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Albany [NY]: D. & S. Whiting, 1803.. 1803.. Good. - hardcover Octavo, bound in vintage tan calf. The covers are bumped, rubbed & scuffed. There are small pieces out of the head & tail of the spine, and damage to the bottom edge of the rear cover and to the bottom edges of the last part of the book, with no loss of text. Pages i-xv & [16]-479 plus errata page. As issued, pages 290 to 295 are repeated in their numbering. There are previous owner's names penned in ink on the front endpaper. and a few ink notes. There is scattered foxing & light staining throughout with some creases. Good only. <p>The alphabetically arranged material, which includes sections on bastardy, bigamy, dogs ["it is not a felony to steal dogs, which are of a base nature"], the poor, rape, slaves, women and wrecks, gives quite a comprehensive view of society at the time.
A New Conductor Generalis: Being A Summary Of The Law Relative To The Duty And Office Of The Justice Of The Peace, Sheriffs, Coroners, Constables, Jurymen, Overseers Of The Poor ... A Variety Of Practical Forms -
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A New Conductor Generalis: Being a Summary of the Law Relative to the Duty and Office of the Justice of the Peace, Sheriffs, Coroners, Constables, Jurymen, Overseers of the Poor ... A Variety of Practical Forms
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Albany NY: D. & S. Whiting at the Albany Book Store, 1803. Hardcover. Very good overall. Albany imprint of this American work on procedural law, first published in Philadelphia in 1722, and containing a lengthy section on slaves. During this period slavery was still legal in New York state. The section pertaining to slaves details how an owner would free a slave; how an owner would be discharged from maintaining them; the status of children born of slaves in New York and more. Of children, the law stipulates, "Every child born of a slave within this state, after the 4th day of July 1799, shall be free; but shall remain the servant of the owner of its mother ..." (p422). This 1799 law was the first gradual emancipation law passed in New York state. 8vo, xv, 479 pp, errata. Dark brown gilt leather, red leather spine label. Boards lightly rubbed; text in very good condition. Period owner signature in ink on title page, Walton Street or Streel. OCLC: 2494028.
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A NEW CONDUCTOR GENERALIS: Being a Summary of the Law Relative to the Duty and Office of Justices of the Peace, Sheriffs, Coroners, Constables, Jurymen, Overseers of the Poor, &c. &c. with Many New and Improved Subjects, Alphabetically Arranged; Comprising a Variety of Practical Forms. All of Which Have been Carefully Collated with the Revised Laws of the State of New-York; and Will Be Found Useful to Citizens, Lawyers and Magistrates. To Which Is Added, An Analysis of the Law for the Recovery of Debts to the Value of Twenty-Five Dollars. By a Gentleman of the Law
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