Sampson against the Philistines, or The reformation of lawsuits; : and justice made cheap, speedy, and brought home to every man's door: agreeable to the principles of the ancient trial by jury, before the same was innovated by judges and lawyers. : Compiled for the use of the honest citizens of the United States. To whom it is dedicated.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Higgins, Jesse, 1763-

Contributor:

Duane, William, 1760-1835.

Sampson, William, 1764-1836.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 9308.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Justice, Administration of--United States.

Justice, Administration of.

United States.

Law--United States--History.

Law.

History.

Physical Description:

v pages, 1 unnumbered page, 98, xxiii, that is, xxii pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.?] : [publisher not identified], [1804?]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Notes:

"My intention in this work, is to expose to full view the prodigious evil of our jurisprudence, to shew the absurdity of common law, and to suggest a competent remedy for that evil by a reform. ... "--Preface, p. iv, 1st count.

Variously attributed to William Duane, Jesse Higgins and William Sampson. For conclusive attribution to Jesse Higgins, a wealthy Delaware landowner, see "Memoirs of a senator from Pennsylvania, Jonathan Roberts, 1771-1854" in the Pennsylvania magazine of history & biography, v. 62 (April 1938), p. 213-223, and Scharf, J. Thomas. History of Delaware, 1609-1888 (1888), p. 959-960.

The American Antiquarian Society copy is annotated in a contemporary hand, "Printed by Wm. Duane, Phila." The second edition (Shaw & Shoemaker 8348) bears imprint "Philadelphia: Printed by B. Graves, for W. Duane. 1805" and is copyright by Duane on June 8, 1805. However, Scharf's account includes a letter from Duane to Higgins, dated Washington, D.C. Nov. 18, 1804, stating "I brought it with me to this place, where I can under my own eye see it printed ... In about ten days I shall begin to advertise it so as to prepare the minds of readers for its reception."

Error in paging: p. xi-xxii, 3rd count, misnumbered xii-xxiii.

Appendices, xxii p., 3rd count, include "From the National intelligencer. Address to the legislatures of the respective states. Letter fourth," "Commentary on letter 4th in the National intelligencer," "Some account of the Danish tribunal of conciliation," "Passmore's case," and "Extract from the last will and testament of General Washington."

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