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Middleton, Daniel Wesley, 1805-1880 [Appointment of Cephas Brainerd as Attorney of the Supreme Court]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04471.11 Author/Creator: Middleton, Daniel Wesley, 1805-1880 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Document signed Date: January 13, 1873 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 34.9 cm, Width: 47.8 cm Order a Copy

Middleton, clerk of the Supreme Court, appoints Brainerd as attorney of the U.S. Supreme Court per a motion made by former congressman, senator and judge Truman Smith. Smith was Brainerd's former law partner. Includes engraved illustration. Features paper seal.

Middleton, Daniel Wesley, 1805-1880
Brainerd, Cephas, 1831-1910
Smith, Truman, 1791-1884

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