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to J. A. Christian

Says it would not be "consistent with propriety" for him to answer certain legal questions, due to his position as a judge.

GLC03476.04

[List of orders for a printed Congressional speech]

Lists the names and corresponding number of copies ordered for a print of a speech delivered 16 March 1872 by William Horace Claggett, United States Representative from Montana 1871-1872. List includes six signatures: Claggett, William Theopilus...

GLC03481.15.03

Court House at Huntsville, Alabama with three people in foreground

Graphite inscription on verso "Court House at Huntsville, Ala." Photographers imprint on verso: "Armstead & Taylor Artists, Corinth, Miss."

GLC05111.02.0978

In dark suit, seated 3/4 length portrait

Graphite inscription on verso "R. Taney."

GLC05111.02.0998

Speech of Salmon P. Chase, in the case of the colored woman Matilda

Speech given before an Ohio court, arguing for the freedom of a slave named Matilda. Argues that Matilda should be free now that she is in Ohio, and argues that the Fugitive Slave Act is unconstitutional. Matilda had been brought before the court...

GLC05114

Message from the President [re: ratification of the 11th Amendment]

"Message from the President... Concerning the suability of states, in pursuance of a Resolution of the two houses, of the second of March last." First edition, printed by order of the House of Representatives.

GLC05161

Lynchburg Virginian. [October 20, 1864]

Includes an article discussing the recruitment of African Americans for military service. States "We prefer to organize colored regiments now, while we have an abundance of the white element in the field to absorb the other, and to guard effectually...

GLC05196

Courthouse in Petersburg, Virginia.

A View of the Petersburg, Virginia courthouse, with the Treadway and Johnson Stove warehouse on the right side of the image. A sign on the buidling mentions "tin ware" and wood. Inscription on verso: "Courthouse Petersburg,Va." Numeric Notation on...

GLC05111.01.0723

Courthouse at Culpeper, Virginia acting as prison with Confederate P.O.W.s on balcony.

Inscription on verso: "Culpepper, Courthouse." Numeric notation on verso: "62."

GLC05111.01.0740

Charles City Court House with trees and two men standing in front.

Inscription on verso: "Charles City Court House." Numeric Notation on verso: "65."

GLC05111.01.0779

Fairfax Courthouse

Image of the Courthouse at Fairfax, Virginia. Two men sit next to a well, while several others are mounted on horses. To the periphery of the building several other people are seen. Inscription on verso: "Fairfax Court House." Numeric notation on...

GLC05111.01.0911

The Dred Scott Decision

A pamphlet containing Taney's ruling in the Dred Scott case, as well as two articles asserting the inferiority of "the negro race." One is an introduction by Van Evrie stating "the Supreme Court, in the Dred Scott decision, has defined the relations...

GLC04393

Almon Kingsbury petition for tavern licence

Petitioning the Court of Common Pleas in Portage County, Ohio for a tavern license. State their opinion that "a tavern is needed at the center of Hudson...that the house lately occupied by Owen Brown Esqr...would constitute a favorable stand for...

GLC04463.06

to L. Harper

Written from Buchanan's estate, Wheatland. Discusses a recent trip to a General Bowman's home in Bedford Springs, Pennsylvania, where he and other guests held "meetings... which were not confined to Democrats." Referring to an upcoming judicial...

GLC04508

A history of the Amistad captives: being a circumstantial account of the capture of the Spanish schooner Amistad, by the Africans on board...

(title continues)... their voyage, and capture near Long Island, New York; with biographical sketches of each of the surviving Africans; also, an account of the trials had on their case, before the district and circuit courts of the United States...

GLC04574

Directing Chief Justice Colorado County Court, Republic of Texas

Docketed on address leaf.

GLC04105

to Mary Moore

He describes the students in his class, less wild than he expected. He reports a recent Catholic fair to benefit an orphan asylum, doing more for the relief of the destitute than any other denomination. M. Fitzsimmons, an Irish refugee and leader in...

GLC04191.29

to James Kelly

Describes a Christmas dinner party he gave, mostly for men from the Medical Corps. Two or three balls were given, but Moore chose not to attend because he considers Mormon women dumb and unattractive. Discusses the Mormon block to holding court for...

GLC04194.11

to Mary Kelly

Describes Provo as the largest town in Utah next to Salt Lake City. Mentions that the U.S. Court has been in session there for ten days. Explains there have been many murders in Provo, and that the judge has been trying without success to get the...

GLC04194.13

A Journal of the proceedings in the detection of the conspiracy [New York slaves]

Full title: "A Journal of the Proceedings in the Detection of the Conspiracy formed by some White People in conjunction with Negro and other Slaves, for burning the City of New-York in America, and murdering the Inhabitants." Published in New York...

GLC04205.01

The New York conspiracy... with an introduction by Thomas J. Davis [reprint]

Paperback reprint by Beacon Press of Horsmanden's "A Journal of the Proceedings in the Detection of the Conspiracy formed by some White People in conjunction with Negro and other Slaves, for burning the City of New-York...."

GLC04205.02

Autograph album signed by 4 Presidents, members of the Supreme Court, etc.

Signers includes: four men who became president: Andrew Johnson, U.S. Grant (as General), James A. Garfield and Rutherford B. Hayes. Eight justices of the Supreme Court: Justices R. M. Waite (Chief Justice), W. H. Swampe, S. F. Miller, Nathan...

GLC04224

To: J. R. Grant

Recommending Mr. Hart for District Attorney for Northern District of Ohio. [Jesse Grant refused to make the recommendation, see # 2.]

GLC04360.031

To: General Ulysses S. Grant

Endorsing Mr. Ryan for his skill as a stenographer.

GLC04360.042

A proclamation

Issued as Governor of Massachusetts. Gives a brief account of the rebel mobs storming the Court of Common Pleas in Northampton. Calls upon all civil & military officers to suppress Shays' Rebellion.

GLC03538

Collection of letters from the archive of Baltimore attorney Nathaniel Williams [Decimalized] 69 items

From the archive of Baltimore attorney Nathaniel Williams.

GLC03545

to Nathaniel Williams

Discusses their payment of $200 for a trial.

GLC03545.04

to Nathaniel Williams

Discusses a conflict between a recent Circuit Court ruling and an act of the Maryland legislature concerning William's role as trustee of the Elkton Bank.

GLC03545.09

to Nathaniel Williams

Expresses his agreement with a legal statement concerning a court case.

GLC03545.10

to Nathaniel Williams

Discusses a payment he must make and states he is unable to pay it at the time because money he was expecting did not come through. Hopes to be able to pay it next time he is in Baltimore. The year could be either 1823 or 1825 because the...

GLC03545.13

[Transcript of record in the case of James McCulloch, an insolvent debtor]

Record of the case of McCulloch, a man being held in the Baltimore County jail for not being able to pay his debts. McCulloch agrees to give up any personal possessions to cover the debt. Lists his possessions and his creditors. Details the...

GLC03545.14

Bank of the United States vs. Solomon Etting

Extracts from a report of the conspiracy cases concerning Solomon Ettings, the Bank of United States, and James McCulloch, the cashier of the Baltimore branch of the Bank of the United States.

GLC03545.15

[Solomon Etting's remarks in the Bank of the United States vs. Etting case]

Extracts from a report of the conspiracy cases concerning Solomon Ettings, the Bank of United States, and James McCulloch, the cashier of the Baltimore branch of the Bank of the United States.

GLC03545.16

to Nathaniel Williams

Discusses the proposal made in a legal settlement and states that Mr. Hack and others are not satisfied with it. Also mentions plans for a school. Includes a sketch of the proposed location of the school on the last page.

GLC03545.18

to Nathaniel Williams

Discusses difficulties surrounding the settlement of her husband's will. Mentions the sale of some property left to her children by their father. States she is in desperate need of money and would like him to resolve this matter. Refers to herself...

GLC03545.19

[The president, directors, and company of the Bank of the United States vs. Solomon Etting]

Requests a new venue for the trial because of a possible lack of impartiality on the part of the Court Marshal, Thomas Finley. States that the request was overruled by the Circuit Court.

GLC03545.20

[Notes about the Bank of United States vs. Solomon Etting case]

GLC03545.21

Collection of two letters from John Sergeant to Nathaniel Williams [Decimalized]

GLC03545.23

to Nathaniel Williams

Discusses the results of the case of Clark's Executors vs. Wilson. States he will send a copy of the material in the next mail (see GLC03545.23.02 for the copy). Free franked by Sergeant.

GLC03545.23.01

to Nathaniel Williams

Copy of the original opinion of the judge in the case of Clark's Executors vs. Wilson, a case concerning the voyage of a ship and the freight involved. Includes separate address leaf free franked by Sergeant.

GLC03545.23.02

Donnells Executors vs. Pawson's Administrators

Signed as a true copy by John Johnson, an employee of the court. Appellee's statement of a case involving the purchase of some cargo. With notes and accounts for the case. Copied signatures of Taney, Williams, and Johnson.

GLC03545.24.07

Savage Manufacturing Co. vs. The Baltimore Silk Company

Copy of a petition to the judges of the Baltimore County court from the Savage Manufacturing Company to obtain payment from the Baltimore Silk Company. States that the Savage Manufacturing Company has made repeated efforts to obtain payment from the...

GLC03545.24.08

[Court depositions]

Depositions of various people concerning their acquaintances with the following men; William Lux, George Lux, Daniel Bowly, and William Russell. Includes the depositions of Richard Ridgely, Jacob Stergars, Jonathan Weily, Martin Eichelberger, Maria...

GLC03545.24.09

to Thomas Ewing

Plans to institute martial law to punish saboteurs and guerillas. "Nothing but the severest punishment can prevent the burning of R.R. Bridges & the great destruction of human life. I shall punish all I can catch...These incendiaries have destroyed...

GLC03602

[Petition of a freeman Edward D. Martin to be enslaved]

Petition to the Texas Court. Writes that "petition further represents to your Honor that he desires to avail himself of the law permitting him to select a master and become a slave; and believing Edward D. Martin, a citizen... to be a proper person...

GLC03840

to Richard Henry Lee

Adams outlines the government that he envisions for America, that it should have executive, legislative and judicial branches, similar to the colonial government of Massachusetts. He also argues for a bicameral legislature and insists that judges...

GLC03864

[Directive to the Sheriff of New Haven County to summon Mark Leavenworth to the County Court]

Leavenworth was needed for a child support case, which is explained in detail.

GLC03940

to Jasper Yeates re: inquiry as to legal practices in Orphans Court

GLC04842.24

to James Wilson re: Wilson's role in ratifying Constitution, appointment

Wayne congratulates Wilson on the adoption of the Federal Constitution: "permit me to add that it was to a display of the perfect knowledge you entertained, & the plain elucidation you gave of the components of the System, which caused it to be...

GLC04865

to Alexander Mouton

Thanks Mouton and the Louisiana legislature for a resolution that repaid to him a fine from 1815. He thanks them for "wiping from my memory the past imputations." In 1815 Judge Hall fined Jackson for enforcing martial law in New Orleans. Jackson...

GLC04914

[Message to the Confederate House of Representatives vetoing an act for investigating committees].

Vetoes "an act to aid committees of Congress in the investigation of matters referred to them and to punish false swearing before said committees" passed by the Confederate Congress. Davis believes that conferring upon the Congress the power to fine...

GLC04974

NY and Supreme Court cases

A notebook listing New York and Supreme Court cases for which Peckham wrote the opinion. Most abstraction is written in secretarial hand with four sheets in Peckham's hand.

GLC05085.03

The sinking of the steamer Ville Du Havre [scrapbook] with 2 memorial books

An annotated scrapbook concerning the sinking of the steamer Ville du Havre, on which Peckman's father died. With two separate books, "In Memory of Rufus W. Peckham" and "Memoir H.A. and Rufus W. Peckham, Jr."

GLC05085.04

to Greene C. Bronson

Retaliates against Bronson, former chief justice of the Supreme Court, who depicted Smith as an example of misconduct in a letter to Mr. Delevan. Discusses the political opinions of Myron Holley Clark, a candidate for Governor (Clark was Governor of...

GLC04717.19

to unknown

Printed circular letter noting a court case decision, decreeing that an estate tax must still be paid on slaves who are manumitted as part of a last will and testament: "The bequests of freedom to the slaves, are legacies, and the executor liable for...

GLC04748

to William Heath

Written by General Burgoyne as commander of the captured British Convention Army to General Heath as commander of the district where the Convention Army is situated. References Heath's letter of 10 January 1778, where Heath expressed anger over...

GLC04764.51

New Hampshire Revolutionary War documents, mainly dealing with draft, militia

1. King George III. D: Portsmouth, N.H. 4 November 1769. Legal writ to the sheriff of New Hampshire ordering the seizure of Richard Perkins for appearance in court. 1p. + docket + endorsement.

2. State of New Hampshire. D: Hillsborough, [N.H.]...

GLC03657

[Legal writ to Sheriff of New Hampshire]

This document is a printed mandate made in the name of King George III. It was written and signed in Portsmouth, N.H on 4 November 1769. It is a legal writ to the sheriff of New Hampshire ordering the seizure of Richard Perkins for appearance in...

GLC03657.01

An Act for the Raising and Compleating the State's Quota for the Continental Army.

This document is an Act passed in the State of New Hampshire. It is an Act for the raising and completing this state's quota of the Continental Army. This document includes a list of the districts within the scope of the Act's requests and numbers...

GLC03657.02

An Act in addition to, and alteration of an Act passed the twelth day of January one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, entitled An Act for Raising and Compleating the State's Quota for the Continental Army.

This document accompanying an Act passed in the State of New Hampshire. It is an alteration to an Act for the raising and completing this state's quota of the Continental Army. It allows towns and counties to muster men for their quotas in whatever...

GLC03657.03

An Act in addition to Two several Acts of this State passed since the commencement of the present year for raising and filling up the State's Quota of the Continental Army.

This document is an Act in addition to two several Acts of this state passed since the commencement of the present year for raising and filling up this state's quota of the Continental Army. It mentions the Act passed on 12 January 1781 and further...

GLC03657.04

An Act for preventing the subjects of His Britannic Majesty and all other persons inimical to the United States of North America, from prosecuting Actions, serving as Jurors, or acting as town officers within this State.

This document consists of various Acts that are passed to prevent the inhabitants of Great Britain from committing acts inimical to the United States of America. In summary, they attempt to prevent British officials from holding office or influencing...

GLC03657.05

An Act for raising and compleating this State's Quota of the Continental Army

This document is an Act for raising and completing this state's quota of the Continental Army. It includes an updated list of towns and counties with numbers of men to be mustered from each, including those which are considered "delinquent" and have...

GLC03657.06

A Schedule containing an account of the services of the militia, from 1775 to 1783.

A schedule containing an account of the services of the militia, from 1775 to 1783. Records movements and stations throughout the months between the aforementioned years. Begins with the battle of Lexington in 1775.

GLC03657.07

Recieved Account of Bounties Paid by Said town to Soldiers in the corps of the Late War

This document is the received amount of bounties paid by said town to soldiers in the course of the late war.

GLC03657.08

to Thomas Mifflin

Discusses the issue of Connecticut claimants to the Western Reserve lands taking refuge from Pennsylvania authorities by entering New York State. Expresses his opinion that the states have relations between them far more intimate than those between...

GLC03710

[Recommending pardon of Philip Holton for manslaughter].

Recommends pardon of Philip Holton because of his youth, his good character and his peaceable behavior. Written as chief judge of the general court of Maryland.

GLC03727

Resolution by the Virginia House of Delegates that a state cannot be made a defendant

A state cannot be sued by individuals, opposing the Supreme Court case Chrisholm v. Georgia.

GLC03763.01

Document opposing Supreme Court decision (Chisholm v. Georgia) that a state may be sued

Signed by George Wyllys and Docketed by Samuel Huntington.
Dated the second Thursday in October, i.e., the 10th.

GLC03763.02

[Resolutions in the Virginia House of Delegates recommending additional Amendments to Constitution][copy]

Instructs Virginia senators and representatives in the U.S. Congress to "unite their utmost exertions" to obtain the following constitutional amendments included: 1. treaties that become law must be ratified by the House; 2. impeachments be conducted...

GLC03764

Va. Resolutions recommending amendment to bar aliens from Congress

Also asking that aliens be barred from the Judiciary and Executive departments.

GLC03765

to Jasper Yeates

Discusses the recent arrival of a chief justice who lives near the Schuylkill River (near Philadelphia). Mentions an upcoming jury held for a judgment pertaining to Miss [Prius?]. Discusses possibly moving a trial or meeting to Lancaster...

GLC03769.003

[notarized document certifying the annexed account of Andrew Llowell]

mentions money owed to Watson Myers Co.

GLC03769.004

To the Laboring Men of New York.

Issued by "A Democratic Workingman." Civil War anti-draft riot broadside reminding potential rioters that all damages incurred during the riots are paid for with city money; that is, money out of their own pockets. Encourages New Yorkers to trust...

GLC05864

Debates in the Congress of the United States [to repeal court reorganization]

[Full title] Debates in the Congress of the United States, on the Bill for Repealing the Law for the more Convenient Organization of the Courts by the U. S..... Printed by Collier & Stockwell.

GLC05880

Proceedings in the Klu Klux Klan trials at Columbia, S.C. in the United States circuit court, November term, 1871.

Published by the Republican Printing Company, State Printers. Contains detailed court proceedings regarding cases of Klan members versus the United States. Index, beginning on page 1 following page 835, organizes the book by case, noting the names...

GLC05929

The Klan in action leadership responsibilites organization methods: a manual of leadership for officers of local klans.

Published by American Printing & Manufacturing Company. Contains detailed instructions on leadership, Klan policies, and local Klan organization for officers. Begins by stating "The one human quality which, more than any other, makes a man stand...

GLC05930

Opelousas courier. [Vol. 12, no. 43 (March 25, 1865)]

The front page is in French and the back page is in English. General Order by General E. Kirby Smith, Notice to Confederate Tax Payers, Schedule of Prices for Confederate Army Quartermaster on Food and Livestock the Requisition from Local Citizens. A...

GLC05959.15.07

People's press. [Vol. 12, no. 46 (March 20, 1863)]

Secretary Seward's Plan for Restoring the Union.
An article describes a night's experience in a typical army camp, while another outlines the history of small pox. The remarks of Mr. Warren on a congressional bill are included. An article describes...

GLC05959.27.05

Salisbury banner. [Vol. 8, no. 53 (September 20, 1861)]

Governor Jackson Announces his Intentions of Moving the Capital to Lexington, General Lee Has Taken General Reynolds Prisoner, Article Concerning Parson Brownlow.
The Stay Law, an act to change the jurisdiction of the courts and the rules of pleading...

GLC05959.29.05

Salisbury banner. [Vol. 8, no. 54 (September 24, 1861)]

Letter from the Captain of the Sumter - R. Semmes.
The first section of the Stay Law is reprinted here (see previous issue). An editorial responds to letters to the editor concerning the topic of discussion.

GLC05959.29.06

Fayetteville observer. [Vol. 47, no. 2445 (April 11, 1864)]

Forrest's Raid, Letter From Chief Justice Pearson, Trouble with Mexico & France.

GLC05959.34.30

The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 84 (October 2, 1863)]

Letter to the editor on opening the courts. Mr. Toombs on currency. Fugitive slave ads. Editorial on more tax instructions. Mexico and Texas. Late reconnaissance up the James River. Feeling in New Orleans. On necessity paper.

GLC05959.51.089

[Witness' statements in Missouri v. Andrew McGuire regarding Richmond bank robbery]

Signed by Mary Ann Harlow, George Wasson, F.H. Conkey, R. Rimmer, A. Childs, Thomas Woodson, B. Murfee, G. Limerick, Jesse Dean, John Brock, James Chichester, William Barton, John Barnhill, Philip Woodson, Martha Gilpin, George Wapon, and B. Minifer...

GLC05250

[Order requiring Roy Bean to answer charge of assault with intent to kill]

Cosigned by A.W. Hope and John Foster as securities. Bean awaits judgment, held by the county of San Gabriel for the City of Los Angeles to answer a charge of assault with intent to kill. Bail set at five hundred dollars. Seals intact.

GLC05291

to Rose Russell [in German]

Signed with initials. Speaks about the spirit of the Constitution and the Fifth Amendment during the McCarthy hearings and argues that "it is a misuse of congressional immunity to carry out practices which rightly belong to the competence of the...

GLC05322

Address of John Brown to the Virginia Court, when about to receive the sentence of death, for his heroic attempt at Harper's Ferry...

Small broadside with lithograph signature of Brown produced by the Liberator, reprinting his address to the Virginia Court before sentencing. Brown denies wanting to murder or cause an uprising. He argues that his raid on Harper's Ferry was just...

GLC05508.051

To the sheriff of Worcester County

Accuses Elijah Newton of swearing, "Damn the Authority I swear by God I will kill any man that touchette me." Requests that the sheriff apprehends Newton and bring him before Ward so he may be dealt with.

GLC05549

to Abraham Lincoln

Letter by E. Lane, who was formerly Chief Justice of the State of Ohio, with a note by Noah H. Swayne, a Supreme Court justice. Writes to inform Lincoln that Thomas M. Root will accept the appointment of District Attorney for the Northern District...

GLC05603.01.14

Papers related to the Amistad mutiny [Decimalized .01-.59]

This collection contains the papers of William S. Holabird, who served as United States District Attorney for the state of Connecticut during the Amistad trial. These materials include a letter of Judge Andrew T. Judson which suggests executive...

GLC05636

[Brief from the Circuit Court regarding the Amistad case]

Referring to Lieutenant Thomas R. Gedney, includes information pertaining to the Amistad case: "Gidney & others v. The Amistad Negroes. Circuit court U.S." Considers four principle points: "shall the vessel, & the blacks, be restored to the Spanish...

GLC05636.02

to William S. Holabird

Judson, who presided over the district (and circuit) court proceedings of the Amistad, informs Holabird that he has not yet heard from President Martin Van Buren or Secretary of State John Forsyth regarding the case. Suggests Holabird review a...

GLC05636.04

to Henry D. Gilpin

Holabird, United States District Attorney of Connecticut, writes to Gilpin, Attorney General. Relates that the Amistad case did not spend much time at the circuit court level, because "the counsel for the negroes [interposed?] a plea in abatement of...

GLC05636.05

[Fragment of Antonio G. Vega's deposition given to United States District Attorney William S. Holabird] [incomplete]

Date inferred based on the relation of this document to GLC 5636.08 and .09. States "That he is a Spanish subject, that he resided in the Island of Cuba several years, that he knows the law of [struck: Cuba] that island on the subject of Slavery."...

GLC05636.07

[Antonio G. Vega's deposition given to United States District Attorney William S. Holabird]

States "that the Spanish edict prohibiting the importation of slaves from Africa, was not considered as applicable to that Island and was [inserted: then] wholly disregarded after slaves were landed... that the slaves on the plantations kept their...

GLC05636.08

[Antonio G. Vega's deposition given to United States District Attorney William S. Holabird]

Signed deposition read before the court stating "that the court of mixed commissions had no jurisdiction except in cases of capture... that newly imported African Negroes were constantly brought to the Island, & after landed, were bona fide...

GLC05636.09

[Notes of Holabird, United States District Attorney for Connecticut]

Contains testimony of Dwight G. James (an abolitionist), Captain Green (who came into contact with Amistad Africans on shore, prior to their capture), N. Wilcox (Norris Wilcox, United States Marshal for the District of Connecticut), and E. Osborne...

GLC05636.10

[Testimonies regarding the capture of the Amistad]

Created at Connecticut District Court in November 1839. At the top, states: "Schooner Amistad plea to jurisdictions & matter of it- Baldwin says most extraordinary objections & c Circuit Court said only that so long as the matter was pending before...

GLC05636.12

U. States v. Cinqué & others...

... (title continues) Charged with murder & robbery (piracy) on board the Spanish Schooner 'Amistad'- The offense committed by foreigners, on the high seas, & on board a vessel belonging exclusively to subjects of foreign states... Have the Courts of...

GLC05636.15

to Theodore Hinsdale

Holabird asks Theodore if he told Horace Hinsdale that Holabird recommended Colonel Soper as Justice to General Adams on the grounds that Sopic was an anti-mason. Includes Theodore's reply of the same day, informing Holabird he did not pass the...

GLC05636.27