Entries drawn from collection & document descriptions
Attorney Roger Brooke Taney addresses this legal document to the Judges of Frederick County Court regarding the case of Michael Bouey v. James A. Williamson. Taney represents the prosecution.
Location: I-BeachW-1971-3
Subject: 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 Isaac Swearinger v. Joseph Swearinger. Taney represents the prosecution.
Location: I-BeachW-1971-3
Subject: Legal Affairs
Format: Legal and Government Documents
Time Period: 1800-1819
Attorney Richard Rush writes E. S. Sergeant and discusses forwarding "the enclosed papers" that had been originally sent by a Mr. Brown. "Here is a little piece of business which it seems I am to trouble you with," as Rush explains.
Location: I-Purchase-1965-11
Subject: Legal Affairs, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
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 Roger Brooke Taney writes to Col. Joshua Gist with advice on a legal matter. After researching the issue, Taney concludes that Gist is "entitled to the rents." As soon as Gist sends "a copy of the Lease," Taney explains how he "will take the necessary steps in the business." In addition...
Location: I-SpahrB-1969-6
Subject: Legal Affairs
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Pennsylvania Attorney General Richard Rush writes to William Jenkins about the case of Spangler v. the Commonwealth. As Rush could not attend, he asks Jenkins to "conduct the argument upon the part of the commonwealth" on his behalf.
Location: I-Friends-1976-4
Subject: Legal Affairs
Format: Letters/Correspondence
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
A lawyer writes Isaac Wayne (Class of 1792) to inform him that a "Report of Auditor" had been issued "in your favor for about $3000" and had obtained the foreclosure of a plantation. "In all my practice I have never as yet witnessed so much evasion, twisting and turning as by the Defendant in...
Location: I-Friends-2004-1
Subject: Business and Industry, Legal Affairs
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
US Treasury Comptroller Richard Rush writes to David Gelston requesting "a statement in the case of Abraham S. Hallet, who claims debentures for a quantity of merchandize [sic] shipped by him."
Location: I-BeachW-1986-6
Subject: Business and Industry, Legal Affairs
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Attorney Roger Brooke Taney writes to Independent Gist and offers legal counsel about the purchase of land. Transcript included.
Location: I-SpahrB-undated-42
Subject: Land and Real Estate, Legal Affairs
Format: Letters/Correspondence
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
Lawyer Roger Brooke Taney (Class of 1795) writes to Clotworthy Birnie, offering legal advice regarding the latter's arrest for assault. Transcript included.
Location: I-BeachL-1971-2
Subject: Legal Affairs
Format: Letters/Correspondence
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
Lawyer and banker Roger Brooke Taney writes to an unspecified Mr. Pringle, concerning a legal case and attending court.
Location: I-Friends-1983-15
Subject: Legal Affairs
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Attorney Roger Brooke Taney writes to Clotworthy Birnie with legal advice about Birnie's appeal of the Levy Court's decision regarding damages from road construction. Transcript included.
Location: I-SpahrB-undated-39
Subject: Business and Industry, Legal Affairs
Format: Letters/Correspondence
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
Attorney Roger Brooke Taney writes to Independent Gist and provides legal advice on Gist's suit against Wells regarding the sale of an "unsound" slave. Transcript included.
Location: I-SpahrB-undated-42
Subject: Business and Industry, Legal Affairs
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Callender Irvine writes to Alexander J. Dallas about settlement of the account of Tench Coxe. As money is owed to the United States, Irvine notes that the possibility of a lawsuit exists. On July 2, 1814, Dallas replies to Irvine regarding this legal issue.
Location: I-SpahrB-1966-8
Subject: Legal Affairs, Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Attorney Roger Brooke Taney writes to Clotworthy Birnie, a client, telling him that he should arrive to court early because the witnesses in his case have presumably been summoned already.
Location: I-BonisteelR-1954-3
Subject: Legal Affairs
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Attorney Roger Brooke Taney writes to Clotworthy Birnie and discusses the suit against Dehoof as well as the resulting legal costs. While confident that Birnie will ultimately receive compensation, Taney also explains the possibility of settling the suit with a compromise before the February...
Location: I-SpahrB-1964-5
Subject: Legal Affairs
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Attorney Roger Brooke Taney writes this note to an unspecified Mr. Schley on the case Eva Danner by Zachariah Danner her next friend v. John Cook and Sarah his wife.
Location: I-KeatleyG-1971-1
Subject: Legal Affairs
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Attorney Roger Brooke Taney writes this note to an unspecified Mr. Ritchie on the case David Taney by his next friend Frederick Taney v. Barbara Boyer.
Location: I-KeatleyG-1971-1
Subject: Legal Affairs
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
