American Law - 19th Century
With a Novel System for Drafting of Forms Read, Collinson [1751-1815]. Precedents in the Office of A Justice of Peace. To Which is Added a Short System of Conveyancing, In a Method Entirely New. With an Appendix, Containing a Variety of the Most Useful Forms. With Considerable Additions. Harrisburg: Printed..... More
Inscribed by Kent Kent, James [1763-1847]. Commentaries on American Law. New York: O. Halsted, 1832. Volume I of a four-volume set. xvi, 559 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary calf, blind fillets to boards, lettering piece and blind fillets to spines, lower lettering piece lacking. Moderate rubbing and a few..... More
Only American Edition of Tomlins's Dictionary Tomlins, Sir Thomas Edlyne [1762-1841]. Granger, Thomas Colpitts [d. 1852], Editor. The Law-Dictionary, Explaining the Rise, Progress, And Present State of the British Law: Defining and Interpreting the Terms or Words of Art, And Comprising also Copious Information on the Subjects of Trade and..... More
A Famous Salem Murder: McDade 569 [Trial]. Knapp, John Francis, Defendant. The Trial and Conviction of John Francis Knapp for the Murder of Joseph White, Esq. of Salem, On the Sixth of April 1830. Boston: Published by Charles Ellms, 1830. 35, [1] pp. Woodcut frontispiece. Woodcut title vignette of murder..... More
One of the Men Who Murdered Captain White: McDade 564 [Murder]. Citizen of Danvers. [Crowninshield, Richard (1804-1830)]. Biographical Sketch of the Celebrated Salem Murderer, Who for Ten Years Past has Been the Terror of Essex County, Mass. Including a Full and Authentic Account of His Daring Exploits; Together with Many..... More
The Jury Could Not Decide: McDade 572 [Trial]. Knapp, John Francis, Defendant. Trial of John Francis Knapp as Principal in the Second Degree for the Murder of Capt. Joseph White, Before the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, At a Special Session, Commenced at Salem, July 20, 1830..... More
"Such Devils as Frank Almy Can Never Him Defy" Beard, Alexander B. [Almy, Frank C.]. The Horrible Murder at Hanover, N.H.: Took Place July 21, 1891. Composed and Written While the Officers Were Seeking Almy. West Manchester, NH: [Published by the Author], 1891. 11" x 5-1/4" broadside, nine verses enclosed..... More
Account Book of Polk's Attorney General and Ambassodor 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
1854 California Session Laws in Spanish [California]. Mauriz, H. Gomez, Translator. Leyes de California Aprobadas en la Quinta Sesion de la Lejislatura que Comenzo en Benicia el Cuatro de Enero de 1854, Y Concluyo en Sacramento el Quince de Mayo del mismo Ano. Traducidas del Ingles por H. Gomez Mauriz..... More
Cluverius Defended by a Family Friend: McDade 194 [Leigh, Phillip]. [Cluverius, Thomas J. (1861-1887), Defendant]. Lillian Madison's Marriage and Murder: Cluverius Did Not Kill Her. The Sequel Told. Richmond, VA: Patrick Keenan, Printer, 1887. 29 pp. Octavo (7-3/4" x 5"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light soiling and faint staining..... More
Cluverius Tells His Story: McDade 193 Cluverius, Thomas J. [1861-1887]. Cluverius: My Life, Trial and Conviction. Richmond: Andrews, Baptist & Clemmitt, 1887. 112 pp. Quarto (6" x 5"). Stapled pamphlet in printed wrappers. Moderate soiling, light rubbing to extremities, spine ends abraded, moderate toning to text, minor stains to title..... More
"Fraternalism Gone Bad": McDade 689 [Trial]. [Mollie Maguires]. Argument of Franklin B. Gowen, Esq., Of Counsel for the Commonwealth, In the Case of the Commonwealth vs. Thomas Munley, Indicted in the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Schuylkill County, Pa., For the Murder of Thomas Sanger, A Mining Boss, At..... More
A Satirical Poetic Account of a Notable Nineteenth-Century Virginia Murder Trial [Winston, Mrs. Charles P.]. "Cousin Tommie!" (T.J. Cluverius), A Parody By a Richmond Lady, Respectfully Dedicated to the Counsel for the Commonwealth. Richmond, VA: C.F. Johnston, 1885. 8 pp. Octavo (8" x 5"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in pictorial wrappers (with..... More
A Murder in Richmond: McDade 711 [Murder]. [Richmond, VA]. [Myers, William R.]. The Letters and Correspondence of Mrs. Virginia Myers, (Which Have Never Before Been Published or Even Read in Court,) to Dudley Marvin Hoyt, Who was Murdered at Richmond, Sept. 28th, 1846, by Wm. R. Myers, and Two Others..... More
Poisoned by His Doctor [Trial]. Coolidge, Valorous P. [c.1823-1849], Defendant. Trial of Dr. Valorous P. Coolidge, For the Murder of Edward Mathews, At Waterville, Maine (As Reported For and Published in the Boston Daily Times). [N.p.: S.n., 1848]. 40 pp. Text in parallel columns. Octavo (9-1/2" x 6"). Stab-stitched pamphlet..... More
Illustrated Account of One of the Most Famous American Murder Trials of the Nineteenth Century [Trial]. Avery, Ephraim [1799-1869], Defendant. The Terrible Hay-Stack Murder. Life and Trial of the Rev. Ephraim K. Avery, For the Murder of the Young and Beautiful Miss Sarah M. Cornell, A Factory Girl of Fall..... More
Howard's Supreme Court Reports: The Series that Includes the Dred Scott Case [Supreme Court, United States]. Howard, Benjamin C[hew] [1791-1872], Reporter. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States. Volumes 1-3: Philadelphia: T. & J.W. Johnson, 1854, 1845; Volumes 4-18: Boston: Charles C. Little..... More
Murder in Canton, Ohio: McDade 334 [Murder]. [Albaugh, Thurlow K. (1868-1937)]. George, Annie, E. [b.1859]. Saxton, George D. [1848-1898]. Canton's Great Tragedy: The Murder of George D. Saxton, Together with a History of the Arrest and Trial of Annie E. George, Charged with the Murder. With Biographical Sketches of George..... More
A Refutation of Story's Commentaries on the Constitution Upshur, Abel Parker [1791-1844]. A Brief Enquiry into the True Nature and Character of the Federal Government: Being a Review of Judge Story's Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States. Philadelphia: John Campbell, Publisher, 1863. [ii], iv, 132 pp. Star-paged. Octavo..... More
A Love Triangle, Allegations of Financial Misconduct and Murder [Trial]. Stokes, Edward [1841-1901], Defendant. Life, Trial and Conviction of Edward Stokes, For the Assassination of Jas. Fisk, Jr. To Which is Added, The Life and Eventful Career of Josephine Mansfield. The Interesting Trial. Many Secrets Now for the First Time..... More
He Tried to Make the Murder Look Like a Suicide [Trial]. Comings, William F., Defendant. Report of the Trial of William F. Comings: On an Indictment for the Murder of His Wife, Mrs. Adeline T. Comings. At the September Term of the Court of Common Pleas Holden at Haverhill, In..... More
The Underbelly of the Gilded Age [Crime]. [Vice]. [United States]. The Illustrated Police News, Law-Courts and Weekly Record, For the Week Ending September 16, 1869. Vol. 7. No. 151. 8 pp. [Boston, MA]: Police News Pub. House, 1869. Engraved woodcut illustrations. 20-1/2" x 14-1/2." Moderate toning, edgewear and creases, a...... More
"A Rascal and a Drunkard": McDade 653 [Murder]. [McFarland, Daniel]. [Richardson, Albert D.]. The Richardson-McFarland Tragedy. Containing All the Letters and Other Interesting Facts and Documents Not Before Published, Being a Full and Impartial History of this Most Extraordinary Case. Philadelphia: Barclay & Co., 1870. 111 pp. Text in parallel..... More
Jealousy, Fraud Accusations and Murder: McDade 919 [Murder]. [Stokes, Edward S. (1841-1901)]. [Fisk, James, Jr. (1835-1872)]. Life, Adventures, Strange Career, And Assassination of Col. James Fisk, Jr. The Fisk-Stokes Tragedy. All about Miss Mansfield. Those Rich, Rare, And Racy Letters and Many Oddities Now for the First Time Made Public..... More
An 1802 Massachusetts Sermon Criticizing Public Executions Thacher, Thomas [1756-1812]. The Danger of Despising the Divine Counsel: Exhibited in a Discourse, Delivered at Dedham, Third Precinct, September 13, 1801, The Lord's Day After the Execution of Jason Fairbanks. Dedham, [Mass.]: Printed and Sold, By Herman Mann, 1802. 29 pp. Octavo..... More