J. 18
Laws of Jamaica.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 28, as above.
The Laws of Jamaica, passed by the Assembly, and confirmed by His Majesty in Council, Feb. 23. 1683. To which is added, A
short account of the Island and Government thereof. With an exact map of the Island.
London: Printed by
H. Hills for
Charles Harper,
1683.
Law 29
First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 144 leaves, engraved folded map, backed.
STC J124.
This edition not in Hazlitt, not in Arber,
Term Catalogues, not in the
Catalogue of the Library of the Institute of Jamaica and not in Clarke.
Sweet & Maxwell II, 209, 11.
Rebound in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.
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J. 19
Criminal law of Kentucky by Toulmin & Blair.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 37, as above.
TOULMIN,
Harry
and BLAIR,
James.
A review of the criminal law of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Published under the authority of the legislature. By Harry Toulmin & James Blair. From the press of
W. Hunter, (at
Frankfort,) Printer to the State,
1804.
Law 350
First Edition. 8vo. 242 leaves collating in eights.
Sabin 96328, note.
Marvin, page 695.
McMurtrie and Allen, no. 225.
Sheep; initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Harry Toulmin, 1767-1824, a Unitarian minister in Lancashire, England, and a friend of Joseph Priestley, emigrated to the United States
in 1793. In a letter to
Mr Brackenridge [i.e. John Breckinridge] dated from Monticello, October 25, 1793, Jefferson wrote of Toulmin: “
This will be handed you by m(
~
r)
Toulmin a gentleman who goes to visit your state with a view to settle in it. I have not the pleasure of a personal acquaintance
with him; but from the multiplied testimonies of those who have, I am able to assure you that you will find in him a person
of understanding, of science, & of great worth: and what will be an additional recommendation to you, a pure & zealous republican.
any attentions or services you can render him will oblige me, and will be a comfort to yourself also when you shall have known
him of yourself . . .
”
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?J. 20
Laws of Michigan & tracts by Woodward.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 91. no. 38, The Law of Michigan, and Tracts, by Woodward, 8vo.
The Laws of Michigan. Volume I . . . [edited by A. B. Woodward.] City of Washington:
A. & G. Way, printers,
1806.
Law 2
8vo. 90 leaves collating in fours. The introductory letter addressed by A. B. Woodward to James Madison, Secretary of State, and dated from Washington, May 8, 1806.
Sabin 48746.
Not in Marvin.
Streeter 5340.
This may have been the volume referred to by Woodward, in his letter addressed to Jefferson from Detroit, July 18, 1807: “M
r. Woodward has the honor to present his respects to the President of the United States, and to request the favor of his acceptance
of the volume which accompanies this.”
A copy in the Library of Congress has the number 3 in ink on the title-page, denoting that it was at one time part of a volume of tracts. There is the possibility therefore that it is Jefferson’s copy
though it has no marks of provenance. It is not known what were the other tracts included in the volume.
Augustus Brevoort Woodward, 1774-1827, jurist and political philosopher[,] was in 1805 appointed by Jefferson one of the three judges of the new territory
of Michigan. This volume of laws (of which no more was published) is known as the Woodward Code.
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