Church, Samuel (1785-1854) to William S. Holabird
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05636.38 Author/Creator: Church, Samuel (1785-1854) Place Written: Connecticut Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 28 March 1836 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket : free frank ; 32.5 x 20.2 cm. Order a Copy
Year inferred from content. Discussing politics, states "You now begin to see the correctness of our distrusting legislature many years ago in so concentrating federalism that it may be all be hit at one blow... You [Hanny & McChanies?] Bank fellows will be put down & we shall have no more Jackson gold, on that side of the Street..." Written at "[Farnam?] Village."
Church, a lawyer from Salisbury, was a member of the Constitutional Convention in 1818, Judge of the Superior Court in 1832, and Chief Justice of Supreme Court in 1847. Holabird was District Attorney for the State of Connecticut during the Amistad trial.
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