Kensey Johns papers, 1794-1843 [manuscript].

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Kensey Johns papers, 1794-1843 [manuscript].

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Scattered and miscellaneous papers of Johns, chief justice of the Delaware Supreme Court and chancellor of Delaware, including eight letters, 1839-1841, from his son, Henry Van Dyck Johns, pastor in Cincinnati, Ohio, dealing with the death of his mother and general family news; legal papers; and "Statement of the Strength and Condtion of the Fifth Regiment of the Delaware Militia," 1819.

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Delaware. Militia

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Johns, Henry V. D. (Henry Van Dyck), 1803-1859

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Johns, Kensey, 1759-1848

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Kensey Johns (1759-1848) chief justice of the Supreme Court of Delaware and chancellor of the state, retired in 1832 to his home at New Castle, Del. He had three sons: Kensey Johns Jr. (1791-1857), a lawyer and chancellor of the state of Delaware; John Johns (1796-1876), a bishop of Virginia; and Henry Van Dyck Johns (1803-1859), pastor in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Baltimore, Md., and president of the Maryland Tract Society for the 15 years preceding his death. From the guide to the Kens...