English Crown Grants : The Foundation of Colonial Land Titles under English Common Law

Mershon, S. L. [Stephen Lyon]

Edité par The Law and History Club, New York, 1918

A propos de cet article

New York: The Law and History Club, 1918. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Light cover soil. No owner's name or bookplate. Original maroon cloth. Includes a chapter entitled: Staten Island and Crown Grants. There is another chapter, The Indian and Crown Grants, which begins as follows: "It is a fully recognized fact of history that when the early European settlers landed upon the shores of Staten Island they then found it in full and complete possession of the American Indians. The Indians held undisputed sway over its villages, hunting and fishing grounds, and stood prepared and ready at any time to defend the same, as was clearly shown in their subsequent deeds of valor when resisting the unjust and offensive encroachments of the early settlers. Authorities have somewhat disagreed as to the precise nature of the title held by the American Indians to the soil which they possessed. The continental chancellories of Europe, promptly upon the discovery of America, promulgated their decrees branding the American Indians as nomads. They laid down the proposition of international law that the European Government had an absolute right to each and every land on the American continents, which either they or their representative citizens should discover. Proprietorship by right of discovery was asserted, with utter disregard to what were the true and inalienable rights of the American Indians." . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket. 8vo. (ix), 266pp.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: English Crown Grants : The Foundation of Colonial Land Titles under English Common Law
• Éditeur: The Law and History Club, New York
• Date de parution: 1918
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First Printing of the First Edition.
• État de l'article: Very Good condition
• État de la jaquette: No jacket
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Indians / Native Americans
  • Law / Jurisprudence
  • History / Biography