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19th Century Legal Manuscripts

Collection

Identifier: MSS-89-2

Scope and Contents COLLECTION DESCRIPTION & ARRANGEMENT This collection contains documents - mostly letters - from a variety of Virginia and Maryland judges, Supreme Court personalities from the 19th century.

Dates: 1820-1859

Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

Inventory of the Legal Papers of Roger B. Taney

Collection

Identifier: MSS-87-3

Abstract This collection of legal documents concerns Roger B. Taney’s law practice in Frederick, Maryland between 1805 and 1818. Of special note are the cases concerning enslaved people.

Dates: 1792, 1805-1818

Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

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