J. 76
1815 Catalogue, page 89. no. 34, Cases of the Bank and Shoemakers, 2 v 8vo.
i.
Robbery of the Bank of Pennsylvania in 1798. The Trial in the Supreme Court of the State of Pennsylvania. Reported from Notes
by T. Lloyd. Upon which the President of that bank, the Cashier, one of the Directors (who was an alderman) and another person who was
the high constable of Philadelphia; were sentenced to pay Patrick Lyon twelve thousand dollars damages, for a false and malicious
prosecution against him, without either reasonable or probable cause.
Philadelphia: Printed for the Publishers,
1808.
Law 379a
First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 94 leaves in fours.
Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt back, marbled endpapers; the last leaf slightly defective.
Tho
s. Jefferson from the Reporter
written on the title-page. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Presentation copy from Thomas Lloyd.
In the Jefferson Papers in the Massachusetts Historical Society is a page of shorthand written by Jefferson and headed by him
Lloyd’s shorthand.
Thomas Lloyd, 1756-1827, law reporter, was acquainted with Jefferson and in correspondence with him. The defendants in this trial were
Samuel M. Fox, President of the Bank of Pennsylvania; Jonathan Smith, cashier; John Clement Stocker, director; and John Haines,
high constable of Philadelphia. The plaintiff was Patrick Lyon, who brought suit to recover damages for false imprisonment
on a charge of robbing the bank in 1798.
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ii.
The Trial of the Boot & Shoemakers of Philadelphia, on an Indictment for a combination and conspiracy to raise their Wages.
Taken in Short-hand, by Thomas Lloyd.
Philadelphia: Printed by
B. Graves, for
T. Lloyd, and
B. Graves,
1806.
Law 378
First Edition. 8vo. 82 leaves in fours; publisher’s advertisement on the verso of the last leaf.
Marvin, page 472.
Sabin 41697.
Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt back, marbled endpapers. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. A manuscript
note on page 146 is not by Jefferson.
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