Benjamin Chew letters 1813

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Benjamin Chew letters 1813

Two letters to Virgil Maxcy.

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Maxcy, Virgil, 1785-1844

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Solicitor of the U.S. Treasury and charge d'affaires at Brussels, Belgium. From the description of Letter : Washington, D.C., to Mr. Stockton, 1836 July 8. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28837874 Charleston, S.C. resident. From the description of Papers, 1834-1838. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 39522055 ...

Chew, Benjamin, 1722-1810

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Chief Justice Benjamin Chew (1722-1810) was the only surviving son of Dr. Samuel Chew and his first wife, Mary Galloway. Born in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, he would eventually serve as recorder of Philadelphia, attorney general, recorder-general, and chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania under the colonial government. After the Revolution, he was selected as the president of the High Court of Errors and Appeals. His 1747 marriage to Mary Galloway (1729-1755), produced four survi...