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November 23, 05:04 PM GMT
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Farrar, Timothy
Report of the Case of the Trustees of Dartmouth College against William H. Woodward. Argued and Determined in the Superior Court of Judicature of the State of New-Hampshire, November 1817. And on Error in the Supreme Court of the United States, February 1819. Portsmouth: Published by John Foster and West, Richardson & Lord, [1819]
8vo (228 x 140 mm, untrimmed). Occasional light soiling. Publisher's drab paper boards, paper label to spine; rubbed and chipped, upper cover detached.
First edition, comprising the text of the landmark Supreme Court ruling on the application of the Contract Clause of the United States Constitution to private corporations.
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Sabin 23887
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