Dana, Samuel (1767-1835) to Aaron Hobart
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06313.04.064 Author/Creator: Dana, Samuel (1767-1835) Place Written: Groton, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 30 July 1818 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket ; 25.1 x 20.2 cm. Order a Copy
Dana requests that a legal case against him "stand Contested to the next Term when I will be ready to proceed with the action."
Samuel Dana was a lawyer, jurist, state senator, and congressman from Groton, Massachusetts. He was a member of the Massachusetts senate, and its president for eight years, and served in congress in 1814-15. He subsequently received the appointment of chief justice of the circuit court of common pleas.
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