Thomas Chase's note book.
Published: 1801
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
Subjects: Chase, Thomas, fl. 1801 -- Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.; Law -- Great Britain -- Miscellanea.; Manuscripts, American -- Washington (D.C.)
Notes: Ms. (holograph?).
Title and date on prelim. p. 1.
Points of law grouped thematically under captions which are arranged in alphabetical order through "Words" (p. [275]), then added randomly. Only ca. 70 of the ca. 250 pre-written captions have any entries under them (Assumpsit, Devise, Evidence have over 50 each).
Extracted from Blackstone's Commentaries and from Cowper's, Douglas', Durnford & East's, and other English reports. A Maryland case is noted on p. [369].
"Gift, Trustees of Peabody Library"; accessioned in LC July 18, 1935.
Written all in one hand (presumably that of Thomas Chase) in New England, or possibly Maryland.
The date on prelim. p. 1 may be the year the compilation was begun. The paper, with watermark horn on sling in shield topped by crown, with "G R" under it, bears the countermark "I. Taylor 1797."
Most pages carry nothing but one or two captions; over 100 completely blank pages are scattered through the book.