BLACKSTONE WILLIAM: (1723-1780) English jurist and politician, author of the influential treatise Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-70). D.S., Wm. Blackstone, one page, slim oblong 8vo, n.p. (London), 15^th February 1773. The manuscript document states, in part, 'Let the…..Attorney or Agent attend me at my Chambers in Serjeants Inn tomorrow morning at 9 of the clock in the forenoon to show cause why the Def[endan]t should not have till ten o'clock same day to plead in this cause'. Signed by Blackstone at the foot. With a related docket signed by the attorney to the verso. Some light age wear, about VG