Portrait of a Patriot: The Major Political and Legal Papers of Josiah Quincy Junior Volume 5

by Josiah Quincy Jr.

The most unique and important of all early American law reports are those of Josiah Quincy Jr. (1744-1775). These are the first reports of continental America's oldest court, the Superior Court of Judicature of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, direct ancestor to today's Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Quincy's candid accounts of events great and small shed light on life in the American colonies just before the Revolution. Reports such as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0979466261
• ISBN13: 9780979466267
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Colonial Society of Massachusetts
• Length: 596 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.5" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher