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Account Book of Joshua Reed Giddings Law Practice in the Court of Common Pleas, Ashtabula County, Ohio, 1827-1835

July 23, 2014
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Inventor Name

Giddings, Joshua Reed

Repository

Harvard University
Harvard Law School Library
Langdell
Law Library
1545 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-495-4594
http://www.law.harvard.edu/library

Physical Description

[24], [2], 230, [27] p.

Summary

Giddings was an abolitionist congressman from the Western Reserve of Ohio. He studied law in the office of Elisha Whittlesey at Canfield, Ohio, in 1821 was admitted to the bar. It is claimed that Giddings later had significant influence on Lincoln’s thinking toward the abolition of slavery. Contains outline of cases, continuations, depositions, damages, statement of cases, briefs, authorities, fees charged. Subjects include real property, divorce, larceny, patents, guardianship. Posted on rear inside cover is printed broadside, "Rules of Practice, Adopted by the Court of Common Pleas of Ashtabula County, May Term, 1830." Full index of cases and clients sewn into front.

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