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Taney, Roger Brooke, 1777-1864 [John Bayly vs. Otto H. W. Luckett]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01574.05 Author/Creator: Taney, Roger Brooke, 1777-1864 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 1807 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 8 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Retained legal brief concerning a case in the amount of $108.31. Taney signed as an attorney. On verso is a note also signed by Taney requesting that Mr. Ritchie (possibly his secretary or clerk) file this brief and send a copy to the courthouse.

Taney, Roger Brooke, 1777-1864
Bayly, John, fl. 1807
Luckett, Otto, fl. 1807

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