Sammelband of Five Works.

Worchester: V.p., 1879-1897. The works are as follows "Ravenna: It's Art and Architecture." Worchester; Press of Chas. Hamilton, 1897. First edition. Octavo. 35, [1] pp. Printed by His Wife for Private Circulation: "Origin of the Names of the States of the Union." Ibid; 1882. First edition. Octavo. 25, [1] pp. With author's presentation and errata slips laid in; "Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society in the Matter of the Winthrop Sword." Ibid; 1888. First edition. Octavo. 13, [1] pp.: "A Day At Mount Vernon in 1797". Ibid; 1879. First edition. Signed by the author. Octavo. 13, [1] pp.: "The Province Laws of Massachusetts." Ibid; 1884. First edition. Octavo. 22 pp. All bound together in original half-red morocco over marbled boards, spine with gilt lettering and devices. Front joint expertly restored. Presentation inscription from the author's daughter to her nephew (Francis Hamilton Staples). A very good and clean copy of most of Staples works. A native of Worcester, Massachusetts; Staples attended The Academy at Worcester and then to Brown University, where he graduated in 1851. He studied law with Chief Justice Ames of Providence, R.I. and with Peter C. Bacon of Worcester, where he was admitted to the bar in 1854. He began practice in Milford, in partnership with Gen. A.B. Underwood, and subsequently was in company with Judge Charles A. Dewey. In 1869 he removed to Worcester and formed a partnership with Frank P. Goulding which was continued until Mr. Staples was appointed justice of the superior court in 1881. He had previously served as district attorney for eight years. He was prominent in the American Antiquarian society, to whose proceedings he contributed the publications: "A day at Mt. Vernon in 1797" "The origin of the names of states" "The Province laws" "The Winthrop sword" and "The monument to La Salle at Rouen". The degree of L.L.D. was given him by his alma mater in 1884.