Number of Pages
4
Date
August 3, 1846

President James Knox Polk informs Judge Robert Cooper Grier (Class of 1812) that he has nominated Grier as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Grier will "fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Judge [Henry] Baldwin," as President Polk explains. Transcript included.

Time Period
Location
I-SpahrB-undated-24
Origin
Gift of Boyd Lee Spahr
Letter from James Polk to Robert Grier