John E. Hall to Thomas Jefferson, 25 August 1821
From John E. Hall
Philadelphia 25th Aug. 1821
Sir
On my return from an excursion to the eastward I received your letter of the 8th inst. inclosing 5 Drs. the price of the Jour. of Juris. Vol 1. I have to thank you for the reference to the case of Cohen with the strictures in the Richmond papers. The case comes within the bounds of mr Wheaton’s valuable work. The latter escaped my attention, as they were published during my absence. I shall, however, endeavour to find a file in the city.
It is contemplated to give a translation of Hubner on Neutral Rights in the fourth Number of the Journal,1 which will probably terminate the work, as the publisher (Carey) does not receive enough to defray the expense of paper,
J. E. Hall
RC (DLC); endorsed by TJ as received 6 Sept. 1821 and so recorded in SJL. RC (DLC); address cover only; with PoC of TJ to Henry A. S. Dearborn, [6] Nov. 1822, on verso; addressed: “Thomas Jefferson Esquire Milton Va”; stamp canceled; franked; postmarked Philadelphia, 25 Aug.
Henry Wheaton published the case of Cohens v. Virginia in , 19 (6 Wheaton): 264–448.
Martin Hübner’s work on neutral rights was De la Saisie des Batimens Neutres, ou Du Droit qu’ont les Nations Belligérantes d’arréter les Navires des Peuples Amis, 2 vols. (The Hague, 1759). No translation of this work followed the third number of Hall’s journal, which ended this publication with an unnumbered issue entitled “An Analytical Digest of the Reports of Cases Decided in the English Courts of Common Law, and Equity, of Appeal, and Nisi Prius, in the year 1820” (Journal of Jurisprudence 1 [1821]: 417–537).
Mathew Carey & Son was the publisher of Hall’s Journal of Jurisprudence.
1. Preceding three words interlined.
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