History of the Federal Judiciary


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Research Collections

McLean, John

Supreme Court of the United States (1829-1861)

Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.

Papers, 1817-1861.
8 ft. (3,500 items); finding aid; collection contains correspondence, legal briefs, financial
data, docket book (ca. 1820), reports, opinions, briefs arranged by case name, and other
papers; microfilm copy available at Yale University.

Ohio Historical Society
Columbus, Ohio

Papers, 1816-1859.
0.25 ft. and 18 microfilm reels; finding aid; political correspondence with John Teesdale,
E.A. Brown, and Ulysses Pilliman.

Chicago Historical Society
Chicago, Ill.

Ninian Edwards papers, 1798-1833; ca. 650 items; finding aid; correspondence.

Cincinnati Historical Society
Cincinnati, Ohio

James McBride papers, 1804-1858; 42 vols.; correspondence.

Duke University
Durham, N.C.

William Brown Hodgson correspondence, 1817-1871; 55 items; correspondence.

Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith papers, 1827-1838; 11 items; correspondence discussing
McLean?s interest in the 1836 presidential nomination.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Illinois State Historical Survey
Urbana, Ill.

Ninian Edwards papers, 1799-1880; ca. 180 items; correspondence.

Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.

Thomas Corwin correspondence, 1850-1852; 4 ft. (3,000 items); correspondence.

Thomas Ewing family papers, 1757-1941; 123.2 linear ft. (94,000 items); finding aid;
correspondence.

James Monroe papers, 1758-1839; 5,200 items; finding aid; correspondence.

Caleb Blood Smith papers, 1841-1862; 1,200 items; finding aid; correspondence.

Maryland Historical Society
Baltimore, Md.

William Wirt papers, 1784-1864; 9 ft.; finding aid; represented in correspondence;
microfilm copy available at Yale University.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Southern Historical Collection
Chapel Hill, N.C.

Felix Grundy papers, 1807-1889; 69 items; finding aid; correspondence.

Ohio Historical Society
Columbus, Ohio

Ethan Allen Brown papers, 1806-1837; ca. 2 ft.; finding aid; correspondence.

Thomas Worthington papers, 1795-1827; 8 ft. and 3 microfilm reels; correspondence.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pa.

Salmon Portland Chase collection, 1824-1881; 12 linear ft.; finding aid; correspondence.

State Historical Society of Wisconsin
Madison, Wis.

Draper manuscripts: William Henry Harrison papers, 1811-1833; 0.5 cubic ft.; finding
aid; correspondence.

 

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