Opinions of Eminent Lawyers on Various Points of English Jurisprudence: Chiefly Concerning the Colonies, Fisheries, and Commerce of Great Britain; ... and Other Depositories (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Chalmers, George

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ISBN 10: 1331313198 ISBN 13: 9781331313199

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from Opinions of Eminent Lawyers on Various Points of English Jurisprudence: Chiefly Concerning the Colonies, Fisheries, and Commerce of Great Britain; Collected and Digested, From the Originals in the Board of Trade, and Other Depositories

Mr. Chalmers arrived in England about the year 1775, and immediately devoted himself, with much assiduity, to the study of the history of the British colonies in North America. His first work, the Political Annals of the United Colonies, displayed great diligence, re~ search, and fidelity, and has been of essential use in facilitating the labors of later historical investigators in the same field. The first volume was published in 1780, but the second unfortunately, never appeared. In 1786, Mr Chalmers was appointed chief clerk to the committee of Privy Council charged with the con sideration of all matters relating to trade and foreign plantations, and he continued to discharge the duties of this office for nearly fifty years. The situation gave him, of course, the freest access to all the archives con nected with the colonial interests of Great Britain, and furnished him abundant facilities for the prosecution of his favorite studies.

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Excerpt from Opinions of Eminent Lawyers on Various Points of English Jurisprudence: Chiefly Concerning the Colonies, Fisheries, and Commerce of Great Britain; Collected and Digested, From the Originals in the Board of Trade, and Other Depositories

"Obsecro vos (says Canuleius in Livy,) si non ad fastos, non ad commentarios pontificum admittimur; ne ea quidem seimus, quæ omnes peregrini etiam sciunt? Consules in locum regum successisse? nec aut juris aut majestatis quidquam habere, quod non in regibus ante fuerit?" lib. 4. cap. 3.

The opinions of the Attorneys-General of the United States have been published, and their value is known to all lawyers. It cannot be said the present publication possesses the same practical value, but tempus edax rerum destroyed even the lintei libri of ancient Rome, and the American press may be said not to be ill employed in reproducing a book forgotten in Europe, except by the observing few. The adjoining British colonics, the growth of which it is so pleasant for us to witness, and who so largely avail themselves of our publications, will feel an interest in this production of our press. It is quite as much dedicated to them as to ourselves. In the might and majesty of the people of the United States of America, we can now say with the poet, while we chronicle the times of dependence long past:

"Una nota est Martis Nonis: sacrata quod illis
Templa putant lucos Vejovis ante duos.
Romulus ut saxo lucum circumdedit alto:
Quilibet huc, inquit, confuge, tutus eris.
O quam de tenui Romanus origine crevit!"
Ovidii Fastorum lib. 3. v. 429 et seq.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1331313198
• ISBN 13: 9781331313199
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 848