Cleveland State Law Review Volume 17 Issue 3 Article 19 1968 Records and Sources of Ohio Law from 1787-1850 William H. Vodrey Follow this and additional works at: https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/clevstlrev Part of the Legal Writing and Research Commons How does access to this work benefit ou?y Let us know! Recommended Citation William H. Vodrey, Records and Sources of Ohio Law from 1787-1850, 17 Clev.-Marshall L. Rev. 583 (1968) This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at EngagedScholarship@CSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Cleveland State Law Review by an authorized editor of EngagedScholarship@CSU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 583 Records and Sources of Ohio Law From 1787-1850 William H. Vodrey* TABLE OF CONTENTS (Sequence) Preface ------------------------------------------------------ 584 Records and Sources I. Basic Documents A. Northwest Territory --- --------------- 585 B. Ohio Constitutional Convention ------------------------- 585 II. Laws of Ohio A. Miscellaneous Compilations ---------------------------- 586 B. Indexes ---------------------------------------------- 588 III. Reports of Ohio Cases A. Senate ------------------------------------------------ 589 B. Supreme Court --------------------------------------- 590 C. Common Pleas Courts --------------------------------- 592 D. Federal Courts ---------------------------------------- 594 E. Digests ------------------------------------------------ 594 IV. Form Books, Guides, Manuals ---------------------------- 595 V. Controversial & Scholarly Writings ------------------------ 601 VI. Non-Legal Topics ------------------------------------------ 609 Bibliography ------------------------------------------------- 611 Indexes I. Authors ------------------------------------------------- 612 II. Titles --------------------------------------------------- 613 * Of the East Liverpool, Ohio Bar. Published by EngagedScholarship@CSU, 1968 1 17 CLEV-MAR. L. R. (3) Sept. 1968 Preface This check list includes records and sources relating to Ohio law from 1787 to 1850. The imprint is included without regard to the place of printing, if it relates to Ohio law. A few items after 1850 are included, where appropriate. However, the Session Laws and Statutes of Ohio and the Northwest Territory have not been included since they are the subject of other check lists which are devoted to those two subjects. With regard to Ohio Session Laws, a note of caution should be made. There are a number of Ohio militia laws not in the Ohio Session Laws. These are catalogued in the check list of Session Laws. A further omission is the location of all copies of a given record or source. In some cases, this would run as high as twenty copies. In all cases the standard law and historical libraries in Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Columbus are listed. Other locations are shown depending upon the rarity of the imprint. A debt of gratitude is owed Chief Justice C. T. Marshall of Ohio who first explored this field in his History of the Courts and Lawyers of Ohio (1934), Vol. III, pg. 643. Next came Douglas C. McMurtrie of Chicago in the check list of Ohio Imprints (1941). Mr. McMurtrie and another scholar, many years ago, started me on this project. The other was Dean Zimmerman of Cleveland who knew more about Ohio law books than anyone else, although not a lawyer. I regret that I cannot offer this survey to each of them, since all three are gone. In lieu, I tender the wreath, as to all victors. To the many librarians who have helped me over the years, I return my grateful thanks. But here again some who were most generous have departed. https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/clevstlrev/vol17/iss3/19 2 SOURCES OF OHIO LAW TO 1850 RECORDS AND SOURCES RELATING TO OHIO LAW I. The Basic Documents A. Northwest Territory *(1) An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States, Northwest of the River Ohio. (New York. Printed by Francis Childs for John Dunlap of Philadelphia, official printer to Congress, 1787) Folio 2 pp. The Ordinances were not printed in book form at the time. It is included in the Constitutions of the United States, etc., Philadelphia 1802. District of Columbia-Washington-Lib. of Cong.-3 copies Massachusetts-Boston-Mass. Hist. Soc. New York-New York-Pub. Lib. Ohio-Cleveland-West. Res. Hist. Soc. Ohio-Columbus-Ohio Hist. Soc. Ohio-Marietta-College-3 copies Pennsylvania-Philadelphia-Hist. Soc. Rhode Island-Providence-J. C. Brown For the Ordinance of 1787 see Wm. P. Cutler. 1 Ohio Arch. & Hist. Soc. 10 (1887) Chas. B. Galbreath-33 Ohio Arch. & Hist. Soc. 110 (1924) B. OHIO CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. Chillicothe. 1802 (2) Journal of the Convention- Chillicothe. N. Willis. 1802, 46 p. California-San Marino-Huntington Illinois-Chicago-Hist. Soc. New York-New York City-Pub. Lib. New York-New York City-Hist. Soc. Ohio-Cincinnati-Hist. Soc. Ohio-Cincinnati-Law Lib. Ohio-Cleveland-West. Res. Hist. Soc. Ohio-Columbus-Ohio. Hist. Soc. Obio-Columbus-Sup. Ct. Ohio-Marietta-College (3) Constitution of the State of Ohio- Chillicothe. N. Willis. 1802 32 p. Massachusetts-Boston-Mass. Hist. Soc. Ohio-Cleveland-West. Res. Hist. Soc. * Black face figures in parenthesis at left indicate that this item is shown in the Index at end of this paper. Published by EngagedScholarship@CSU, 1968 3 17 CLEV-MAR. L. R. (3) Sept. 1968 Ohio-Columbus-State Lib. Ohio-Columbus--Ohio Hist. Soc. Ohio-Marietta-College Pennsylvania-Philadelphia-Hist. Soc. (4) Constitution of the State of Ohio-- Cincinnati. Carpenter & Findlay. 1802 24 p. Ohio-Cincinnati-Law Lib. Ohio-Marietta-College (5) Letter from Thomas Worthington enclosing an Ordinance passed by the Convention of the State of Ohio, together with the Constitution-. 23d December, 1802, 35 p. Washington (No Printer) Dist. Columbia-Washington-Lib. Cong. Massachusetts-Boston-Athenaeum Massachusetts-Boston-Pub. Lib. Massachusetts-Cambridge-Harvard Law Lib. New York-Albany-State Law Lib. Ohio-Cincinnati-Hist. Soc. Ohio-Cleveland-West. Res. Hist. Soc. Ohio-East Liverpool-Vodrey (6) Constitution of the State of Ohio. Second Edition Chillicothe. N. Willis. 1803 31 p. Dist. Columbia-Washington-Lib. Cong. New York-Ithaca-Cornell Law 28 p. only Ohio-Cleveland-West. Res. Hist. Soc. (7) Constitution of the State of Ohio. Chillicothe. N. Willis. 1803. 31 p. Connecticut-New Haven-Hist. Soc. New York-New York-Law Inst. Ohio-Cleveland-West. Res. Hist. Soc. Ohio-East Liverpool-Vodrey U. Acts and Laws of Ohio A. Miscellaneous Ohio Compilations (8) Laws-for-New Counties. Chillicothe. Collins & Co. 1809. 55 p. Illinois-Chicago-Law Inst. Ohio-Cleveland-West. Res. Hist. Soc. Ohio-East Liverpool-Vodrey (9) Laws-Establishing Miami University- Hamilton, Ohio. Keen & Stewart for James M'Bride. 1814. 68 (2) p. https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/clevstlrev/vol17/iss3/19 4 SOURCES OF OHIO LAW TO 1850 New York-New York-Hist. Soc. New York-New York-Pub. Lib. Ohio--Cleveland-West. Res. Hist. Soc. Ohio-Columbus-St. Lib. Ohio-Oxford-Miami Univ. (10) (Swan, Gustavus.) A Compilation of Laws-which relate to lands in-Ohio. Columbus. Geo. Nashee. 1825. 534 p. Swan was appointed by the Legislature to compile these laws. 22 Ohio Local Laws 187; 23 Ohio Local Laws 108, 112; 24 Ohio General Laws 98. Ohio-Cincinnati-Law Lib. Ohio-Cleveland-Law Lib. Ohio-Columbus-Ohio Hist. Soc.; Oh. St. Lib.; Sup. Ct. Ohio-East Liverpool-Vodrey (11) GESETZE des Statts Ohio. Lancaster (Ohio) Herman und Gruber. 1826 51 p. The pamphlet contains Seven Acts as provided by the Reso- lution in 24 Ohio Local Laws 116 (1826). Acts and Resolu- tions for the printing in German of certain laws of Ohio were passed from 1817 to 1834. Although each printing was ordered in quantities of at least 1000 copies, only this one can be located. Ohio-East Liverpool-Vodrey (12) Laws relating to Miami University- Cincinnati. F. S. Benton. 1833. 148 p. Dist. Columbia-Washington-Lib. Cong. Ohio-Cincinnati-Hist. Soc. Ohio-Cincinnati-Law Lib. Ohio-Cleveland-West. Res. Hist. Soc. Ohio-Columbus-Ohio Hist. Soc. Ohio-East Liverpool-Vodrey Ohio-Oxford-Miami Univ. (13) Walker, Georg. Deutsches Gesetzbuch. Germantown (Ohio) Walker u. Espich. 1839. 314 p. The title page may be translated: "German Lawbook: con- taining besides the Declaration of Independence and Con- stitution of the United States; the Constitution and General Laws of the State of Ohio." This is the only known privately printed German Law Book for Ohio. Published by EngagedScholarship@CSU, 1968 5 17 CLEV-MAR. L. R. (3) Sept. 1968 Illinois-Urbana-Univ. Ill. Ohio-Cincinnati-Hist. Soc. Ohio-East Liverpool-Vodrey (14) Laws relating to Ohio University- Cincinnati. Brough. 1841. 19 p. Ohio-Athens-Ohio Univ. Ohio-Cincinnati-Law Lib. B. Indexes to Laws of Ohio (15) A copious Index-Laws of-Ohio. By a gentleman of the bar. Marietta. Israel & Gardiner. 1809. 16 p. First privately printed lawbook in Ohio. New York-New York City-Columbia Law Lib. Ohio-Cleveland-West. Res. Hist. Soc. Ohio-Marietta-College (16) Nagle, Jacob. Index and Epitome-Laws of-Ohio. St. Clairsville, Alexander Armstrong. 1816. 38 p. No Title Page. For author see Caldwell, J.A.: History of Belmont & Jefferson Counties, pp. 228-229 (1880). Ohio-Cincinnati-Law Lib. Ohio-Cleveland-Law Lib. Ohio-Cleveland-West. Res. Hist. Soc. Ohio-Columbus-Franklin Co. Law Lib. Ohio-Columbus-Ohio Hist. Soc. Ohio-Columbus-Sup. Ct. Ohio-East Liverpool-Vodrey (17) Nye, A(rius) A concise Alphabetical Index-Laws of Ohio. Zanesville-E. Putnam. 1817. 32 p. For the author see Reed, Bench and Bar of Ohio, Vol. 1, page 210. Chicago. 1897. Ohio-Cleveland-West. Res. Hist. Soc. Ohio-East Liverpool-Vodrey Ohio-Marietta-College Ohio-Toledo-Edwin J. Marshall Pennsylvania-Philadelphia-Univ. Penna. Autograph of Arius Nye. (18) An Alphabetical Index to the Laws of Ohio. 32 p. No title page, place, date, author or printer. The text differs only slightly from that of Nye. New York-New York City-Bar Assn. Ohio-Cincinnati-Law. Lib. Pennsylvania-Philadelphia-Bar Assn. https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/clevstlrev/vol17/iss3/19 6 SOURCES OF OHIO LAW TO 1850 (19) Mills, Zechariah.