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Les reports de Sr Henry Yelverton Chevalier et Barrt. jades un des justices del Court de Common Bank : de divers speciall cases en le Court del Bank le Roy : cy bien en le darrein temps del reigne du Roign Elizabeth, come en le premier dix ans del Roy Jaqves by Sir Henry Yelverton

The great historical, geographical, genealogical and poetical dictionary; being a curious miscellany of sacred and prophane history. Containing ... the lives and ... actions of the patriarchs, judges, and kings of the Jews; ... Together with the establishment and progress both of religious and military orders ... As also, the fabulous history of the heathen gods and heroes. The description of empires ... The whole being full of remarks ... by Louis Moréri

Cases in law: wherein justices of peace have a jurisdiction, as well by their commission, as by Act of Parliament, ... from Edward the Third's time to this day: as they are reported in the year-books, and all the other reports down to this time. With the addition of some modern cases, ... Being the second part of The justice of peace's companion by Samuel Blackerby

The reports of that reverend and learned judge, Sir Richard Hutton Knight sometimes one of the judges of the common pleas : containing many choice cases, judgments, and resolutions in points of law in the severall raignes of King James and King Charles by Sir Richard Hutton

Acts passed by the General Assembly of the colony of New-York, in October, 1713. in the 12th year of Her Majesties reign by New York General Assembly

Acts of Assembly passed in the island of Barbadoes, from 1648 to 1718 by Barbados Assembly

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About meLewis Morris III (8 April 1726 - 22 January 1798), New York landowner, lawyer, and statesman. Morris, a 1746 graduate of Yale, engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1760, when he was appointed a judge in the Court of Admiralty, a post he held until 1774. Morris served in the New York provincial convention in April 1775 at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, and as a delegate to the Continental Congress 1775-1777 (in which capacity he signed the Declaration of Independence). He held several state and local positions during and after the Revolution, including service as a state senator 1777-1781 and 1784-1788. Morris was a member of the first New York Board of Regents, serving from 1784 until his death. He also sat as a delegate to the state convention which adopted the Federal Constitution in 1788.

Morris' library includes many books inscribed or signed by Lewis Morris I (15 October 1671 - 21 May 1746), the grandfather of our subject. Lewis Morris I served in the colonial governments of New Jersey and New York, including as governor of New Jersey beginning in 1738 until his death.

About my libraryMorris' library, of law books, is now at the Lillian Goldman Law Library at Yale Law School. The collection can be browsed through their online catalog here. Their call numbers for the books are included in the Comments field for each record.

The collection was donated to the Yale Law Library in 1960 by three of Lewis Morris' descendents: A. Newbold Morris (Yale Law School Class of 1928), Stephanus Van Cortlandt Morris, and George L. Kingsland Morris.

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