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The Justices' Practice Under the Laws of Maryland

1861

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

This book is a sixth edition of The Justices' Practice Under the Laws of Maryland; Including the Duties of a Constable, and also of a Coroner by John H. B. Latrobe. The book was published by Lucas Brothers of Baltimore in 1861. The volume is bound in light brown leather and is bound with a bast fiber string. Text is stamped on the inside of the front cover reading "WM. WARREN, / Baltimore County, Md." with an additional inscription on the following page.

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Catalog reference: 2015.222.7

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