Report of the case John Dorrance against Arthur Fenner : tried at the December term of the Court of Common Pleas, in the county of Providence, A.D. 1801. To which are added, the proceedings of the case Arthur Fenner vs. John Dorrance / carefully compiled from notes correctly taken by several gentlemen who were present during the whole course of the trial.

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Dorrance, John, 1747-1813.

Contributor:

Fenner, Arthur, 1745-1805.

Rhode Island. Court of Common Pleas (Providence County)

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 2156.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

iv, 116 pages ; 24 cm

6x9 in.

monochrome

service copy

positive

Place of Publication:

Providence [R.I.] : Printed by Bennett Wheeler, and sold at his office, 1802.

Notes:

For a listing of titles in each box consult American bibliography : a preliminary checklist for 1801-1819 / compiled by Ralph R. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker.

"Case commenced ... by John Dorrance, esq., against Arthur Fenner ... charging the defendant with having, falsely and maliciously, slandered and defamed the good name, fame and reputation of the plaintiff" and "case commenced by His Excellency Arthur Fenner, esq., charging the defendant with having published a false and scandalous libel against the plaintiff."--p. 2 and [110]

Microopaque. Worcester, Mass. : American Antiquarian Society, 1965. 2 microopaques ; 23 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 2156).

Cited in:

Shaw & Shoemaker, 2156.

OCLC:

15441665