A Unique Copy of St. John's Speech in Favor of Strafford's Attainder [Manuscript]. St. John, Oliver [c.1598-1673]. [Wentworth, Thomas (1593-1641), 1st Earl of Strafford]. Mr. Snt. John the Kings Solliciter His Speech, And Argumente Before the Lords, And Commons Assembled Togither in the High Court of Parliamente, Against Thomas Earle..... 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
A Bold Blackstone Signature [Manuscript]. Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. [Walker, Thomas (1724-1804)]. [Franked Docketed Address Leaf Addressed to Walker, Signed, In Blackstone's Hand, Oxford, October 14, (1766?)]. 9" x 7" leaf from a bifolium letter, Moderate toning, moderate soiling, vertical and horizontal fold lines, chips along fold lines, minor loss..... More
An Archive Featuring Holmes, Frankfurter and Hiss [Manuscript Archive]. Lockwood, John [1904-1993]. [Correspondence and Papers Collected by John Lockwood, 1928-1949]. 172 ff. of documents and correspondence ranging in size from approximately 13" x 8-1/2" (unfolded) to 9" x 5-3/4," most 11" x 8-1/2". 31 ff. laid in, remainder bound (with..... More
Class Notes Compiled by a Student at Boston University Law School in 1881-1882 [Manuscript]. [Legal Education]. [Boston University Law School]. [Bigelow, Melville Madison (1846-1921)]. [Class Notes, Boston University Law School]. [Boston, 1881-1882]. Three books. 320, 392, 201 pp. Several laid-in sheets of notes, two printed lists of examination questions. Three-quarter..... More
Sir John Holt's Opinion Regarding a Disputed Estate [Manuscript]. [Holt, Sir John (1642-1710)]. [Manuscript Brief on a Copyhold Case with the Opinion of Sir John Holt]. [London?, c.1700]. 12" x 7-1/2" bifolium, text in a single neat hand to recto of first leaf and docket to verso of final leaf..... More
Twentieth-Century Docket Book from Hardeman County, Texas [Manuscript]. [Texas]. [Justice's Civil Docket (spine title)]. Hardeman County, Texas, 1905-1910. [xxviii], 290 pp. Final leaf possibly removed. Folio (15-3/4" x 10-1/2"). Three-quarter dark red cloth over light red pebbled cloth, gilt fillets and title to spine, marbled edges, hinges and endleaves reinforced..... More
"Susanna Langbridge, Rogue and Vagabond" [Manuscript]. Langbridge, Susanna. Nash, Richard. [Statement Under Examination of Susanna Langbridge]. London, May 9, 1751. 10-1/4" x 8-1/2" part-printed document completed in manuscript with manuscript docket to verso. Moderate toning, light foxing and edgewear, two horizontal fold lines, large dampstain to top half of sheet..... More
Phillimore Discusses an "Extraordinary Trial" [Manuscript]. Phillimore, Sir Walter [1845-1929]. [Brainerd, Cephas (1831-1910)]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, To Cephas Brainerd, London, December 28, 1905]. 4 pp. letter on 7" x 4-1/2" bifolium stationery ("The Coppice, Henley on Thames"). Light toning, single horizontal fold line. $250. * Phillimore was an eminent British..... More
Trout a la Douglas [Manuscript]. Douglas, William O. [1898-1980]. [Typed Letter, Signed, On U.S. Supreme Court Letterhead, Washington, DC, April 26, 1961]. 1 pp. typed letter on 9" x 5-3/4" sheet of U.S. Supreme Court letterhead. Two horizontal fold lines, negligible light soiling to verso. $450. * Douglas provides one..... More
Early Manuscript Notes on Elizabethan Poor Laws [Manuscript]. [Poor Laws]. Expositions upon the Statute of 43 Eliz. for the Poare. N.p., c.1633. [13] pp. ms text on 8" x 6" sheets interleaved and bound into [27] ff. 11" x 7-1/2" blank book. Later three-quarter vellum over marbled boards, gilt title..... More
Political Maneuvering at the Massachusetts Bible Society [Manuscript]. Greenleaf, Simon [1783-1853]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, To Charles Theodore Russell, Andover, MA, February 6, 1850]. 1 pp. letter to 10" x 8" bifolium on blue paper with integral address leaf and residue from wax seal, docketed "Simon Greenleaf Feby 6 1850" on..... More
Account Book of a Nineteenth-Century JP and Selectman from A Small Town in Maine [Manuscript]. [Hopkins, Robert]. [Account Book]. Surry, ME, 1837-1865. [160] pp. Quarto (7-1/2" x 6-1/4"). Quarter sheep over marbled boards, blind fillets to spine. Light rubbing to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, hinges cracked, free endpapers lacking..... More
Copyright Documents for Darrow's An Eye for an Eye [Manuscript Archive]. [Library of Congress]. [Darrow, Clarence (1857-1938)]. [Library of Congress Copyright Documents for An Eye for an Eye]. [Washington, D.C., 1905-1933]. 4 part-printed documents, ranging in size from 3" x 5" to 11-1/2" x 8-1/2". Light toning, horizontal and vertical..... More
![Item #73480 List of Cases for Trial at the Glasgow Autumn Circuit [with] ALS. Sir Archibald...](/pictures/thumb/73480.JPG?v=1656700059)
A Compilation of Scottish Justiciary Records with an Interesting Letter about an Estate Case Alison, Sir Archibald [1792-1867]. List of Cases for Trial at the Glasgow Autumn Circuit, September 1829. The Right Hon. Lord Justice-Clerk and Lord Moncreiff. Archibald Alison, Esq. Advocate Depute. [Glasgow: S.n., 1829]. [xvi], 9-307, [1] pp..... More
A Pennsylvania Court Summons from 1830 [Manuscript]. [Trial]. [Pennsylvania]. [Summons to Appear as a Witness]. Lycoming County, PA, September 1, 1830. 4 pp. 6-3/4" x 8," docketed on verso, embossed seal near upper-left corner. Light browning and edgewear, a few ink spots, vertical and horizontal fold lines, a few minor..... More
"Of Course it is Pleasant to Have Folks Gather and Tell You That You are a Hot Potato..." [Manuscript]. Hand, Learned [1872-1961]. [Ely, Gertrude Sumner (1876-1970)]. [Autograph Letter, Signed "L.H.", On Hand's U.S. Court House Letterhead, New York, NY, April 16, 1959]. 6-3/4" x 5-3/4" bifolium, text to recto of..... More
Holmes Warmly Congratulates His Successor on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court [Manuscript]. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. [1841-1935]. [Knowlton, Marcus Perrin (1839-1918)]. [Autograph Letter, Signed, To Marcus P. Knowlton, Washington, DC, January 22, 1903]. Content to first 2 pp. of 7-3/4" x 5" U.S. Supreme Court bifolium letterhead. Moderate toning, single..... More
"You Are the Most Faithful of Friends" [Manuscript]. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. [1841-1935]. [Benjamin, Robert M. (1896-1966)]. [Autograph Note, Signed, Washington, DC, December 8, 1929]. 7-3/4" x 5-1/2" Supreme Court bifolium letterhead, content to recto of first leaf. Light toning, horizontal fold line. $850. * This note was probably addressed..... 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
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" loose-leaf ruled sheets; 29 ff. in 10" x 8" ruled "Empire" notebook. Text to rectos..... More
Notes (and Doodles) by a Student at Northeastern Law School [Manuscript]. Ward, John W. [Course Notes on Business Associations, Northeastern University School of Law]. January 28, 1938-June 3, 1938. 181 pp. of handwritten notes in a 300 pp. university notebook. Quarto (9-1/2" x 7-1/2"). Contemporary three-quarter maroon cloth over black..... More
Pre-Publication Manuscript of a Treatise on Marriage [Manuscript]. [Dens, Peter (1690-1775)]. [Tractatus de Sponsalibus et Matrimonio and Tractatus de Quatuor Novissimis]. [Louvain?]: 15 July 1767-14 October 1768. 381, [1]; 59, [1] pp. Text in Latin in single neat hand with chapter headings, side notes and indices. Octavo (7-1/2" x 4-1/2")..... More
Holmes Praises a US Senator [Manuscript]. Holmes, Oliver Wendell Jr. [1841-1935]. [Rugg, Arthur Prentice (1862-1938)]. [Autograph Letter, Signed "O W Holmes," Washington, D.C., October 18, 1907]. 8" x 5" bifolium, United States Supreme Court letterhead, content to recto and verso of first leaf. Light toning, two slight horizontal fold lines..... More
Unpublished History of Litchfield County [Manuscript]. [Litchfield County]. [Unpublished History of Litchfield County, Connecticut and the Litchfield Law School]. [Litchfield, CT?: c.1929]. [43] ff. With a partial table of contents. Text in ink and pencil in a single hand to rectos of 8" x 5" sheets of ruled notepaper with..... More