Armstrong and Kaines Autograph Collection 1803-1923

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Armstrong and Kaines Autograph Collection 1803-1923

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Consists of letters, mostly autograph, from twenty-one United States Supreme Court justices, collected by Edward Ambler Armstrong and Richard Kaines.

0.2 linear feet; 1 half-size archival box

Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special CollectionsManuscripts Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6321362

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United States. Supreme Court

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Supreme Court of the United States, final court of appeal and final expositor of the Constitution of the United States. Within the framework of litigation, the Supreme Court marks the boundaries of authority between state and nation, state and state, and government and citizen. Scope And Jurisdiction The Supreme Court was created by the Constitutional Convention of 1787 as the head of a federal court system, though it was not formally established until Congress passed the Judiciary Act in 17...

Kaines, Richard, collector.

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Armstrong, Edward Ambler, 1858-1932

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Edward Ambler Armstrong was a second-generation Irish-American of South Jersey birth who rose to wealth and top managerial positions in finance, utilities, communications, and transportation in Atlantic, Camden, and Cape May Counties around the turn of the 20th century. He was an avid collector of historical Americana, particularly letters written by George Washington. From the guide to the Armstrong and Kaines Autograph Collection, 1803-1923, (Princeton University. Library. Dept. of...