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19th Century Legal ManuscriptsMSS.89.2

19th Century Legal ManuscriptsMSS.89.2


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Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

Arthur J. Morris Law Library
580 Massie Road
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia 22903
archives@law.virginia.edu
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Repository
Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections
Identification
MSS.89.2
Title
19th Century Legal Manuscripts 1820-1859
URL:
https://archives.lib.virginia.edu/ark:/59853/587
Quantity
20 items
Language
English .

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.

Scope and Contents

ACQUISITION INFORMATION DATE RECEIVED 1989 DONOR INFORMATION This collection was purchased from Jerry N. Showalter, Bookseller, on October 12, 1989

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Barbour, Philip P., 1783-1841
  • Bocock, Willis P., 1806-1887
  • Bouldin, Thomas T., 1781-1834
  • Brockenbrough, William, 1778-1838
  • Brooke, Francis T., 1763-1851
  • Carter, Charles L., 1733-1796
  • Coleman, Richard H.
  • Daniel, William, Jr., 1806-1873
  • Giles, William F., 1807-1879
  • Green, J. W.
  • Halyburton, James D., 1803-1879
  • Hening, William W., 1768-1828
  • Judges
  • Lomax, John Tayloe, 1781-1862
  • Manuscripts (documents)
  • Marshall, John, 1755-1835
  • Maryland -- History
  • Peters, Richard, 1781-1848
  • Randolph, Peyton, 1721-1775
  • Robertson, John
  • Spotswood, Alexander, 1676-1740
  • Stanard, Robert, 1781-1846
  • Tucker, Henry St. George, 1780-1848
  • Virginia -- History -- 19th Century
  • Waller, Benjamin, 1716-1786
  • Wayne, James M., 1790-1867
  • Wellford, Robert, 1753-1823
  • letters (correspondence)

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Maryland -- History
  • Virginia -- History -- 19th Century
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Container List

Mixed Materials MSS 89-2
ALS, Thomas T. Bouldin to Dr. Robert Wellford, telling him that the case of Haxall v. Jones had been decided in his favor
1820 March 13
Mixed Materials MSS 89-2
ALS, Robert Stanard to "Dr Sir," regarding sums received by [Mrs.?] Stanard from the estate of Wm. Stanard
1821 April 3
Mixed Materials MSS 89-2
ALS, 2 pp., P[hilip] P. Barbour, member of Congress and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1836-41, to "Dear Sir," regarding his inability to attend the hearing of a case because he needed to be in Congress for an important tariff vote
1824 May 10
Mixed Materials MSS 89-2
ALS, William Brockenbrough to "Dear Sir," directing him to send the enclosed letter from Judge Lomax on to the proper post office
1831 April 21
Mixed Materials MSS 89-2
MSS by J.S.; outlines the family history of Chief Justice John Marshall
1838 May 22
Mixed Materials MSS 89-2
ALS, 4 pp., R[ichard] Peters, Reporter to the U.S. Supreme Court, 1828-42, to "Dear Sir," regarding a bankruptcy case
1839 September 29
Mixed Materials MSS 89-2
ALS, Francis T. Brooke, Judge of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, 1811-1851, to "My Dear Doctor," enclosing a check
1847 April 2
Mixed Materials MSS 89-2
ALS, John Tayloe Lomax, Professor of Law at Virginia, 1826-30, and Judge, Fifth Circuit of Virginia, 1830-57, to Messrs. J. M. Forbes, E. Conway, and R. B. Semple turning down an invitation to meet "the worthy guest from Cincinnati"
1849 September 28
Mixed Materials MSS 89-2
ALS, James M. Wayne, Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, 1835-67, to B. R. Wellford, Jr., regarding a free black man of Savannah named Charles Middleton
1852 March 18
Mixed Materials MSS 89-2
ALS, William F. Giles to Stevenson Archer, sending a note for collection
1852 July 14
Mixed Materials MSS 89-2
ALS, 2 pp., W[illis] P. Bocock, attorney general of Virginia, to "Messrs. Eustau Conway & others," praising the recent nomination of Franklin Pierce
1852 November 22
Mixed Materials MSS 89-2
ALS, Richard H. Coleman to B. R. Wellford, regarding the delivery of a bond
1859 February 12
Mixed Materials MSS 89-2
ALS, W[illiam] Daniel, Jr. to "Dear Sir," regarding granting an appeal in the case of T[echenor?] v. Allen
1857 June 5
Mixed Materials MSS 89-2
ALS, James D. Halyburton to "Dear Sir," regarding the Gibson case
February 10
Mixed Materials MSS 89-2
AMs, 2 pp.; opinion regarding General Spotswood's will by Benjamin Waller
n.d.
Mixed Materials MSS 89-2
ALS, William W. Hening, legislative historian and Clerk of Chancery Court for Richmond district, to "Dear Sir," regarding the payment of a debt
n.d.
Mixed Materials MSS 89-2
ALS, Peyton Randolph to Charles L. Carter; brief note accompanying a package
n.d.
Mixed Materials MSS 89-2
AL[S?], [St. George Tucker], Judge of Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, 1803-11, Judge, Federal District Court of Virginia, 1813-1827, to "Doctor Welford," thanking him for "friendly attention to his feelings the last evening"
n.d.
Mixed Materials MSS 89-2
fragment, signed by J. W. Green regarding the weather and a visit
n.d.
Mixed Materials MSS 89-2
two line quotation in French signed by John Robertson
n.d.