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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03545.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of letters and documents from the archive of Baltimore attorney Nathaniel Williams |
| Title | Rodger Brooke Taney to Nathaniel Williams discussing the case of Solomon Etting vs. the Bank of the United States |
| Date | 29 March 1825 |
| Author | Taney, Roger Brooke (1777-1864) |
| Recipient | Williams, Nathaniel |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Discusses the case of Solomon Etting vs. the Bank of the United States. Informs that the argument has ended today though he cannot render a guess about what the decision will be. Indicates that the case has generated a lot of excitement and will be carefully decided. |
| Subjects | American Statesmen Law Government and Civics Judiciary Bank of the US Banking |
| People | Taney, Roger Brooke (1777-1864) Williams, Nathaniel (1782-1864) Etting, Solomon (1764-1847) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Law; Banking & Economics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | From the archive of Baltimore attorney Nathaniel Williams. Taney was appointed Attorney General of Maryland in 1827, and 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. In 1819, James McCulloch, in collusion with other officials of the Bank of the United States, stole or misappropriated $3,497,700. In the settlement with the directors of the Bank of the United States, part of the security offered by McCulloch were endorsements by sixteen merchants of Baltimore, who individually bound themselves for $12,500 each. Among these merchants was Etting. Etting refused to pay his bond on the ground that he had endorsed without knowledge of McCulloch's thefts. Roger B. Taney served as Etting's lawyer. The case was decided against him. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |