[Bristol Co., Commonwealth of Massachusetts: October 16, 1781]. Manuscript warrant, 23.5 x 19.5 cm., approx. 200 words, signed by Samuel Fales, clerk. The warrant directed the sheriff of the county of Bristol "to make diligent search within your Precinct for the Body of Wealthy Leonard of Taunton in the same..... More
[Philadelphia: 1821]. Single sheet, 34 cm., 2pp., approx. 400 words. Old fold lines, small wax seal in upper left margin. Recording the depositions of two witnesses in the court case of E. Harrison, Plaintiff, and Hezekiah Clarke, defendant, in the Circuit Court for the county of Edwards in the State..... More
NY: John A. Voorhies, Law Bookseller and Publisher, [1852]. 4to, 2 leaves, printed rectos only. Promotional flyer printed on blue paper, a prospectus with testimonials and press notices for John A. Rockwell's A COMPILATION OF SPANISH AND MEXICAN LAW IN RELATION TO MINES AND TITLES TO REAL ESTATE...then recently published..... More
Printed document, 1 p., completed in manuscript, 6.5 x 8 inches, directing "any coroner of Our County of Worcester, or his Deputy" to enforce this writ. Wax seals. Old fold lines, browned, some tears and wear at folds. This very early Worcester County writ attaches the house and land of..... More
Charleston, (SC): W. Riley, November 1844. First edition. Large 8vo. v, (2), 550 pp. Speculation helped create the Panic of 1837 which was followed by five years of recession, during which time business and farming bankruptcies were common and banks across the nation failed. The Bank of South Carolina and..... More
NP [Frankfort, KY or Washington, DC?]: np [The petitioners], 1824. First edition. 8vo. 12 pp. A group of eight prominent Kentucky lawyers petition Congress to alleviate problems with the Federal court system in the state, "as being defective, unequal, insufficient for the prompt administration of justice, therefore requiring re-organization, amendment..... More
