History of the Federal Judiciary


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Research Collections

Paterson, William

Supreme Court of the United States (1793-1806)

Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.

Papers, 1760-1806.
125 items; collection contains personal and family correspondence, legal and business
papers, essays, and notes.

New Jersey Historical Society
Newark, N.J.

Papers, 1776-1833.
12 items and 1 vol.; collection contains correspondence and other documents of
Paterson`s.

New York Public Library
New York, N.Y.

Papers, 1786-1804.
1 vol.; collection contains correspondence, judicial opinions, articles on paper money,
notes for speeches, notes on the Constitutional Convention (1787), and notes on debates
in the U.S. Senate (1789-1790).

William Paterson College
Wayne, N.J.

Papers, 1689-1841.
247 items; finding aid; collection contains files of county, state, and federal court cases in
which Paterson was involved, both as lawyer and as judge; as well as business
correspondence, fragmentary legal notes, and family papers.

Princeton University
Princeton, N.J.

Papers.
1.35 cubic ft.; finding aid; collection contains the personal and professional papers of
Governor William Paterson of New Jersey.

Rutgers University
New Brunswick, N.J.

Papers, 1689-1898.
1.4 cubic ft.; finding aid; collection contains correspondence (1766-1813), a receipt book
of legal fees (1770-1786), legal papers (1777-1790), including addresses to federal grand
juries, examples of legal forms (1768-1804), a legal copybook (ca. 1790) of New Jersey
laws and other writings, a New Jersey Supreme Court docket (1788-1790), and
miscellaneous writings.

Duke University
Durham, N.C.

Papers of James Iredell, Sr., and James Iredell, Jr., 1724-1890; 1,052 items and 6 vols.;
finding aid; correspondence.

Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.

Pierce Butler papers, 1779-1787; 17 items; represented; collection is a part of the
Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.

George Washington papers, 1592-1937; 77,000 items; finding aid; correspondence.

New Jersey Historical Society
Newark, N.J.

Chew family papers, 1735-1796; 26 items; finding aid; correspondence.

New Jersey manuscripts, 1669-1840; 399 items; finding aid; correspondence.

Parker family papers, 1680-1936; 7 ft.; letters.

Stevens family papers, 1663-1959; 60 ft.; finding aid; correspondence.

Jacob Stern Thomson papers, 1765-1844; 4 ft.; correspondence.

 

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