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Blackstone, William, Sir 1723-1780. Legal opinion of Sir William Blackstone on the rights of free-holders to commons after enclosure, 1767, February 27.

Title: Legal opinion of Sir William Blackstone on the rights of free-holders to commons after enclosure, 1767, February 27.

The legal opinion set down here should be seen against the inclosure movement of the 18th century, and concerns the rights of free-holders to village lands used in common and to long-time encroachments onto commons. The manuscript is incomplete.

ArchivalResource: 2 pages, 34 cm.

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Blackstone, William, Sir, 1723-1780. Lawyer's ledger and commonplace book, New Hampshire, ca. 1817-1828.

Title: Lawyer's ledger and commonplace book, New Hampshire, ca. 1817-1828.

Contains accounts (first 14 pages plus other sections) interspersed among his manuscript copies or abridgements of 1) Blackstone's Commentaries (with original portrait signed J.B.); 2) Coke on Littleton; 3) Wood's Institute of Civil Law; 4) Chitty's Pleadings.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; 16 x 19 cm.

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Parnell, John, Sir, 1744-1801. An account of the many fine seats of noblemen etc. I have seen with other observations made during my residence in [southern] England [manuscript], 1763 December 23.

Title: An account of the many fine seats of noblemen etc. I have seen with other observations made during my residence in [southern] England [manuscript], 1763 December 23.

The record of a trip which the writer began on October 27, 1762, when he sailed from Dublin with his parents. He spent much of his time in Oxford and was presented with a degree ad eundem in order to hear the lectures of Blackstone. He passed through Stratford-upon-Avon and in London saw Garrick in the role of Abel Drugger and of Lear (p. 36). He describes in some detail the landscaping of the country houses he saw and occasionally adds an illustration. On p. 19 he refers to a line of poetry as by his [great] uncle [Thomas Parnell], hence the attribution of this work to Sir John. The narrative breaks off abruptly.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Abbot, Edwin Hale, 1834-1927. The class notes of Edwin Hale Abbot Sr., 1859-1862.

Title: The class notes of Edwin Hale Abbot Sr., 1859-1862.

Collection consists of seven volumes of class notes taken by Edwin Hale Abbot from lectures given at the Harvard Law School by Joel Parker, Emory Washburn, and Theophilus Parsons.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

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William L. Clements Library. William Petty, 1st Marquis of Lansdowne, 2nd Earl of Shelburne papers, 1665-1885.

Title: William Petty, 1st Marquis of Lansdowne, 2nd Earl of Shelburne papers, 1665-1885.

This collection contains the letters and official papers of Lord Shelburne, British politician, Member of Parliament, secretary of state for the Southern Department, and Prime Minister. The papers document British foreign, colonial, and domestic affairs throughout the 18th century with special focus on the periods 1766-1768 and 1782-1783.

ArchivalResource: 48 linear feet.

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Becket, Thomas, 1720-. Booksellers' papers, 1743-1781.

Title: Booksellers' papers, 1743-1781.

Letters, receipts and prospectuses of eighteenth-century English booksellers, for books by Thomas Becket, John Bell, Sir William Blackstone, Thomas Payne, and others.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (.1 linear ft.)

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Gibson, G.B. Law student's notes at Washington and Lee University, School of Law, 1870-1871.

Title: Law student's notes at Washington and Lee University, School of Law, 1870-1871.

Contains law exam questions and answers (p. 1-10, and 1-40); notes of Judge John W. Brockenbrough's lectures on Blackstone's Commentaries Book 2 (p. 41-80; 287-326 and Book 3 (p. 81-98) and his lectures on Williams on real property (p. 98-167 and 327-348); and notes of John Randolph Tucker's lectures (p. 167-286).

ArchivalResource: 10, 348, [2] p. ; 31 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/234368306 View

Bickford, John Willard, d. 1866. Class notes of John Willard Bickford, 1864-1865.

Title: Class notes of John Willard Bickford, 1864-1865.

Contains Bickford's notes before and while a student at Harvard Law School. The first section focuses on Blackstone's commentaries re-arranged by Bickford. The next section deals exclusively with moot court trials and briefs held at the law school. The final section consists of notes of lectures given by Joel Parker on bailments.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (200 p.) ; 21 x 17 cm.

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Ashurst, William Henry, Sir, 1725-1807. King's Bench bail book, 1760-1775.

Title: King's Bench bail book, 1760-1775.

Original bail book of the King's Bench, with signatures of many important British judges.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (127 leaves) ; 23 X 20 cm.

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Blackstone, William, Sir, 1723-1780. Blackstone's lectures, ca. 1775.

Title: Blackstone's lectures, ca. 1775.

Contains 'notes taken at Dr Blackstons Lect. 4th', down to the 11th lecture.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (115 leaves) ; 20 cm.

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Abbot, Charles, Baron Colchester, 1757-1829. Scrapbook of autographs, letters, biographies, news clippings and prints of English judges, ca. 1629?- ca. 1873?

Title: Scrapbook of autographs, letters, biographies, news clippings and prints of English judges, ca. 1629?- ca. 1873?

Letters, notes, autographs, obituaries, newspaper and magazine clippings, noble lineages, engravings, lithographs, and photographs of English judges and lawyers including material about their estates; arranged alphabetically, v. 1: A-C, v. 2: E-W.

ArchivalResource: 187, [1] leaves in 2 v. ; 42 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/237396843 View

Pintard, John, 1759-1844. John Pintard papers, 1779-1880.

Title: John Pintard papers, 1779-1880.

Papers and correspondence, 1779-1880. Pintard's correspondence, 1780-1840, deals with such matters as his business activities, his financial difficulties and bankruptcy in the 1790s, the election of 1812, politics throughout the period, family matters, death or illness of friends, and his interest in various academic, cultural, philanthropic, and religious organizations. Some of his more frequent correspondents were John Wakefield Francis, Walter Livingston, De Witt Clinton, James Henry Clinton (serving aboard U.S.S. Constellation), Dr. Richard Davidson of New Orleans and other members of the Davidson family, Samuel Bayard of Princeton (N.J.), Fitch Hall of Boston, Elias Boudinot, Samuel Farmar Jarvis, and Lewis Pintard. There is also a large group of letters to his daughter, Eliza Noel Pintard (Mrs. Richard Davidson), of Pinckneyville, Mississippi Territory, and New Orleans, 1816-1833. The collection contains a diary of New York weather kept in 1779, and nine other diaries kept at various times between 1783 and 1807, including a diary of his reading while in debtors' prison. Some of the other material relates to Pintard's own interests, some to the affairs of various organizations in which he was active. It includes two commonplace books; an analysis of Blackstone's Commentaries, written by Pintard in 1799; reminiscences of his early life, probably either dictated to his daughter Louise Servoss or copied by her; notes on the Mississippi River and New Orleans, dated 1801; a manuscript article on the trade of New Orleans; a scrapbook of clippings, manuscripts and a broadside about the Erie Canal celebration in 1823; and miscellaneous papers. The material related to organizations includes indexes to volumes 10, 14 and 15 of the manuscript minutes of the Common Council of the City of New York (1790-1793, 1803-1804, and 1804-1806); papers pertaining to the financial affairs of the New-York Historical Society, ca. 1809-1828, and corrrespondence and papers about the Jacob Serred legacy to the General Theological Seminary, including Pintard's account of his involvement in the rise and progress of the seminary. There is also a large group of papers related to Pintard's son in law, Thomas L. Servoss, and his family, much of it correspondence, 1850-1880, about the family's claim under the French spoliation claims.

ArchivalResource: 6.4 linear feet (17 boxes)

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Coleridge, Francis George. [Life of Sir William Blackstone / F. Coleridge]

Title: [Life of Sir William Blackstone / F. Coleridge] [ca. 1809]

Sir William Blackstone was noted for his Commentaries on the Laws of England, first published between 1765-1769. This ms. copy of the life of Blackstone is in the hand of Francis George Coleridge and was in his copy of the Laws (12th ed., 1793-1795) now held by Smith College. This copy has Coleridge's signature, date and bookplate, as well as annotations and corrections by him.

ArchivalResource: [3] p. ; 20 cm.

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Minor, John B. (John Barbee), 1813-1895. Letter, U.Va., to Seymour H. Ranson, Brooklyn, N.Y. [manuscript] 1893 Feb. 21.

Title: Letter, U.Va., to Seymour H. Ranson, Brooklyn, N.Y. [manuscript] 1893 Feb. 21.

Compares Blackstone's commentaries with James Kent's commentaries, recommending the former for study.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Haas, Charles E. S. Notebook, 1848-1849.

Title: Notebook, 1848-1849.

Notes, 1848-1849, taken by Charles E.S. Haas, Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va. from Blackstone's Commentaries and other works. The volume includes loose papers.

ArchivalResource: 100 p. : bound v.

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William Petty, 1st Marquis of Lansdowne, 2nd Earl of Shelburne papers 1665-1885 Shelburne, William Petty, 1st Marquis of Lansdowne, 2nd Earl of, papers

Title: William Petty, 1st Marquis of Lansdowne, 2nd Earl of Shelburne papers 1665-1885 Shelburne, William Petty, 1st Marquis of Lansdowne, 2nd Earl of, papers

This collection contains the letters and official papers of Lord Shelburne, British politician, Member of Parliament, secretary of state for the Southern Department, and Prime Minister. The papers document British foreign, colonial, and domestic affairs throughout the 18th century with special focus on the periods 1766-1768 and 1782-1783.

ArchivalResource: 48 linear feet

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Gladstone, Thomas, Sir, 1804-1889. Analysis of Blackstone's Commentaries, April 1830.

Title: Analysis of Blackstone's Commentaries, April 1830.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ([1], 51 leaves) ; 19 cm.

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Sharp, Granville, 1735-1813. Copies of letters received, 1763-73.

Title: Copies of letters received, 1763-73.

Copies of letters and related documents, 1768-1773, sent to English abolitionist and reformer Granville Sharp, transcribed in his own handwriting and concerning such matters as slavery, the slave trade, its evils, legal and social aspects, etc. Included are letters from Anthony Benezet, William Blackstone, Francis Hargrave, John Fothergill, Jacob Bryant, Arthur Lee, Benjamin Rush, and Joseph Banks. Volume also contains a copy of an outline of the court case of Thomas Lewis vs. Robert Stapylton, in which an alleged slave brought charges against his master for assault and imprisonment, as well as a copy of Lord Mansfield's decision in the case of James Sommersett. Note on front free endpaper by Daniel Parish, Jr.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (164 p.)

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Dunn, Ralph, fl. 1786. Directions for holding a court leet / [Ralph Dunn].

Title: Directions for holding a court leet / [Ralph Dunn]. 1786.

Includes an abridgement of the first volume of Blackstone's Commentaries on the laws of England.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (136 p.) ; 21 cm.

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Tutwiler, Thomas H. Notes on medical jurisprudence.

Title: Notes on medical jurisprudence.

"Notes on medical jurisprudence," by [Thomas] H. Tutwiler, 1840; and "Notes on the study of law, Blackstone, Vol. I." by Tutwiler, 1841. The volume includes a record, 16 February 1845, of the birth of Thomas Peyton Tutwiler, son of Thomas H. and Harriet M. Tutwiler.

ArchivalResource: 180 p. : bound v. ; 19 cm.

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Seymour, Edmund. Letter to William Blackstone, June 1768.

Title: Letter to William Blackstone, June 1768.

Letter dated "Inholmes, 6 June 1768," asking Blackstone's advice on the validity of the will of James Garrard, deceased, of Berkshire. Following Seymour's signature, Blackstone has written his opinion, signed "W. Blackstone, Lincolns Inn Fields, 9 June 1768."

ArchivalResource: 2 sheets (4 p.)

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Letters of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., collected and edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1413-1900 (inclusive), 1775-1839 (bulk).

Title: Letters of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., collected and edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1413-1900 (inclusive), 1775-1839 (bulk).

Printed books with hundreds of inserted manuscripts and prints relating to the text, compiled and bound by collector Robert Borthwick Adam.

ArchivalResource: 10 volumes (2.5 linear ft.)

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Salisbury, Edward Willames Vaughan. Blackstone's lectures, ca. 1790.

Title: Blackstone's lectures, ca. 1790.

Contains an abstract of 'Dr. Blackstone's lectures on the laws of England' taken by Salisbury possibly while a student at Oxford.

ArchivalResource: 4 v. ; 24 cm.

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Steevens, George, 1736-1800,. Autograph letters signed from George Steevens to Sir William Blackstone [manuscript], 1779.

Title: Autograph letters signed from George Steevens to Sir William Blackstone [manuscript], 1779.

Also some notes and observations on the 1773 edition of Shakespeare.

ArchivalResource: 2 letters.

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Blackstone, William, Sir, 1723-1780,. Autograph letter signed from Sir William Blacktsone, Wallingford, to George Steevens [manuscript], 1778 July 24.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Sir William Blacktsone, Wallingford, to George Steevens [manuscript], 1778 July 24.

Also, (2), in another hand, cursory observations on Shakespeare with a particular view to Sir T[homas] H[anmer's] emendations, 1745. cf W.b.51.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

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Rowe, I., Jr. Commonplace book, 1783-1786.

Title: Commonplace book, 1783-1786.

SCOPE. This commonplace book consists primarily of extracts from Blackstone's Commentaries, volumes 1 and 2. Several additional pages are devoted to citations concerning inheritance and to legal maxims, all but one in Latin.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; 21 cm.

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Blackstone, William, Sir, 1723-1780. An Abridgement of Architecture, 1743.

Title: An Abridgement of Architecture, 1743.

The manuscript is an attempt by the youthful Blackstone to summarize all knowledge about architecture. The title page notes that his work is extracted chiefly from treatises by Henry Wotton, Roland Fréart, John Evelyn, James Gibbs and William Chambers. The text is divided systematically into 37 chapters, the relationship of each to all the others being shown in a diagram, "Analysis of the Abridgement," following the title page. This manuscript appears to represent a first complete draft (with numerous insertions and deletions). A fuller version of the study entitled "Elements of Architecture" (and dating from ca. 1747) exists in the Codrington Library, All Souls College, Oxford, mss. 333. In both cases, the scope and organization closely parallel the methods Blackstone employed in his later "Commentaries on the Laws of England." Included is a complete typescript of the text (dated 1910, apparently one of two made), commissioned by Archie Kirkman Lloyd, a previous owner of the manuscript. A folder contains research and provenance notes written by A.K. Lloyd's son, R.A. Lloyd, a page from a journal which mentions the sale of the Blackstone manuscript, receipts dated 1904 from the bookseller who sold the manuscript, and a printed portrait of Blackstone.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (51 leaves) & typescript copy (157 sheets), 1 folder of 8 items + (4 microfilm copies: master negaive, print negative and two use copies)

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Blackstone, William, Sir, 1723-1780,. Autograph letter signed from Sir William Blackstone to George Steevens, Hampstead Heath [manuscript], 1779 May 1.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Sir William Blackstone to George Steevens, Hampstead Heath [manuscript], 1779 May 1.

Written in answer to Steevens' letter of April 29 (W.b.52 (2)), about the proposed emendation to Othello 538.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Blackstone, William, Sir, 1723-1780. Letter to Seymour Richmond, 28 January 1745.

Title: Letter to Seymour Richmond, 28 January 1745.

Letter describing Blackstone's lodgings in London and his impressions of Thomas Littleton's work "Tenures".

ArchivalResource: 1 folded sheet (4 p.) : 22.5 cm.

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Brooks, John P., fl. 1877. Lawyers' and judges' papers, 1736-1914.

Title: Lawyers' and judges' papers, 1736-1914.

Reports (1877) made by U.S. Dept. of Justice detective John P. Brooks to Anthony Q. Keasbey, U.S. attorney in Newark, N.J., relating to attempted fraud in the estate of Joseph L. Lewis; docket (1886-1892) of lawyer Garret S. Byrne, relating to cases from Essex County and other New Jersey courts; legal notebook (undated) on elements of Anglo-American law derived from Blackstone's Commentaries and other treatises, probably the work of David Bayard Ogden (1775-1849) and John I. Young, lawyers, of New York, N.Y.; notebook (ca. 1822) of Richard Wayne Stites (d. 1877), lawyer, of Morristown, N.J., containing notes taken while a student at Litchfield Law School (Conn.) on lectures by Judge James Gould; docket (1810-1811) kept by John W. Taylor, judge, of Saratoga County, N.Y., containing copy letters from Edward Taylor, Monmouth County, N.J., and Taylor family biographical and genealogical material; and congratulatory letters and other papers (1906-1914), of Benjamin Augustus Vail (1844-1924) circuit court judge in Hudson, Somerset, and Union counties, N.J.; and casebook (undated) of legal precedents prepared by Elisha Boudinot, Joseph C. Hornblower, Alexander C. McWhorter, and other Newark, N.J., lawyers.

ArchivalResource: 6 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70954747 View

Field, Barron, 1786-1846. An analysis of Blackstone's Commentaries on the laws of England [manuscript] : in a series of questions, to which the student is to frame his own answers, by reading that work / by Baron [sic.] Field.

Title: An analysis of Blackstone's Commentaries on the laws of England [manuscript] : in a series of questions, to which the student is to frame his own answers, by reading that work / by Baron [sic.] Field. 1811.

Sir Henry Ayers, former Premier of South Australia, was born at Portsea, England, on 1 May 1821. On leaving school he entered a law office, and also worked for some time as a law clerk after coming to South Australia in 1840.

ArchivalResource: 177 p. ; 21 cm.

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Blackstone, William, Sir, 1723-1780. Extracts from Blackstone's Commentaries on the laws of England : taken from the tenth edition : manuscript, 1793, London / by William Curry ..

Title: Extracts from Blackstone's Commentaries on the laws of England : taken from the tenth edition : manuscript, 1793, London / by William Curry ..

ArchivalResource: 509, 5 p. ; 21 cm.

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