William Johnson papers, 1806-1822.

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William Johnson papers, 1806-1822.

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Consisting of letters, 10 Mar. 1808, directing G. Simpson, as a bank cashier, to receive Johnson's Supreme Court salary and to credit his account; 11 Aug. 1822, to Matthew Carey, Philadelphia, re the latter's favorable comments on his book [Sketches of the Life and Correspondence of Nathanael Greene]; and 25 Sept. 1822, to Smith Thomson, expressing his opinion re a U.S. ship boarded by the crew of a Spanish ship; newspaper articles, 25 Feb. 1807, giving Johnson's dissenting opinion in U.S. v. Swartwout and Bollman, printed in the National Intelligencer; and 20 July 1816, Johnson's opinion in the case of Fisher et al. v. the [ship] Sybile "upon appeal from the decision of Judge [John] Drayton ... on a question of salvage"; and an undated biographical sketch.

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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United States. Supreme Court

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Supreme Court of the United States, final court of appeal and final expositor of the Constitution of the United States. Within the framework of litigation, the Supreme Court marks the boundaries of authority between state and nation, state and state, and government and citizen. Scope And Jurisdiction The Supreme Court was created by the Constitutional Convention of 1787 as the head of a federal court system, though it was not formally established until Congress passed the Judiciary Act in 17...

Sybile (Ship)

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Thomson, Smith

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Johnson, William, 1771-1834

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Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court, 1803-1834; native of Charleston, S.C.; member, South Carolina House of Representatives, 1794- 1798; Speaker, 1798; Judge, South Carolina Court of Common Pleas, 1798- 1804. From the description of William Johnson papers, 1806-1822. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 30846616 Johnson served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1804-1834. From the description of Correspondence of Will...

Drayton, John, 1766-1822

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Planter, lawyer, author, artist, and botanist of Charleston County, S.C.; S.C. Governor, 1800-1802 and 1808-1810; S.C. Lieut. Governor, 1798-1800; member of S.C. Senate, 1804-1809; member of S.C. House, 1792-1795 and 1798-1799; son of William Henry Drayton (1742-1779) and Dorothy Golightly Drayton; husband of Hester Rose Tidyman Drayton (d. 1816); father of seven children. From the description of John Drayton papers, 1757-1943. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 4367...

Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839

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Mathew C. Carey (1760-1839) was a publisher, economist, and humanitarian. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, and came to America in 1784, after involvement in Irish revolutionary activity. He took up his trade as a printer, publishing the Pennsylvania Herald and the periodical, The American Museum. His book publishing ventures prospered and his firm was a leader in American printing and publishing in the period 1795-1835. He was an active proponent of the protective tariff, as well as an ardent cha...

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

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Revolutionary War officer. From the description of Papers, 1778-1786. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19593641 Army officer. From the description of Nathanael Greene papers, 1775-1785. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979865 Nathanael Greene was a major general in the Continental Army. He was promoted to Quartermaster General in 1778. From the description of Papers, 1778-1780. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat ...

Simson, George, 1931-

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