Items relating to a lawsuit instigated by Thomas P. Martin, the surviving partner of the firm of Martin & Franklin, tobacco manufacturers, of Richmond, Va. The suit was brought in 1841 to recover thousands of dollars due for tobacco consigned to Charles Essenwein & Company, commission merchants of New York and Philadelphia. Essenwein had become insolvent, and the tobacco had been sold to John A. Warner & Company of Philadelphia. Included are a 32-page printed copy of the case before the United States Circuit Court for the District of Philadelphia, Third Circuit, with handwritten notes; and a 30-page document containing depositions, accounts, and other exhibits in the case.
