THE BANKRUPT LAW OF THE UNITED STATES, PASSED AUGUST 19, 1841. WITH A COMMENTARY CONTAINING A FULL EXPLANATION OF THE LAW OF BANKRUPTCY, AND AMPLE REFERENCES TO ENGLISH AND AMERICAN AUTHORITES [sic], PREPARED FOR POPULAR AND PROFESSIONAL USE. BY A MEMBER OF THE BAR.
Philadelphia: Orrin Rogers ... 1841. Original printed brown wrappers [ownership signature of Chauncey Bulkley]. Stitched, 48pp. Moderately foxed, Good+. The federal Bankruptcy Act of 1841, enacted in response to the Panic of 1837, was the first to permit voluntary bankruptcies. More than a generation had passed since enactment of the..... More