Women and the Law of Property in Early America

Book

Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Women and the Law of Property in Early America

Entry/Object ID

2014.002.064

Description

Discusses the effect of formal rules of law on women's lives, focusing on areas such as conveyancing, contracts, divorce, separate estates, and widows' provisions. Presents a full picture of women's legal rights from 1750-1830. xvii, 267 p. ; 24 cm.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Library

Acquisition

Accession

2014.002

Source or Donor

New Library Catalog Records (2014)

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Married women--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States--History, Women--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States--History, Separate property--United States--History

Book Details

Author

Salmon, Marylynn, 1951-

Series

Studies in Legal History

Publisher

University of North Carolina Press

Place Published

Location

Chapel Hill, NC

Date Published

circa 1986

Call No.

KF524 .S24 1986

ISBN

0807816876

LCCN

85020865

Notes

Copy No.: 0

Location

Building

Missroon Library

Date

February 7, 2023

General Notes

Note

Notes: By Marylynn Salmon. Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.). Includes bibliographical references (p. p. 239-251) and index.

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Create Date

October 2, 2014

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Update Date

February 17, 2023