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Taney, Roger Brooke (1777-1864) Donnells Executors vs. Pawson's Administrators

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03545.24.07 Author/Creator: Taney, Roger Brooke (1777-1864) Place Written: Baltimore, Maryland Type: Manuscript document Date: 24 November 1832 Pagination: 4 p. : docket ; 32 x 19.5 cm. Order a Copy

Signed as a true copy by John Johnson, an employee of the court. Appellee's statement of a case involving the purchase of some cargo. With notes and accounts for the case. Copied signatures of Taney, Williams, and Johnson.

From the archive of Baltimore attorney Nathaniel Williams.

Taney, Roger Brooke, 1777-1864
Johnson, R., fl. 1832
Williams, Nathaniel, 1782-1864

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