Roger Brooke Taney collection, 1811-1856.

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Roger Brooke Taney collection, 1811-1856.

Collection consists largely of letters (1838-1856, 58 items) written by Roger Brooke Taney to his son-in-law lawyer James Mason Campbell (1810-1869). Taney writes of family matters with some mention of professional activities from Washington, D.C., Old Point Comfort, Va., and White Sulphur Springs, Va.

66 items.

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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...

Taney family.

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Campbell, J. Mason (James Mason), 1810-1869

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Key, Philip Barton, 1757-1815

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Philip Key served as chief justice of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court from 1800-1802, after which he practiced law in Maryland. He was elected to Congress in 1806. From the description of Letter, 5 February 1804. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234341779 U.S. representative and public official of Maryland, jurist, and lawyer. From the description of Papers of Philip Barton Key, 1800-1813. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79423798 U.S. represen...

Taney, Roger Brooke, 1777-1864

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Roger Taney was Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1853. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 191048726 American jurist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Baltimore, to J. Kennedy Furlong, 1855 May 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574484 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Baltimore, to M. St. Clair Clarke, 1842 May 20. (Unknown). WorldCat rec...