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Peckham, Rufus W. Untitled

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05085.02 Author/Creator: Peckham, Rufus W. Place Written: [Washington?] Type: Autograph manuscript Date: 1870s ca. Pagination: 1 v. 35.8 x 22.7 cm Order a Copy

Notebook listing important court cases and their abstracts, in Peckham's hand. Most of Peckham's papers are believed destroyed. A small group of 800 items is at the Library of Congress. A.K. Wigdor, The Personal Papers of the Supreme Court Justices (NY 1986).

Peckham, Rufus Wheeler, 1838-1909

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