Found 4 collections related to Lawyers -- Correspondence

John Sergeant (1779-1852) was an American lawyer and politician who served the stateof Pennsylvania as attorney general for Philadelphia; as a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives; as president of the Pennsylvania Board of Canal Commissioners; and later as legal counsel to the Bank of the United States. The letters concern various legal matters, predominantly stemming from his private law practice, but with some written in his various political capacities, with several referencing federal banking matters. less

Letters written by American lawyer and statesman John Canfield Spencer (1788-1855) mainly dealing with legal decisions. Recipients include Samuel B. Ruggles, Ethan B. Allen, Daniel D. Tompkins, Gales and Seaton, Gordon L. Ford, and other prominent members of the political, legal, and financial communities. less

Papers consist mainly of letters to Washington, D. C., attorney David A. Hall mainly relating to legal matters and District of Columbia lands. Also included are indentures pertaining to real property in the District of Columbia, and two manuscripts by Hall relating to succession less