Letter from Roger B. Taney to Unknown Recipient

Letter from Roger B. Taney to Unknown Recipient
Number of Pages: 
4
Date: 
February 10, 1825

Attorney Roger Brooke Taney asks for information about legal decisions in Maryland regarding selling property "conveyed in trust to secure the repayment of money loaned." Taney also request a copy of the relevant decision by the court of appeals or, if that court has not decided the case, by the chancery court. Taney, who notes that he "will pay the fees of the copy, explains that "Judge Kelly of the United States Senate has inquired" about this particular issue. Transcript included.

Time Period: 
Location: 
I-SpahrB-1963-4
Origin: 
Gift of Boyd Lee Spahr