Peleg W. Chandler papers, 1829-1908; bulk: 1852-1866.

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Peleg W. Chandler papers, 1829-1908; bulk: 1852-1866.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49035163

The papers of this Boston, Mass., lawyer consist primarily of legal papers relating to many different cases he worked on, some with his partner George O. Shattuck. Cases were tried in Suffolk County (Mass.) Superior Court and the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts, among others. The largest number of papers concern cases involving debt, but other cases include collisions between vessels; interdiction under the Non-Importation Acts; breach of contract; contested cargoes; insurance issues; an extended probate case concerning the estate of William Potter of Brunswick, Maine; the contested ownership of a vessel; a contested lease; the transfer of patent rights; a pternity suit; a case involving abuse of a seaman; and some miscellaneous papers. A complete list of vessels will be found in the collection register. Shipbuilder Donald McKay of East Boston, Mass., is named in several cases.

5 boxes (2 linear feet)

Peabody Essex Museum

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United States. District Court (Massachusetts)

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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...

Potter, William G.

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Jurist. From the description of Commission of William Potter, 1769. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450248 ...

McKay, Donald, 1810-1880

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Donald McKay was a naval architect and shipbuilder of Boston, famed as a designer and builder of clipper ships. When wooden ships were threatened with obsolescence after 1857, McKay travelled in Europe, where he studied British and French naval matters thoroughly. McKay became a leading advocate of steam-screw ironclads for the U.S. Navy during the Civil War, but his designs were eventually rejected, primarily because their grand scale exceeded the ability of manufacturers to execute them. ...

Massachusetts. Superior Court (Suffolk County)

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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...

Shattuck, George Otis, 1829-1897.

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