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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC03545.03 |
From Archive Folder | Collection of letters and documents from the archive of Baltimore attorney Nathaniel Williams |
Title | Rodger Brooke Taney to Nathaniel Williams reporting on the health of a Judge and the insolvency law |
Date | 26 February 1827 |
Author | Taney, Roger Brooke (1777-1864) |
Recipient | Williams, Nathaniel |
Document Type | Correspondence |
Content Description | Reports on the health of Judge [Sewal?]. Mentions the decision on the insolvency law. Remarks that he does not know when the Goodings case will be tried. |
Subjects | American Statesmen Law Government and Civics Judiciary Finance Debt |
People | Taney, Roger Brooke (1777-1864) Williams, Nathaniel (1782-1864) |
Place written | Washington, D.C. |
Theme | Law; Government & Politics |
Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
Additional Information | Taney was appointed Attorney General of Maryland in 1827, then became President Andrew Jackson's Attorney General in 1831. He served as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court 1836-1864. Williams was a Baltimore lawyer, state senator, and United States District Attorney for Maryland, 1824-41. |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |