Document appointing Daniel Webster as Justice of the Peace for Suffolk County, Massachusetts. 1830 June 7.

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Document appointing Daniel Webster as Justice of the Peace for Suffolk County, Massachusetts. 1830 June 7.

Printed document appointing Daniel Webster as Justice of the Peace for Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Signed by Massachusetts Governor Levi Lincoln. Boston: June 7, 1830. Text printed on first two pages, docketing on verso, filled out in ink with manuscript docketing to verso of final page. Large embossed seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to upper left corner, large signature of Governor Levi Lincoln, Jr. below.

1 item (4 p.) : folio ; 42 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6943704

Boston College, Law Library

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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852

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Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and Millard Fillmore. As one of the most prominent American lawyers of the 19th century, he argued over 200 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court between 1814 and his death in 1852. During his life, he was a member of the Federalist Party, the Nati...

Lincoln, Levi, 1782-1868

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Lawyer and U.S. representative and governor of Massachusetts. From the description of Papers of Levi Lincoln, 1807-1863. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71015073 ...

Massachusetts. Governor (1825-1834 : Lincoln)

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During his long tenure in the U.S. Congress, Daniel Webster also served as the justice of the peace in his home county, Suffolk, Massachusetts. At the time of his appointment he was a member of the Senate. Levi Lincoln, Jr. represented Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress from 1834 to 1841. He was also the longest consecutive-serving governor in Massachusetts's history, holding the position from 1825 to 1834. From the description of Document appointing Daniel Webster as Justice of the ...