Legal brief : manuscript, [177-?].

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Legal brief : manuscript, [177-?].

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Manuscript legal brief of William Pinkney [pertains to a law of 1777 regarding a disputed election of Jones versus Hall], undated (missing pages 1-4). The dispute appears to be a court's reversal of an earlier decision to certify a ballot. The legal brief, probably written in Pinkney's hand, is very detailed and contains many corrections. It concludes "It is evident, however, that it is not the Election which is objected to, but the judgment of the Magistrates. But over that if the Election is not incurably defective we have no control over by the Act of 1777."

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Pinkney, William, 1764-1822

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William Pinkney was born on March 17, 1764, in Annapolis, Maryland. Originally interested in pursuing medicine, Pinkey ultimately chose law as his desired profession and passed the Maryland bar in 1986. After practicing law in Maryland, Pinkney was sent to London by George Washington to serve as an American commissioner. After spending eight years in England, Pinkney returned to the United States and became Attorney General in 1811. In 1816 he left the country again to serve as an American minis...

Willsie, Bruce C., 1957-

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