January 17, 2023
Highlights in this list include:
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
Printed by Isaiah Thomas Freeman, Samuel [1743-1831]. A Valuable Assistant to Every Man: Or, The American Clerk's Magazine. Containing the Most Useful and Necessary Forms of Writings, Which Commonly Occur Between Man and Man, Under the Names of Acquittances, Agreements, Assignments, Awards, Bargains, Bills, Bonds, Complaints, Conveyances, Covenants, Deeds, Feoffments..... More
The First Work in English on Hindu Law [Halhed, Nathaniel Brassey (1751-1830), Translator and Editor]. A Code of Gentoo Laws, Or, Ordinations of the Pundits: From a Persian Translation, Made from the Original, Written in the Shanscrit Language. London: [S.n.], 1776. lxxiv, [2], 61, [1], 322 pp. Blank leaf inserted..... 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
Hemard's Witty View of French Family Law Hemard, Joseph [1880-1961], Illustrator. Code Civil: Livre Premier, Des Personnes: Titres V. Du Mariage. VI. Du Divorce. VII. De la Paternite. VIII. De l'Adoption. IX. De la Puissance Paternelle. X. De la Minorite. XI. De la Majorite. Paris: Rene Kieffer, [1925]. [vi], 126..... More
A Notable Reformer Reports On Quarantine Conditions Howard, John [1726-1790]. An Account of the Principal Lazarettos in Europe; With Various Papers Relative to the Plague: Together with Further Observations on Some Foreign Prisons and Hospitals; And Additional Remarks on the Present State of Those in Great Britain and Ireland. Warrington..... More
PMM 224: Remarks on Prisons in England and Abroad Howard, John [1726-1790]. The State of the Prisons in England and Wales, With Preliminary Observations, And an Account of Some Foreign Prisons. Warrington: Printed by William Eyres, And Sold by T. Cadell in the Strand, And N. Conant in Fleet Street..... More
Revolution-Era New York Edition of a Popular JP Manual [Justice of the Peace Manual]. The Young Clerk's Vade Mecum: Or, Compleat Law-Tutor. Being a Useful Collection of a Great Variety of the Most Approved Precedents in the Law, And Adapted to Almost Every Transaction in Life Wherein an Attention to..... More
1771 Compilation of New Hampshire Laws [New Hampshire]. Acts and Laws of His Majesty's Province of New-Hampshire in New-England. With Sundry Acts of Parliament. By Order of the General Assembly. To Which is Prefixed the Commissions of President John Cuttss, Esq.; and His Excellency John Wentworth, Esq. Portsmouth: Printed by..... More
New Jersey's Last Colonial-Era Compilation [New Jersey]. Allinson, Samuel [1739-1791], Compiler. Acts of the General Assembly of the Province of New-Jersey, from the Surrender of the Government to Queen Anne, on the 17th Day of April, in the Year of Our Lord 1702, to the 14th Day of January 1776..... More
1792 Philadelphia Edition of the Conductor Generalis "Revised and Adapted to the United States of America" Parker, James [1714-1770]. The Conductor Generalis: Or, the Office, Duty and Authority of Justices of the Peace, High-Sheriffs, Under-Sheriffs, Coroners, Constables, Gaolers, Jury-Men, And Overseers of the Poor. As Also the Office of Clerks..... More
Scarce Sixteenth-Century Compilation of Saxon Law [Saxony]. Ordnungen, Hertzog Ernsten, Hertzog Albrechten, Hertzog Moritzen, un[d] Hertzog Augusten, Chur und Fursten zu Sachssen, &c.: So Ihre Chur und Furstliche Gnaden, In Sachen Policei, Visitation, Hoffgerichte und Andere Notwendige Articul Belangende, Vor dieser Zeit in Derselben Landen Auffgericht, Und in Druck Vorfertigen..... More
Rare Unrecorded Report of a Sensational 1775 Murder Trial, The Only One With a Portrait of the Defendant [Trial]. Butterfield, Jane, Defendant. An Explicit Account of the Remarkable Trial at Croydon in Surry, August the 19th, 1775 of Miss Jane Butterfield, On a Charge of Poisoning the Late William Scawen..... More
Guide to Notaries in the Holy Roman Empire With a Handsome Title Page Volckmann, Adam [1612-1664]. Beyer, Georg [1665-1714], Editor. Volckmannus Emendatus, Sive, Manuale Advocatorum et Notariorum: Hand-Buch vor Advocaten und Notarien, So Bisshero unter dem Titul: Adam Volckmanns Notariat-Kunst zu Vielen Mahlen Edirt und Gebessert, Nunmehr aber Durch und..... More