RANDOLPH, Peyton (1721-1775), First President of the Continental Congress ]. A book from his library: [GARDINER, Robert] Instructor Clericalis: The Third Part. Being a Collection of Choice and Useful Precedents for Pleadings both in the King's- Bench and Common-Pleas...by R.G. A Clerk of the Court...Third Edition, with Additions . [London:] J. Nutt for Edward Sayer, 1713. 8vo, vol. 3 only (of 3), pp. [4], 538, 30. Title within ruled border, text in black letter, shoulder notes in roman (browned). Contemporary sheep, worn, front cover missing, back cover detached (repairable). PEYTON RANDOLPH'S COPY of a standard manual for court pleadings under English law. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED "Peyton Randolph Esqr. Attorney General of Virginia Williamsburgh" in ink on rear flyleaf. Randolph, who enjoyed a distinguished career as attorney, studied at the College of William and Mary, and was admitted to the Middle Temple in October 1739 and admitted to the bar in February 1744. "In the group of lawyers at Williamsburgh he soon won distinction and in 1748 was appointed King's Attorney for the Province" (DAB). It is likely that Randolph acquired Gardiner's treatise during his stint in the Middle Temple, but it may have remained in his library after his return to Virginia.
RANDOLPH, Peyton (1721-1775), First President of the Continental Congress ]. A book from his library: [GARDINER, Robert] Instructor Clericalis: The Third Part. Being a Collection of Choice and Useful Precedents for Pleadings both in the King's- Bench and Common-Pleas...by R.G. A Clerk of the Court...Third Edition, with Additions . [London:] J. Nutt for Edward Sayer, 1713. 8vo, vol. 3 only (of 3), pp. [4], 538, 30. Title within ruled border, text in black letter, shoulder notes in roman (browned). Contemporary sheep, worn, front cover missing, back cover detached (repairable). PEYTON RANDOLPH'S COPY of a standard manual for court pleadings under English law. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED "Peyton Randolph Esqr. Attorney General of Virginia Williamsburgh" in ink on rear flyleaf. Randolph, who enjoyed a distinguished career as attorney, studied at the College of William and Mary, and was admitted to the Middle Temple in October 1739 and admitted to the bar in February 1744. "In the group of lawyers at Williamsburgh he soon won distinction and in 1748 was appointed King's Attorney for the Province" (DAB). It is likely that Randolph acquired Gardiner's treatise during his stint in the Middle Temple, but it may have remained in his library after his return to Virginia.
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