Record ID:
198195
Accession number:
MA 995.120
Credit:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1912.
Description:
1 item (42 p.), bound ; 25.8 cm
Notes:
The manuscript is not dated, however Wheaton began practicing law in 1807 and died in 1848.
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.
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."
Binding:
Quarter brown leather over marbled paper covered boards"; ticket of "W.B. Gilley," 92 Broadway, [New York].
Provenance:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Imbert, 1912.
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