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Law--Connecticut

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Biography of Ephraim Kirby, director in the Connecticut land company in 1795

Digital Object ID ##0bo8sv

 Digital Record
Identifier: Digital Object ID ##0bo8sv
Dates: Digitized: 1883

Ephraim Kirby Case Reports

00-2011-106-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-2011-106-0
Scope and Contents

The Ephraim Kirby Case Reports collection (2011-106-0) is a copied collection of case reports created by Ephraim Kirby. The span of cases ranges from 1785 to 1789. There is a typed transcript of some of the cases from the collection included in the folder. Cases that are in reports range from cases about divorce, false imprisonment, and burglary. The cases are from around the state of Connecticut from Litchfield to New London Counties.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1785-1789; Other: Date acquired: 05/06/2012

Ephraim Kirby Legal Notes

00-1899-2-0

 Collection — Box 3A Box 21
Identifier: 00-1899-2-0
Scope and Contents The Ephraim Kirby Legal Notes collection (1899-2-0) is a bound volume containing notes and reports made by Ephraim Kirby when he was a law reporter. The notes and reports found in this volume were used to create the first published collection of law reports in the United States. The creation of the law reports was started to begin to differentiate United States common law from England’s common law. The cases found in this bound volume can be found in the published version, but the published...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1785-1787; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1898

Litchfield County Bar Association Records

00-1965-24-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1965-24-0
Abstract

This single volume record book contains various information pertaining to the Litchfield County Bar Association.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1793-1886; Other: Date acquired: 02/12/1965

Woodruff family collection

1953-02-2-8

 Collection
Identifier: 1953-02-2-8
Abstract

The Woodruff Collection primarily documents the personal life and professional career of George Catlin Woodruff, who not only practiced law for several decades in Litchfield but also served as Litchfield's postmaster and held elected positions both locally and in the United States Congress.  

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1779-1966; Other: Majority of material found within 1815-1919; Other: Date acquired: 11/03/1954