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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
Legal argument in the New Jersey Supreme Court for the immediate abolition of slavery made by Alvan Stewart “to test the institution of slavery in... Read More
![[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. Anon.](/pictures/thumb/3726504_1.jpg?v=1534362398)
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
Letter from New York City attorney and politician Benjamin Douglass Silliman (1805–1901) to Nathaniel Goodwin, Esq. Silliman thanks Goodwin, a fellow lawyer, for his suggestions... Read More
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
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
![[1851 Letter concerning a Legal Dispute relating to Payment of Republic of Texas Bonds, from Private Bank Corcoran and Riggs]. William W. Corcoran, 1813–1881, Corcoran, George W. Riggs.](/pictures/thumb/3725101_1.jpg?v=1536186548)
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
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
![[1892 U.S. Presidential Candidate:] An Outline of the Official Life and Public Services of His Excellency David B. Hill. David B. Hill; 1843–1910.](/pictures/thumb/3726535_1.jpg?v=1534362407)
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
18th century legal memorandum, unsigned, prepared for one “Mr. Galloway” regarding a dispute over the title to 3000 acres of land purchased from Native Americans... Read More
A 1905 letter concerning the Gunsight and Ajo mining claims in Pima County, Arizona Territory. It appears to be from one E.P. Hamersly who may... Read More
![[American Bookplate of Edward D. Ingraham, Bibliophile and Philadelphia Lawyer]. Edward D. Ingraham, 1793—1854.](/pictures/thumb/3726281_1.jpg?v=1534362348)
Attractive engraved bookplate of Edward D. Ingraham (1793—1854), a Bucks County, Pennsylvania native, Philadelphia lawyer and wit. Allen 410: “Armorial. Chippendale. Motto, Magnatiimus esto. It... Read More
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
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
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
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
Archive of letters and papers of Vermont attorney, Harvey K. Fowler (1818–1909?). The bulk of the archive comprises 15 incoming letters, from 1837 to 1847... Read More
![[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]. Henry M. Hoyt.](/pictures/thumb/3725627_1.jpg?v=1535405586)
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
J. Russell Barr (1812-?) was one of only four jurors who voted for the conviction of John H. Surratt, a conspirator to assassinate Abraham Lincoln... Read More
Jurist John Kintzing Kane (1795–1858) was the father of noted Arctic explorer Elisha Kent Kane. Judge Kane was best known for his pro-slavery decision, ten... Read More
1825 Writ of Injunction by the State of Mississippi’s first chancellor, Joshua G. Clarke, staying the execution of a court judgment. Clarke’s injunction is here... Read More
Saloon-keeper and Texas Justice of the Peace Roy Bean (ca. 1825–1903) —who styled himself “The Law West of the Pecos”— conducted an unconventional, sometimes extra-legal... Read More
Commission to summon witness John Higginbotham of Baltimore to give evidence in a Mississippi trial case, Kettlewell, Wilson, and Hilliard v. James Payne. The commission... Read More
Manuscript group primarily concerned with the case of Armistead v. Dandridge, a drawn out Virginia lawsuit with roots in the eighteenth century. Much information on... Read More
Legal instrument protest signed by John Neilson, Jr., Notary Public, at the request of Messrs. Corning & Co. This latter firm presented a bill of... Read More
