THOMAS JEFFERSON, Monticello, to DABNEY CARR TERRELL., 1821

Scope and content:

Ellen's copy of a letter, 1814 January 16, to Thomas Cooper of Carlisle, Pa., in which he outlined course of study for law will be enclosed. Four epochs of English Law: Bracton (Common Law), Coke, Matthew Bacon, and Blackstone. Course begins with law at time of King James, goes to Bacon, then to Blackstone and Wooddeson. Baron Geoffrey Gilbert, Cooper's edition of Justinian's Institutes (for Roman law), Reeves' History, Vaughan's Reports of Gardener and Sheldon. Mentions Browne's Compendium of the Civil and Admiralty Law, Jure Ecclesiastica, and Les Institutions du Droit et la Nature et des Gens de Rayneval, Fonblanque's edition of Francis' Treatise of Equity. [2988]

Physical description:

LS. 4 pp. In hand of Ellen Randolph. Signed by T. J. Photostat. Original owned by Mrs. John Shelton White.

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