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Original Justice Docket - 119 Cases, Montpelier, Vermont (?), c. 1855-1860

Brown 3/4 leather binding with dark blue paper-covered boards. Gilt decorative lines near leather portions on front and back covers. A notebook with handwritten entries in black ink. Light blue lined paper label tipped in on front cover with handwriting in black ink that reads, "Justice Docket, 1857." 7" x 8 1/4." Unpaginated, thirty-one pages (most of the pages are blank; thirty-one pages have handwriting). Pages are very clean and intact except for light age toning. Covers are clean and intact but have moderate edge wear and surface chipping, slight chipping at head and tail of spine, discoloration on front and back, chipping to lower-right corner and age toning on front label, and a crack along spine measuring 2." Binding and some of the pages are somewhat loose but holding. A Very Good copy. An original docket kept as an informal record by an unknown justice. One case mentions the Bank of Montpelier. 119 cases are listed in the notebook, giving the names of plaintiff and defendant. About fifty-eight of the cases also list the reason for the case (typically non-payment of debt), when the case was heard or scheduled to be heard, the outcome, and the details of the financial settlement (most often in small amounts).. Manuscript. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover

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