Blackstone's Commentaries : with notes of reference, to the Constitution and laws, of the federal government of the United States, and of the Commonwealth of Virginia : in five volumes, with an appendix to each volume, containing short tracts upon such subjects as appeared necessary to form a connected view of the laws of Virginia, as a member of the federal union
Published by William Young Birch, and Abraham Small ... Robert Carr, printer,
Date of Publication
1803.
Physical Description
5 v. : geneal. tables (engravings) ; 22 cm (8vo)
Notes
"This edition by 'St. George Tucker ... ' follows the text of the ninth edition, London, 1783. It contains a selection of Christian's notes, marked with his name"--Eller, C.S. The William Blackstone Collection in the Yale Law Library, 1938.
Pagination of the Commentaries is that of another edition.
Signatures: v. 1: [A]â´ B-4Gâ´; v. 2: [A]â´ B-4Fâ´ (4F4 blank); v. 3: pi² A-5Aâ´ 5B1, IV leaves of plates (3 folded); v. 4: pi² A-4Lâ´ [4M]1; v. 5: pi² A-4Gâ´ 5A-5Fâ´ 5G².
Errata: v. 1, leaf 4G4; v. 4, leaf [4M]1.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book numbers 350, 351, 352, 353, 354 as assigned by Yeates.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cohen, M.L. Bibliography of Early American law,
Eller, C.S. William Blackstone Collection in the Yale Law Library,
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson,
Debates and other proceedings of the Convention of Virginia : convened at Richmond, on Monday the 2d day of June 1788, for the purpose of deliberating on the constitution recommended by the Grand Federal Convention, to which is prefixed the federal constitution
Vols. 2-3 published in 1789, with imprint: Petersburg : Printed by William Prentis.
Vol. 1: 194, [2] p.; v. 2: 195, [1] p.; v. 3: 228 p.
Errata: v. 1, p. 194, v. 2, p. 194-195; v. 3, p. 227-228.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Book number 593 as assigned by Yeates.
Bound after Thomas Lloyd, Debates of the convention of the state of Pennsyvania, vol 1, 1788 and before page 321 of Thomas Lloyd, Debates of the general assembly of Pennsylvania, v. 4.
Bound with Lloyd, Thomas, Debates of the General Assembly of Pennvania, vol 4, Philadelphia: printed for the editor, 1788 - Lloy, Thomas, Debates of the convention of the state of Pennsylvnania on the constitution proposed for the government of the United States, vol 1, Philadia: Joseph James, 1788.
The Englishman's right : a dialogue between a barrister at law and a juryman, plainly setting forth I. The antiquity, II. The excellent designed use, III. The office and just privileges of juries by the law of England
"This treatise has passed through many editions. It appeared first in the year 1680 ... and is now presented to the public at least for the eighth time. ...": Advertisement to the reader, p. [1], 2nd group of paging.
Signatures: [A]ⴠB-EⶠF².
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 445 as assigned by Yeates.
Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson,
The law of evidence : wherein all the cases that have yet been printed in any of our law books or tryals, and that in any wise relate to points of evidence, are collected and methodically digested under their proper heads : with necessary tables to the whole
James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,
https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm
Related Item Notes
James Buchanan Family Papers
MG-96 James Buchanan Collection
Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm
Photograph collections
Curatorial collections
Wheatland Mansion
Notes
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JBMS1996.473
Other Number
JBFP Part 3, Series 1, Subseries 2, Folder 34
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Custodial History
The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.
