In order that the reader may have a general
idea, of what is contained in the following
treatise, I am to observe, that it begins with
pointing out the duties, and functions of deputy
commissaries, in the various cases of administration,
in receiving inventories, and examining
and passing accounts, and then proceeds,
    2dly, On the subject of wills written and
nuncupative.
    3dly, Of legacies.
    4thly, Of descent.
    5thly, Of distribution.
    6thly, Concerning the office of executors
and administrators.
    7thly, The appointment and duty of guardians,
in the management of the estates of orphans.
    8thly, Concerning rules of office respecting
only deputy commissaries.
    9thly and lastly, An appendix, comprehending
as well such precedents as are occasionally
refered to in the treatise, as other process issuable
out of the prerogative office, with specimens
and clauses of wills, tables for calculating
the exchange &c. and a general index to the
whole.