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Grants power of attorney to Leigh to make or endorse any notes given by Edward Colston, James Marshall or James Markham Marsha for the purpose of paying a debt to the Bank of the United States due from Nimrod Farrow or from the estate of Turner Dixon. Original is located in the Hampton L. Carson Collection, Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Asked Mr. Williams about the information he Jaquelin B. Harrie desired; Williams wrote that he gave his letter to the delegate from Florida, who has yet to answer it.

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Discusses his trip from Richmond and the rainy weather; did not find Mr. Skinker at home, so arrived last night at his friend General Blackwell's, who is almost blind; Thomas Marshall was there earlier electioneering; the election will be closer than he John Marshall had originally thought.

Scope and Contents Met his son, Edward Carrington Marshall; introduced him to several gentlemen in Boston, and recommended him to the President of Harvard College; made arrangements for Edward Carrington Marshall to live in Cambridge and to be tutored until rooms at the College are assigned after commencement; discusses Edward Carrington Marshall's expenses; takes great pleasure in aiding him in all measures; discusses his John Marshall latest decision on the Cashier of the Branch Bank of the United States; is...

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Thanks him for his friendly attentions to John Marshall's son, Edward Carrington Marshall; gives his opinion of the case of the Bank of the United States v. Dandridge; alarmed at the rumored successor of their "much lamented friend" Supreme Court Justice Henry B. Livingston. Original is located in the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

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Discusses libels against his father, John Lowell, and against himself; encloses letters to editors printed in local papers in defense.

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Received his letters of 25 and 28 October and was astonished to learn that he feels Marshall deliberately and unnecessarily "altered expressions which would be construed into the imputation of a crime..., against a gentleman..."; there was no evidence in the cases decision that Lowell's testimony was disregarded or discredited-- "the opinion speaks for itself."

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Brother Bushrod Washington had to adjourn the court at Philadelphia because of his illness; discusses a case on John Marshall's circuit concerning the American ship, Pilot, captured by pirates and later recaptured by a squadron under Commodore David Porter; comments upon the extreme bitterness of Mr. John Adams, whom he still respects, and the publication of some of his correspondence. Original is located in the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

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Received the President's message to Congress, and thanks him for his mark of polite attention; he John Marshall too thinks that "we cannot look on the present state of the world with indifference." Original is located in the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.