Lawrence, William Beach

Author: 
Lawrence, William Beach
Birth Date: 
1800-10-23
Death Date: 
1881-03-26
Litchfield Ledger: 
http://www.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org/ledger/students/1514
Notes: 
1 volume; bound in calf; pages numbered only to p. 71; written on recto only, except for title of Descent; legible except for last 3 pages which are Lawrence's account of his life for the past 25 years, roughly 1819-1841.
Provenance: 
Bookplate: From the library of Hamilton Bullock Tompkins, Hamilton College, class of 1865. Tompkins (1843-1921) compiled bibliographies of books by or relating to Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr, and a catalog of the Redwood Library in Newport, R.I.
Lecture Date Lecturer Opening Line All terms
not applicable W.B.Lawrence 1819 Litchfield Connecticut Contracts by Hon James Gould, LL.D. Bailments by Hon. James Gould, LL.D. Descents by Hon Tapping Reeve, LL.D. title page, Title Page
1819-01-01 to 1819-12-31 Gould, James A bailment is defined to be a delivery of goods upon a contract express or implied that they shall be restored to the Bailor or according to his directions when the purposes for which they were bailed bave been answered. Bailment, Bailments
1819-01-01 to 1819-12-31 Reeve, Tapping A perfect knowledge of the construction of the English statutes of distribution of personal property of a person deceased will, I apprehend, enable us to judge correctly respecting the descent of real property in most of the States of the Union. Descents, Descents
1819-01-01 to 1819-12-31 Gould, James At C.L. the term contract means an agreement between two or more persons on a sufficient consideration to do, or not to do a particular thing. Contracts, Contracts