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DICTIONARY: EXPLAINING THE RISE, PROGRESS, AND PRESENT
STATE, OF THE ENGLISH LAW – COMPRISING COPIOUS
INFORMATION ON THE SUBJECTS OF LAW, TRADE, AND
GOVERNMENT

DICTIONAR

RESSARDPRESENT

Giles | Jacob; Tomlins | T.E. [President James

Buchanan]

The Law Dictionary:

Explaining The Rise,
Progress, and
Present State, Of
The English Law –
Comprising Copious
Information on the
Subjects of Law,
Trade, And
Government
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From the personal library of President James
Buchanan, The Law Dictionary, signed by
Buchanan on the title page. Octavo, [ii], 553pp.
Full period calf, title in gilt on spine over red
morocco label. Statement on title page that this
is the First American Edition, from the Second
London Edition. Spine repaired at ends,
reinforced hinges. Some age toning, with foxing
on endpapers. This is Volume V, from a
complete set of 6 volumes. Signed by President
James Buchanan on the title page.

Comments: This law book is from the personal

library of President James Buchanan. His library
was primarily held at his home in Lancaster, PA,
called Wheatland. The majority of his
presidential papers, correspondence and books
went to Dickinson college, his alma mater. After
graduating with honors in 1809, James
Buchanan moved to Lancaster and became a
legal apprentice to James Hopkins. He was
admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in 1812.
Buchanan would go on to serve in the House of
Representatives from 1821-1831, United States
Senator (1834-1845), then as the 17th Secretary
of State under President James K. Polk. He was
elected President of the United States in 1856,
serving one term. He predicted in retirement
that “history would vindicate my memory,” but
his inability to stop the succession of the
southern states has sealed his legacy as one of
the least successful presidents in history.

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