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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
“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
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
In the matter of Ah Fong, a Chinese woman immigrant, an 1874 opinion for the U.S. District Court of California. The opinion was written by... 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
Post War of 1812 American political pamphlet on neutrality, foreign treaties, and laws “for preventing illegal outfits and piratical depredations” at sea. The work has..... 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
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
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
New York attorney and legal reformer E.P. Hurlbut’s article “The Rights of Woman” appeared in the May 8, 1841 issue of The New World newspaper..... 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
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
Selective and Critical Bibliography of Horace Mann p10: “Contains speeches and letters delivered or written during Mann’s Congressional term [...]; letter written in answer to..... Read More
First edition, an excellent copy. In The Brown Madonna and Other Poems, Underhill, who was blind, writes autobiographically with the surprisingly uplifting poem “Poor Black..... 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
Civil War-time report on a Confederate conspiracy conducted by the “Order of American Knights” a.k.a. “Order of the Sons of Liberty.” This group grew out..... Read More
A study of Abraham Lincoln’s government and the great issues of constitutional law raised during his war-time presidency. Revised Edition with new 23-page foreword by..... 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
![[New Orleans, Octoroons, Interracial Relations, Slavery:] L’Article 47, or Breaking the Ban. Adolphe Belot, Henry L. Williams.](/images/noimage-req.png)
![[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)
![[1851 Letter concerning a Legal Dispute relating to Payment of Republic of Texas Bonds, from Private Bank Corcoran and Riggs]. William W. Corcoran, George W. Riggs, Corcoran, Riggs, 1798–1888, 1813–1881.](/pictures/thumb/3725101_1.jpg?v=1536186548)
![[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)
![[18th Century Legal Memorandum concerning a Disputed “Indian Country” Land Grant in Colonial Pennsylvania]. Dr. Peter Sonmans, Joseph Jacobs, John Scull, Mr. Galloway.](/pictures/thumb/3726412_1.jpg?v=1534362373)
![“The Rights of Woman” [Profound Influence on the Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments] within The New World, Vol. II, No. 19, May 8, 1841]. E P. Hurlbut, Park Benjamin, 1807–?, 1809–1864, Elisha Powell Hurlbut, Park Benjamin Sr.](/pictures/thumb/3726549_1.jpg?v=1539123807)
![[Sammelband of 1852 to 1864 Pennsylvania Supreme Court Arguments made by H.B. Swoope, Attorney]. H B. Swoope, 1831–1874, Henry Bucher Swoope.](/pictures/thumb/3727702_1.jpg?v=1538508661)
![[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)
![Slavery: Letters and Speeches. [Inscribed and Signed]. Horace Mann, 1796–1859, 1809–1867, Henry Summer Esq.](/pictures/thumb/3728304_1.jpg?v=1548792726)
![The Brown Madonna and Other Poems. [Presentation Copy]. Irvin W. Underhill Sr., 1896–1982, c.1896–1970, E. Washington Rhodes.](/pictures/thumb/3727113_1.jpg?v=1549497784)
![Constitutional Problems Under Lincoln [Revised Edition; Inscribed by Author]. J G. Randall, 1881–1953, James Garfield Randall.](/pictures/thumb/3728020_1.jpg?v=1544562369)
