The trial in ejectment between Campbell Craig, lessee of James Annesley, Esq., and others, plaintiffs and the Right Honourable Richard, Earl of Anglesey, defendant : before the barons of His Majesty's Court of Exchequer in Ireland : begun on Friday, November 11th, 1743 and continued by several adjournments to Friday, the 25th of the said month : containing, the evidence at large as delivered by the witnesses, with all the speeches and arguments of the judges and of the counsel
taken in short-hand by Mr. John Lodge, and corrected and revised by themselves ; published by the permission of the Right Hon. the Lord Chief Baron Bowes, the Hon. Mr. Baron Mountney [sic], and the Hon. Mr. Baron Dawson.
Printed for John Smith ... and Abraham Bradley ...,
Date of Publication
1744.
Physical Description
377, [3] p. ; 32 cm. (fol.)
Notes
" ... the plaintiff's title is brought to a single question, whether the lessor, Mr. James Annesley be the legitimate issue of Arthur, late Lord Altham ... ": p. 359.
First edition, covering only the years 1774-1776, published in Philadelphia by the same editor in 1839.
Summary
From The History Society of Pennsylvania: Christopher Marshall was born in Dublin, Ireland, on November 6, 1709. He was educated in England and sailed to America sometime in the late 1720s. By 1729, he had established a pharmacy shop in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His success as a pharmacist and chemist allowed him to retire from business in 1774, but he remained a vital public figure. In 1776, he became a delegate to the Philadelphia Provincial Council, and he was twice appointed to the Continental Committee of Council and Safety. His retirement afforded him the time to keep diaries of public and personal events. He wrote these "remembrances" almost daily from about 1774 to at least 1795. In 1777, Marshall relocated to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to improve his health and to avoid the British armies. After hostilities ceased, Marshall moved back to Philadelphia where he died on May 7, 1797.