“
decide to have an authentic copy taken. in the mean time I have sowed them up in oil cloth & seared the joints to preserve
them from the air . . .
”
These records have been reprinted in the
Minutes of the Council and General Court of Virginia, 1626-1676, edited by H. R. McIlwaine (Richmond, 1924).
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Washington’s rep. of cases in the court of appeals of Virgã.
2. v.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 81. no. 154, as above, not abbreviated.
WASHINGTON, Bushrod.
Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Court of
Appeals of Virginia. By Bushrod Washington.
Vol. I [-II].
Richmond: Printed by
Thomas Nicolson,
m,dcc,xcviii-m,dcc,xcix
. [1798-1799]
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First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. 216 and 166 leaves collating in fours in a 25 letter alphabet, lists of errata in both volumes.
Sabin 100038.
Evans 34958 (vol. I).
Marvin, page 719.
Swem 7696, 7806.
Rebound by the Library of Congress in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T in vol. I and numerous manuscript notes by him.
Bushrod Washington, 1762-1829, nephew and heir of George Washington, was an associate justice of the Supreme Court. The first volume of his
Reports is dedicated to Edmund Pendleton.
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Call’s reports.
2. v.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 82. no. 155, Call’s reports of cases in the Court of Appeals of Virginia, 2 v 8vo.
CALL,
Daniel.
Reports of Cases argued and adjudged in the Court of
Appeals of Virginia. By Daniel Call.
Richmond: Printed by
Thomas Nicolson,
m,dccc,i
. [1801]
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Vol. I only. 8vo. 308 leaves collating in fours in a 24 letter alphabet; separate pagination for the Index.
Old sheep, lettered on labels on the back:
Call’s /
Reports /
I /. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
From the library of George Wythe, to whom it was the dedication presentation copy from the author, whose autograph inscription
on the inside cover reads:
From the Author, with the most affectionate regard and the profoundest respect, to the Honorable George Wythe Esquire. The book formed part of Wythe’s bequest to Jefferson.
Daniel Call, 1765-1840, Virginian lawyer, was the brother-in-law of Chief Justice Marshall. His Reports were issued in 6 volumes from
1790-1818. Jefferson’s manuscript and the Library of Congress catalogues call for two volumes, but only one is now in the Library of Congress.
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Report of the case of Kampier v. Hawkins in the G. C. of Virga.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 82. no. 157, The case of Kampier and Hawkins in the G. C. of Virginia, 8vo.
[TATHAM,
William.]
Report of a Case, decided on Saturday, the 16th of
November, 1793, in the General Court of
Virginia; wherein Peter Kamper, was
plaintiff, against Mary Hawkins, defendant;
on a question adjourned from the
District Court of Dumfries, for novelty and
difficulty, touching the
Constitutionality of an Act of Assembly;
