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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06546 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1789 |
| Title | Woodbury Langdon to John Langdon with his ideas about the formation of the judicial system |
| Date | 6 July 1789 |
| Author | Langdon, Woodbury (ca. 1738-1805) |
| Recipient | Langdon, John |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes to his younger brother and mentions the payment of some personal accounts. Discusses a bill relative to the judicial courts and states that he sees many faults in it. Disagrees with the idea of annexing the Province of Maine to New Hampshire. Communicates his ideas about the formation of the judicial system including how many judges should sit on the Supreme, circuit, and district courts. |
| Subjects | Law Judiciary Finance Boundary or Property Dispute Supreme Court Government and Civics |
| People | Langdon, Woodbury (ca. 1738-1805) Langdon, John (1741-1819) |
| Place written | Portsmouth, New Hampshire |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Law; Children & Family |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Woodbury Langdon was a delegate from New Hampshire to the Continental Congress 1779-1780, and a judge of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire in 1782, and 1786-1790. John Langdon was a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1775-1776, and 1787, a delegate to the Federal Constitutional Convention in 1787, and governor of New Hampshire, 1805-1809. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |