BIB_ID
198191
Accession number
MA 995.116
Creator
Wheaton, Henry, 1785-1848.
Display Date
1803 Nov. 23.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1912.
Description
1 item (127 p.), bound ; 20.3 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of bound notebooks containing some of the papers of Henry Wheaton; notebooks are described in individual records (MA 995.108-138). This collection of notebooks is part of a large archival collection of Wheaton's papers; see MA 995 for details.
The notebook is dated November 23, 1803 as the date on which it was begun; the place of writing is indicated as "In the Office of Nath'l Searle, Junior." Searle's law practice was in Providence, Rhode Island.
The notebook is dated November 23, 1803 as the date on which it was begun; the place of writing is indicated as "In the Office of Nath'l Searle, Junior." Searle's law practice was in Providence, Rhode Island.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Imbert, 1912.
Summary
Appearing to be notes taken on William Blackstone's "Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-17690; being notes taken chapter by chapter of Books 1-4, although some chapters are nothing more than the chapter title.
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