Notes on Holmes's and Wirt's arguments, 10 March-12 March, 1818.

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Notes on Holmes's and Wirt's arguments, 10 March-12 March, 1818.

Notes taken by Webster during the arguments made by John Holmes and William Wirt before the Supreme Court in the Dartmouth College case.

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