Rare books, pamphlets, manuscripts, letters, correspondence, journals, archives, ephemera, etc. concerning: Censorship, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Courts, Crime, Debt & Bankruptcy, Duelling, Executions, Free Speech, Judges, Lawyers, Outlaws, Prisons, Prohibition, Prostitution, Supreme Court, Taxation, Trials
Rare books, pamphlets, manuscripts, letters, correspondence, journals, archives, ephemera, etc. concerning: Censorship, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Courts, Crime, Debt & Bankruptcy, Duelling, Executions, Free Speech, Judges, Lawyers, Outlaws, Prisons, Prohibition, Prostitution, Supreme Court, Taxation, Trials
![3733102] Ten political ribbons for Henry W. Scott, candidate in 1890 for Kansas judge, and later...](/pictures/thumb/3733102_1.jpg?v=1677618424)
Ten political campaign ribbons for independent candidate Henry Wilson Scott (1866–1935)—“The People’s Candidate”—running in 1890 for judge of the Sixteenth Judicial District in Kansas. The..... Read More about Ten political ribbons for Henry W. Scott, candidate in 1890 for Kansas judge, and later Oklahoma...
![3731991] 1799 Autograph Letter Signed by John Wilkes Kittera mentioning his role in the...](/pictures/thumb/3731991_1.jpg?v=1655172556)
A Lancaster, native, John Wilkes Kittera (1752–1801, was a Princeton graduate, Philadelphia lawyer, district attorney for eastern Pennsylvania, and Congressman. Kittera’s letter notes that he..... Read More about 1799 Autograph Letter Signed by John Wilkes Kittera mentioning his role in the impeachment trial...
![3731945] The Decision in the “Merger Case” being A Review of the Decision of the United...](/pictures/thumb/3731945_1.jpg?v=1655066043)
Sole edition. Predecessor to a landmark Antitrust decision. In 1902, President Roosevelt ordered Attorney General Philander C. Knox to challenge the merger between Northern Pacific..... Read More about The Decision in the “Merger Case” being A Review of the Decision of the United States Circuit...
![3731871] Personnel Selection and Training in the FBI. Director J. Edgar Hoover](/pictures/thumb/3731871_1.jpg?v=1655172555)
Rather scarce illustrated text aimed at those interested in joining the Federal Bureau of Investigation or knowing more of it. Illustrations show agents-in-training throwing one..... Read More about Personnel Selection and Training in the FBI
![3731924] 1787 retained copy of an Autograph Letter Signed to John Woodhull, Monmouth, New Jersey...](/pictures/thumb/3731924_1.jpg?v=1655172556)
Retained draft of a letter on “the discharge of the Bonds” and the repayment of a debt owed by Rev. John Woodhull (1744–1824), prominent New..... Read More about 1787 retained copy of an Autograph Letter Signed to John Woodhull, Monmouth, New Jersey...
![3731908] Autograph Card signed by Alfred O.P. Nicholson, Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme...](/pictures/thumb/3731908_1.jpg?v=1654031120)
Lightly soiled card with traces of old mounting, 2¼ x 4 inches, autographed: “A.O.P. Nicholson. Chief Justice S.C. Tenn.” In addition to serving as Chief..... Read More about Autograph Card signed by Alfred O.P. Nicholson, Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court
![3731780] 1822 Kennebunk, Maine Legal Document Proving the Last Will and Testament of Ephraim...](/pictures/thumb/3731780_1.jpg?v=1677258374)
True copies of the will of Captain Ephraim Perkins (1748–1822) and the probate court document proving it, each attested to and signed by George Thacher..... Read More about 1822 Kennebunk, Maine Legal Document Proving the Last Will and Testament of Ephraim Perkins of...
![3731777] 1776 Scottish Legal Document curiously sent to the Editor of the New York Herald,...](/pictures/thumb/3731777_1.jpg?v=1653768368)
From Edinburgh to New York. Document issued by King George III’s lords-in-council in Edinburgh on October 15, 1776 ordering George Dempster and Robert Baillie, “Messengers..... Read More about 1776 Scottish Legal Document curiously sent to the Editor of the New York Herald, concerning the...
![3731201] [Murder:] A Brief History of the Town of Stoneham, Mass. From Its First Settlement to...](/pictures/thumb/3731201_1.jpg?v=1642086383)
History and a tale of mostly getting away with murder. Stoneham, Massachusetts was settled c.1645 and incorporated in 1725 after its separation from the Town..... Read More about Murder:] A Brief History of the Town of Stoneham, Mass. From Its First Settlement to the Present...
![3731259] Law Administration and Negro-White Relations in Philadelphia. A Study in Race Relations....](/pictures/thumb/3731259_1.jpg?v=1641608482)
A study of Philadelphia’s African American population, police, and the law, commissioned after a 1944 racial conflict involving a strike of workers of the Philadelphia..... Read More about Law Administration and Negro-White Relations in Philadelphia. A Study in Race Relations
![3731230] The Englishman’s Right, or, A Dialogue Between a Barrister at Law and a Juryman:...](/pictures/thumb/3731230_1.jpg?v=1637457192)
“The foundation text of jury independence and of the jury as a bulwark of English Liberty” and the last edition published in the 18th century..... Read More about The Englishman’s Right, or, A Dialogue Between a Barrister at Law and a Juryman: shewing, 1....
![3731116] The Thin Disguise: Turning Point in Negro History, Plessy v. Ferguson, a Documentary...](/pictures/thumb/3731116_1.jpg?v=1639955136)
An examination and documentary study of the landmark 1896 U.S. Supreme Court case, Plessy v. Ferguson, which upheld racial segregation in public facilities as long..... Read More about The Thin Disguise: Turning Point in Negro History, Plessy v. Ferguson, a Documentary Presentation...
![3730436] Sampson against the Philistines, or the Reformation of Lawsuits; and Justice made Cheap,...](/pictures/thumb/3730436_1.jpg?v=1625785501)
“Sampson” is likely William Sampson (1764–1836) the Irish patriot and lawyer: “Sampson won prominence in the practice of law, the reporting of cases, and propagandist..... Read More about Sampson against the Philistines, or the Reformation of Lawsuits; and Justice made Cheap, Speedy,...
![3730517] Speech of George Chambers, on the Judicial Tenure. Delivered in the Convention of...](/pictures/thumb/3730517_1.jpg?v=1621789983)
Speech given by jurist George Chambers (1786-1866) at Pennsylvania’s 1837-1838 Constitutional Convention. “In 1836 Chambers’s constituency asked him to represent Franklin County as a member..... Read More about Speech of George Chambers, on the Judicial Tenure. Delivered in the Convention of Pennsylvania,...
![3730335] Murder of Union Soldiers [caption title of U.S. House of Representatives Select...](/pictures/thumb/3730335_1.jpg?v=1620785300)
Report on the murder of Union soldiers in South Carolina, a capital case touching on habeas corpus and the jurisdiction of military courts in the..... Read More about Murder of Union Soldiers [caption title of U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee Report
![3730102] An Appeal to Tax-Payers, In Opposition to the Existing Law for the Sale of Intoxicating...](/pictures/thumb/3730102_1.jpg?v=1620792373)
Scarce Philadelphia temperance tract railing against the traffickers of alcohol. Mullen connects alcoholism to sufferers of mental illness as well as highlighting an increase of..... Read More about An Appeal to Tax-Payers, In Opposition to the Existing Law for the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors
![3730009] The Angelo Herndon Case and Southern Justice. Charles H. Martin](/pictures/thumb/3730009_1.jpg?v=1611683835)
Surprisingly scarce study of Angelo Herndon (1913–1997), Black labor organizer and Communist Party activist. Herndon was convicted and imprisoned in Georgia in 1933 for attempting..... Read More about The Angelo Herndon Case and Southern Justice
![3729775] An Address Delivered before the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture at its...](/pictures/thumb/3729775_1.jpg?v=1602520339)
Presentation copy; inscribed and initialed by author Chief Justice Tilghman to his Pennsylvania Supreme Court colleague, Justice John Bannister Gibson (1780–1853), who succeeded Tilghman as..... Read More about An Address Delivered before the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture at its Anniversary...
![3729626] From the Black Bar, Voices for Equal Justice. Gilbert Ware](/pictures/thumb/3729626_1.jpg?v=1619215427)
Anthology of 25 essays on race and the law, written by Black law professors, judges, attorneys, etc. on the themes of “Race, Justice, and Politics”;..... Read More about From the Black Bar, Voices for Equal Justice
![3729581] From Newgate to Dannemora. The Rise of the Penitentiary in New York, 1796-1848. W. David...](/pictures/thumb/3729581_1.jpg?v=1597517365)
Important study of prison reformers and prison history within the State of New York. An excellent resource. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, (1965). First edition. Illustrated..... Read More about From Newgate to Dannemora. The Rise of the Penitentiary in New York, 1796-1848
![3729433] [Late 18th century Draft of Legal Agreement between Zebulon Spaulding; Abel Spaulding;...](/pictures/thumb/3729433_1.jpg?v=1607364599)
Legal draft, not completed in full at the time it was written, concerning three Spaulding men of Massachusetts and their plans to erect a sawmill..... Read More about Late 18th century Draft of Legal Agreement between Zebulon Spaulding; Abel Spaulding; Joseph...
![3729404] Blacks and the Law. [The Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social...](/pictures/thumb/3729404_1.jpg?v=1594313469)
Volume of The Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Sciences devoted to the history and status of Black Americans and the law..... Read More about Blacks and the Law. [The Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, Volume...
![3726508] Report of a Special Committee of the Philadelphia Board of Trade, upon the law of...](/images/noimage-req.png)
An 1860 edition is known; this 1861 issue with the same pagination of the former, apparently only held by AAS. Philadelphia: King & Baird, Printers..... Read More about Report of a Special Committee of the Philadelphia Board of Trade, upon the law of collisions at...
![3729219] Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency and its Connection with the Homestead Riots,...](/pictures/thumb/3729219_1.jpg?v=1591116951)
Original reports of the congressional investigation of the Homestead Riots; this copy specially bound by the Pinkerton Detective Agency, and this also being William Pinkerton’s..... Read More about Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency and its Connection with the Homestead Riots, July, 1892....
![3729232] Crime and Punishment in Early Maryland. Raphael Semmes](/pictures/thumb/3729232_1.jpg?v=1643670322)
An overview of crime and punishment in 17th-century colonial Maryland. An exhaustive study: the gamut runs from homicide and assault to livestock theft and witchcraft..... Read More about Crime and Punishment in Early Maryland
