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Title

  • Abridgment of the common law.

Other Title

  • On Manuscript Division finding aid, (not numbered): Abridgement of the common law
  • Described in Handbook of manuscripts in the Library of Congress, 1918: Early law notes

Names

  • Byrd, William, 1674-1744, former owner.
  • Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, former owner.
  • Thomas Jefferson Library Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [17th century]

Headings

  • -  Law--England--Digests--Early works to 1800

Notes

  • -  Title from Sowerby.
  • -  Manuscript written in an unidentified 17th century hand. Incomplete: the text begins with "Forfeiture". Passages have been crossed-out. The original binding (preserved) measures 21 cm. The manuscript leaves have been encapsulated in plastic sleeves, and divided in 2 volumes. Several pages have holes and are missing text.
  • -  Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, 1795
  • -  Library of Congress. Manuscript Division. Handbook of manuscripts in the Library of Congress, 1918, page 505, (17)
  • -  Includes a manuscript index in a hand different from that of the text. The index gives "Forfeiture" as beginning on p. 1. There are 10 blank leaves after the index, counted in the pagination.
  • -  Forms part of the Jefferson Exhibit Collection. With the Library of Congress's 1815 bookplate; and the armorial bookplate of William Byrd of Westover in Virginia, Esq.
  • -  Purchase; Thomas Jefferson, 1815.
  • -  At one time this volume was listed in the finding aid to the Thomas Jefferson Papers, 1606-1943 as Series 8, volume 3. It was too fragile to be microfilmed and has now been removed from the finding aid, with note: (the volume originally numbered 3 ... is damaged and therefore was not digitized.) he04 2016-02-08

Medium

  • 2 v. [394] p. ; 22 x 23 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KD671.A59
  • Manuscript 14

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016656127

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Byrd, William, Former Owner, Thomas Jefferson, and Thomas Jefferson Library Collection. Abridgment of the Common Law. [17th Century] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/2016656127/.

APA citation style:

Byrd, W., Jefferson, T. & Thomas Jefferson Library Collection. Abridgment of the Common Law. [17th Century] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2016656127/.

MLA citation style:

Byrd, William, Former Owner, Thomas Jefferson, and Thomas Jefferson Library Collection. Abridgment of the Common Law. [17th Century] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2016656127/>.