Alabama Reports, 1820-1917.

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Alabama Reports, 1820-1917.

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The function of this series is to record decisions reached by the Supreme Court. This is an artificial collection composed of several different series of reports of Supreme Court decisions, including a recompiled series, 1820-1838; and the volumes compiled by George N. Stewart, and Benjamin F. Porter, 1827-1839. The largest series is the new series, which covers the 1840 to 1917 era, but has large gaps.

31 cubic ft. (157 volumes).

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Stewart, George N.

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Alabama. Supreme Court

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Porter, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Faneuil), 1808-1868

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Benjamin Faneuil Porter was a lawyer, editor and author who resided in Claiborne, Tuscaloosa, and Greenville, Alabama. He also served in the Alabama State legislature and as a circuit judge. He edited fifteen volumes of State Supreme Court reports, wrote editorials for several newspapers and authored many songs and poems during the Civil War. From the description of Letters, 1834-1838. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122508267 Porter, a native of Charleston, S.C., settled in ...