Number of Pages
3
Date
January 18, 1841

Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney writes J. Mason Campbell to defend a decision he made as Acting Secretary of War (June - August 1831) during President Andrew Jackson's administration. "When I acted as Secretary of War, I was [also] in office as Attorney General," and as Taney explains, "I performed the duties of both offices, [so] I received the salaries of both." This decision remains the "right" one because, as Taney argues, "the public received the benefit of my services in both offices." Transcript included.

Time Period
Location
I-SpahrB-1965-12
Origin
Gift of Boyd Lee Spahr
Letter from Roger B. Taney to J. Mason Campbell