A new abridgment of the law.
By: By Matthew Bacon ... With considerable additions, by Henry Gwillim  ...
Contributors: Sayer, Joseph.; Ruffhead, Owen, 1723-1769.; Wilson, Bird, 1777-1859, ed.; Gwillim, Henry, Sir, 1760?-1837, ed.
Edition: The 1st American, from the 6th London ed.  With the addition of the later English and the American decisions.  By Bird Wilson ...
Publisher: Printed for Farrand and Nicholas. [etc.]
Published: 1811
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Subjects: Law -- England -- Encyclopedias.; Law -- United States -- Encyclopedias.
Genres: Encyclopedias.
Notes: "It is well known, that Mr. Bacon did not live to carry the work any farther than to the title 'Sheriff,' inclusive, and that the remainder was added by Mr. Serjeant Sayer and Mr. Ruffhead." - Pref. to the 5th ed.