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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.

Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

The John M. Woolsey Collection of Legal Documents

Collection

Identifier: MSS -78-6

Scope and Contents The John M. Woolsey Collection is comprised of 15 historically significant legal documents from 1790 to 1844.The papers contain the records of two cases signed by Samuel Chase, Justice of the United States Supreme Court and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. This information was recorded when Justice Chase presided over the Supreme Court of Maryland. Six papers are entirely in James Monroe’s handwriting and form an agreement of arbitration between James Monroe (5th...

Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

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Names: Tucker, Henry St. George, 1780-1848 X

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