First Separate Printing of Brackenridge's Eloquent Defense of Religious Liberty for Maryland Jews [Brackenridge, Henry Marie (1786-1871)]. Niles' Weekly Register. New Series. No. 14-Vol. IV. Baltimore, May 29, 1819. [Baltimore]: Printed and Published by H. Niles, [1819]. 225-240 pp. Octavo (9-3/4" x 6-1/4"). Disbound, leaves starting to separate at ends..... More
Eulogy of John Marshall by an Eminent Pennsylvania Jurist Binney, Horace [1780-1875]. An Eulogy on the Life and Character of John Marshall, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Delivered at the Request of the Councils of Philadelphia, On the 24th September, 1835. Philadelphia: Printed by J...... More
A Copy Presented to the Notable Female Abolitionist, Maria Weston Chapman, by the Defendant [Trial]. Williamson, Passmore [1822-1895], Defendant. Cannon, Arthur, Reporter. Case of Passmore Williamson: Report of the Proceedings on the Writ of Habeas Corpus, Issued by the Hon. John K. Kane, Judge of the District Court of the..... More
Courtroom Speeches of Lord Erskine, A Georgetown, DC Imprint Erskine, Thomas Henry, Lord [1750-1823]. [Ridgway, James, Editor]. Speeches of Lord Erskine, When at the Bar, On Miscellaneous Subjects. Georgetown, DC: Published by Joseph Milligan, 1813. 266 pp. 12mo. (6-3/4" x 4"). Contemporary sheep, blind fillets to boards, lettering piece and..... More
First Edition of the First Record of the Constitutional Convention Yates, Robert [1738-1801]. Martin, Luther [1748-1826]. Secret Proceedings and Debates of the Convention Assembled at Philadelphia, in the Year 1787, for the Purpose of Forming the Constitution of the United States of America. From the Notes Taken by the Late..... More
With a Tipped-In Alexander Hamilton Signature Hamilton, Alexander [1757-1804]. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, [Alexander Hamilton,] On the Subject of Manufactures, Made the Fifth of December, 1791. Printed by Order of the House of Representatives. Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph R.A. Skerrett, Jan. 1, 1824. vii, [9]-143 pp. 12mo..... More
Attractive Set of the Last Edition of The Federalist Published in Hamilton's Lifetime [Hamilton, Alexander (1755 or 1757-1804)]. [Madison, James (1751-1836)]. [Jay, John Jay (1745-1829)]. The Federalist, On the New Constitution. By Publius. Written in 1788. To Which is Added, Pacificus, On the Proclamation of Neutrality. Written in 1793. Likewise..... More
McDade 240: "How Wretched is the Man Who's Wise Too Late" Daniels, Thomas H. [d. 1819]. Some Particulars of the Life of Thomas H. Daniels, Alias Daniel H. Thomas, Who Was Apprehended in Newport on the 29th November on Suspicion of Being Concerned in the Robbery and Murder of Mr..... More
A Radical Response to the Louisiana Purchase Massachusetts Farmer. [Lowell, John, Jr. (1769-1840)]. Thoughts in a Series of Letters, In Answer to a Question Respecting the Division of the States. [Boston?]: S.n., [1813]. 24 pp. Octavo (9-1/4" x 5-3/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in plain blue (sugar paper) wrappers, untrimmed edges. Light..... More
"I Never Should Have Done it But for Brandy" [Temperance]. Crockett, Simeon L. [1809-1836]. A Voice from the Leverett Street Prison, Or the Life, Trial, And Confession of Simeon L. Crockett, Who was Executed for Arson, March 16, 1836. Boston: Printed for the Proprietors, [c.1836]. 24 pp. Woodcut illustrations. Octavo..... More
The Medical Establishment vs. Homeopathy Massachusetts Medical Society. Trial of William Bushnell, M.D., Milton Fuller, M.D., Samuel Gregg, M.D., H.L.H. Hoffendahl, M.D., George Russell, M.D., I.T. Talbot, M.D., David Thayer, M.D., And Benj. H. West, M.D., All of Boston, for Practicing Homoeopathy, While They Were Members of the Massachusetts Medical..... More
Cruelty Against a Woman, Or a Political Hatchet Job? Marie, Jane. The Case of Jane Marie, Exhibiting the Cruelty and Barbarous Conduct of James Ross, To a Defenceless Woman. Written and Published by the Object of His Cruelty and Vengeance, And Addressed to the Public of Philadelphia and the Whole..... More
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A Copy of McDade 468 with Related Contemporary Newspaper Clippings and a Daguerreotype of the Victim [Trial]. Hendrickson, John [1832-1854], Defendant. Barnes, David M., Reporter, Compiler. Hevenor, W.S. [d.1909], Reporter, Compiler. Trial of John Hendrickson, Jr. For the Murder of His Wife Maria, By Poisoning, at Bethlehem, Albany County, N.Y...... More
![Item #74577 The Sham-Robbery, Committed by Elijah Putnam Goodridge [Bound with]. Trial, Joseph...](/pictures/thumb/74577.jpg?v=1670859432)
Daniel Webster for the Defense [Trials]. Jackman, Joseph. Goodridge, Elijah Putnam [1787-1851], Defendant. The Sham-Robbery, Committed by Elijah Putnam Goodridge on His Own Person, In Newbury Near Essex Bridge, Dec. 19, 1816: With a History of His Journey to the Place Where he Robbed Himself: and His Trial with Mr..... More
The Youngest Person Ever Convicted of Murder In Massachusetts Haskell, E. Luscomb. The Life of Jesse Harding Pomeroy. The Most Remarkable Case in the History of Crime or Criminal Law. Boston: S.n., 1892. [viii], 20-90 pp. Portrait frontispiece. 4 plates. Octavo (9" x 6"). Sewn pamphlet in stiff printed wrappers..... More
"One of Those Legal Marathons Peculiar to the United States": McDade 576 [Trial]. Kring, Charles F., Defendant. [Kring, Eugene]. Love and Law, In Two Parts. Part I. The Only True History of the Killing of Mrs. Dora C.J. Broemser, by Chas. F. Kring: Together with the Autobiography of the Latter..... More
An Important Defense of the Insanity Plea [Trial]. Huntington, Charles B. [b. 1821], Defendant. Trial of Charles B. Huntington For Forgery. Principal Defence: Insanity. Prepared for Publication by the Defendant's Counsel, From Full Stenographic Notes Taken by Messrs. Roberts & Warburton, Law Reporters. New York: John S. Voorhies, 1857. xii..... More
"We Ascribe This Horrible Deed More to Principle Than to Depravity" Merritt, Timothy. A Discourse on the Horrid Murder of Capt. James Purrinton's Family, Of Augusta, Delivered in Bowdoinham, July 20, 1806. Augusta, [ME]: Printed...by Peter Edes, 1806. 23 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-3/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in plain wrappers, recently..... More
A Defense of the Common Law Endorsed by James Kent [C] [Atkinson, Samuel Coate]. A Catechism of American Law: Adapted to Popular Use. Philadelphia: S.C. Atkinson, 1832. viii, 256 pp. 12mo. (5-1/2" x 3-1/2"). Original cloth, paper spine label lacking. A few faint dampstains, inkstain to head of front board..... More
He Beat Her to Death with a Shovel: McDade 300 [Trial]. Farmer, Daniel Davis [1793-1822], Defendant. Rogers, Artemas, Reporter. Chase, Henry B., Reporter. Trial of Daniel Davis Farmer, For the Murder of the Widow Anna Ayer, At Goffstown, On the 4th of April, A.D. 1821. Concord [NH]: Published by Hill..... More
Trial of the Leaders of the Ill-Fated Miranda Expedition [Trials]. Smith, William S. [1755-1816], Defendant. Ogden, Samuel G. [1779-1860], Defendant. Lloyd, Thomas [1756-1827], Stenographer. The Trials of William S. Smith and Samuel G. Ogden for Misdemeanours had in the Circuit Court of the United States for the New-York District in..... More
William W. Story's Copy of the Harvard Law Library Catalogue [Harvard Law School]. [Sumner, Charles (1811-1874), Compiler]. [Woodward, William R., Compiler]. A Catalogue of the Law Library of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Cambridge: Folsom, Wells, And Thurston, 1841. xii, 228 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Recent period-style three-quarter calf..... More
Grand Jury Documents from Nineteenth-Century Pennsylvania [Manuscript Archive]. [Pennsylvania]. [Six Manuscript Grand Jury Indictments]. [Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, 1832-1839]. Six documents, ranging in size from 5-1/4" x 3-1/4" to 6-1/2" x 3-1/4" (folded, averaging 12" x 7-3/4" unfolded), each with text to recto and docket to verso. Moderate toning, light soiling..... More
He Thought His Victim was Trying to Cheat Him: McDade 360 [Trial]. Goodwin, Henry K., Defendant. Commonwealth vs. Henry K. Goodwin: Charged by Indictment with the Wilful Murder of Albert D. Swan: Eighth Day of the Trial Before Charles Allen and William S. Gardner, Justices: Edgar J. Sherman, Attorney General..... More
Rawle's Pennsylvania Supreme Court Reports Rawle, William, Jr. [1788-1859]. Wister, William Wynne, Jr. [1838-1900]. Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. With Notes Referring to Cases in the Subsequent Reports by William Wynne Wister, Jun. Philadelphia: T. & J.W. Johnson & Co, 1869. Five volumes. Octavo (9"..... More