Papers, 1828-1957.

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Papers, 1828-1957.

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Papers of Marcus P. Knowlton, Chief Justice of the Mass. Supreme Judicial Court, contain correspondence, writings, a scrapbook, and a few misc. papers related to Knowlton's career as an attorney and judge. Letters to Knowlton concern his appointment to the court (1881), a speech made at Yale (1901-02), his appointment as chief justice (1902) and his resignation from the court due to an eye condition, including the re-assignment of his cases (1911). The remainder of the letters are to Knowlton's wife upon his death and regarding her published memorial of him (1918-19). Among the correspondents are John W. Hammond, Arthur P. Rugg, William Schofield, Moorfield Storey, and Marcus Morton. (Cont'd) Knowlton's writings include student papers, speeches, essays, and other papers on law, government and other topics. The scrapbook contains clippings and letters to Knowlton upon his resignation (1911) and to his wife upon his death (1918). Other papers include a few misc. papers related to Mother Goose and the temperance movement and compositions of Florence L. Clarke of Northampton, Mass., corrected by Rose L. Knowlton.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Morton, Marcus, 1819-1891

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Schofield, William, 1857-1912.

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Rugg, Arthur Prentice, 1862-1938

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Rugg, a 1883 graduate of Amherst College, was appointed to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in 1906, and became chief justice in 1911. Abbott was an assistant attorney general of Massachusetts. From the description of Letters to Edwin Hale Abbott, 1920, 1923. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234339794 ...

Clarke, Florence L.

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Knowlton, Rose Mary Ladd.

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Hammond, John Wilkes, 1837-1921.

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Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court

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Prior to 1780 called Massachusetts Superior Court of Judicature. From the description of Pauper cases argued and determined in the Supreme Judicial Court, 1805-1826. (State Library of Massachusetts). WorldCat record id: 70967797 The Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts succeeded the Superior Court of Judicature established for the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, implicitly by Const Pt 2, C 3, Art 2 and explicitly by St 1780, c 17; see a...

Storey, Moorfield, 1845-1929

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Author, civil rights leader, and lawyer. From the description of Papers of Moorfield Storey, 1876-1929. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79899439 American lawyer, author, publicist. From the description of Letter to H.O. Houghton & Company, 1882 July 8. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 53807486 Moorfield Storey received his A.B. from Harvard in 1866. From the description of Composition : [for English?] , c. 1865. (Harvard Unive...

Knowlton, Marcus Perrin, 1839-1918

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Marcus P. Knowlton held several Massachusetts state offices before being appointed to the Supreme Court in 1887. In 1902 he succeeded Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. as chief justice, a position he held until 1911, when temporary blindness led him to resign. From the description of Letter to Mr. Friedman, 16 August 1911. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234339440 ...