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- GLC#
- GLC02437.07847-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- February 21, 1804
- Author/Creator
- Parker, Isaac, 1768-1830
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Portland, Maine
- Pagination
- 7 p. : address : docket ; Height: 23.3 cm, Width: 19 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Age of Jefferson & Madison
Had been meaning to write but his health had prevented it before now. Writes to Knox on the subject of the judiciary, because Knox has a sustained interest in it and also has a lot of influence with the legislature. Would like to put the judiciary "upon a permanent & respectable footing." Explains a possible organization scheme for the judiciary, but doubts that this system will pass the legislature. Argues that judges are not paid enough to live on, and this will result in judges leaving their positions. Possibly written by Isaac Parker, a Federalist Massachusetts Congressman, who served from 1797-1799.
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