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Taney, Roger Brooke (1777-1864) to Nathaniel Williams

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03545.03 Author/Creator: Taney, Roger Brooke (1777-1864) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 26 February 1827 Pagination: 1 p. ; 25 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

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.

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.

Taney, Roger Brooke, 1777-1864
Williams, Nathaniel, 1782-1864

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