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The Report and Award 



OF THE 



COMMITTEE OF JUDGES 



ON THE 



Henry M. Phillips Prize Essays. 



To the HON. FREDERICK FRALEY, President of the 

 American Philosophical Society: 



Sir : — We, the undersigned, having been, together with the 

 Hon. J. Randolph Tucker, of Virginia, selected by the American 

 Philosophical Society as a Committee of Judges to whom were 

 referred the several essays sent to the Society in competition 

 for the Henry M. Phillips Prize, under the terms of the circular 

 issued by the Society on the first day of Maj'^, 1893, have the 

 honor to report : 



That in the performance of the duty imposed upon us, we met 

 at the hall of the Society on Monday, 8th April, 1895, and on 

 Tuesday, 9th April, 1895, and that we there read and considered 

 the several essays submitted to us and hereinafter referred to. 



Greatly to our regret the Hon. J. Randolph Tucker was 

 unavoidably prevented from meeting us and affording to us the 

 benefit of his accurate knowledge and sound judgment. 



Upon the first of the subjects designated by the Society'' in its 

 circular of 1st May, 1893, to wit : " The sources, formation and 

 development of what is generally designated ' The Common Law 

 of England,' " three essays were submitted for our consideration, 

 entitled and designated as follows : 



No. 1. "The sources, formation and development of what is 

 generally designated ' The Common Law of p]ngland.' " By 

 " Vikiuir." 



