George R. Shaw sketchbook, 1886-1887.

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George R. Shaw sketchbook, 1886-1887.

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Sketchbook kept by juror George R. Shaw while observing two trials in the Suffolk County Superior Court, 1 Jan. - 4 Feb. 1887. Shaw sketched the judge, lawyers, clerk, witnesses, and other participants during the civil trials of Solomon H. Dyer vs. John N. Kimball for "alienation of wife's affection"; and Mary D. Cole vs. the City of Boston for injuries incurred during a fall on an icy city street. A few of the sketches include quotes from the trial. Also includes Shaw's jury duty notice, 20 December 1886.

1 v. in a folder.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7599029

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Cole, Mary D.,

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Kimball, John P., 1941-

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Massachusetts. Superior Court (Suffolk County)

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Shaw, George Russell, 1848-

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Shaw (1848-1937) was educated at Harvard (A.B. 1869 and A.M. 1872) and traveled to Mexico between 1903 and 1905 to study pines. His book The Pines of Mexico (1909) appeared as the first publication of the Arnold Arboretum; and the Genus Pinus as no. 5 (1914). From the description of Papers of George Russell Shaw, 1903-1931 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 177499032 George Russell Shaw (1848-1937), a native of Parkman, Maine was a 1869 graduate of Harvard Universit...

Dyer, Solomon H.,

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Boston (Mass.),

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