Isaac

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Manuscript; Barnard, James, Barnard, Isaac DABAA

Acct of Money Recd for the Estate of James Barnard Esq Decd in the.

1806réf. 594771806. Early Nineteenth-Century Manuscript Account Book of Pennsylvania Lawyers Manuscript. Barnard James 1755-1806. Barnard Isaac D. 1791-1834. Barnard Thomas D. 1793-1873. Acct. of Money Recd. for the Estate of James Barnard Esq. Decd. in the Office Etc.AndAcct. of Money Recd. by Isaac D. Barnard Belonging to His Late Father's Estate. Chester PA February 26 1806-August 22 1845. Content in fine hand filling 23 pp. followed by several blank leaves final six excised. Oblong octavo 8" x 5-1/2". Stiff marbled sewn wrappers. Moderate rubbing to exterior some wear to spine and corners light toning to interior. $500. James Barnard of Chester Pennsylvania was married to Susannah Dutton. James served as sheriff registrar recorder prothonotary and clerk of the courts in Delaware County Pennsylvania. The Barnards had eight children. The eldest son James Day Barnard a lawyer died at 25 a few months after his father's death. Upon his father and brother's death the eldest surviving male Barnard Isaac received or perhaps he personally recorded his brother's outstanding legal fees and his father's estate assets and accounts in this manuscript notebook. Like his deceased elder brother Isaac studied law and was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1816 after notable service as a major in the War of 1812. He served terms in the Pennsylvania State Senate and U.S. Senate. The accounts are notable for their fine detail. The first segment records all the monies collected for various legal work performed by Isaac's older brother James: recording judgments estate administration vendue matters certificates for naturalization of citizenship or fees earned for specific cases Gibbons v. Riley Miles v. Adams McElroy v. Hibbard etc. These accounts span 1806-1807 suggesting that the fees within were collected posthumously by Isaac for services performed before his brother's death. The notebook's second segment records monies earned by the father in office primarily for recording deeds. Again the chronology suggests a similar scenario to the notebook's first segment. There are also several leaves of entries with much later dates recording monies received by Thomas Barnard. All accounts are clearly legible and amounts of fees charged for all legal services are pr. unknown books