U.S. District Court writs and orders, 1802-1867.

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U.S. District Court writs and orders, 1802-1867.

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Writs to the marshals of the District of Connecticut to select jurors for upcoming court cases, and orders to adjourn the court. On the verso of the writs the marshals usually listed the names of the individuals selected. Jurors were selected by town. Pierpont Edwards was one judge of the court, and the clerks of court included Simeon Baldwin, Henry W. Edwards and Charles Denison.

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Edwards, Pierpont, 1750-1826

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Pierpont Edwards (April 8, 1750 – April 5, 1826) was a delegate to the Congress of the Confederation and was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. Born on April 8, 1750, in Northampton, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America, Edwards graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1768. He entered private practice in New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British America (State of Connecticut, United States f...

Denison, Charles

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Edwards, Henry W. (Henry Waggaman), 1779-1847

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Baldwin, Simeon, 1761-1851

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American lawyer, jurist, politician. From the guide to the Simeon Baldwin letters and legal documents, 1792, 1793, 1795, 1796, 1799, 1800, 1802, 1805, 1812, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

United States. District Court (Connecticut)

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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...