First Edition. 8vo. 356 leaves collating in eights in a 24 letter alphabet, the last 3 leaves for a Catalogue of Law Books sold
by
Barnard B. Macanulty.
Not in Sabin.
Marvin, page 668.
Rebound in calf; initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.
Presentation copy from the author, who wrote to Jefferson from Salem, Mass. January 14, 1806: “I have the honor to send by the mail for your acceptance two volumes, entitled the “Power of Solitude”, and a “Selection of
Pleadings”; the former the amusement of my juvenile years, the latter the occasional effort of my professional leisure. In
asking your acceptance of them I confess myself duly admonished of their errors and imbecillities . . .”
Jefferson replied from Washington on January 24: “
Th: Jefferson presents his salutations to m(
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r)
Story & his thanks for the books sent him. one of them will be kept as a mark of his esteem, that kind of reading being out
of the line of his present occupations. the other will be read with pleasure in moments of leisure . . .
”
For the
Power of Solitude
see chapter 35.
Joseph Story, 1779-1845, a native of Marblehead, Mass., was considered by Jefferson to be responsible for the repeal of the Embargo, according
to a letter written from Monticello on July 16, 1810, to Henry Dearborn.
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Laws of Massachusets. 4.W.M.--6.G.2.
fol.
1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 70, as above.
The Charter granted by their Majesties King William and Queen Mary, to the inhabitants of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay
in New-England.
Boston in New-England: Printed by
B. Green, printer to the Honourable Lieut. Governour & Council, for
Benjamin Eliot,
1726. [-
Acts and Laws, of his Majesty’s Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England. ib.
1726.]
1726 continued to 1733.
Law 1A
Folio. Separate titles for the Charter and the first session of the acts, the remaining sessions without separate titles but
with the date in the colophon, continuous signatures and pagination.
Sabin 45568.
Evans 2762, 2900, 2902, 3054-3057, 3182, 3306-7, 3440-3442, 3564-3565.
Charlemagne Tower 215, etc.
Rough calf, padded with blanks, some leaves discolored, the table interleaved with blank leaves. Initialled by Jefferson at
sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
The printing of the laws for 1733 is attributed by Evans to Kneeland.
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Laws of Massachusets. 4.W.M.--13.W.3.
fol.
1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 71, as above.
The Charter granted by their Majesties King William and Queen Mary, to the inhabitants of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay
in New-England.
Boston in New-England: Printed by
Bartholomew Green, and
John Allen, (printers to His Excellency the Governour & Council,) for, and sold by
Michael Perry, and
Benjamin Eliot,
1699.--
Acts and Laws, of His Majesties Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England. ib.
1699. [-1712]
Law
The Charter in 12 leaves: A-B
4*
2, **
2, the
Acts and Laws from 1699 to 1712, separately printed on 198 leaves with continuous signatures and pagination; without imprints; the
Acts and Laws for 1708 with colophon reading:
London, Printed by
Charles Bill, and the Executrix of
Thomas Newcomb, deceas’d, Printers to the Queens most Excellent Majesty.
Reprinted at
Boston in N. E. by
Bartholomew Green, Printer to His Excellency the Governour & Council.
1708.
Evans 867, 868 and other numbers for the different years.
Charlemagne Tower 148-183 (to 1711 only).
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