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{"value"=>"approximately 1752- approximately 1764", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1752/1764", "certainty"=>"approximate"}
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{"value"=>"Miscellania A"}
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{"value"=>"<p> Smith's legal commonplace book contains original writings guiding his own legal practice; copies of agreements and protocols among lawyers practicing before the New York Supreme Court of Judicature; and copies or abstracts of legal works, acts, ordinances and instructions pertaining to the practice of law in Britain and America. Writings notably include: “A scheme for drawing out bills of costs in the Supream [sic] Court of New York, digested into tables,” with similar tables for the Inferior Court; a “Promptuary,” listing seventeen steps to manage his case work before the Court; and “Some Directions relating to the Study of Law,” known to be his father’s syllabus. Among the copies (of documents dating as early as 1684) are instructions for preparing letters of marque, 1756, and instructions to Smith and others as Commissioners to depose New York witnesses in a case before the High Court of Chancery in England, 1764.</p>"}
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1752
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1752
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1764
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1752
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1764