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• Law—United States—Cases [Browse]
• Adams, John 1735-1826 [Browse]

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• Wroth, L. Kinvin [Browse]
• Zobel, Hiller B. [Browse]

Series

Adams papers. Series III, General correspondence and other papers of the Adams statesmen [More in this series]

Bibliographic references

Bibliographical footnotes.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• Vol. 1. Introduction, Cases 1-30
• v. 2. Cases 31-62
• v. 3. Cases 63-64, Index.
• Volume 1. Foreword by the Honorable Bruce Bromley
• Descriptive list of illustrations
• Preface by the Editor in Chief
• Introduction by the Editors
• The Massachusetts Bench and Bar: a Biographical Register of John Adams' Contemporaries
• Acknowledgments
• Guide to Editorial Apparatus
• Law Study
• Adams' Pleadings Book
• Torts. Bassett v. Mayhew; Mayhew v. Bassett; Mayhew v. Allen, 1762-1768 ; King v. Stewart, 1773-1774 ; Cotton v. Nye, 1767 ; Burnam v. Mugford, 1770-1771 ; Gill v. Mein, 1768-1769
• Gray v. Pitts, 1771
• Contracts. Porter v. Steel, 1770-1772
• Commercial Law. Alcock v. Warden, 1766 ; Apthorp v. Gardiner, 1766-1768 ; Bancroft v. Lee, 1768-1772 ; Crowningshield v. Lee, 1768-1770 ; Longman v. Mein; Wright & Gill v. Mein, 1770-1771
• Property. Prout v. Minot, 1761-1766 ; Keen v. Turner, 1768-1769 ; Clap's Will, 1767-1768 ; Clap v. Randall, 1769 ; Hill v. Whiting, 1770-1772 ; Prescott v. Keep, 1771-1776 ; Prescott v. Priest, 1771-1773 ; Wilkins v. Fuller, 1776-1772 ; Smith v. Fuller, 1770-1778
• Domestic Relations. Broadstreet v. Broadstreet, 1771-1774 ; Dougherty v. Little, 1768
• Administrative Law. Roxbury v. Boston, 1766 ; Plympton v. Middleboro, 1766
• Chelsea v. Boston, 1769 ; Brookline v. Roxbury, 1767-1772 ; Essane v. Dotey, 1767-1768 ; Gage v. Headley, 1768 ; Josselyne v. Harrington, 1769-1771.
• Volume 2. Descriptive List of Illustrations
• Town Government. Pingry v. Thurston, 1768-1771 ; Patch v. Herrick, 1771-1772 ; Emmons v. Brewer, 1772
• Conservation. Wadsworth v. Loring, 1766-1768 ; Winslow v. Clark, 1767
• Religion. Pierce v. Wright, 1768-1769 ; Green v. Washburn, 1769
• Slavery. Slew v. Whipple, 1766 ; Newport v. Billing, 1768 ; Margaret v. Muzzy, 1768-1770 ; Caesar v. Taylor, 1771-1772 ; Caesar v. Greenleaf, 1773
• Admiralty-Civil Jursidiction. Doane v. Gage, 1766-1769
• Admiralty-Revenue Jurisdiction. Petition of Lechmere (Argument on Writs of Assistance), 1761 ; Folger v. Sloop Cornelia, 1768 ; Sewall v. Hancock, 1768-1769 ; Dowse v. Thirty-three Hogsheads of Molasses, 1768-1769 ; Sheaffe v. The Triton, 1768 ; Dowse v. Nineteen Casks of Molasses, 1768 ; Butler v. The Union, 1769 ; Dawson v. The Jenny, 1773
• Admiralty-White PIne Acts Jurisdiction. Surveyor General v. Logs, 1769 ; Surveyor General v. Logs, Kennebec Company, Claimant, 1772-1773
• Admiralty-Criminal Jurisdiction. Rex v. Corbet, 1769 ; Rex v. Nickerson, 1772-1773
• Admiralty-Prize Jurisdiction. Penhallow v. The Lusanna, 1777-1795
• Criminal Law. Rex v. Richardson, 1770-1772 ; Rex v. Ross, 1769-1770 ; Rex v. Moyse and Reader, 1769 ; Rex v. Bell, 1773.
• Volume 3. Descriptive List of Illustrations
• Criminal Law, Continued. The Boston Massacre Trials. Rex v. Preston, 1770 ; Rex v. Wemms, 1770
• List of Streets, Buildings, and Other Landmarks Mentioned in the Boston Massacre Trials
• Chronology: John Adams' Legal Career, 1756-1778
• Table of Statutes
• Index.

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