最新增加的系列:2014年春季

展品

Please visit the 珍本书室 to view many rare books, 手稿, and memorabilia that have been added to our collection in the past two years.

The exhibit largely features items that supplement our working lawyer’s collection, particularly our 19th century American lawyer collection. There are books that would have appeared such a practitioner’s library and actual documents produced in colonial and early American litigation. Additionally, we have cartoons, broadsides, and some new additions to our Francis Bacon collection.

You are invited to view the exhibit anytime the room is open: generally weekdays from 9 a.m. 到5点.m. The exhibit will remain on view through mid-August 2014.

A handout describing the entire exhibit is available here.

猫. J的. G. 院长自由[波特兰，缅因州]公元1826年.

This law library inventory is probably that of Portland, Maine attorney Joseph G. 迪恩. 库存中的97个标题, 它可能是为了保险目的而创建的, 包括案例记者, 形式的书, 和论文. Many of them are titles that we own as part of our working lawyer’s collection.
Jesse 哈丁 Recognizance about Killing the Indian. Eastham,质量., 1723.

哈丁, 一个14岁的伊斯特姆工人, 被指控谋杀贝蒂·斯蒂芬, 被确认为一名印度女子. This recognizance holds 哈丁 to a bond of 500 pounds. Some background research by Michael von der Linn at Lawbook Exchange led to a summary of the subsequent findings by the grand jury. 显然, despite finding that Jesse fatally shot Betty in the neck in an act of premeditation, the grand jury returned the bill of indictment with the notation "ignoramus," which means that the bill was rejected and the parties discharged. 人们不得不怀疑受害者的种族, 还有被告的年龄, 是大陪审团决定的因素之一.
伊卡伯德·艾利斯对米达·黑格的控诉. 哈特菲尔德,质量., 1746-47.

Medad Negro, identified as the manservant of Seth Dwight, is accused of burning down Allis's barn. 米达显然坦白了. 以色列威廉姆斯, the Justice of the Peace who wrote up the complaint, references Medad being jailed and bound over for trial in Springfield Superior Court.
反面的 伊卡伯德·艾利斯对米达·黑格的控诉. 哈特菲尔德,质量., 1746-47.

在投诉书的背面, we can see that three witnesses—Elisha Allis (presumably the son of the complainant), 大卫·贝尔丁, 乔纳森·巴德威尔, 每人交10英镑保释金作证.
乔治·伍德沃德， 正义和律师.(伦敦),c. 1785.

木ward’s caricature plays on the differences between justices of the peace and attorneys. The justice of the peace has a scruffy little dog and a haughty looking assistant; he also has a common J.P. manual (Burn’s Justice) open on the table before him. 在相邻的窗格中, the lawyer is excited to get a new client bringing in business in the form of a presumably lucrative lawsuit.
马萨诸塞州最高法院， 酒吧的书. 1797-1910.

This manuscript contains a tremendous amount of information about practice before the S.J.C.. 你可以看到S的原始规则.J.C., followed by the oath administrated to lawyers trying cases before the court and their signatures accepting the oath. What a concrete connection between us and over a century of Massachusetts bar leaders! 有谁的名字耳熟吗?
威廉·瑟斯顿与约翰·M. 菲斯克. (波士顿),1819 - 1821.

This partnership agreement between two Boston attorneys illustrates the business side of operating a law practice. Thurston and 菲斯克’s partnership lasted three full years.
第2页 威廉·瑟斯顿与约翰·M. 菲斯克. (波士顿),1819 - 1821.
第3页 威廉·瑟斯顿与约翰·M. 菲斯克. (波士顿),1819 - 1821.

This page contains a particularly charming provision that places responsibility on Thurston for taking care of “the expenses of the Office, 包括租金, 税, 文具, 木 & Candles, together with the wages of the Office Boy[…]”.
第4页 威廉·瑟斯顿与约翰·M. 菲斯克. (波士顿),1819 - 1821.

Thurston and 菲斯克’s partnership lasted three years; this final page of the agreement includes a note dissolving the partnership at the end, 日期为12月. 31, 1821.
约瑟夫·斯托里写给威廉·都铎的信. 萨勒姆,1819.

The contents show a rare glimpse into the opinion of an active Supreme Court justice on a matter before the U.S. 国会. Story was a longtime supporter of federal bankruptcy legislation. The first federal Bankruptcy Act, adopted in 1800, had been repealed in 1803. 写这封信的时候, 国会正在考虑一项新的破产法案, 哪个故事清楚地支持.
第2页 约瑟夫·斯托里写给威廉·都铎的信. 萨勒姆,1819.

故事的记者, 威廉·都铎, had asked for Story's support in securing a position as a Commissioner of Bankruptcy under the new legislation, 如果通过. Story voices his support while noting that it's unclear who would have the power to make the appointment--the executive or the judiciary. 最后, the law that was the subject of the letter failed to pass, but another one that Story actually helped draft was ultimately passed by 国会 in 1841.
地址及盖章: 约瑟夫·斯托里写给威廉·都铎的信. 萨勒姆,1819.

If you are interested in seeing other correspondence to and from Joseph Story, 伟大的资源是不可思议的约瑟夫故事数码套装哈佛法律图书馆的资料!
弗朗西斯•培根 的花园. 伦敦,1902年.

This gorgeous book was printed in 1902 at the Eragny Press, an English press owned and operated by Lucien Pissarro (son of the great impressionist Camille) and his wife, 以斯帖. It is a stunning little book, printed on handmade paper with beautiful type and borders. Two-hundred twenty-six copies were printed, and two-hundred of those were offered for sale. This copy once belonged to Leonard Baskin (1922-2000), 美国雕刻家, 史密斯学院的艺术教授, 也是Gehanna出版社的创始人, 哪个印刷了自己的版本 的花园 in 1959.