Document regarding public auction of a ship's cargo, 1814-1816.

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Document regarding public auction of a ship's cargo, 1814-1816.

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Document in four hands. Includes a petition addressed to David Sewall, judge of the District Court of Maine, by attorney Nathan Kinsman on behalf of merchant Seward Porter; Sewall's order to the marshall of the District of Maine, requesting that portions of the cargo of the ship Lawrence of Baltimore be sold at public auction; report of marshal T.G. Thornton following the auction; certification of the deposit of monies by the Cumberland Bank of Portland.

1 sheet (2 p.) : handwritten; 33.5 x 22 cm.

Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

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SNAC Resource ID: 7119952

Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

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Thornton, Thomas G. (Thomas Gilbert), 1768-1824

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U.S. marshal, of Saco, Me. From the description of Papers, 1798-1824. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70972685 Marshal of Maine. From the description of Thomas Gilbert Thornton correspondence, 1812-1814. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 355679898 ...

United States. District Court (Maine)

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U.S. district and circuit courts were created by the Judiciary Act of 1789 under the authority of the constitutional provision that the judicial power of the United States be vested in a Supreme Court and in such inferior courts as the Congress may establish. The Judiciary Act provided that these courts were to have original jurisdiction in cases involving crimes, remedies of common law, and aliens suing for a tort. The district courts were to have exclusive original cognizance of c...

Lawrence of Baltimore (Ship)

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Kinsman, Nathan.

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Porter, Seward, fl. 1814.

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Sewall, David, 1735-1825

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Lawyer and judge, of York, Me. From the description of David Sewall charge to the grand jury, ca. 1789. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 228071185 From the description of Court docket book, 1800-1803. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70974578 Sewall graduated from Harvard University (1755); he was a judge for the U.S. District Court, Maine (1789-1818). From the description of Letter, 17 January 1795. (Harvard...