Legal notes of Charles Lee [manuscript], 1783-1793,1855.

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Legal notes of Charles Lee [manuscript], 1783-1793,1855.

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Legal notes, 1783-1793, of Charles Lee, regarding cases adjudged in the Virginia General Court and the Virginia Court of Appeals, the Potomac Company, and the taxation of slaves, mentioning some opinions of Chief Justice Paul Carrington and Judges Bartholomew Dandridge, William Waller Hening, Peter Lyons, and James Mercer. There is also an unattributed entry, July 1855, regarding Prescott's work on Mexico. Also copies of a deed of sale, Richard Lee to Philip Fendall, 1792, of five shares of Potomack Land Company stock and related document.

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Mercer, James, 1736-1793

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James Mercer (February 26, 1736 – October 31, 1793), was an American lawyer, military officer, planter, jurist, and politician. Born at his family's Marlborough plantation in Stafford County in the Colony of Virginia, Mercer received a private education suitable as well as access to his father's library, if not the best, then one of the best in the area. Mercer traveled to Williamsburg for higher education under prominent lawyer George Wythe and others, and graduated from the College of Willi...

Lee, Richard, 1726-1795.

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Hening, William Waller, 1868-1928.

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Lyons, Peter, 1734 or 1735-1809

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Jurist. From the description of Appointment of Peter Lyons, 1785. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451326 Peter Lyons (1734/35-1809) received his license to practice law in Virginia in 1756. In 1779 he was appointed judge of the general court of Virginia and served as president of the Court after 1803. From the description of License to practice law, 1756 February 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122497940 ...

Virginia. General Court

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The General Courts of Virginia are part of the Judicial Branch of the Commonwealth's government. From the guide to the Writ of capias ad satisfaciendum against Henry Halstead, 1779 April 30, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) None available. From the guide to the Certificate of Naturalization to Mattern Sparr, 1767 April 21, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) ...

Lee, Charles, 1758-1815

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United States Attorney-General. From the description of Letter, 1813 May 2, Alexandria, Va., to William Broadfoot, Charleston, S.C. [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647825399 Charles Lee was born in 1758. He was brother of Richard Bland Lee and Henry "Light-horse Harry" Lee. A.B. degree from College of New Jersey. Collector of port of Alexandria, Va. Admitted to bar. Served in Virginia General Assembly. Attorney-general of the United States, 1795-1...

Fendall, Philip R., fl. 1788-1792.

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Potomac Company

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After the conclusion of the Revolutionary War, George Washington and other politicians in Virginia and Maryland believed that the Potomac River could become an important artery for trade into the western frontier. The Potomac Company was founded in 1785 to build canals and do other work on and along the river to improve its navigability. George Washington was the company's first president, and James Rumsey was appointed to oversee the work. In July 1822, the Potomac Company became part of the ne...

Carrington, Paul, 1733-1818.

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Virginia. High Court of Chancery

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The High Court of Chancery was created by an act passed during the October 1777 session of the General Assembly. The new court took over the chancery suits then pending in the General Court and assumed jurisdiction over all chancery cases brought before it by original process, by appeal from a lower court, or by any other legal means. Appeals from the High Court of Chancery were made to the Supreme Court of Appeals. The High Court of Chancery could ask the General Court to certify a...