25 June 1860

Harris, Isham G., 1818-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jacob Thompson

Harris, Governor of Tennessee, writes to Thompson, United States Secretary of the Interior. Recommends George Western Thompson, of Wheeling, (present-day West Virginia), for the position of Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States. Notes that the Supreme Court vacancy resulted from the death of Justice Peter V. Daniel. Writes, "I knew Judge T. intimately when in the House of Reps, and am satisfied that he is in every way well qualified to discharge the duties of the position in question A gentleman of lofty tone and bearing, decided talent, and thourough legal learning..." Written…

GLC02469.07

February 27, 1863

Dupont, Samuel F., 1803-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edward Bates

Written by Rear Admiral DuPont to U.S. Attorney General Bates. Says he perceives by a return made by the Navy Department to the House of Representatives on prizes that many cases have been appealed to the Supreme Court. Says many officers and himself have a financial interest in the proceedings and that he will ask his friend the Maryland U.S. Representative Henry Winter Davis to be his counsel before that court, if the goverment is not employing him. Du Pont was given direct orders from the Navy Department to launch an attack on Charleston, South Carolina, the main area in which the…

GLC02466.03

circa 1860

Longacre, James Barton, 1794-1869

Engraving

Title: Engraving of James Wilson

One engraving of James Wilson dated circa 1860. Bust portrait of Wilson.

GLC08878.0918

1947

Southern Regional Council

Book

Title: The Condition of Our Rights

One booklet entitled, "The Condition of Our Rights," printed by the Southern Regional Council. Contains statistics on comparing lynchings of White and Black people. Also covers police brutality, housing, voting rights, and education.

GLC10087

July 1, 1971

The Sprinfield Union

Newspaper

Title: The Springfield Union [Vol. 108, No. 154 (July 1, 1971)]

One printing of The Springfield Union dated July 1, 1971. Consists of articles related to local news. Articles are related to the eligible voting age starting at 18 years old; Pentagon papers related to the Vietnam War; wedding anouncements; Nixon extolling J. Edgar Hoover at a graduation ceremony. Also includes advertisement, announcements and cartoons.

GLC10076

1798, 1799, 1807

Dallas, Alexander James, 1759-1817

Book

Title: Reports of cases ruled and adjudged in the several courts of the United States, and of Pennsylvania : held at the seat of the federal government vol 1

Official printed record of the first ten years of the Supreme Court, volumes 2, 3 and 4. Printed for the reporter at the Aurora Office, Philadelphia. Volume 3 printed by J. Ormrod. Volume 4 printed by Fry and Kammerer. Each volume starts out with a table of the cases heard.

GLC06049.01

1798, 1799, 1807

Dallas, Alexander James, 1759-1817

Book

Title: Reports of cases ruled and adjudged in the several courts of the United States, and of Pennsylvania : held at the seat of the federal government vol 2

Official printed record of the first ten years of the Supreme Court, volumes 2, 3 and 4. Printed for the reporter at the Aurora Office, Philadelphia. Volume 3 printed by J. Ormrod. Volume 4 printed by Fry and Kammerer. Each volume starts out with a table of the cases heard.

GLC06049.02

1798, 1799, 1807

Dallas, Alexander James, 1759-1817

Book

Title: Reports of cases ruled and adjudged in the several courts of the United States, and of Pennsylvania : held at the seat of the federal government vol 3

Official printed record of the first ten years of the Supreme Court, volumes 2, 3 and 4. Printed for the reporter at the Aurora Office, Philadelphia. Volume 3 printed by J. Ormrod. Volume 4 printed by Fry and Kammerer. Each volume starts out with a table of the cases heard.

GLC06049.03

1873

Peckham, Rufus W., 1838-1909

Book signed

Title: The sinking of the steamer Ville Du Havre [scrapbook]

An annotated scrapbook concerning the sinking of the steamer Ville du Havre, on which Peckman's father died.

GLC05085.04.01

1873

Peckham, Rufus W., 1838-1909

Book signed

Title: In Memory of Rufus W. Peckham

GLC05085.04.02

1873

Peckham, Rufus W., 1838-1909

Book signed

Title: Memoir H.A. and Rufus W. Peckham, Jr.

GLC05085.04.03

1873

Peckham, Rufus W., 1838-1909

Autograph document

Title: Family Tree of Rufus Preckham

GLC05085.04.04

July 24, 1974

United States. Congress. House.

Printed document

Title: United States v. Nixon et al.

One printed document entitled, "United States v. Nixon et al."

GLC09613.03.04.88

1909/03/09

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Sam Chapman

Taft's Supreme Court appointees; dining with Col. Charles Francis Adams.

GLC03921.26

9 March 1829

Marshall, John, 1755-1835

Pamphlet

Title: Opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States, delivered by Mr. Chief Justice Marshall ...

Title continues, "... March 9th 1829, Justices Washington, Story, Duval, Johnson, and Thompson, also present, In a Writ of Error from the Eastern District of Louisiana, In the Case of Foster & Elam, Plaintiffs in Error, vs. Neilson, Defendant in Error. Messrs. Webster and R. S. Coxe for Plaintiffs, and Mr. W. Jones for Defendant." Case concerns a dispute over a tract of land in eastern Louisiana.

GLC08699

1867

United States. Supreme Court

Pamphlet

Title: Review of the Decision of the U.S. Supreme Court, in the cases of Lambdin P. Milligan and others, the Indiana Conspirators.

Original printing of the Supreme Court's April 3, 1866 decision in Ex Parte Milligan, rejecting the military's claim of legal jurisdiction to try and sentence Lambdin P. Milligan and other so-called "Butternuts," Confederate supporters in southern Indiana. Published by the Union Congressional Executive Committee, Washington, D.C. Printed by Chronicle Print.

GLC08445.02

1862

Taney, Roger Brooke, 1777-1864

Pamphlet

Title: Decision of Chief Justice Taney in the Merryman case, upon the writ of habeas corpus.

Printed by John Campbell. Published by John Campbell. Second addition. Taney states "The Constitution provides, as I have before said, that 'no person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law.' It declares that 'the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effect, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated' ... It provides that the party accused shall be entitled to a speedy trial in a Court of justice. And these great and fundamental laws, which Congress, itself, could not suspend, have been…

GLC08557

February 8, 1883

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

Autograph document signed

Title: Complimentary Dinner by Mr. George B. Corkhill to Gen. W.T. Sherman U.S.A

Menu for dinner, given on Sherman's 63rd birthday. Signed twice by Sherman. Also signed by guests, including John Sherman, Philip Sheridan, W.B. Allison and John A. Logan. With sketched image of Sherman on front cover; sketch with the words, "Marching through Georgia" on back cover. With 18 signatures of the various guests on the last two pages, among them General William T. Sherman (twice), Lt. General Philip H. Sheridan, Chief Justice Waite, Speaker Keifer, James G. Blaine, Justice Stanley Matthews, Senator John Sherman, Senator Hawley, H.J. Ramsdell, Senator Allison, Justice Arthur…

GLC08561

1857/07/20

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to [B. Clarke Lundy] re: publication of his speech on Dred Scott and Utah

Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. II 1848 - 1858, p. 412

GLC07855

June 28, 1845

Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Cooper

Informs Cooper, a Gettysburg lawyer and former Congressman, of his presidential aspirations for 1849. Expects President James Polk to attempt to run for a second term. States that Polk and Cave Johnson, Postmaster General, conspire to remove and appoint men to office. Discusses the political appointments and aspirations of Supreme Court Associate Justice John McLean, Congressman George McDuffie, Andrew Jackson, Whig Party founder and North Carolina Senator Willie Person Mangum, Georgia General Duncan Lamont Clinch, Kentucky Senator John Jordan Crittenden, Delaware Senator John Middleton…

GLC00145

1857

Howard, Benjamin C., 1791-1872

Pamphlet

Title: Report of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the opinions of the judges thereof, in the case of Dred Scott versus John F. A. Sandford.

Printed by Cornelius Wendell. Contains original paper cover, from which several large fragments are missing.

GLC00267.058

1864

Murphy, John, 1812-1880

Pamphlet

Title: Proceedings of the bench and bar of Baltimore, upon the occasion of the death of the Hon. Roger B. Taney, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Prints speeches of Maryland lawyers and judges eulogizing Taney. Includes speeches of William Price, District Attorney, Judge Giles, Mr. Wallis, William Schley, Judge Merrick, Andrew Sterett Ridgely, and Reverdy Johnson, an abolitionist who discusses Taney's decision on the Dred Scott case in 1857 and relates some anecdotes. Printed by John Murphy & Co.

GLC00267.059

1865

Baker, Godwin & Co.

Pamphlet

Title: The unjust judge. A memorial of Roger Brooke Taney, late Chief Justice of the United States.

Contains a critical review of Taney's career and his decision in the Dred Scott case, where he upheld the existing slavery laws. Discusses the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution as they relate to the issue of slavery in the United States.

GLC00267.060

1857

Nott, Samuel, 1788-1869

Pamphlet

Title: Slavery and the remedy; or, the principles and suggestions for a remedial code.

"Fifth edition: with a review of the decision of the supreme court in the case of Dred Scott." First edition published after Dred Scott, with a review of the case. Nott is an apologist for the court. Reminds readers of the possibility of secession if the decision favored the abolitionist cause, and reminds them also of American racism. The rest of the book is a treatise on the reasons for and law of slavery. Published by D. Appleton and Company, New York, and Crocker and Brewster, Boston.

GLC00267.061

2 April 1796

Wilson, James, 1742-1798

Document signed

Title: [Receipt for salary as U. S. Supreme Court Justice]

Verifies receipt of $875 for a quarter term's salary ending on 31 March 1796. Received of Samuel Meredith, Treasurer of United States.

GLC00348