The Probate Directory: Or, A Complete System of Forms for the Use of..
An 1829 Guide to New Hampshire's Probate Laws [New Hampshire]. Counsellor at Law. The Probate Directory: Or, A Complete System of Forms for the Use of Probate Courts, And Those Who Transact Business Therein: Together with Directions for Proceeding in the Various Stages of Administering and Settling Estates According to the Existing Laws of New-Hampshire: And Containing Also, The Substance of the Probate Laws of Massachusetts and Vermont, And Adapted to the Practice in Those States. Concord: Published by George Hough, 1829. x, [10]-504 pp. Octavo (7" x 4"). Contemporary sheep, owner stamp (James Wallace) to front board, blind fillets and lettering piece to spine. Faint dampstaining to boards, which are slightly bowed, light rubbing to extremities, light wear to top-edge of front board, rear hinge starting, faint offsetting to preliminaries. Light toning to interior, occasional tiny dampstains to edges, upper corners of several leaves folded. $100. * Only edition. This guide to the probate laws of New Hampshire was written for executors, administrators and guardians, since "[t]he Judges are generally poorly paid, and can afford to give no more attention to the subject than will enable them to discharge the duties of their office respectably" (Advertisement). It also includes a brief summary of relevant probate laws in Massachusetts and Vermont where they differ from those of New Hampshire. Not in Cohen. Shaw & Shoemaker, American Bibliography 40157.
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