<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>Manuscript notes of lectures by Tapping Reeve at the Litchfield Law School</dc:title><dc:creator>Staples, Seth Perkins, 1776-1861, author</dc:creator><dc:date>[1798?]</dc:date><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:description>Title devised by cataloger.</dc:description><dc:description>Binder's title: Reeve's lectures. Staples' notes.</dc:description><dc:description>Caption title: Notes taken from lectures delivered by Tapg. Reeves, esqr.</dc:description><dc:description>The catalogue of Litchfield Law School does not list Staples' name, nor do biographical sketches mention his studying there. He may have attended the school for a short time or obtained permission to copy Reeve's lectures. This notebook was probably used by Staples for the instruction of students in his New Haven law office.</dc:description><dc:description>Many pages are blank.</dc:description><dc:description>Contains autograph of Seth P. Staples.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>