Laws, the Bill of Rights, and the Constitution. In
two volumes. Revised and collected, under the authority of the Legislature, by William Kilty, Attorney at Law. Volume I [-II].
Annapolis: printed by
Frederick Green, printer to the State,
1799-1800.
Law
First Edition. 2 vol. 4to. 479 and 574 leaves. The third volume, called for in the Library of Congress 1815 catalogue disappeared
at an early date; the entry in the contemporary working copy has the manuscript annotation:
3
d vol. missing
.
Sabin 45190.
Evans 35775 (vol. I).
Marvin, page 440.
Jefferson’s copy was a presentation from the author, who wrote on July 11, 1801: “Permit me to request your acceptance of an Edition of the Laws of Maryland which I have lately compiled under a resolution
of the General Assembly of that State.
"The adoption of those Laws in this part of the district of Columbia, may render a knowledge of them desirable, and I flatter
myself that by reference to the Index you will be enabled without much trouble to obtain information on any subject that may
occur.”
William Kilty, 1757-1821, army surgeon and jurist, was born in London, but came to America with his family shortly before the outbreak
of the Revolutionary war. Among his other activities he was one of the founders of the Society of the Cincinnati. Seven volumes
in all of this work were issued, the first two in quarto as above, vol. II-VII in octavo, n.d.
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Kilty’s Maryland Landholder’s Assistant.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 35, as above.
KILTY,
John.
The land-holder’s assistant, and land-office guide; being an exposition of original titles, as derived from the proprietary
government, and more recently from the State, of Maryland . . . By John Kilty, Register of the Land-office for the Western-Shore of the State of Maryland.
Baltimore: Printed by
G. Dobbin and
Murphy,
1808.
Law 274
First Edition. 274 leaves collating in fours in 25 letter alphabets; the Appendix on 26 leaves at the end with separate signatures
(in numerals) and pagination; the last leaf with the errata list.
Sabin 37745.
Marvin, page 440.
Rebound in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.
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Abr. of the laws of Virginia, Jamaica, Barbadoes, Maryland, New-England, New York, & Carolina.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 29, as above, with reading
Abridgement.
An Abridgement of the Laws in force and use in Her Majesty’s Plantations; (viz.) of Virginia, Jamaica, Barbadoes, Maryland,
New-England, New-York, Carolina, &c. Digested under proper heads in the method of Mr. Wingate, and Mr. Washington’s Abridgements.
London: Printed for
John Nicholson,
R. Parker, and
R. Smith, and
Benj. Tooke,
1704.
Law 140
First Edition. 8vo. 250 leaves; the laws of New York and Carolina are not included in the volume, though space is left in the pagination
and signatures.
Not in Halkett and Laing.
Sabin 81.
Marvin, page 48.
Sweet & Maxwell II, 199, 2.
Old calf, rebacked; some leaves unopened. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
For
Edmund Wingate, see no. 1819.
For
Joseph Washington, see no. 1820.
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