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Papers, 1822-1894 (bulk 1822-1838).

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Law school notes (4 v., 1822-1823) on Judge Games Gould's lectures at Tapping Reeves Law School (Litchfield Law School), Litchfield, Conn.; records of Mann's active law practice with letters received (1823-1838), summaries of cases, depositions, notes on testimony, judgements, bills to clients, historical papers relating to cases, list of cases in Norfolk County Court of Common Pleas, and creditors requests to Mann to collect money due them by debtors; and many papers relating to his personal finances (1823-1853) during his years in law practice, in Massachusetts legislature, service as secretary of the first Massachusetts Board of Education, and terms in the U.S. Congress. Includes Mann's records as judge advocate of 1st Division, Massachusetts Militia in court martial of Lt. Col. Grenville Temple Winthrop, a case involving Mass. Gov. Levi Lincoln's escort on the opening day of the legislature 1832; various Mann family papers; and miscellaneous notes and letters on historical research, neither signed nor dated; and papers of Horace Mann III of Natick, Mass.

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