ii.
Acts passed at the First Session of the Second Legislature of the Territory of Orleans, begun and held in the City of New-Orleans,
on Monday, the eighteenth day of January, in the year of Our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eight, and of the Independence
of the United States of America, the thirty-second. Published by Authority.
New-Orleans:
Bradford & Anderson, printers,
1808.
Law 5
First Edition. 8vo. 79 leaves collating in fours, the last a blank;
English and
French texts on opposite pages.
Sheep; initialled by Jefferson at sig. I only (the work collates to T); with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
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Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.
1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 41, Orleans Term reports of 1809, 10, by Martin, pamphlet, 8vo.
MARTIN,
François-Xavier.
Orleans Term Reports or Cases argued and determined in the Superior Court of the Territory of Orleans. By François-Xavier Martin, one of the Judges of said Court . . . Vol. I.
New-Orleans: printed by
John Dacqueny,
1811.
Law
First Edition. Vol. I only. 188 leaves collating in fours; list of errata at the end. The preface dated from New-Orleans, Oct.
30th 1811.
It seems possible, from the description of this work as a pamphlet in the 1815 catalogue, that Jefferson’s copy was unbound.
This volume includes the cases from 1809 to the spring of 1811. On page 87 is the case
Livingston vs. D’Orgenoy, concerned with the Batture case. A second volume was published in 1813.
For a note on Martin see no. 1990.
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Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.
1815 Catalogue, page 90. no. 42, Laws of Mississippi Territory, by Toulmin, 8vo.
TOULMIN,
Harry.
The Statutes of the Mississippi Territory, revised and digested by the Authority of the General Assembly. By the Honorable
Harry Toulmin, one of the United States’ Judges for the Mississippi Territory. Published by Authority.
Natchez: Printed by
Samuel Terrell, printer to the Mississippi Territory,
1807.
Law 420
First Edition. 8vo. 317 leaves, collating in fours in 25 letter alphabets; with the 2nd title beginning:
A Digest of the Statutes of the Mississippi Territory . . .
Sabin 49499.
McMurtrie 42.
Rebound in calf, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved. Lacks the four leaves of sig. U2 supplied in photostat
facsimile. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.
Sent to Jefferson as President of the United States, by the General Assembly of the Mississippi Territory. The covering letter,
addressed from Washington M. T. September 29, 1808, and signed by Tho. H. Williams, read: “In obedience to an act of the General Assembly of the Mississippi Territory, I transmit herewith, a Digest of the Statutes
thereof.”
Several of the acts are signed by Jefferson as Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate, and as President
of the United States. On page 411 is an account of the establishment in the Territory of a College,
which shall bear the name of Jefferson College; in honor of Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States, and President
of the American Philosophical Society.
Harry Toulmin, 1766-1823, see no. 2175. In 1804 he was appointed judge of the superior court for the eastern district of the Mississippi Territory, and from that
time was associated with the Territory. This copy has the second title, which, according to McMurtrie, was not issued with
all copies. Sabin’s title is incorrect, being a mixture of the two titles.
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