Fascinating Commonplace Book with Excerpts from Locke, Blackstone, Montesquieu and Smith [Manuscript]. [Great Britain]. [Commonplace Book by a Student of History, Law and Government]. [Great Britain or Ireland, c.1770]. Printed title page dated 1770, reading Bell's Common Place Book, Form'd Generally Upon the Principles Recommended and Practised by Mr. Locke..... 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

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

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

Archive Relating to an 1883-1884 Railway Case in Argentina [Manuscript Archive]. [Trial]. [Argentina]. [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

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

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

Manuscript Copy of an Important Edition of Colonial-Era Peruvian Mining Laws [Manuscript]. [Toledo, Francisco de (1515-1582)]. Ordenanzas de Minas del Peru, Tomo Primero y Unico. Peru?, c. 1678. 183, [10] pp. Folio (12" x 8"). Contemporary tree sheep, "Ordenanza del Peru" in bold early hand to front board, thong ties..... 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

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

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

Thirteenth-Century Manuscript Copy of a Papal Decretal Concerning Inheritance [Manuscript]. [Canon Law]. [Clement, III (1130-1191), Pope]. [Leaf from a Papal Decretal Concerning Inheritance]. France, c. 1270. [2] pp. Folio (12-3/4" x 9-1/2"). Parchment leaf, light soiling and a few faint stains, fold lines and tiny holes, pieces removed from corners..... 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

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

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

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

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

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

With Extensive Manuscript Additions Concerning Toll Bridges, Taxation and Veterans [Connecticut]. Acts and Laws of the State of Connecticut, In America. Hartford: Printed by Elisha Babcock, 1786. 8, 2, 5, 3, 346, [8] pp. [Bound with] [Manuscript Copies of Subsequent Acts, Laws and Resolutions, 1786-1817]. 347-387, [388-390] pp. Octavo (9"..... 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

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

"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

"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

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

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

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

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