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Start Over Collection Litchfield Law School collection, 1773-1990, Date acquired: 01/01/1890

Litchfield Law School Moothall Society Case Reports, 1796-1798 Folder 5

This volume dates from 1797 Aug 5 - 1798 Jul 12. Lists the students who participated in the moot court as well as minutes of the cases argued and Tapping Reeve's input on the rulings made. Note: Bound Volumes shelved with Litchfield Law School Student Notebooks

  1. The Litchfield Historical Society
  2. Litchfield Law School collection, 1773-1990, Date acquired: 01/01/1890
  3. Period documents, 1785-1835
  4. Other Papers, 1793-1842
  5. Litchfield Law School Moothall Society, 1796-1798

Litchfield Law School Moothall Society Rules, 1796 Folder 5

List of rules made up by the students of the Litchfield Law School who formed a Society for the purpose of disputing questions. The document is undated, but the students who signed it attended in 1796.

  1. The Litchfield Historical Society
  2. Litchfield Law School collection, 1773-1990, Date acquired: 01/01/1890
  3. Period documents, 1785-1835
  4. Other Papers, 1793-1842
  5. Litchfield Law School Moothall Society, 1796-1798

Litchfield Law School Program, 1827 Folder 6

Program describing a celebration of American independence to be undertaken by the Students of the Law Office. Includes detailed information about a procession to be followed by hymns and prayer. The event concluded with a dinner provided by Mr. [Julius] Deming. Lists the Committee of Arrangement.

  1. The Litchfield Historical Society
  2. Litchfield Law School collection, 1773-1990, Date acquired: 01/01/1890
  3. Period documents, 1785-1835
  4. Other Papers, 1793-1842

Litchfield Law School Sketches, 1930 Folder 2

"A Brief Historical Sketch of America's Pioneer Law School" printed in 1930 and sent with a fundraising flier to raise money to purchase the Tapping Reeve House and to restore and furnish the house and Law School. Includes a list of sponsors including William Howard Taft; printer's proof of the same brochure; later undated sketch titled "The Litchfield Law School."

  1. The Litchfield Historical Society
  2. Litchfield Law School collection, 1773-1990, Date acquired: 01/01/1890
  3. Printed materials, 1828-1990
  4. Litchfield Historical Society Publications, 1911-1990

Loring, Charles Greely, 1813-1814

Charles Loring Greely (1794-1867) was a student at the Litchfield Law School in 1813-1814. His 3 volumes of law lecture notes (numbered by the Litchfield Historical Society staff) are titled on the bindings as "Reeve's and Gould's Lectures". The title page of Vol. 1 reads "Lectures on Municipal Law and Private Relations by the Hon. Judge Reeve and James Gould Esq. delivered at their Law Institution Litchfield, Conn. A.D. 1813-1814". Vol. 1 includes Municipal Law, Parent and Child, Baron and Feme, Executors and Administrators; Vol. 2 includes Lex Mercatoria, Contracts, Actions, Bailments; and Vol. 3 includes Real Property. Only Vol. 3 has a binding label remaining - Reeves & Goulds Lectures/Real Property.

  1. The Litchfield Historical Society
  2. Litchfield Law School collection, 1773-1990, Date acquired: 01/01/1890
  3. Period documents, 1785-1835
  4. Student Lecture Notes, 1794-1833