Middle Circuit, 1793, Virginia.
Published: 1793
Language: eng
Number of pages: 60
Subjects: Iredell, James, 1751-1799 -- Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.; United States. Supreme Court -- History -- Sources.; Law -- United States -- Cases.; Manuscripts, American.
Notes: Ms. (holograph)
Title from the original cover; it is there preceded by a line with: N. 6? (erasure). Typewritten label pasted inside the case in which the ms. is housed gives title: Manuscript journal of James Iredell.
Apparently a section of Iredell's journal of cases heard on the circuit, the ms. covers the period from May 29 through June 1, 1793.
Iredell's notes concern the case of Ware, Administrator of Jones v. Hylton, heard at this point in Virginia's District Court. Cf. Lankevich, G.J. The Federal Court 1787-1801.
Purchased by the Library from the American Autograph Shop in 1942 (LL 6430 A1).
Interleaved with blotting paper and sewn as one gathering; resewn; in a case.
Accompanied by a case containing two full photocopies and an untitled typewritten transcript of the ms. text (58 [i.e. 59] sheets).