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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00839 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 |
| Title | Samuel Nelson to E. W. Stoughton discussing the issue of presidential powers in relation to district judges |
| Date | 28 February 1862 |
| Author | Nelson, Samuel (1792-1873) |
| Recipient | Stoughton, E. W. (Edwin Wallace) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Discusses the issue of presidential power to disregard district judges in the case of vacancy of the office, sickness, or disease of the district judge. |
| Subjects | Law Government and Civics Judiciary Office Seeker Health and Medical Disease Supreme Court Civil War |
| People | Nelson, Samuel (1792-1873) Stoughton, E. W. (Edwin Wallace) (1818-1882) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Government & Politics; Law |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Samuel Nelson was the Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. E. W. Stoughton was a New York lawyer. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |