Diary of John Adams, volume 1

Spring 1759.

Summer 1759.

June 29. 1759. JA

1759-06-29

June 29. 1759. Adams, John
June 29. 1759.

Have this moment finished Woods new Institute of the Imperial or civil Law.1 It is a great Help in the study of Van Muyden and Justinian. I understand Wood much better for having read Van Muyden, and shall now understand Van Muyden much better for having read Wood.

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Thomas Wood, A New Institute of the Imperial or Civil Law, London, 1704, went through several editions.