Scope and Contents From the Collection: Original letters and copies of letters from other repositories, chiefly 1788-1835, of John Marshall's correspondence with his wife, Mary Willis (Ambler) Marshall, other family members, James Monroe, Joseph Story, Bushrod Washington, and others. The correspondence reflects Marshall's wide range in interests including law, Virginia and U. S. politics, international affairs, agriculture and social events. Also included are letters by family members and descendants; a charcoal sketch and copies...

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The sick Supreme Court judges have arrived; he continues his morning walks; they dined with the President and Mrs. John Quincy Adams on Friday; discusses their feelings on Andrew Jackson's election; Jackson is expected in the city in a fortnight; mentions Mrs. Jackson's death; discusses John Marshall's dinner invitations; tell Mr. (Call or Cole) the secretaries are sick, and Henry Clay caught a cold by attending the colonization society; discusses the upcoming inauguration.

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Encloses a letter to be sent to Mr. Payne; imagines that Oby has carried out the clover seed from the cellar; received news from his son James Keith Marshall that she was not well; has written to his son, Thomas Marshall, in a feeble attempt to console him on the death of his wife Margaret; receive news from Jaquelin Marshall of his new son, Jaquelin Jr.

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Has had no news of her and is worried; discusses her delicate health; received news from his son Edward Carrington Marshall who grieves for his brother Thomas's loss; received a serious and very religious letter from Thomas, who is much occupied with his children and superintends his son John's education. Original is located in the John Marshall House, Richmond, Virginia.

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Answers his letter of 21 February; is pleased that he has turned to religion and reason in handling his grief in losing his wife; is glad that he has kept John at hand instead of sending him to Princeton; an epidemic has hit the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, and a son of General Jones is dying of the fever; Washington is full of office-sickness; discusses the spoils system. Original is located in the John Marshall House, Richmond, Virginia.

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Has received his letter enclosing a copy of Judge Joseph Hopkinson's commission; will attend Virginia's constitutional convention as a delegate; explains his feelings regarding his election to the convention and to its being convened. Original is located in the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

Scope and Contents Has received his letter accompanying his anniversary address to the Suffolk bar and Mr. John Brazer's discourse at the interment of Dr. Edward Holyoke; advises him against precipitous fulfillment of the publication requirements for his Dane Professorship at Harvard; his attention has been turned to the two great cases before the Supreme Court; place your thoughts of them on paper; Mr. Smith Thompson will look into the New York case; discusses the matters which will come before the Virginia...

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After much hesitation, he must complain to him about his barking dog which has distressed Marshall's wife who is in very poor health; is extremely apologetic over causing any inconvenience.

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Has read his discourses pronounced as Dane Professor of Law at Harvard; is impressed with his teaching efforts: "Our southern youths would stumble at the threshhold of your most appalling course...You yankees have more perseverence"; no hopes that he lives to read his lectures; still regrets being a member of Virginia's constitutional convention. Original is located in the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

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Will be unable to accept his invitation as he is leaving town on Saturday and will be busy until then.

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Accepts his election as Bushrod Washington's successor in some honorary position, possibly President of the American Colonization Societ

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Heard from Colonel Lambert that she was in her usual health; discusses the latest snowfall; dined with the minister of France and his wife, neither of whom could speak English; dined with Secretary of State Martin van Buren yesterday; saw Mr. Robinson yesterday who gave news of John Marshall's sister Elizabeth Colston and her family.

Scope and Contents Enjoyed calling on Mrs. Sedgwick, author of "Hope Leslie" today; the snow and ice has interrupted regular mail delivery from Richmond; they have lost their Marshal Ringold, whose being ousted from office will distress his family. On verso, John Marshall to Edward Carrington Marshall. Asks him to find a valuable 1776 English pamphlet on the Declaration of Independence which Mr. Storrs lent John Marshall and which he misplaced. Original is located in the University of Virginia,...

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John Marshall, Richmond, Virginia. Poem,

Scope and Contents Sent him a barrel of hams on the schooner King to be deposited with Fisher and Pewer of Boston; asks him what the "wise men in the East" think of the Cabinet upheaval; discusses arrangements for new quarters in Washington as the Justices will no longer be lodging with Mr. Brown; discusses the copy of Algernon Sianey "Letters.. .in Defence of Civil Liberty and against the Encroachments of Military Despotism," which John Marshall sent Joseph Story earlier; discusses possibility of war and the...

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Arrived yesterday; thanks her for the cushion she made him to ease his journey; discusses the visit of a niece. Original is located in the John Marshall House, Richmond, Virginia.

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Received his letter and hams; regrets that the Court is moving out of Mr. Brown's; would like to lodge with John Marshall and Judge Thompson; discusses the break-up of the cabinet, which was a surprise to him; thanks him for the Algernon Sidney pamphlet; informs him of the death of Story's 10 year old daughter.

Scope and Contents Received his letters of May 25 and 31 and adopted his opinions respecting admiralty jurisdiction; discusses arrangements for lodgings in Washington next winter and explains why he cannot do anything till he hears from Judge Henry Baldwin; sympathizes with him over the loss of his child; tells of his similar experiences; he also wrote a poem in the occasion of his child's death, which he would have enclosed, but it was lost. Original is located in the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston,...

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Thanks him for his letter of 9 September; has conversed with Judge Joseph Story about the Declaration of Independence; discusses John Quincy Adams's ideas about it and the constitutional principles of state sovereignty, secession, and nullification.