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

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

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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.

1 v. ; 16 x 19 cm.

Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

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Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

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Chitty, Joseph, 1776-1841

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Coke, Edward, Sir, 1552-1634

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Epithet: Lord Chief Justice British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000976.0x00021c Sir Edward Coke was a justice of assize for Suffolk. From the description of The sum of my lord Coke's charge [to the jury] at Bury [St. Edmunds, Suffolk] [manuscript], 1609 July 26. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 651046666 ...

Wood, Thomas, 1661-1722

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Littleton, Thomas, Sir, -1481

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Blackstone, William, 1723-1780

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The noted jurist, judge, and legal writer William Blackstone established the study of England's common law as an accepted academic discipline, and his Oxford lectures were published in 1765-1769 as the famous and influential Commentaries on the Laws of England. In the years since then, in numerous editions and translations, this work provided the definitive account of the state of English law in the mid-18th century. From the description of Legal opinion of Sir William Blackstone on ...