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Autograph manuscript, [1807-1848].

BIB_ID
198195
Accession number
MA 995.120
Creator
Wheaton, Henry, 1785-1848.
Display Date
[1807-1848].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1912.
Description
1 item (42 p.), bound ; 25.8 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 manuscript is not dated, however Wheaton began practicing law in 1807 and died in 1848.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Imbert, 1912.
Summary
Appearing to be an autograph draft of a manuscript for "Chapter II. Of the Jurisdiction of the Instance Court of Admiralty" and "Chapter II. Of Suit by Material Men, Causes of Possession, Disputes of Joint Owners, and Collision of Ships."