Digest of Virginia reports
Subtitle: including Washington reports, 2 vols., Call reports, 3 vols., Hening & Munford's rep., 4 vols., Munford's, 4 vols.
Contributors: Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals.
Published: 1818
Language: eng
Number of pages: 460
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Ms. (holograph?)
Attribution of authorship based on statement added on the t.p. in another (Robert Cook's) hand: "By H. St. George Tucker, President of the Court of Appeals of Virginia at 54 years of age."
Alphabetically arranged by topics, "Abandonment" through "Writ of rights."
"Commenced in June 1818, finished in December following."
The pages are numbered as such beginning with "18"; the numbers 1-17 found in earlier pages designate topics.
Former owners: "Presented to D. C. Glenn by Col. Robert Cook, formerly of Danville, Halifax Co., Va." LC acquisition no.: 434812 / 32 / LL.
Main text written all in one hand, perhaps that of the author, no doubt in Virginia; marginal summarizing captions throughout, added by another person.
The 4 preliminary pages, p. 413 through end, and several intermediate pages are blank.
Watermark Britannia, as no. 319 in Gravell, T.L., A catalogue of American watermarks 1690-1835, but with countermark crown, GR, 1813.
Shelfmarked "Mss. Case LAW 19" on spine and inside (number not unique to this ms.).