Letters and autograph, 1791-1844.

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Letters and autograph, 1791-1844.

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Autograph of Du Ponceau, dated 1791, and three letters: to a Monsieur d'Orbigny (1816) regarding the work of Pierre Antoine Sulpice de Bréard-Neuville and imprisonment for debt (written in French); to the Committee of the American Historical Society (1837) regarding an invitation to speak; and to Peleg W. Chandler of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1844) regarding Chandler's American criminal trials and a legal issue before the legislature.

4 sheets (5 p.)

Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

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Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

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Chandler, Peleg W. (Peleg Whitman), 1816-1889

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Boston lawyer and politican. From the description of Letters received, 1866-1874. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 39273758 Lawyer, Journalist, and legislator, of Massachusetts; Boston city solicitor (1846-1853); served in Massachusetts House of Representatives (1844-1846, 1862-1863); and on Governor's Council (1850); b. in New Gloucester, Me. From the description of Correspondence, 1845-1880. (Rutherford B Hayes Presidential Center). WorldCat record id: 5...

Bréard-Neuville, Pierre Antoine Sulpice de, 1748-1818.

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Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844

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Du Ponceau was a Philadelphia lawyer who arrived in Portsmouth, N.H., from France in 1777, achieved early prominence as an aide to von Steuben, and as secretary to Robert Livingston, Secretary of Foreign Affairs for the Congress in 1781. Du Ponceau was admitted to the Philadelphia Bar in 1785 where his familiarity with both American and European law brought him an important practice. His intellectual interests included both history and linguistics and he published extensively in both fields. He ...

American Historical Society.

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