Letter from Roger B. Taney to J. Mason Campbell

Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney writes to J. Mason Campbell and describes his time at Old Point. While his daughter "Alice had a letter from [her niece Phoebe] yesterday," Taney notes that Campbell has not sent any letters recently. Justice Taney regrets that he will have to leave soon to return to court: "You will perhaps think the lassitude of age has come upon me when I tell you that I look with sorrow upon the near approach of the day which compels me to leave this place & resume my judicial duties." Taney plans to leave Friday or Saturday, but Mrs. Taney will remain in Old Point with the girls through November. As a result, Taney explains that "I mean to ask Lizzy & Stevenson for a home until my own folks return."