THE DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI, FROM 1828 TO 1830. JOHN C. EDWARDS, SECRETARY OF STATE
1830 · City of Jefferson
by Missouri
City of Jefferson: Calvin Gunn, 1830. viii, 239, [2- errata], [2- list of cases], [12- index] pp. Contemporary calf [some rubbing, hinges tight], with gilt-lettered morocco spine labels [rubbed]. Title leaf badly ink-smudged, affecting some words. Blank verso of title page with rubberstamps. Otherwise, scattered spotting and Good+. With the ownership signature of T.F. McDearmon, a Missouri lawyer who practiced in the late 19th and early 20th century. This book must have been part of his law library.
An early Missouri imprint, containing interesting interpretations of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787; slave status; circumstances under which a slave may be entitled to freedom; rights of aliens and women; slaves as real estate under the laws of inheritance; Indians captured in war and sold as slaves; continuing slave status of persons born in the Northwest Territory and held as slaves before the Ordinance banning slavery took effect; suits brought by Negroes and slaves; and many other issues.
AII [Missouri] 116. OCLC locates three copies under two accession numbers [Temple, St. Louis U., CA State Lib.] [as of January 2016]. (Inventory #: 32633)
An early Missouri imprint, containing interesting interpretations of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787; slave status; circumstances under which a slave may be entitled to freedom; rights of aliens and women; slaves as real estate under the laws of inheritance; Indians captured in war and sold as slaves; continuing slave status of persons born in the Northwest Territory and held as slaves before the Ordinance banning slavery took effect; suits brought by Negroes and slaves; and many other issues.
AII [Missouri] 116. OCLC locates three copies under two accession numbers [Temple, St. Louis U., CA State Lib.] [as of January 2016]. (Inventory #: 32633)