Lawyers' and judges' papers, 1736-1914.

United States. Department of Justice

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The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice in the United States, and is equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries. The department was formed in 1870 during the Ulysses S. Grant administration, and administers several federal law enforcement agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigat...

Taylor, John W., 1784-1854

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John W. Taylor (March 26, 1784 – September 18, 1854) was an early 19th-century U.S. politician from New York. He was the first Speaker of the House of Representatives from the state. Taylor was born in 1784 in that part of the Town of Ballston, then in Albany County, New York, which was, upon the creation of Saratoga County in 1791, split off to form the Town of Charlton. He received his first education at home. Taylor graduated from Union College in 1803 as valedictorian of his class. The...

Keasbey, Anthony.

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Gould, James, 1770-1838

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Jurist; head of Reeve Tapping's Law School in Litchfield, Conn. for many years. From the description of James Gould letter, 1814 May 7. (Litchfield Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 535009842 ...

Litchfield Law School

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Private law school established by Tapping Reeve in Litchfield, Connecticut, in 1784 and closed ca. 1833. From the description of Outlines of lectures delivered at Litchfield Law School / by Judges Gould & Reeves : transcript, 1824. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58760100 ...

Hornblower, Joseph C. (Joseph Coerten), 1777-1864

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Hornblower served as Chief Justice for New Jersey from 1832-1846. After his retirement, he practiced law in Newark, New Jersey. In 1860 he was president of the electoral college of New Jersey. From the description of Letter to Mr. Ropes, 1858. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234340261 ...

Stites, Richard Wayne, 1802-1877

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Richard Wayne Stites was born in Savannah. Georgia in 1802, the son of Richard Montgomery and Mary (Wayne) Stites. He received his education in New Jersey. He married Elizabeth Cook of Connecticut on August 31, 1824. They had four children together. Stites was admitted to the Bar in Savannah in 1824 and practiced law until 1832. He gave up law because of his health and returned to Morristown, New Jersey with his family. Stites died in 1877. His father, Richard Montgomery Stites (1777-1813) was b...

McWhorter, Alexander C. (Alexander Cumming), 1771-1808

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Lewis, Joseph L., 1790-1877

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Young, John (Indian agent)

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Brooks, John P., active 1877

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Ogden, David Bayard, 1775-1849

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David B. Ogden was born on October 31, 1775 in Morrisania, New York. He was admitted to the bar as an attorney in 1796 and as a counselor in 1799. He settled in New York City where he set up a law practice. David B. Ogden married Margaretta Ogden and they had eight children together. He died on Staten Island, New York on July 16, 1849. From the description of David Bayard Ogden legal notebook, [ca. 1796-1849]. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 53920654 ...

Taylor, Edward, 1762-1835

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Taylor family.

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Blackstone, William, 1723-1780

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The noted jurist, judge, and legal writer William Blackstone established the study of England's common law as an accepted academic discipline, and his Oxford lectures were published in 1765-1769 as the famous and influential Commentaries on the Laws of England. In the years since then, in numerous editions and translations, this work provided the definitive account of the state of English law in the mid-18th century. From the description of Legal opinion of Sir William Blackstone on ...

Boudinot, Elisha, 1749-1819

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Lawyer in Newark, N.J.; brother of Revolutionary statesman Elias Boudinot. From the description of ALS, [s.d.], to Elias B. Dayton. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122626006 Revolutionary War patriot, lawyer, and jurist; of Newark, N.J. From the description of Papers, [19--]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70975357 ...

Byrne, Garret S., 1837?-1895.

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Vail, Benjamin Augustus, 1884-1924.

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