WILLIAM BLACKSTONE. English jurist. Partly printed Document Signed, one page, octavo, February 15, 1773. “Let the def[endant’]s attorney or agent attend me at my chambers in Sergeants Inn tomorrow morning at 9 of the clock in the forenoon to show cause why the def[endan]t should not have till ten o’clock same day to plead … [ Read More ]
law
Jay, John
President of the Continental Congress; first Chief Justice of the United States; first Minister of Foreign Affairs; negotiated the Jay Treaty of 1794. Autograph Letter Signed, two pages, quarto, New Haven, [Connecticut], April 24, 1792. To his wife Sally. “My last to you was written at Bedford; which place I left yesterday, and arrived here … [ Read More ]
London
THE DOCUMENT THAT CREATED BOND STREET [LONDON]. SIR THOMAS CLARGES. Justice of the Peace for Westminster. Document Signed, T Clarges, one page, quarto, April 18, 1720. With the integral docketed leaf attached. A “Certificate” for paving new streets in London. “…Pursuant to an Act of Parliam[en]t made in the second year of the Reigne of … [ Read More ]
New York
Document, issued in the name of Queen Anne, of England, one page, folio, [15 by 17 1/2 inches], on vellum, May 15, 1703. A land grant in favor of William Lawrents for a small island containing about eight acres, sitting at the mouth of Little Spillgate, and between great and Little Agazzi Islands in the … [ Read More ]
Supreme Court
SUPREME COURT. Vinson Court. Mimeographed memo, issued from the “Chambers of the Chief Justice,” endorsed with the initials of the eight associate justices of the Vinson Court, next to their printed names, one page, small octavo, June 11, 1947. The associate justices’s initials indicate that they have “approved” the item which was circulated. Signatures represented … [ Read More ]