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Legal Papers of John Adams, Volume 2

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I. Town Government: I. Town Government

Document Group: Pingry v. Thurston

Adams' Minutes of the Trial -

[1771-11]
Lowell. ...

Document Group: Patch v. Herrick

Adams' Minutes of the Trial -

[1771-11]
Pynchon. Grant of Ipswich or ...

Document Group: Emmons v. Brewer

New Pleadings -

[1772-08]
And the Said William Crafts, Giles ...

Adams' Minutes of the Trial -

[1772-08]
Samuel Quincy. Prov. Law. 1st in ...

J. Conservation: J. Conservation

Document Group: Wadsworth v. Loring; Winslow v. Clark

Adams' Minutes of the Wadsworth Trial -

[1766-04]
Paine. Wadsworth, a Commissioner ...

Adams' Minutes of the Winslow Trial -

[1767-12]
Hovey. 239. Page. Nusances in ...

K. Religion: K. Religion

Document Group: Pierce v. Wright

Thomas Pierce's Writ and Declaration -

[1767-11]
WE Command you that you summon ...

Adams' Minutes of the Trial and Notes for His Argument -

[1768-03]
Sewall. ...

Document Group: Green v. Washburn 1769

Adams' Minutes of the Trial -

[1769-05]
Prov. Law. 16. 33. 386. Temporary ...

L. Slavery: L. Slavery

Document Group: Slew v. Whipple

Adams' Copy of the Declaration, and Report -

[1766-11]
Jenny Slew of Ipswich in the ...

Adams' Minutes of the Argument -

[1766-11]
Gridley. Marriage is of the Law of ...

Document Group: Newport v. Billing

Adams' Minutes of the Trial -

[1768-09]
Strong. Trespass and false ...

Document Group: Margaret v. Muzzy

Writ and Pleadings -

[1768-05]
We Command you that without Delay ...

Document Group: Caesar v. Taylor

Wetmore's Minutes of the Trial -

[1771-09]
Caesar v. Taylor. Trespass for ...

Wetmore's Minutes of the Argument -

[1771-11]
At the Superior Court November the ...

Wetmore's Minutes of the Argument -

[1771-11]
Taylor v. Caesar. Trespass for ...

Wetmore's Minutes of the Argument -

[1771-11]
Trespass for enslaving Plaintiff; ...

Wetmore's Minutes of the Argument -

[1772-06]
On motion to give property in ...

Adams' Minutes of the Trial -

[1772-06]
Mem. examine civil Law, and ...

Document Group: Caesar v. Greenleaf

Wetmore's Minutes of the Trial -

[1773-10]
Trespass for inslaving the ...

M. Admiralty—Civil Jurisdiction: M. Admiralty—Civil Jurisdiction

Document Group: Doane v. Gage

Adams' Notes of Authorities -

[1768]
Grotius B. 2, Chap. 8, §. 2. How ...

Adams' Minutes of the Arbitration -

[1769-10]
Silvanus Snow and Amos Knowles. ...

Interrogatories for Doane -

[1768]
1. Was you on Board a Whale Boat ...

Interrogatories for Gage -

[1768]
Interrogatories In the Behalf of ...

N. Admiralty—Revenue Jurisdiction: N. Admiralty—Revenue Jurisdiction

Document Group: Petition of Lechmere

Adams' Minutes of the Argument -

[1761-02-24]
Gridley. The Constables ...

Adams' “Abstract of the Argument” -

[1761-04]
On the second Tuesday of the ...

Thomas Hutchinson's Draft of a Writ of Assistance -

[1761-12]
Know ye that whereas in and by an ...

Document Group: Folger v. Sloop Cornelia

Adams' Minutes of the Testimony -

[1768-03]
James Athern Esqr. ...

Adams' Minutes of the Argument -

[1768-03]
The Affairs and Transactions of ...

Auchmuty's Opinion and Decree -

[1768-04-02]
Timothy Folger vs. Sloop Cornelia ...

Document Group: Sewall v. Hancock

Adams' Copy of the Information and Draft of His Argument -

[1769-03]
Prov. &c. Before the Honorable ...

Document Group: Dowse v. Thirty-three Hogsheads of Molasses

Adams' Copy of the Libel and Report of the Trial -

[1769-03]
Be it remembered that on the 26 ...

Document Group: Sheaffe v. The Triton

“A Journal of the Times” -

[1768-10-24]
This day the brig Tryton, owned by ...

Minutes of the Customs Commissioners' Proceedings -

[1768-10-27]
Read a Letter of the 25 Instant ...

Vice Admiralty Court Minute Book Entry -

[1768-10-29]
Wm. Sheaffe, Esqr., Dy. Collector ...

Adams' Minutes of the Argument -

[1768-11]
Otis. 15. C. 2, c7, §. 8. ...

Document Group: Dowse v. Nineteen Casks of Molasses

Adams' Copy of the Information and Statutes Involved -

[1768-11]
For that the same Molasses on 19 ...

Document Group: Butler v. The Union

Adams' Notes and Minutes of the Trial -

[1769-07]
14. Car. 2d, c. 11, §.15. Seizures ...

Document Group: Dawson v. The Dolphin

Adams' Notes of Statutes and Authorities -

[1773-02]
This Vessell was seized merely for ...

Auchmuty's Opinion and Decree -

[1773-03-02]
This Libel is bottomed on the Act ...

Document Group: Dawson v. The Jenny

Adams' Minutes of the Argument -

[1773-04]
Blowers. Libel, claim, 15 Car. 2, ...

Document Group: Ross' Case

Adams' Minutes of the Argument -

[1774-07]
Leonard. Port Bill, Lex Talionis. ...

O. Admiralty—White Pine Acts Jurisdiction: O. Admiralty—White Pine Acts Jurisdiction

Document Group: Surveyor General v. Logs

John Hurd to Joshua Loring Jr. -

Portsmo. 13th. April 1769
The inclosd Informations were ...

Adams' Draft of the Information -

[1769-04-20]
John Wentworth Esqr. Surveyor ...

John Wentworth to Joshua Loring Jr. -

Portsmouth 10th April 1769
Inclosed are informations against ...

John Adams to John Wentworth -

Boston April 24. 1769
I have prepared Eight Libells, and ...

Document Group: Surveyor General v. Logs, Kennebec Company, Claimant

Questions Presented -

[1773-03]
1. Whether King James's Letters ...

Adams' Minutes of the Argument -

[1773-03-08]
Claim and Demurrer—which admits ...

Adams' Notes for His Argument -

[1773-03]
Prov. Charter. Last Clause. “We do ...

P. Admiralty—Criminal Jurisdiction: P. Admiralty—Criminal Jurisdiction

Document Group: Rex v. Corbet

Adams' Notes of Authorities -

[1769-05]
28. H. 8, c. 15. For Pirates. ...

Adams' Argument and Report -

[1769-05]
28th. Hen. 8th. c. 15. “For ...

Plea to the Jurisdiction -

[1769-05]
Humbly shews Michael Corbit of ...

Additional Pleadings -

[1769-05]
And the said Ezekiel Price says, ...

Adams' Minutes of the Trial -

[1769-06]
Mr. Fitch. ...

Adams' Argument and Report -

[1769-06]
But, the first Question that is to ...

Document Group: Rex v. Nickerson

Adams' Notes of Authorities -

[1773-07]
Woods. Inst. 675, middle. “The ...

Adams' Minutes of the Argument -

[1773-08-04]
Fitch. Not charged with Murder. ...

Adams' Notes for His Argument -

[1773-08-05]
Information. ...

Q. Admiralty—Prize Jurisdiction: Q. Admiralty—Prize Jurisdiction

Document Group: Penhallow v. The Lusanna

Shearjashub Bourne to John Adams -

Boston 6th. Decr. 1777
Coll. Doane informs me, that he ...

Adams' Minutes of the Trial -

[1777-12-16]
Mr. Sewall. 3 Causes sett forth. ...

Oliver Whipple's Minutes of the Argument -

[1777-12-16]
The Libel sets forth three Facts ...

R. Criminal Law: R. Criminal Law

Document Group: Rex v. Richardson

Defense Counsel's Notes -

[1770-04]
1st. To open the Defence with a ...

Paine's Minutes of the Trial -

[1770-04]
S. Quincy. ...

Paine's Minutes of the Proceedings on the Motion for a New Trial -

[1770-09]
Motion for new Trial. ...

Document Group: Rex v. Ross

Adams' Minutes of the Trial -

[1769-12]
Peter Barber. I had a Warrant from ...

Document Group: Rex v. Moyse and Reader

Adams' Minutes of the Trial -

[1769-05]
Mr. Carnes. ...

Document Group: Rex v. Bell

Adams' Minutes of the Trial -

[1773-02-25]
Sewall, Attorney General. One of ...

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