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Attorney Roger Brooke Taney addresses this legal document to the Judges of Frederick County Court regarding the case of William R. King v. Sampson Delashmitt. Taney represents the prosecution.
Location: I-BeachW-1971-3
Subject: Legal Affairs
Format: Legal and Government Documents
Time Period: 1800-1819
Attorney Richard Fenn addresses this legal document to the Judges of Frederick County Court regarding the case of Edward Thomas v. William King. Roger Brooke Taney (Class of 1795) represents the defendant.
Location: I-BeachW-1971-3
Subject: Legal Affairs
Format: Legal and Government Documents
Time Period: 1800-1819
Attorney Roger Brooke Taney writes this legal document regarding the case of Charles L. Perrie v. Thomas C. Scott.
Location: I-KeatleyG-1971-1
Subject: Legal Affairs
Format: Legal and Government Documents
Time Period: 1800-1819
Attorney Roger Brooke Taney writes this legal document regarding the case of Thomas Gist v. William Durbin, Jr. Taney represents the prosecution.
Location: I-BeachW-1971-3
Subject: Legal Affairs
Format: Legal and Government Documents
Time Period: 1800-1819
This affidavit involves the case of Thomas P. Wilson v. Frederick and Ezekiah Linthicum, which is a dispute about a debt owed by the late Zachariah Linthicum. Roger Brooke Taney serves as the plaintiff's attorney. Transcript included.< /p>
Location: I-SpahrB-undated-35
Subject: Economics and Finance, Legal Affairs
Format: Legal and Government Documents
Time Period: 1800-1819
This legal document is for the case of John Fenn v. Joshua Plummer. The case, which centers on a land dispute, also involves Richard Fenn and Philip Duvall. Roger Brooke Taney serves as the plaintiff's attorney. Transcript included. ;
Location: I-SpahrB-undated-34
Subject: Land and Real Estate, Legal Affairs
Format: Legal and Government Documents
Time Period: 1800-1819
Attorney Roger Brooke Taney addresses this legal document to the Judges of Frederick County Court regarding the case of Peregrine Warfield v. Jacob Schleich. Taney represents the prosecution.
Location: I-BeachW-1971-3
Subject: Legal Affairs
Format: Legal and Government Documents
Time Period: 1800-1819
This affidavit involves the case of Alexander Warfield v. William W. King and Charles Miles, which is a dispute about a debt owed to the late John W. Warfield. Roger Brooke Taney serves as the plaintiff's attorney. Transcript included.
Location: I-SpahrB-undated-36
Subject: Economics and Finance, Legal Affairs
Format: Legal and Government Documents
Time Period: 1800-1819
Two legal documents, including an arrest warrant and an affidavit, regarding the case of Samuel Anderson v. Kinsey Gittings. Gittings is accused of assaulting Anderson. Roger Brooke Taney serves as the plaintiff's attorney. Transcript included.
Location: I-SpahrB-undated-37
Subject: Legal Affairs, Personal and Family Life
Format: Legal and Government Documents
Time Period: 1800-1819
Maryland Attorney General Roger Brooke Taney's writes this interpretation of Charles Ridgely' will in regard to the "land bought of Henry Darnall." Taney provides his opinion on this matter at the request of General Ridgely, who had inherited the land in question from Charles Ridgely. Transcript...
Location: I-SpahrB-1961-2
Subject: Land and Real Estate, Legal Affairs
Format: Legal and Government Documents
Time Period: 1820-1839
Representative James Buchanan writes a letter from Washington, DC, and discusses several political issues in Pennsylvania, including the 1829 Gubernatorial election. Buchanan describes Isaac Barnard, a possible candidate for governor, as "a high minded, independent honest man" who will never "...
Location: MC 1998.10, B1, F9
Subject: Politics and Government
Format: Legal and Government Documents
Time Period: 1820-1839
Maryland Attorney General Roger Brooke Taney writes interpretation of the will of A. Riddle of London. "Mr. Abercrombie is not entitled either to the legacy of £1000, nor to the share of the residence[?] bequeathed to his wife," as Taney concludes.
Location: I-SpahrB-1960-3
Subject: Land and Real Estate, Legal Affairs
Format: Legal and Government Documents
Time Period: 1820-1839
Oliver Worden writes five letters to Eli Slifer in which he comments on Slifer's "very interesting and very racy" first chapter of Shades of Public Life as well as offers advice for political speeches. Worden also updates Slifer on affairs regarding the Star and Chronicle paper...
Location: MC 2003.4, B11, F11
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Politics and Government
Format: Legal and Government Documents
Time Period: 1840-1859
Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Gregg Curtin (Class of 1837) issues this proclamation during the Civil War on October 16, 1861: "...to the People of this Commonwealth, that they set apart Thursday, the twenty-eighth day of November next, As a day of solemn Thanksgiving to God for having prepared...
Location: I-BeachW-1986-9
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict, Politics and Government
Format: Legal and Government Documents
Time Period: 1860-1879
Lieutenant Colonel L. B. Pierce writes Lieutenant Colonel C. J. Ruff, US Mustering Officer, and outlines his accusations of misconduct and corruption against Colonel William Frishmuth. Pierce’s accusations include Frishmuth “attempting the forcible release of a prisoner confined for good and...
Location: I-Purchase-1968-6
Subject: Legal Affairs, Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Legal and Government Documents
Time Period: 1860-1879
This item is pianist Allen Tanner's passport.
Location: MC 2013.3, B5, F55
Subject: Travel and Tourism
Format: Legal and Government Documents
Time Period: 1920-1939
