Zephaniah Swift

Zephaniah Swift Zephaniah Swift (February 27, 1759 – September 27, 1823) was an eighteenth-century American author, judge, lawyer, chief justice, congressman, law professor, diplomat and politician from Windham, Connecticut. He served as a U.S. Representative from Connecticut and State Supreme Court Judge. He wrote the first legal treatise published in America.

He was also appointed secretary to Founding Father Oliver Ellsworth by President John Adams at the Treaty of Mortefontaine, in negotiations with King Joseph Bonaparte. Provided by Wikipedia
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    A digest of the law of evidence, in civil and criminal cases. : And a treatise on bills of exchange, and promissory notes.
    by Swift, Zephaniah, 1759-1823
    Published 1972
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    A digest of the law of evidence, in civil and criminal cases : And a Treatise on bills of exchange, and promissory notes /
    by Swift, Zephaniah, 1759-1823
    Published 1810
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    A system of the laws of the state of Connecticut : In six books /
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    A system of the laws of the state of Connecticut : in six books /
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    An oration on domestic slavery : Delivered at the North meeting-house in Hartford, on the 12th day of May, A.D. 1791. At the meeting of the Connecticut Society for the Promotion of Freedom, and the Relief of Persons Unlawfully Holden in Bondage.
    by Swift, Zephaniah, 1759-1823
    Published 1791
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    A system of the laws of the state of Connecticut : In six books. By Zephaniah Swift. Volume I[-II].
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    An address to the Rev. Moses C. Welch : containing an answer to his Reply to The correspondent, with some observations respecting certain late extraordinary transactions at Woodstock. /
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    The correspondent : Containing, the publications in the Windham herald, relative to the result of the ecclesiastical council, holden at Pomfret, in September, 1792, and the result of the Consociation of the County of Windham, holden at Pomfret, in December, 1792, respecting the Rev. Oliver Dodge; together with an appendix, containing some general observations relative to the true principles and spirit of the Christian religion. : [Two lines from Pope].
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    An oration on domestic slavery : Delivered at the North Meeting-House in Hartford, on the 12th day of May, A.D. 1791. At the meeting of the Connecticut Society for the Promotion of Freedom, and the Relief of Person Unlawfully Holden in Bondage. /
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    A second address, to the Reverend Moses C. Welch : containing an answer to his letter to the correspondent. : [Eighteen lines of quotations].
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    A system of the laws of the state of Connecticut : In six books. /
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    An oration on domestic slavery : delivered at the North Meeting-House in Hartford, on the 12th day of May, A.D. 1791 : at the meeting of the Connecticut Society for the Promotion of Freedom, and the Relief of Persons Unlawfully Holden in Bondage /
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    The Security of the rights of citizens in the state of Connecticut considered : [One line in Latin from Ovid].
    by Swift, Zephaniah, 1759-1823
    Published 1792
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    An oration on domestic slavery : Delivered at the North Meeting-House in Hartford, on the 12th day of May, A.D. 1791. At the meeting of the Connecticut Society for the Promotion of Freedom, and the Relief of Person Unlawfully Holden in Bondage. By Zephaniah Swift, Esquire.
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    An address to the Rev. Moses C. Welch : containing an answer to his Reply to The correspondent, with some observations respecting certain late extraordinary transactions at Woodstock. By the correspondent. [Two lines from Shakespeare].
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    A reply to The correspondent : Containing an attempt to point out certain inconsistencies and misrepresentations in that publication; together with some strictures upon the appendix, in a familiar letter to a friend. By Moses C. Welch, A.M. Pastor of a church in Mansfield [Two lines of Scripture text].
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    The Security of the rights of citizens in the state of Connecticut considered : [One line in Latin from Ovid].
    Published 1792
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    The addressor addressed; or A letter to the correspondent : containing some free remarks on his "Address to the Rev. Moses C. Welch." : Humbly dedicated to the Honorable Zephaniah Swift Esq. /
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    A reply to The correspondent : Containing an attempt to point out certain inconsistencies and misrepresentations in that publication; together with some strictures upon the appendix, in a familiar letter to a friend. /
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    The public statute laws of the state of Connecticut : as revised and enacted by the General Assembly in May 1821, with the acts of the three subsequent sessions incorporated : to which are prefixed the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of Connecticut /
    Published 1824
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