59 Manuscript and Part-Printed Legal Documents, 1798-1843

1798. New York: 1798-1843.. New York: 1798-1843. Archive Comprising a Virtual "Who's Who" of Lawyers and Judges of Late 18th-Century and Early 19th-Century Queens, New York [Archive]. [Courts]. [Queens County, New York]. [Documents From the Court of Common Pleas, Supreme Court and Court of Special Sessions]. Queens County, New York, 1798-1843. 59 manuscript documents and part-printed documents completed in manuscript, sizes ranging from approximately 6" x 8" to 8" x 12" (2.30 x 3 cm to 3 x 4.75 cm), most with embossed seals of New York courts, several with fragments of wax seals. All items have moderate toning and fold lines, some have minor wear, light soiling, smudges, foxing, tears or fraying, some tears neatly mended with archival tape without loss to legibility, a remarkably well-preserved collection overall. $3,250. **THIS DESCRIPTION IS TRUNCATED DUE TO CHARACTER LIMITS. PLEASE CONTACT US FOR A COMPLETE VERSION.** * This fascinating archive documents cases tried in the Court of Common Pleas, the Court of Oyer and Terminer and the Supreme Court involving residents of Queens County and surrounding areas, presently New York City's Borough of Queens and Long Island's Nassau County. It covers a large array of legal subjects and procedures, among them assault and battery, cepi corpus, debtor and creditor, ejectment, false imprisonment, insolvency, mortgages, larceny, praecipe, recognizance, replevin, slander, trespass, and venire. Authors or signers include some of the most prominent New York lawyers and judges of the time, including John F. Bacon [1789-1859/1860], lawyer, master in chancery and diplomat; William Furman [1765-1852], first judge of the Court of Common Pleas at Kings County; Horatio Gates Onderdonk [1808-1886], lawyer, author, master in chancery and later judge; David Samuel Jones [1777-1848], judge for Queens County; Effingham Lawrence [1779-1850], judge (and later a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana for one day); James Lent [1782-1833], first judge of the Court of Common Pleas at Queens County and member of the U.S. House of Representatives; Eliphalet Wickes [1769-1850], district attorney and member of the U.S. House of Representatives and William Townsend McCoun [1786-1878], later a judge and the inaugural vice chancellor of the Court of Chancery. The documents provide a high degree of microcosmic detail. One indicates.