John Andrew Peters letters and portrait, 1861-1873.

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John Andrew Peters letters and portrait, 1861-1873.

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Two handwritten letters and a portrait of a Maine lawyer and Supreme Judicial Court judge. One letter has a letterhead of the House of Representatives, Washington and date 186-. It is addressed to Bro. Prentiss and asks him to inform Peters if he made any inaccuracies in a speech he sent him. The second letter is addressed to E.A. Dana, Jr. and dated Bangor 23 Nov. 1861. In it he discusses some court issues. The portrait is one that has been removed from a printed publication.

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Peters, John Andrew, 1822-1904

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U.S. Representative from Maine and uncle of George Andrew Peters, Jr.; practiced law in Bangor, Me.; state legislator and attorney general; Republican; elected to 40th, 41st, and 42nd U.S. Congresses and then served as justice of Maine's Supreme Judicial Court (1873-1883) becoming chief justice from 1883 until Jan. 1, 1900. His nephew, Andrew Peters Wiswell succeeded him as chief justice; died in Bangor. Nephew John Andrew Peters, Jr., was U.S. Representative from Maine; b. in Ellsworth; graduat...