4to. 170 leaves in twos; the last leaf backed.
Howell XV, page 35, no. 442.
Rebound in calf, some leaves foxed. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.
Henry Sacheverell, 1674?-1724, English political preacher. The trial was caused by the preaching, printing and distribution of two sermons
declared to be malicious, scandalous and seditious libels upon the Queen and her government.
[1955]
J. 164
Trial of Elizabeth Canning.
fol.
1815 Catalogue, page 79. no. 245, as above.
CANNING,
Elizabeth.
The Trial of Elizabeth Canning, spinster, for wilful and corrupt perjury; at Justice Hall in the Old-Bailey, held by adjournment, on Monday the 29th of
April, Wednesday the 1st, Friday the 3d, Saturday the 4th, Monday the 6th, Tuesday the 7th, and Wednesday the 8th of May,
1754. Before the Right Honourable Thomas Rawlinson, Esq; Lord-Mayor of the City of London, Sir Edward Clive . . . the Honourable
Heneage Legge . . . William Moreton, Esq; Recorder, and others the Justices, &c. Taken in short-hand, by Thomas Gurney, Samuel
Rudd and Isaac Harman . . .
London: Printed by the Authority and Appointment of the Right Honourable
Thomas Rawlinson, Esq; Lord-Mayor, for
John Clarke, and sold also by
M. Cooper. [
1754]
Law 374
Folio. 102 leaves in twos; double columns;
Books Printed for
John Clarke
on the verso of the last leaf; sig. Ll and Yy
misbound.
Hargrave XII, 206, no. LII.
Rebound in calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved; foxed. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. The
autograph signature of
J Wayles on the title-page.
From the library of John Wayles.
Elizabeth Canning, 1734-1773, was found guilty and sentenced to transportation to New England for seven years. Her case is still an unsolved
mystery.
[1956]
J. 165
Trial of the D
ss. of Kingston for Bigamy.
fol.
1815 Catalogue, page 79, no. 246, as above, with reading
Dutchess.
CHUDLEIGH,
Elizabeth, Duchess of Kingston.
The Trial of Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston for bigamy, before the Right Honourable the House of Peers, in Westminster-Hall, in full Parliament, on Monday the 15th,
Tuesday the 16th, Friday the 19th, Saturday the 20th, and Monday the 22d of April, 1776; on the last of which Days the said
Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston was found Guilty. Published by Order of the House of Peers.
London: Printed for
Charles Bathurst,
m.dcc.lxxvi
. [1776]
Law 375
4to. 90 leaves in twos.
Howell XX, page 355, no. 551.
Tree sheep. Not initialed by Jefferson; a manuscript correction on page 103 is not by him. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of Bristol, 1720-1788, was accused of having made a bigamous marriage with the Duke of Kingston. Her life story is said to have suggested
to Thackeray the character of Beatrice in
Esmond
and of the Baroness Bernstein in
The Virginians
.
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