History of the Federal Judiciary


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Research Collections

Washington, Bushrod

Supreme Court of the United States (1798-1829)

Duke University
Durham, N.C.

Papers, 1686-1828.
98 items; papers include an indenture (1686) and correspondence concerning legal,
financial, and family matters.

Mount Vernon Ladies Association of the Union
Mount Vernon, Va.

Papers of Bushrod Washington, 1779-1829.
158 items; personal and family correspondence, including a 42-letter correspondence
with George Washington (1788-1799).

American Philosophical Society
Philadelphia, Pa.

Charles Nicoll Bancker family papers, ca. 1733-1894; ca. 1,200 items; finding aid;
represented.

Thomas Jefferson papers, 1775-1825; ca. 250 items; represented.

Duke University
Durham, N.C.

U.S. Officeholders? papers, 1780-1941; 2,097 items and 10 vols.; Washington?s letters.

Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.

Albert J. Beveridge collection of the papers of John Marshall, 1776-1844; 300 items;
finding aid; correspondence.

Daniel Roberdeau papers, 1767-1791; 0.2 linear ft.; correspondence.

William Short papers, 1778-1853; 20,000 items; finding aid; correspondence.

Charles Simms papers, 1731-1822; 1,100 items; finding aid; correspondence; collection
is a part of the Peter Force papers.

Joseph Story papers, 1807-1843; 1,400 items; finding aid; correspondence relating to
Jared

Sparks?s edition of the writings of George Washington.

Washington family collection, 1582-1915; 800 items; finding aid; restricted; represented.

Library of Virginia
Richmond, Va.

William Hodgson [executor] letter book, 1803-1807; 1 vol.; correspondence.

Washington family papers, 1752-1843; 13 items; represented.

Maryland Historical Society
Baltimore, Md.

William Wirt papers, 1786-1850; 9 ft.; finding aid; correspondence; microfilm copy
available from Yale University.

University of Michigan
William L. Clements Library
Ann Arbor, Mich.

Clinton H. Haskell papers, 1778-1948; 1 ft. (425 items); finding aid; correspondence.

Joseph Story papers, 1794-1843; 697 items; correspondence.

University of Missouri and the State Historical Society of Missouri
Western Historical Manuscript Collection
St. Louis, Mo.

Thomas Jefferson papers, 1763-1959; ca. 900 items; correspondence.

Mount Vernon Ladies Association of the Union
Mount Vernon, Va.

Papers of Elizabeth Willing Powel, 1780-1816; 66 items; correspondence.

Papers of George Washington, 1755-1799; 989 items; correspondence.

New Jersey Historical Society
Newark, N.J.

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

Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pa.

Peter Stephen Du Ponceau papers, 1663-1844; collection contains copies of
Washington?s legal opinions.

James Gibson papers, 1712-1846; 2.5 linear ft.; correspondence.

Hopkinson family papers, 1736-1944; 3 ft. and 19 vols.; finding aid; represented.

Presbyterian Historical Society
Philadelphia, Pa.

American Sunday-School Union records, 1817-1932; ca. 135 ft. (800,000 items);
represented.

University of Rochester
Rochester, N.Y.

Manuscripts collection, Wa-We, 1778-1980; 0.4 cubic ft.; Washington?s letters.

Rutgers University
New Brunswick, N.J.

U.S. presidents? papers, 1777-1945; 10 items, 1 vol., and 3 folders; correspondence.

Virginia Historical Society
Richmond, Va.

Thomas Green papers, 1756-1871; 86 items and 6 vols.; correspondence.

Edmund Jennings Lee papers, 1753-1904; 152 items; finding aid; represented.

Papers of the Mercer family, 1656-1869; 569 items; correspondence.

University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Va.

Papers of Robert Beverley, 1783-1831; 42 items; correspondence.

James Breckenridge papers, 1783-1904; 456 items; finding aid; represented.

Papers of Richard Henry Lee, 1785-1796; 50 items; correspondence.

Leesburg, Virginia papers, 1650-1961; ca. 10,000 items; correspondence.

Papers of the Washington and Lewis families, 1774-1843; 1 ft. (ca. 450 items); finding
aid; miscellaneous papers.

College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, Va.

John Marshall papers, 1776-1879; 282 items; correspondence.

 

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