Number of Pages
6
Date
January 25, 1856

Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney writes to Joel Barlow Sutherland and discusses the legal distinction between letters being "in the mail" and "in the post office." Taney notes that he cannot conduct further research on the question due to his ill health. Transcript included.

Time Period
Location
I-SpahrB-1962-5
Origin
Gift of Boyd Lee Spahr
Letter from Roger B. Taney to Joel Sutherland