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Deed, 1 January 1847, Of Andrew Constable And Jemima S. W. Constable To James K. Savage For Land In Elizabeth City Co., Va. Bears Affidavit, 1 January 1849, Of John Armistead And Henry Whiting Concerning Jemima S. W. Constable Being Examined Apart From Her Husband Regarding Sale, John Armistead, Henry Whiting Dec 1846

Deed, 1 January 1847, Of Andrew Constable And Jemima S. W. Constable To James K. Savage For Land In Elizabeth City Co., Va. Bears Affidavit, 1 January 1849, Of John Armistead And Henry Whiting Concerning Jemima S. W. Constable Being Examined Apart From Her Husband Regarding Sale, John Armistead, Henry Whiting

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American Criminal Trials, Peleg W. Chandler Dec 1840

American Criminal Trials, Peleg W. Chandler

Women in History & the Law

This is a modern account of the trial of Anne Hutchinson. Hutchinson was a midwife and healer, as well as a spiritual advisor in the Boston colony. She became embroiled in the Antinomian controversy, a religious schism that threatened to tear the colony apart. Hutchinson was arrested and charged with "transducing the ministers" and heresy. She was convicted and her family was banished from the colony in 1638. She and six members of her family were killed during Kieft's War several years later. Anne Hutchinson was only the first of several women tried for similar crimes in a short period …


1793 License For Elizabeth Prinner(?) To Keep And Inn Or Tavern That Sells Liquor, New York City, 1793. Signed By Richard Varick, Mayor., Richard Varick, Elizabeth Prinner Mar 1793

1793 License For Elizabeth Prinner(?) To Keep And Inn Or Tavern That Sells Liquor, New York City, 1793. Signed By Richard Varick, Mayor., Richard Varick, Elizabeth Prinner

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Elizabeth Prinner(?), a grocer, is granted a license to keep an "Inn or Tavern for retailing strong or spiritous liquors" until March 1, 1794. She is forbidden from keeping a "disorderly" establishment or one that permits "any Cock-fighting, Gaming, or Playing with Cards or Dice, or Keep any Billiard-Table, or other Gaming-Table, or Shuffle-Board, within the Inn" or "any Out-House, Yard or Garden belonging thereunto." Signed by Richard Varick, 45th mayor of New York City.


An Essay On The Learning Respecting The Creation And Execution Of Powers; And Also Respecting The Nature And Effect Of Leasing Powers..., John Joseph Powell Dec 1790

An Essay On The Learning Respecting The Creation And Execution Of Powers; And Also Respecting The Nature And Effect Of Leasing Powers..., John Joseph Powell

Women in History & the Law

This is one of many books printed by the prolific Elizabeth Lynch (neé Watts). She was first married to the bookseller, stationer, printer, and circulating library keeper Richard Watts. He was bookseller to the Courts of Law and printed mainly law books, with a shop in Skinner-Row in Dublin. Elizabeth took over his business after his death in 1762. Four years later, she married Reverend Stewart Lynch, who was also a bookseller. Elizabeth continued to operate her business until her death in 1794, frequently collaborating with other printers including Sarah Cotter, whose work is also featured in this exhibit.