J. 7
[Laws of
] Rhode Island. 1663.--1718.
fol. [
in MS. “island”
is lowercase--
Ed.]
1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 72, as above, with reading
Island.
The Charter granted by His Majesty King Charles the Second, to the Colony of Rhode-Island, and Providence-Plantations in America.
Boston, in New-England: Printed by
John Allen, for
Nicholas Boone,
1719. [-
Acts and Laws, of His Majesties Colony of Rhode-Island, and Providence-Plantations in America.
ib.
1179 (for
1719).]
Law 9
First Edition. Folio. 2 parts in 1, 59 leaves in twos; the second title on sig. C
2; continuous signatures, separate pagination.
Sabin 70510.
Evans 2069, 70.
Not in Bartlett.
John Carter Brown III, 252, 253.
Not in Charlemagne Tower.
Rough calf, padded with blanks, and with 4 blank leaves inserted in an unsigned sheet which contains the Table; some leaves
discolored. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T, the date in the second imprint corrected in ink, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
The earliest printed volume of Rhode Island laws. Issued in one volume with continuous signatures, and should not be separated
into two separate entries as in Evans and the John Carter Brown Catalogue.
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J. 8
[Laws of
] New York.
2. v.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 33, Laws of Newyork, 2 v. 8vo.
Laws of the State of New-York. Published by authority. In
two volumes. [By James Kent and Jacob Radcliff.] Vol. I [-II].
Albany: Printed by
Charles R. and George Webster,
1802.
Law 3
First Edition. 2 vol. 8vo. 348 and 282 leaves collating in fours (in 25 letter alphabets); the last two sheets of vol. II for the
Subscribers’ names (of which all but six were from New York State), and
Webster’s advertisement; woodcut arms of New York on the titles.
Calf. Initialled by Jefferson in both volumes at sig. I and T. The names of the authors written on the title of vol. I, not by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
James Kent, 1763-1847, jurist and legal commentator, was a judge of the New York Supreme Court.
Jacob Radcliff, 1764-1844, lawyer, was mayor of New York, and one of the founders of Jersey City, N. J.
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J. 9
[Laws of
] Pennsylvania. 12.W.3.--16.G.2.
1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 74, Laws of Pennsylvania, 21, W. 3--16, G. 2, fol.
The Charters of the Province of Pensilvania and City of Philadelphia. [-A Collection of all the Laws of the Province of Pennsylvania:
now in force. Published by order of Assembly.]--[An Appendix; containing a summary of such Acts of Assembly as have been formerly
in force within this province, for regulating of descents, and transfering the property of lands, &c, but since expired, altered
or repealed.]
Philadelphia: Printed and sold by
B. Franklin,
m dcc xlii
. [1742.]
Law 7
First Edition. Folio. 3 parts in 1; 15, 281 (should be 282, lacks the blank 6S
2), 20 leaves; separate titles (as above), signatures and pagination.
Evans 5033.
Church 943.
Hildeburn 755, 757.
Curtis, page 75, 76.
Charlemagne Tower 670.
Old calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T, the name
Joseph Galloway written on the margin of the first leaf of
The Charters; manuscript notes in the text not by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
John Kinsey, 1693-1750, Quaker lawyer, added the Appendix, and edited the entire work.
Joseph Galloway, 1731-1803, colonial statesman. See no. 3134.
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