Manuscript daybook of Barzillai Slosson (1769-1813), a lawyer in Kent, Connecticut, recording credits and debits for services, including the representation of clients in court, from 1795 to 1799.
Alternative Title:
Barzillai Slosson daybook, 1795-1799
Description:
Pages numbered through page 146., Title partially taken from the preliminary page., Yale Law Library's label on inside of front cover: "Presented to the Yale Law Library by Mr. Otto J. Leonhard of Kent, The Flanders Arms, Kent, Conn., 1931.", Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b258892~S1, Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Law Library, MssA Sl55 no.3 flat, Description based on print version record., and Hicks classification: MssA Sl55 no.3 flat.
Publisher:
Barzillai Slosson
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, Kent, Kent., New Haven., and Kent (Conn.)
Subject (Topic):
Lawyers, Accounting, Fees, Practice of law, Business records, Manuscripts, American, and History
Manuscript account ledgers in Barzillai Slosson's handwriting document payments made to him by the town residents of Kent, Connecticut, some of the accounts being settled in goods rather than money, and some recorded in pounds and shillings instead of dollars. The ledgers identify clients, goods purchased, and charges for services rendered. Additionally, the second ledger contains "Catalogue of my law books &c., October 24, 1794-May 16, 1806" at the end
Alternative Title:
Barzillai Slosson ledgers, 1 and 2, covering period 1793-1811
Description:
Ledger 1: 84, [2 ]; ledger 2: [1], 173, [5] leaves., Leaves are numbered on verso only., Loose papers laid into Ledger 1., On front pastedown of ledger 1: "B. Slosson's ledger bought Feby. 5th of T. Collier, 1795.", Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b258894~S3, Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Law Library, MssA Sl55 no.6 flat, In English. , Description based on print version record., Hicks classification: MssA Sl55 no.6 flat., and 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.
Publisher:
Barzillai Slosson
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, Kent, Kent., Fees, New Haven., and Kent (Conn.)
Subject (Name):
Slosson, Barzillai, 1769-1813
Subject (Topic):
Lawyers, Accounting, Fees, Business records, Practice of law, Library, Law, Bibliography, Manuscripts, American, and History
Manuscript account ledgers in Barzillai Slosson's handwriting document payments made to him by the town residents of Kent, Connecticut, some of the accounts being settled in goods rather than money, and some recorded in pounds and shillings instead of dollars. The ledgers identify clients, goods purchased, and charges for services rendered. Additionally, the second ledger contains "Catalogue of my law books &c., October 24, 1794-May 16, 1806" at the end
Alternative Title:
Barzillai Slosson ledgers, 1 and 2, covering period 1793-1811
Description:
Ledger 1: 84, [2 ]; ledger 2: [1], 173, [5] leaves., Leaves are numbered on verso only., Loose papers laid into Ledger 1., On front pastedown of ledger 1: "B. Slosson's ledger bought Feby. 5th of T. Collier, 1795.", Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b258894~S3, Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Law Library, MssA Sl55 no.6 flat, In English. , Description based on print version record., Hicks classification: MssA Sl55 no.6 flat., and 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.
Publisher:
Barzillai Slosson
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, Kent, Kent., Fees, New Haven., and Kent (Conn.)
Subject (Name):
Slosson, Barzillai, 1769-1813
Subject (Topic):
Lawyers, Accounting, Fees, Business records, Practice of law, Library, Law, Bibliography, Manuscripts, American, and History
Account sheet in Barzillai Slosson's handwriting documenting payments made to him by town residents for his legal work, identifying clients, services rendered, and charges for those services, as well as payments he made to the town of Kent, Connecticut, covering the period from February 26, 1805, to January 6, 1806. The majority of the payments are from 1805, with only one recorded in 1806
Description:
Title devised by cataloger. , Holograph, signed., Manuscript 33 x 40 cm, folded to 33 x 20 cm, Docketed on page [1]. , Also available in original print http://morris.law.yal.edu/record=b258890~S3, Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Law Library cMssA Sl55 no.2 xtall, In English. , Description based on print version record., and 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.
Publisher:
Barzillai Slosson
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, Kent, Kent., New Haven., and Kent (Conn.)
Subject (Topic):
Lawyers, Accounting, Fees, Business records, Practice of law, Manuscripts, American, and History
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
Alternative Title:
Barzillai Slosson daybook, 1809 July 7-1812 December 6
Description:
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., and 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.
Publisher:
Barzillai Slosson
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, Kent, Kent., Kent (Conn.), and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Lawyers, Accounting, Practice of law, Account books, Law offices, Law, Study and teaching, Business records, History, Fees, and Manuscripts, American
Manuscript docket book kept by Barzillai Slosson, perhaps in Kent, Connecticut, from September 1794 to March 1808, regarding court cases in Litchfield County, Connecticut. The content includes brief abstracts of proceedings, names of plaintiffs and defendants, a table of fees, and miscellaneous accounts
Alternative Title:
Barzillai Slosson's docket for C.C. & S.C. September 1794 and Barzillai Slosson docket book : Litchfield County Court
Description:
Handwritten in ink., Title taken from the label on the box., Yale Law Library's label inside the clamshell box: "Presented by Hellen Bull, 1935.", Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b257544~S3, Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Law Library, MssA Sl55 no.5, In English. , Description based on print version record., Hicks classification: MssA Sl55 no.5., and 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.
Publisher:
Barzillai Slosson
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, Litchfield County., Accounting., New Haven., and Litchfield County (Conn.)
Subject (Topic):
Court records, Practice of law, Lawyers, Fees, Manuscripts, American, and History
