrett. Skinner, Dr. W.C. [1854 Legal Interrogatory of a North Carolina Medical Doctor W.C. Skinner Concerning the Illness, Mental Fitness and Death of Garrett Lewis of Chester County, Pennsylvania]. [West Chester, Chester..... More
Learned Hand Declines to Write an Article About Abraham Lincoln [Manuscript]. Hand, Learned [1872-1961]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, On Hand's U.S. Court House Letterhead, Address Struck-Through and Corrected, Windsor, VT, August 17, 1951]. 11" x 8-1/2" sheet. Some toning, fold lines, two vertical and one horizontal, light offsetting (from corrugated screen?)..... More
Interesting Letter by a Distinguished Nineteenth-Century Pennsylvania Lawyer-Politician [Manuscript]. Wolf, George [1777-1840]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, Washington, DC, December 16, 1825]. Single 9-3/4" x 8" leaf. Four fold lines, two vertical and two horizontal, light browning. Content in small neat hand to recto and verso, fragments of paper (from an album)..... More
13th Century Manuscript Copy of a Papal Decretal Concerning Prescription of Ecclesiastical Property [Manuscript]. [Canon Law]. [Clement, III (1130-1191), Pope]. [Leaf from a Papal Decretal Concerning Prescription of Ecclesiastical Property.]. Germany?, c. 1220-1234. [2] pp. Folio (12-3/4" x 9-1/2"). Parchment leaf, light soiling and a few faint stains, fold lines..... More
Judge Harlan Reflects on His Role in Arbitrating the Alabama Claims and on the Drafting of the Treaty of Washington [Manuscript]. Harlan, James [1820-1899]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, September 28, 1891]. Single leaf folded to from 9-3/4" x 7-3/4" bifolium, no transmittal envelope. Two fold lines, one vertical..... More
One of Boston's Wealthiest Men Acquires Land [Deed of Sale]. [Hancock, Thomas (1703-1764)]. [Blanchard, Joseph (1704-1758)]. To All the People to Whom These Presents Shall Come, Greeting, Know Ye.... May 4, 1789. 15" x 9-3/4" part-printed document, inscribed in neat hand, docketed on verso. Moderate browning and some edgewear, vertical..... More
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Cardozo ALS Concerning the Ethics of Writing a Reference Letter with a Photo [Manuscript]. Cardozo, Benjamin N. [1870-1938]. [Shapiro, Harold]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, To Harold Shapiro on U.S. Supreme Court Letterhead]. Rye, NY, August 12, 1934. Single sheet folded to form four 6-1/2" x 5" leaves. Faint mark to top..... More
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Cardozo ALS on U.S. Supreme Court Letterhead with Photo [Manuscript]. Cardozo, Benjamin N. [1870-1938]. [Shapiro, Harold]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, To Harold Shapiro on U.S. Supreme Court Letterhead, October 8, 1934]. Two 5" x 7-3/4" leaves. Light soiling, horizontal fold lines, otherwise fine. [With] Cardozo, Benjamin N. [7" x 9" Black-and-White..... More
A Court Document in Kent's Hand, Signed by Kent [Manuscript]. Kent, James [1763-1847]. [Court Document in Kent's Hand, Signed by Kent]. [New York]: February 5, 1806. 4 pp. 12-3/4" x 8-1/4" bifolium, docketed on verso of second leaf. Horizontal fold lines, a few with minor tears, light browning and minor..... More
Diary of a Prominent Yonkers, New York, Lawyer, Judge and Politician [Manuscript]. Scrugham, William Warburton [1820-1867]. [Diary of William Warburton Scrugham]. [Yonkers, NY, February 1, 1844--March 31, 1845]. 19, [120] pp. 12mo. (6-1/4" x 3-3/4"). Quarter sheep over marbled boards, printed paper title panel to front board (reading Diary for..... More
Blackstone Discusses Shakespeare [Manuscript]. Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. [Steevens, George (1736-1800)]. [Autograph Letter (in Third Person) to George Steevens, London, Lincoln's Inn Fields, 26 April 1779]. 9-1/2" x 7-1/2" bifolium, one page of text, archival guard at inner edge. Light toning, vertical and horizontal fold lines. $8,500. * Addressed to..... More
1728 Receipt for Fees in the Albany Mayor's Court [Manuscript]. Bleecker, Rutger [1675-1756]. [Crawells, William]. [Receipt for Court Fees, Signed]. Albany, NY, January 9, 1728. Single 13" x 8" leaf. Moderate toning and a few light spots, horizontal fold lines, minor edgewear, careful later repairs to tears along fold lines..... More
A Notable Philadelphia Attorney Writes to James Madison and Others [Manuscript Archive]. Ingersoll, Charles Jared [1782-1862]. [Madison, James [1751-1836], And Other Recipients]. [Letters from Ingersoll to James Madison and Others]. Philadelphia or Washington, D.C. 1825-1848. 6 letters comprising 11 pages, sizes range from 7-1/4" x 3-1/2" to 10" x 8."..... More
Letter Regarding a California Trial for the 1849 Murder of an African-American [Manuscript]. Dickinson, [D]aniel S. [1800-1866)]. [Sherwood, Winfield S. (1817-1865)]. [Draft of Autograph Letter, Signed, to Winfield Scott Sherwood, Washington, DC, U.S. Senate Chamber, 1850]. Single 10-3/4" x 8" leaf, docketed on verso, some toning, vertical and horizontal fold..... More
How Do You Know It's Mine? [Manuscript]. Rae, L.M. [Autograph Letter Signed, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, June 29, 1865]. Two bifolium 7-1/2" x 4-1/2" sheets, no transmittal envelope. Vertical and horizontal fold lines, some toning and minor soiling. Content in neat hand to rectos and versos of all leaves. $450. * A...... More
1878 Letter from a Yale Professor to a Notable New York Attorney Concerning the End of Reconstruction and a Bust of Yale's President [Manuscript]. Thacher, Thomas A. [1815-1886]. [Edwards Pierrepont (1817-1892)]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, To Edwards Pierrepont, New Haven, CT, December 4, 1878]. Two 8" x 5" sheets, text to..... More
1740 Lectures on a Notable German Study of Universal History [Manuscript]. [Universal History]. [Curas, Hilmar]. [De Historia Demoninatione Definitione (running title)]. Note on front free endpaper reads "Celeb. Did. Dusingii prof. Brem./ Dictata in/ Hilmari Curas/ Compend. Historiae Univers." [Bremen, 1740]. 457 pp. Quarto (7-3/4" x 6"). Contemporary three-quarter vellum..... More
Ledger Detailing the Sale of Lands from "Granger's Great Tract" in Kentucky [Manuscript]. [Granger (Grainger), John A. (1795-1870)]. List of Kentucky Land and Sales, January 22, 1845. [New York?, 1845-1868]. 280 pp. 3 manuscript slips laid in. Folio (12-1/4" x 7-3/4"). Reversed calf, black-stamped fillets and frames to boards, hand-lettered..... More
Eighteenth-Century New York City Tavern License [Taverns]. [New York City]. [Duane, James (1733-1797)]. [Tavern Licence Granted to John Swan Signed by Mayor James Duane]. New York, May 4, 1789. 6-1/4" x 7-1/2" part-printed document, inscribed in neat hand, docketed on verso. Moderate browning, faint horizontal fold line, another fold line..... More
Who Stole My Cheese? [Manuscript]. [Trial]. [Glasgow, Scotland]. Trial of Robert Hunter, Alias Robert Hunter Guthrie and John Mackie [Running Title]. [Glasgow: April 29, 1818]. 18 ff. Last leaf partially blank, docketed on verso. Folio (12-1/2" x 7.5"). Disbound, light soiling and edgewear, three horizontal fold lines, lower portion of..... More
Anxiety About the Effects of Abolition in Jamaica [Manuscript]. [Cuba]. [Jamaica]. [Brosa, Antonio]. [Duquesnay, Carlos]. [Three Letters Reporting on Slavery on the Letterhead of the Cuban Consulate in Jamaica]. Jamaica, 1839-1842. Three letters, 8" x 12-3/4," manuscript in ink. Two letters, dated March 28, 1839 and July 20, 1839, are..... More
Early Docket Book from Mifflin County, Pennsylvania [Manuscript]. [Pennsylvania]. [Commissioners of Mifflin County]. [Docket Book, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, 1812-1839]. [300] pp. Oblong folio (15-1/2" x 6-1/2"). Three quarter sheep over marbled boards. Light rubbing to boards, heavier rubbing to extremities with some wear to spine ends and corners. Light toning..... More
Handsome French Manuscript on Procedure from 1821 [Manuscript]. [France]. Procedure. Rennes, France, 1821. 100 pp. Quarto (8" x 6-1/2"). Contemporary limp vellum with flap, tie lacking. Light soiling and a few minor stains and tiny holes, spine ends bumped, vellum beginning to crack through pastedowns, which have some worming. Light..... More
Fraudulent Collection of Wolf Bounties in Virginia [Manuscript]. [Virginia]. [Wolf Bounties]. [Autograph Deposition Addressed to J.P. Thomasson and other justices of Jackson County, Signed by Justice of the Peace Benjamin Arnold, Kanawho County, Virginia, April 8, 1841]. 4 pp. 12-1/2" x 7-1/2" bifolium, docketed on verso of second leaf. Horizontal..... More
Lemuel Shaw Asks Edward Everett to Help a Friend Seeking a Naval Commission [Manuscript]. Shaw, Lemuel [1781-1861]. Everett, Edward [1795-1865]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, to Edward Everett with Everett's Appended, And Signed, Letter of Transmittal, Boston, October 4, 1827 and October 12, 1827]. Single leaf folded to form 9-3/4" x 7-3/4"..... More
"Diabolical and Against the Order of Nature" [Manuscript]. [Buggery]. [Virginia]. [Documents Relating to an Act of Buggery Between a Man and a Horse]. [Culpepper County, VA, 1846, 1848, 1849]. Bifolium bench warrant, 12-1/2" x 7-1/2,", dated October, 28, 1846, docketed on verso of second leaf, two writs of capias, 8"..... More
Account Book of Nineteenth-Century Lawyer from Gardiner, Maine [Manuscript]. [Stilphen, Asbury Coke (b. 1842)]. Account of Monies Expended from May 1st 1865 to 1880. [Collection and Cash Book]. Gardiner, ME, 1870-1874. [120] pp. Folio (13" x 8"). Three-quarter sheep over marbled boards, gilt fillets and title (reading "Ledger") to spine..... More
"Bribes, Threats and Alarms" [Manuscript]. [Trial]. [Pennsylvania]. [Grand Jury Presentment Concerning Improprieties in a Rape Case]. [Erie County, PA, August 8, 1834]. 4 pp. 13" x 8" bifolium, docketed on verso of second leaf. Horizontal fold lines, a few with minor tears, light browning and minor edgewear. Content in small..... 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
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Darrow Discusses Prohibition with a Colleague Darrow, Clarence [1857-1938]. [Black, Forrest R]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, To Black, On the Letterhead of the Hotel Fenway, Denedin, Florida, February 26, [1931]. Single 10-1/2" x 7-1/4" sheet. Some toning, two horizontal fold lines, light soiling to upper right hand corner, otherwise fine. [With]..... More
Seventeenth-Century Hungarian Manuscript Compiled by a Law Student Preparing for His Final Examination [Manuscript]. De Nagy, Nicholaum Appony, Compiler. Pia Mentins Exercetia. [Probably Hungary, c. 1670]. 479 pp. Quarto (8" x 6-1/4"). Contemporary vellum (cut from an antiphonal), fragments of thong ties. Some soiling and edgewear, boards slightly bowed, crack..... More
1868 Justice's Docket from Rural Wisconsin [Manuscript]. [Wisconsin]. Justice Docket for the Town of Lake Mills, Jefferson County, Wisconsin, 1868 (Manuscript title on first leaf). [Lake Hills, WI, 1868-1888]. [xxvi], 318 pp., a few blanks at rear. Folio (13-1/2" x 8-1/4"). Sheep, black-stamped panels to boards, raised bands and lettering..... 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
Land Indenture Signed by Richard Varick [Manuscript]. [New York City]. [Varick, Richard (1753-1831)]. [Indenture for New York City Property Signed by Mayor Richard Varick]. New York City, 8 May 1800. 16" x 21" bifolium, top edge indentured. Toning, fold lines, light wear to edges, a few minor tears along folds..... More
Manuscript Document Relating to a Bigamy Case in Maryland [Manuscript]. [Maryland]. King, William R., And John Schley, Justices of the Peace. Frederick County to Wit. On the 20th Day of November 1820 Appeared Evem [Evan or Eben] Reed, Before Me the Subscriber One of the Justices of the Peace in..... More
Military Land Bounty for a Veteran of the War of 1812. [United States]. [Land Bounty]. [Signed Document Reassigning Bounty Land Originally Granted for Military Service]. Washington: General Land Office, April 1, 1854. Single folded 9-3/4" x 15-3/4" vellum leaf with red wax seal, annotations to verso. Very good. $150. *..... More