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[1759-06-30 to 1759-08-31]
Mr. Wibirt. Ld. Chancellor ...

June 29. 1759.

Docno: DJA01d224

Author: JA
Date: 1759-06-29
Have this moment finished Woods new Institute of the Imperial or civil Law.1 It is a great Help in the study of Van Muyden and Justinian. I understand Wood much better for having read Van Muyden, and shall now understand Van Muyden much better for having read Wood.
 
1. Thomas Wood, A New Institute of the Imperial or Civil Law, London, 1704, went through several editions.
Cite web page as: Founding Families: Digital Editions of the Papers of the Winthrops and the Adamses, ed.C. James Taylor. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 2007.
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