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United States of America: State of Mississippi, to wit: By This Public Instrument of Protest…....

United States of America: State of Mississippi, to wit: By This Public Instrument of Protest…

Legal instrument of protest signed by Alexander H. Arthur, Notary Public for the Office of the Planters’ Bank of the State of Mississippi at Vicksburg..... Read More about United States of America: State of Mississippi, to wit: By This Public Instrument of Protest…

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Two Autograph Letters Signed taken as Civil War Trophies after the Evacuations of Yorktown and...

[Two Autograph Letters Signed taken as Civil War Trophies after the Evacuations of Yorktown and Gloucester Point, Virginia in May 1862].

Two Virginia letters taken as Civil War trophies by A.H. Mershon after the evacuations of Yorktown and Gloucester Point, just opposite on the York River..... Read More about Two Autograph Letters Signed taken as Civil War Trophies after the Evacuations of Yorktown and...

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An Act for the better recruiting His Majesty’s Forces on the Continent of America; and for the...

An Act for the better recruiting His Majesty’s Forces on the Continent of America; and for the better Regulation of the Army, and preventing of Desertion therein.

An exceedingly rare Boston-printed 1756 act of Parliament to significantly enlarge the number of British troops in North America. This act allowed British army recruitment..... Read More about An Act for the better recruiting His Majesty’s Forces on the Continent of America; and for the...

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New Orleans, Octoroons, Interracial Relations, Slavery:] L’Article 47, or Breaking the Ban....

[New Orleans, Octoroons, Interracial Relations, Slavery:] L’Article 47, or Breaking the Ban.

“The octoroon despised, spurned, penned up in scornful coolness, liable to public sale and scourge—the colored woman you see yonder, kept a white man for..... Read More about New Orleans, Octoroons, Interracial Relations, Slavery:] L’Article 47, or Breaking the Ban

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Christ Church Hospital in Philadelphia:] Brief of Title to all that certain Lot or Square of...

[Christ Church Hospital in Philadelphia:] Brief of Title to all that certain Lot or Square of Ground, situate in the City of Philadelphia: Bounded by Spruce Street and Pine Street and Schuylkill Fourth and Fifth Streets [...] The Property of Christ Church Hospital.

Unlisted in OCLC, an apparently unrecorded pamphlet devoted to the property definitions of Christ Church Hospital in Philadelphia. “Christ Church Hospital, located at Forty-Ninth Street..... Read More about Christ Church Hospital in Philadelphia:] Brief of Title to all that certain Lot or Square of...

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1838 Letter of Boston Lawyer Charles G. Loring to Connecticut Shipowner Charles P. Williams...

[1838 Letter of Boston Lawyer Charles G. Loring to Connecticut Shipowner Charles P. Williams concerning a Legal Case to be argued before Circuit Justice and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story].

1838 letter from Boston lawyer Charles G. Loring (1794–1867) to his client, Stonington, Connecticut shipowner and businessman Charles P. Williams concerning the legal matter of..... Read More about 1838 Letter of Boston Lawyer Charles G. Loring to Connecticut Shipowner Charles P. Williams...

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The Angelo Herndon Case and Southern Justice. Charles H. Martin

The Angelo Herndon Case and Southern Justice.

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

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The Legal Status of the Negro. Charles S. Mangum Jr

The Legal Status of the Negro.

A thorough overview of laws since emancipation which have hindered the civil rights of Black Americans. The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. in their reprint edition notes..... Read More about The Legal Status of the Negro

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Memorial of the Cherokee Delegation, submitting the Memorial and Protest of the Cherokee People...

Memorial of the Cherokee Delegation, submitting the Memorial and Protest of the Cherokee People to Congress.

Cherokee Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting the Information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives of the 2d instant, in..... Read More about Memorial of the Cherokee Delegation, submitting the Memorial and Protest of the Cherokee People...

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An Address Delivered before the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture at its Anniversary...

An Address Delivered before the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture at its Anniversary Meeting, January 18, 1820.

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...

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1851 Letter concerning a Legal Dispute relating to Payment of Republic of Texas Bonds, from...

[1851 Letter concerning a Legal Dispute relating to Payment of Republic of Texas Bonds, from Private Bank Corcoran and Riggs].

Texas Bonds and the Supreme Court. In the 1830s, General James Hamilton Jr., one-time Governor of South Carolina, and Texas loan commissioner, loaned money to..... Read More about 1851 Letter concerning a Legal Dispute relating to Payment of Republic of Texas Bonds, from...

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Murder Trial:] Commonwealth vs. Harold E. Williams. ... Transcript of Official Stenographer]....

[Murder Trial:] Commonwealth vs. Harold E. Williams. ... Transcript of Official Stenographer].

Trial transcript by the official court stenographer for the murder of Bucks County, Pennsylvania farmer, William F. Prophet, by his brother-in-law Harold E. Williams. Williams’..... Read More about Murder Trial:] Commonwealth vs. Harold E. Williams. ... Transcript of Official Stenographer

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1841 District of Columbia Legal Manuscript re: a Converted Double Barreled Fowling Gun. D K....

1841 District of Columbia Legal Manuscript re: a Converted Double Barreled Fowling Gun.

An odd case, Thomas Turner vs. John Peabody, where the latter man accuses the former of “unlawfully converted for his own use three certain double..... Read More about 1841 District of Columbia Legal Manuscript re: a Converted Double Barreled Fowling Gun

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1892 U.S. Presidential Candidate:] An Outline of the Official Life and Public Services of His...

[1892 U.S. Presidential Candidate:] An Outline of the Official Life and Public Services of His Excellency David B. Hill.

Unrecorded on OCLC, a rare and ephemeral campaign biography throwaway from the 1888 New York gubernatorial race which re-elected sitting-Governor David B. Hill to a...... Read More about 1892 U.S. Presidential Candidate:] An Outline of the Official Life and Public Services of His...

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Judicial Cases concerning American Slavery and the Negro. [Five Volumes, Complete]. Helen...

Judicial Cases concerning American Slavery and the Negro. [Five Volumes, Complete]

Complete in 5 Volumes. Facsimile edition of the first edition, first published between 1926 to 1937, and almost 3,000 pages. Noted scholar, author, lecturer, and..... Read More about Judicial Cases concerning American Slavery and the Negro. [Five Volumes, Complete

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Judicial Cases concerning American Slavery and the Negro. [Five Volumes, Complete]. Helen...

Judicial Cases concerning American Slavery and the Negro. [Five Volumes, Complete]

Complete in 5 Volumes. Noted scholar, author, lecturer, and book collector Charles L. Blockson writes: “Laws on slavery and black rights varied from state to..... Read More about Judicial Cases concerning American Slavery and the Negro. [Five Volumes, Complete

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Archive of Judge Richard Hartshorne and his wife, Ellen Fritz (nee Sahlin) Hartshorne. Ellen...

Archive of Judge Richard Hartshorne and his wife, Ellen Fritz (nee Sahlin) Hartshorne.

These letters —well over five-hundred in all— document the courtship and early marriage of Ellen Fritz Sahlin (1893?–after 1987) and Richard Hartshorne (1888–1975) during trying..... Read More about Archive of Judge Richard Hartshorne and his wife, Ellen Fritz (nee Sahlin) Hartshorne

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Autograph Manuscript Quotation Signed on Law by Francis Lieber, German-American Jurist, Author of...

Autograph Manuscript Quotation Signed on Law by Francis Lieber, German-American Jurist, Author of the Lieber Code.

Quotation on law handwritten by German-American Francis Lieber (1798 or 1800–1872), legal and political theorist and author of the Lieber Code on the conduct of..... Read More about Autograph Manuscript Quotation Signed on Law by Francis Lieber, German-American Jurist, Author of...

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Law Administration and Negro-White Relations in Philadelphia. A Study in Race Relations. G....

Law Administration and Negro-White Relations in Philadelphia. A Study in Race Relations.

A study of Philadelphia’s African American population, police, and the law, occasioned by 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

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The State of Mississippi, to the Sheriff of Hinds County — Greeting: We Command You to...

The State of Mississippi, to the Sheriff of Hinds County — Greeting: We Command You to Summon…

1837 legal summons addressed to the Sheriff of Hinds County, Mississippi, William C. Demoss. The sheriff is hereby directed to summon Maxfield Anderson, William Anderson..... Read More about The State of Mississippi, to the Sheriff of Hinds County — Greeting: We Command You to Summon…

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1919 ALS by Vaudeville Performer De Alma, “Monarch of the Banjo.”. Geo. C. Jones, De Alma,...

1919 ALS by Vaudeville Performer De Alma, “Monarch of the Banjo.”

Interesting letter written by vaudeville banjo performer De Alma, outlining biographical facts about his wife Mae from whom he is separated. Writing under his real..... Read More about 1919 ALS by Vaudeville Performer De Alma, “Monarch of the Banjo.”

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Fugitive Slave Act:] The Great Union Meeting in Philadelphia, On the 21st of November, 1850....

[Fugitive Slave Act:] The Great Union Meeting in Philadelphia, On the 21st of November, 1850. [caption title]

Rare tract in support of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, printing an address and a letter by George M. Dallas (1792–1864) of Philadelphia, late..... Read More about Fugitive Slave Act:] The Great Union Meeting in Philadelphia, On the 21st of November, 1850....

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From the Black Bar, Voices for Equal Justice. Gilbert Ware

From the Black Bar, Voices for Equal Justice.

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

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Sammelband of 1852 to 1864 Pennsylvania Supreme Court Arguments made by H.B. Swoope, Attorney]. H...

[Sammelband of 1852 to 1864 Pennsylvania Supreme Court Arguments made by H.B. Swoope, Attorney].

Sammelband of rare and ephemeral law pamphlets kept by attorney Henry Bucher Swoope (1831–1874) of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. These 21 pamphlets—virtually all of which bear..... Read More about Sammelband of 1852 to 1864 Pennsylvania Supreme Court Arguments made by H.B. Swoope, Attorney

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Solicitor General and Acting U.S. Attorney General Henry M. Hoyt Officially Opines on Medical...

[Solicitor General and Acting U.S. Attorney General Henry M. Hoyt Officially Opines on Medical Issues of Immigration Law and an Immigration Case before the Supreme Court; with Additional Letter].

Three letters, all incoming to Philadelphia attorney J. Whitaker Thompson, United States attorney. The bulk of the material is from Henry Martyn Hoyt, Jr. (1856–1910)..... Read More about Solicitor General and Acting U.S. Attorney General Henry M. Hoyt Officially Opines on Medical...

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