The ladies of the White House, or, In the home of the presidents : being a complete history of the social and domestic lives of the presidents from Washington to the present time
v. 1. The cases from the beginning of Easter term, 1802 to the end of Easter term, 1804 -- v. 2. The cases from the beginning of Trinity term, 1804 to the period of Lord Redesdale's resignation of the Great Seal [i.e. 1807].
Vol. 2 has title: Reports of cases adjudged in the superior courts of law and equity, Court of Conference, and Federal court. For the State of North Carolina. Raleigh, Printed by William Boylan, 1806.
"Vol. 2 Haywood contains a number of decisions in the United States Circuit Court, delivered chiefly by Judge Marshall, 1802-1805"--Soule, Lawyer's ref. manual, 1884.
Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of Errors of the state of Connecticut and in the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Connecticut
Vols. 3-4 have title: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme court of errors of the state of Connecticut; and in the Circuit court of the United States for the district of Connecticut. Imprint varies: v. 1, Hartford: Printed by Hudson and Goodwin. 1806.--v. 2, Hartford: Printed by Lincoln and Gleason. 1809.--v. 3, New-York: Published by Isaac Riley. 1811.--v. 4, New-York: Published by I. Riley, no. 4, City-hotel. C. Wiley, printer. 1813.--v. 5, Hartford, Printed by P.B. Gleason and co., 1823.
"A supplement, containing a few decisions of the Superior court on the circuit": v. 3, p. [485]-513.
Library lacks volume 5.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signataure at top of title page.
Book numbers 363, 364, 365a, ane 365b as assigned by Yeates.
Vol.1 has an additional titlepage with the words: "Part the fourth. Volume the first. . "; the first three parts not published? - Vols.1 and 2 have continuous pagination.
Vols. 2-5 are entitled 'Reports of cases adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, since the time of Lord Mansfield's coming to preside in it: . '.
Vol.2 bears the imprint: "Printed by His Majesty's Law-Printers; for J. Worrall and B. Tovey" and is dated 1766; vol 3 was "printed by His Majesty's Law-Printers; for Barnes Tovey, (successor to Mr John Worrall.)" and is dated 1771; vols.4 and 5 were "printed by His Majesty's Law-Printers; for Edward Brooke (successor to Mr. John Worrall and Mr. Barnes Tovey,)" and are dated 1776 and 1780 respectively.
Alta California : embracing notices of the climate, soil, and agricultural products of northern Mexico and the Pacific seaboard : also, a history of the military and naval operations of the United States directed against the territories of northern Mexico, in the year 1846-'47 : with documents declaratory of the policy of the present administration of the national government in regard to the annexation of conquered territory to this union, and the opinion of the Hon. James Buchanan on the Wilmot Proviso, &c
Description of area: p. 9-12; history and documentation: p. 13-64.
Anti-annexation tract.
Summary
The 1847 publication briefly address climate soil and agriculture in Alta and Baja California in chapter I. The following eight chapters consist of communications from the U.S. Government consisting of instructions in the event Mexico declared war, justification of and motives for war, various reports to Washington, communications with Mexican officials in Alta California, accounts of the military operations in California, the articles of capitulation entered into at Rancho of Cowanga on January 13, 1847, all of which are interspersed with personal observations and comments by the author. The final chapter deals with the question of whether slavery would be allowed in California, the policy of the South and its motive for a slave market and emigrants to California and Northern Mexico [from California State University's Digital Commons]
