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Box 4

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Contains 7 Results:

John Marshall, Washington, D.C., to John C. Calhoun, Washington, D.C., 1830 January 11

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 2
Identifier: id163445
Scope and Contents

Has finished reading his 1809 Fourth of July oration and his December 1828 speech "on the constitutionality of the Tariff and the true nature of state government;" his speech in the Senate was well-argued: "Is it possible that South Carolina can withstand so powerful an appeal to... her patriotism.. .and her real interest?"; is flattered by the notice he took of the author of Marshall's "Life of Washington" in his notes.

Dates: Other: 1830 January 11

John Marshall, Richmond, Virginia, to Humphrey Marshall, near Frankfort, Kentucky, 1830 April 4

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 2
Identifier: id163445
Scope and Contents

Discusses arrangements to have his father's will proved in the Virginia General Court so they can rule on his Revolutionary War? claim for half pay.

Dates: Other: 1830 April 4

John Marshall, Richmond, Virginia, to Edward Carrington Marshall, Carrington, near Oak Hill, Fauquier County, Virginia, 1830 May 22

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 2
Identifier: id163445
Scope and Contents

Discusses land transactions with Captain Slaughter and Major Thompsons; mentions Mr. John Lewis's sale of his slaves to pay off Warner Lewis's debts; discusses their financial difficulties with Mr. Nicholas and Mr. Smith; encloses a promissory note of Edward C.and Mary Nelson Marshall on the Farmers Bank of Virginia for $5000 Original is located in the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.

Dates: Other: 1830 May 22

John Marshall, Richmond, Virginia, to Joseph Story, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1830 October 15

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 2
Identifier: id163445
Scope and Contents Thanks him for sending a sermon on the late Massachusetts Chief Justice Isaac Parker and Story's own sketch of Parker's character; thanks him also for a box of fish; is sorry that brother Justice John McLean could not acquiesce in the Craig versus Missouri case; is chagrined that so many cases, including Soulard, Smith and Cathcart and Robertson, were left incomplete at their last setting; discusses Mr. James Madison's letter to the editor of the North American Review. Original is located...
Dates: Other: 1830 October 15

John Marshall, Richmond, Virginia?, to Crittenden Lyon, 1830 December 26

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 2
Identifier: id163445
Scope and Contents

Letter of reference for Captain Baylis, who served with him during the Revolution. Original is located in the National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Dates: Other: 1830 December 26