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Report of the select committee on slavery, the Dred Scott decision, and the action of the Federal Government thereon, submitted Thursday, Nov. 18, 1858.

Printed by Eliakim Persons Walton. "We plant ourselves, then, on this Constitution, and there we are determined to stand, firmly, unflinchingly, unmoved and unterrified by the combined assaults of Federal or of the Slave Power, whether manifested in...

GLC06232.07

Report of the case of Edward Prigg against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Argued and adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States at January term, 1842.

In which it was decided that all the laws of the several states relative to fugitive slaves are unconstitutional and void; and that Congress has the exclusive power of legislation on the subject of fugitive slaves escaping into other states. By...

GLC06232.12

to Aaron Hobart

Comments on the Judiciary Bill, "It would be better in my opinion not to increase the number of judges of the S. Court. Let the number remain the same, and discharge them from Circuit duties, and give to each Circuit a judge, who should not be one of...

GLC06313.04.460

to James Mercer Garnett

Written by Marshall as Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court to Garnett, the well-known Virginia politician and agricultural enthusiast and pamphleteer. Recipient inferred from Marshall's reference to "your" pamphlet "Reply to the Enquiries of a...

GLC06682

to John Langdon

Writes to his younger brother and mentions the payment of some personal accounts. Discusses a bill relative to the judicial courts and states that he sees many faults in it. Disagrees with the idea of annexing the Province of Maine to New Hampshire...

GLC06546