Letter : to Benjamin Chew, [17--].

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Letter : to Benjamin Chew, [17--].

Autograph letter signed. Folded letter sheet. Mifflin regrets he cannot meet with Chew.

1 item (2 p.) ; 18 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8299176

Texas Christian University

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Butler-Gunsaulus Collection (University of Chicago. Library)

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Mifflin, Samuel.

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Chew, Benjamin, 1722-1810

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Chief Justice Benjamin Chew (1722-1810) was the only surviving son of Dr. Samuel Chew and his first wife, Mary Galloway. Born in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, he would eventually serve as recorder of Philadelphia, attorney general, recorder-general, and chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania under the colonial government. After the Revolution, he was selected as the president of the High Court of Errors and Appeals. His 1747 marriage to Mary Galloway (1729-1755), produced four survi...