Letters, 1819.

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Letters, 1819.

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Two letters written by Sherburne while judge of the U.S. District Court for New Hampshire. The first (20 Sept. 1819) to Judge Joseph Story discusses arrangements for accommodations in Exeter, N.H., and the death of John Langdon, and the second (3 Oct. 1819) discusses travel to Exeter for participation in court proceedings.

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Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum

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Sherburne, John Samuel, 1757-1830

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Lawyer, judge, and legislator, of Portsmouth, N.H. From the description of Letters, 1819. (Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 70960410 U.S. representative, jurist, army officer, and merchant. From the description of Papers of John Samuel Sherburne, 1776-1812. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79702229 ...

Langdon, John, 1741-1819

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Langdon was a businessman and politician from New Hampshire. He was a member of the U. S. Constitutional Convention and signer of the U. S. Constitution. He served as Governor of New Hampshire (1785-1786, 1788-1789, 1805-1809, 1810-1812) and as a U. S. Senator for New Hampshire (1789-1801). From the description of [Letter and fragment] / John Langdon. [1780-1809] (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 244387610 U.S. senator and delegate to the Continental Congress from and gov...

Story, Joseph, 1779-1845

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Jurist, politician, and professor of law Joseph Story (1779-1845) was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts on September 18, 1779. He received an AB from Harvard in 1798, an AM in 1801, and an LLD in 1821; he also received law degrees from Brown University and Dartmouth College. In 1802, Story married Mary Lynde Oliver. After Mary's death in 1805, Story married Sarah Waldo Wetmore in 1808. Story practiced law in Salem, Mass. and served as a representative in the state legislature before b...

United States. District Court (New Hampshire)

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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...