Papers, 1822-1837.

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Papers, 1822-1837.

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This collection of papers consists mostly of professional correspondence to Greene which discusses various legal matters mostly in his official capacity as U.S. District Attorney for R.I. Approximately half of the correspondence was written by Daniel Webster (1782-1852). The papers also include a fire insurance policy, 1828, and a presidential document, 1830, appointing Greene U.S. District Attorney for Rhode Island. The collection also includes correspondence, 1836-1837, between Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877) of New York City and John Wilkes Richmond (1775-1857) of Providence, R.I., relating to Vanderbilt's steamboat business and the Rhode Island legislature. This correspondence is apparently from Greene's legal files. There are also two warrants, 1837, for the arrest of Vanderbilt.

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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...

Richmond, John W. (John Wilkes), 1775-1857

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Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1794-1877

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Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877) was a steamship and railroad promoter and financier. From the description of Cornelius Vanderbilt correspondence, 1873-1885. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122455780 From the guide to the Cornelius Vanderbilt correspondence, 1873-1885, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Vanderbilt was the president of the New York Central Rail Road Company. Hoffman was the governor of New York, 1869-1872. Fr...

Greene, Richard W. (Richard Ward), 1792-1875

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Richard Ward Greene (1792-1875), son of Christopher and Deborah Ward Greene, was born in Warwick, R.I., and graduated from Brown University in 1812. After studying law in the office of Ebenezer Rockwell of Boston, Mass., he was admitted to the bar in 1816. He was U.S. District Attorney for Rhode Island, 1826-1845, and Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, 1848-1854. He was a trustee of Brown University, 1823-1875, and he died in Providence, R.I. From the description of Pap...