William Wetmore Story in "The Life and Letters of Joseph Story", Volume 2, listed the articles Joseph Story wrote for "The Encyclopedia Americana".": "Common Law," "Congress of the United States," "Conquest," "Contracts," "Corpus Delicti," "Courts of England and the United States," "Criminal Law,"(Story's contribution begins at "To the preceding article. ... ") "Death, Punishment of," "Domicil," "Equity," "Evidence," "Jury," "Lien," Legislation, and Codes," (Story's contribution begins on p. 581.) "Natural Law," "Nations, Law of," "Prize," and "Usury." Story is sometimes identified as an "eminent American jurist" by the editors when he is a joint author of an article. See the "Law, Legislation, and Codes" article for an example.