Over 300 pages bound with updated spine, a manuscript by Francis Hopkinson "Cases adjudg'd in the Admiralty of Pennsylvania and in the High Court of Errors & Appeals"dating 1779 through 1790 - encompassing Hopkinson's entire career as a Judge of the Admiralty Court. As a example, in the 1781 case "Nicholas Hainey vs the Brig Tristram Shandy & Ship Dimsdale" ( HAINEY V. THE TRISTRAM SHANDY, ETC. ) Judge Hopkinson ruled that the owners of a ship could not exclude sailors from the proceeds of a prize even though they had not been on board during the capture. A fascinating look at American Judicial History. From the Francis Hopkinson Family Archives