1870s-1880s Nashua NH Legal Case Docket Book - Lawyer Execution Journal
$ 76.46
Description
1870s-1880s Nashua NH Legal Case Docket Book - Lawyer Execution Journal. Historical Nashua NH Cases: Entries include debt collections, breach of contract, and property actions involving the historic Nashua Mfg Co., Nashua Card & Glazed Paper Co., Dr. Joseph P. Fetter, and many old New England families. Description: Offered here is an incredible, historically significant artifact of post-Civil War American jurisprudence. This is an original, custom-printed Lawyer's Civil Case Docket & Court Record Book tracking litigation in Nashua, New Hampshire from 1872 through 1887. This book contains a wealth of local history, naming specific residents, doctors, officers, and major industrial corporations from the era. Contents & Structural Layout: Custom Legal Headers: Each page is divided into column fields tracking the lifecycle of a 19th-century lawsuit: Names of Parties, Date of Process, Cause of Action, Officer, Court, Judgment, Date of Execution, and Remarks verbatim. Historical Nashua NH Cases: Entries include debt collections, breach of contract, and property actions involving the historic Nashua Mfg Co., Nashua Card & Glazed Paper Co., Dr. Joseph P. Fetter, and many old New England families. Charles K. Darling Label: The front pastedown features a gorgeous, intact Victorian stationer's label from Charles K. Darling, Blank Book Manufacturer & Publisher of Law Blanks, 15 Exchange Street, Boston. Alphabetical Index: The front features a leather-tabbed A-Z index section with several pages of handwritten client names. Blank Pages: This ledger contains a mix of densely filled case logs at the front and mid-sections, with a block of clean, unused blank gridded pages towards the back, showing its evolution over a 15-year practice. Condition Report: Binding & Spine: The spine has heavy wear, leather splitting, and chipping to the top and bottom of the backstrip, exposing the underlying binding mesh verbatim. The heavy cloth boards show typical edge wear and scuffing, but remain rigidly attached. Interior Pages: The pages are bound tightly. The paper is heavy, high-quality rag stock with beautiful marbling on the endpapers. The handwritten iron gall ink entries remain sharp, beautifully legible, and deeply dark. Dimensions: Large, heavy attorney's desk docket format. This is a phenomenal piece for legal historians, collectors of regional New Hampshire history, or as a unique display piece for a modern law office or library. Shipping & Handling: This heavy volume will be securely wrapped in water protection and shipped in a rigid box to guarantee safe transit. Please view all high-resolution photos verbatim to evaluate condition details.
