Category: Law

Signed Manuscript Document. Mason Taft.

Price: $37.50

Publisher: Greece, New York, : 1846

Seller ID: 10220

Printed land sale deed form (13 x 16 inch) folding into 4 pages, dated April 18, 1846 in Greece, New York. Maston and Samantha Taft of Rochester, NY agree to sell 7 acres of land in the town of Greece, NY to John Todd for $1,000.00. Also signed by Charles Billinghurst (Commissioner of Deeds) who later served in Congress for the state of Wisconsin.
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Original Handwritten and Printed Bond Between Christopher Tedrick, George Tedrick, and Jacob T. Towson, Virginia and Maryland, 1802

By: Tedrick, Christopher; Tedrick, George

Price: $125.00

Publisher: : 1802

Seller ID: 024827

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Original handwritten and printed bond between Christopher Tedrick and George Tedrick of Virginia and Jacob T. Towson of Maryland. Fill-in format: printed text is interspersed with handwriting in black ink. Signed in black ink by Daniel [Swearingen?], Archibald [Weaver?], Taylor [last name?], and George Tedrick. Bond on beige paper. December 3, 1802. 7 1/2" x 12." One page, complete. Small bit of handwriting on the back that affirms the bond and has the names (possibly signatures) of Towson and two witnesses, Swearingen and Weaver. Horizontal fold lines and vertical fold line at center....
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No. 6041. In the Supreme Court of the State of California. Thomas S. Miller, Plaintiff and Respondent, vs. Geo. F. Sharp, et als., Defendants and Appellants. Transcript on Appeal.

By: The Supreme Court of the State of California

Price: $50.00

Publisher: San Francisco, CA, Kane and Cook : 1878

Seller ID: 020688

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Original publisher's beige wrapper. 7" x 10." Fifty-five pages, complete. Signatures of Clerk Thomas H. Reynolds and Deputy Clerk Colin M.[?] Boyd are written in black ink on Page 55. On the back cover is handwriting in black ink denoting the names of two of the attorneys, P. B. Ladd and William Sherwood and are possible signatures. A few original annotations and corrections are handwritten in black ink within the document. "G. F. & W. H. Sharp, and Hunt & Rising" are listed as the attorneys for the defendants/appellants. "P. B. Ladd" is listed as the attorney for the plaintiff/responde...
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Killing No Murder: Briefly Discoursed in Three Questions.

By: Titus, Silius (pseudonym of William Allen)

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Edinburgh, Scotland, : 1741

Seller ID: 022993

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Modern brown full leather binding. Gilt bands on spine. 5" x 7 3/4." Twenty-six pages, complete. Pages and covers are virtually pristine and intact, remarkable given the age of the publication. Binding is tight. A Fine copy. A propagandist pamphlet calling for the killing of tyrants and the assassination of Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658). The pamphlet lays out fourteen characteristics of a tyrant and argues that tyrannicide is a noble cause. This edition names the author as Colonel Silius Titus (1623-1704), an English politician, and his pen name, William Allen. The pamphlet is sometime...
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Collection of Twenty-seven Pieces of Original Correspondence from the Headquarters of the (United States) Army, Adjutant General's Office, Washington D.C., and Headquarters Division of the Pacific, San Francisco, California; 1887-1889

By: United States Army et al.

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C.?; San Francisco, CA?,

Seller ID: 024484

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Collection of twenty-seven pieces of original correspondence from the Headquarters of the (United States) Army, Adjutant General's Office, Washington D.C. and the Headquarters Division of the Pacific, San Francisco, California. All correspondence is from Headquarters in Washington, D.C. with the exception of one from the Pacific division. Each piece of correspondence is a numbered General Order or Circular printed in black ink on beige paper. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4." Various dates, 1887-1889. Most of the correspondence is dated between 1887 and 1888. Page count varies; most are one page; longest...
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Homestead of Abraham Lincoln. Speeches in the House of Representatives, April 5, 12, 1916, on a Bill to Accept a Deed of Conveyance from the Lincoln Farm Association to the United States of the Homestead of Abraham Lincoln, near the Town of Hodgenville, State of Kentucky

By: United States House of Representatives

Price: $37.50

Publisher: Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office : 1916

Seller ID: 019544

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Original publisher's gray wrapper. H. Doc. 1056. 64th Congress, 1st Session. April 5 and 12, 1916. 6" x 9." 108 pages, complete. Pages are clean. A few spots in upper-right corner of front cover. Upper-left corner of back cover appears to have been torn off; a few pages in the back near this corner are slightly folded, but this does not affect the text. Copy is otherwise clean and intact. Speeches on the bill, H. R. 8351, and text of the bill are included. From Monaghan, the Lincoln Bibliography, no. 2248: "Includes personal recollections of Joseph G. Cannon and others. A speech on ...
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Collection of Two "Legal Briefs" - Moot Court Competition in and for the School of Jurisprudence, University of California, Berkeley, c. 1924

By: University of California, Berkeley

Price: $37.50

Seller ID: 024947

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Very Good

Collection of two original typescripts (black ink on beige paper), namely, two mock legal briefs for the Moot Court Competition at the University of California, Berkeley. One of the documents is affixed to blue paper by brass brads; this one is a carbon typescript. The other document has brown paper backing but no fasteners; this one is an original, non-carbon typescript. The documents are signed by the participants as "Kenneth Lloyd Williams," "Wm. [Nankervis?]," "W. R. Burke," "D. M. Scott," and "J. M. Child." No date, circa 1924. Document with blue backing: 9" x 14 1/2." Document with...
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Autograph Letter Signed - Morrison R. Waite

By: Waite, Morrison R.

Price: $100.00

Publisher: : 1879

Seller ID: 019335

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Letter handwritten in brown ink on beige paper. Paper has Royal Irish Linen, Marcus Ward & Co. watermark. Datelined November 19, 1879 in Washington, D.C. 5" x 8." One page. Letter reads: "Washington, D.C., Nov. 19, 1879, Dear Sir, I have yours of the 16th, and shall be glad to assist you in this way you ask whenever it is in my power. As present, however, I know of no vacancy in situations such as you want. Very truly yours, M. R. Waite." "Mr. Eugene S. Didier," the addressee, is also handwritten below his signature. Former ownership inscription on the back in pencil briefly describes...
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The Simple Cobler of Aggavvamm in America

By: Ward, Nathaniel

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Salem, Mass, Ipswich Historical Socity : 1906

Seller ID: 13123

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

From title page, "Willing to Help 'mend His Native Country, Lamentably Tattered, Both the Upper-Leather and Sole, with All the Honest Stitches he Can Take. And as Willing Never to Be Paid for His Work, By Old English Wonted Pay. It is his Trade to Patch All the Year Long, Gratis, Therefore I Pray Gentlemen keep your purses. The Fourth Edition, with some Amendments". Facsimile reprint. Number 81 of 400 copies printed by Ipswich Historical Society. Written by Nathaniel Ward (1578-1652) an English clergyman and writer who codified the Massachusetts Laws (1641). The pamphlet is a vigorously writte...
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The Life of Blackstone

By: Warden, Lewis C.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Charlottesville, Virginia, The Miche Company, Publishers : 1938

Seller ID: 018993

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Publisher's black cloth with red dust wrapper (some chipping).. Biography of Sir William Blackstone, author of the law classic "Commentaries." Frontispiece portrait of Blackstone. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches. 451 pages.
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Manuscript Document. "Dennis Warfield Estate, Washington County, Maryland, 1833"

By: Warfield, Dennis

Price: $37.50

Publisher: : 1833

Seller ID: 12599

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Fine

Manuscript Document, 3 pages (8 x 12 1/2 inch) repaired with document tape. The document consists of a printed form and a handwritten listing. The printed document authorizes an appraisal of Dennis Warfield's estate. It is signed by Daniel Schaebly (Register of Wills), D.W. Naill and Jacob Landes (Appraisers), Joshua Jones (Frederick County Justice of the Peace) and John Schley (Frederick County clerk). The handwritten listing gives the possessions Warfield left behind, including a double barrel gun and a bear skin. singed by Naill and Landes. Fine clean copy.
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Writ of Inquisition "Signed By 12 Citizens and Sheriff Joseph Jennings" of Saratoga Springs, New York.

By: Warren, Wm. L.F.

Price: $37.50

Publisher: Saratoga Springs, N.Y., : 1837

Seller ID: 12373

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Fine

'Writ of Inquisition, Saratoga Springs, New York". 7 pages (8 x 12 3/4 inch) hand written document. The Inquisition was conducted to ascertain the amount of damages owed by James McGregor Jr. to Amos P. Stanton & George H. Tracey, in a long standing suit before the New York Supreme Court. The jurors of the Inquisition find that McGregor still owes $274.37 for "goods sold and delivered" to him while doing business in Schenectady County, New York. The Writ is signed by: Salmon Hulin, Henry P. Hyde, Joseph Westcott, Luther Messinger, Samuel Chapman, Lewis P. Glove, Mervin G. Putnam, Eli Holbrook,...
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Printed Signed Document. "Deed" - Augustus Watrous

By: Watrous, Augustus

Price: $37.50

Publisher: : 1853

Seller ID: 10221

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Fine

Printed land sale deed (17 x 14 inch) folding into 4 pages, and dated 8 September 1853. Augustus and Mary Ann Watrous sell land in Middleburh, Wyoming County, New York to a Wm. Dodgson for $1,350.00. Signed by Augustus and Mary Ann Watrous and L.W. Smith (Justice of the Peace). Filled out on a light blue printed document in black ink.
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Mr. Webster's Vindication of the Treaty of Washington of 1842; in a Speech Delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the 6th and 7th of April, 1846

By: Webster, Daniel

Price: $47.50

Publisher: J. & G. S. Gideon. 1846. Washington. : 1846

Seller ID: 2485

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

First edition. Wrappers. Very good. A speech Daniel Webster gave in the Senate arguing that the question of the Northeastern boundary had previously been settled satisfactorily in 1842. Webster was Secretary of State when the Treaty of Washingto n o f 1842 was written. In 1846 that treaty was brought up for debate again, and Webster spoke in defense of it.
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Original Manuscript Deed

By: Wells, Joseph

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Erie County, Pennsylvania, : 1829

Seller ID: 11776

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Manuscript document from Erie County, Pennsylvania. Two pages, dated 1829 and signed by Joseph Wells. Document repaired with archival tape on the backside. Joseph and Harriet Wells sell one acre of land in Fairview Township, Erie County, Pa to William Dunbar for $30.00. Signed by Joseph and Harriet Wells, James Webster Jr. (witness), John L. Davis (Justice of the Peace), and Edwin Kelso (Recorder). Joseph Wells (1790-1845) was one of the early settlers of Fairview Township.
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Category: Law