Daybook, 1809 July 7-1812 December 6 : manuscript
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Description
- Title
- Daybook, 1809 July 7-1812 December 6 : manuscript
- Alternative Title
- Barzillai Slosson daybook, 1809 July 7-1812 December 6
- Creator
- Slosson, Barzillai, 1769-1813, author.
- Contributor
- Leonhard, Otto J.
- Published / Created
- 1809 July 7-1812 December 6.
- Publication Place
- United States Connecticut Kent and Kent, Connecticut
- Publisher
- Barzillai Slosson
- Abstract
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Manuscript daybook in Barzillai Slosson's handwriting documents payments made to him or by him to town residents for both his legal work and purchases he made. It identifies clients, services rendered, goods purchased, and charges for those services and purchases in Kent, Connecticut, covering the period from July 7, 1809, to December 9, 1812. Additionally, Slosson recorded in the account book that people used his law books in his office to study law
- Description
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Manuscript written in black ink in 19th-century handwriting.
Dates based on internally recorded dates.
Title devised by cataloger.
On front pastedown: "Daniel J. Baswell began to read law in my office April 17, 1811." Another note reads: "Mr. Sylvester Johnson began to use law the second time in my office June 18, 1811."
Several pages are badly mutilated, and many are completely destroyed at the beginning and end of the book.
Yale Law Library's label inside book: "Presented to the Yale Law Library by Mr. Otto J. Leonhard of Kent, 1936."
Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b258893~S1
Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Law Library, MssA Sl55 no.4 flat
Description based on print version record.
Hicks classification: MssA Sl55 no.4 flat.
Barzillai Slosson (1769-1813), a Yale College graduate of 1791, was an attorney from Kent, Connecticut, who also served as a clerk for the Connecticut House of Representatives. - Extent
- 1 online resource (212 pages)
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lillian Goldman Law Library
- Call Number
- MssA Sl55 no.4 flat
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Specimens
Sources
Account books - Resource Type
- text
- Subject (Geographic)
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Connecticut
Kent
Kent.
Kent (Conn.)
New Haven. - Subject (Topic)
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Lawyers
Accounting
Practice of law
Account books
Law offices
Law
Study and teaching
Business records
History
Fees
Manuscripts, American - Subjects
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Lawyers > Connecticut > Kent > Accounting
Practice of law > Connecticut > Kent
Account books > Specimens
Law offices > Connecticut > Kent
Law > Study and teaching > Connecticut > Kent
Business records > Connecticut > Kent
Kent (Conn.) > History > Sources
Lawyers > Fees > Connecticut > Kent
Manuscripts, American > Connecticut > New Haven
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Morris Record
- 1752301
- Object ID (OID)
- 16329659
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