Finding Chief Justice Marshall [manuscript], 1979.

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Finding Chief Justice Marshall [manuscript], 1979.

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The essay identifies Marshall as "Judge Randolph Merlin," a character in Mrs. E.D.E.N. Southworth's novel "Ishmael" and points to similarities between places and characters in Marshall's life and Southworth's novel. In addition the author also identifies Henry Clay as the protogonist "Ishmael."

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