Langdon, Woodbury (ca. 1738-1805) to John Langdon
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06546 Author/Creator: Langdon, Woodbury (ca. 1738-1805) Place Written: Portsmouth, New Hampshire Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 6 July 1789 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; 30.2 x 18.2 cm. Order a Copy
Writes to his younger brother and mentions the payment of some personal accounts. Discusses a bill relative to the judicial courts and states that he sees many faults in it. Disagrees with the idea of annexing the Province of Maine to New Hampshire. Communicates his ideas about the formation of the judicial system including how many judges should sit on the Supreme, circuit, and district courts.
Woodbury Langdon was a delegate from New Hampshire to the Continental Congress 1779-1780, and a judge of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire in 1782, and 1786-1790. John Langdon was a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1775-1776, and 1787, a delegate to the Federal Constitutional Convention in 1787, and governor of New Hampshire, 1805-1809.
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