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American Manuscripts, 1766–1959

American Manuscripts, 1766–1959

June 9, 2026

Highlights in this list include:

  • a 1949 memorandum on Congressional anti-Communist legislation by a distinguished expert on the First Amendment
  • an 1852 affidavit concerning a hatchet assault in Texas
  • a 1796 Vermont estate case involving two former mayors of New York City
Images of Law & Government, 1689–1984

Images of Law & Government, 1689–1984

June 2, 2026

  • an 1837 portrait of foundational legal scholar Francis Joseph Troubat, long held by America's oldest legal institution
  • an unrecorded 1875 satirical mezzotint depicting an actor on trial for desecrating Shakespeare
  • an original 1887 courtroom drawing by E.W. Kemble, the iconic illustrator of Huckleberry Finn