Papers, 1831-1881.

Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872

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William Henry Seward was born in Florida, Orange County, New York, on May 16, 1801. He was the son of Samuel S. Seward and Mary (Jennings) Seward. He graduated from Union College in 1820, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1822. In 1823, he moved to Auburn, New York, where he entered Judge Elijah Miller's law office. He married Frances Adeline Miller, Judge Miller's daughter, in 1824. Seward was interested in politics early in his career and became actively involved in the Anti-Masonic m...

United States. Supreme Court

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Supreme Court of the United States, final court of appeal and final expositor of the Constitution of the United States. Within the framework of litigation, the Supreme Court marks the boundaries of authority between state and nation, state and state, and government and citizen. Scope And Jurisdiction The Supreme Court was created by the Constitutional Convention of 1787 as the head of a federal court system, though it was not formally established until Congress passed the Judiciary Act in 17...

Dana, Richard Henry, 1815-1882

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Lawyer and author. From the description of Richard Henry Dana correspondence, 1843-1876. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449368 Author and lawyer Richard Henry Dana was the privileged son of an aristocratic Massachusetts family. Taking time from Harvard because of medical problems, he went to sea, where his experiences as a sailor inspired him to write Two Years Before the Mast. A sea story that was part memoir and part social commentary, the novel proved to be popular with...

Clifford family.

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Anderson, Hugh Johnston, 1801-1881

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United States representative (1837-1841), governor of Maine (1844-1847); commissioner of customs, U.S. Treasury Dept. (1853-1858); auditor, U.S. Treasury Dept. (1866-1869); b. at Wiscasset, Me.; d. at Portland, Me. From the description of Hugh Johnston Anderson letter signed, 1853. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 234177911 ...

Taney, Roger Brooke, 1777-1864

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Roger Taney was Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1853. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 191048726 American jurist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Baltimore, to J. Kennedy Furlong, 1855 May 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574484 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Baltimore, to M. St. Clair Clarke, 1842 May 20. (Unknown). WorldCat rec...

Clifford, Nathan, 1803-1881

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Jurist, U.S. representative from Maine, and U.S. attorney general. From the description of Nathan Clifford signature, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453765 Jurist, U.S. representative, and U.S. Attorney General, of Portland, Me. From the description of Papers, 1831-1881. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 71014279 American lawyer, judge, and politician, attorney general of Maine from 1834-1838, U.S. attorney general fr...

Nelson, Samuel, 1792-1873

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Nelson served as associate justice of the New York State Supreme Court (1831-1837), chief justice (1837-1845), and as associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1845-1872). From the description of Letters, 1852, 1869. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234339826 Epithet: American judge British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001390.0x000031 Jurist. From the description ...

Appleton, John, 1804-1891

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Fairfield, John, 1797-1847

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John Fairfield was born in Saco in 1797. His family moved to Biddeford shortly after 1801. He was a representative in Congress from 1835 to 1837, a member of the Senate of the United States from 1843 to 1847, and a governor of Maine in 1839, 1840, 1842 and a part of 1843. He died in Washington, D.C. in 1847. From the description of Notebook containing letters published in the Saco Democrat, 1847. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 55747839 Resident of Saco, Me.; U.S. Senator and...

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

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Epithet: US President British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x000128 James Buchanan, Jr. (1791-1868) was the 15th President of the United States, serving from 1857–1861. Prior to his presidency, Buchanan represented Pennsylvania in the House of Representatives and later the Senate, and served as Secretary of State under President James K. Polk (1845-1849). Source : About the White Hous...

Bradbury, James Ware, 1802-1901

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Lawyer and U.S. Senator from Maine; president of the Maine Hist. Soc. from 1867 to 1887. From the description of James Ware Bradbury speech to the Maine Historical Society, 1889 Feb. 22. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 236487612 ...

Clifford, William Henry, 1839-1901

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Lawyer, judge, and U.S. representative, of Portland, Me. From the description of Ledger, 1882-1892. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70974659 ...

Lowell, John, 1824-1897

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Lowell graduated from Harvard College (1843) and the Law School (1846). From 1856 to 1860 he edited the Monthly Law Reporter in which he criticized the Dred Scott decision. In 1865, President Lincoln appointed him United States district judge for Massachusetts and in 1878 he became circuit court judge for the first circuit focusing on common law and patents. From the description of The judicial opinions of John Lowell, 1878-1882. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 7844...