Charles Fraser book of precedents
Collection Overview
Rebound indexed volume contains copies of legal cases compiled by Charles Fraser, drawings, and a clipping. The volume contains copies of writs for both civil and criminal actions and decisions from the Court of Chancery, Court of Pleas, and Commissioners of the Peace.; "Part First" contains writs and decisions. "Part Second" contains pleas, judgments, and executions. Drawings (renumbered pages 51 and 57) are of a bull and pig, and of a hand with pointed finger. A clipping concerns a case (1819) in the Office of Common Pleas, Charleston (S.C.).
Dates
- Creation: 1800-1819
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1800-1807
Creator
- Fraser, Charles, 1782-1860 (Person)
Language of Material
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
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Biographical Note
Charleston (S.C.) attorney, artist, and author. From 1800 until 1807 Charles Fraser studied law under the guidance of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and others.
Extent
1 volume
Alternate Form of Materials
Digital reproductions available online in the Lowcountry Digital Library.
Genre / Form
Geographic
Occupation
Topical
- Title
- Inventory of the Charles Fraser Book of Precedents, 1800-1819 (bulk 1800-1807)
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by: Special Collections staff; finding aid created by: Special Collections staff
- Description rules
- Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
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