History of the Federal Judiciary


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Research Collections

Davis, David

Supreme Court of the United States (1862-1877)

Chicago Historical Society
Chicago, Ill.

Papers, 1836-1886.
ca. 15,000 items; correspondence, legal documents, clippings, and other material related to Davis`s personal, legal, and political life.

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
Springfield, Ill.

David Davis family papers, 1816-1943.
19,000 items and 27 vols.; collection contains David Davis`s personal, family, business, financial, and legal papers.

Legal documents, 1840-1855.
11 items; legal documents related to lawsuits in which Davis acted as attorney.

Papers, 1816-1953.
18.5 linear ft.; finding aid; correspondence, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous documents.

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

Correspondence, ca. 1861-1884.
44 items; finding aid; collection contains correspondence, which includes 24 letters to Thomas Drummond.

Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.

Papers, 1857-1873.
2 items; collection is a part of the Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.

Duke University
Durham, N.C.

Adeline (Burr) Davis Green correspondence, 1814-1956; 367 items and 6 vols.; correspondence.

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
Springfield, Ill.

Henry Enoch Dummer papers, 1831-1891; 16 items; correspondence.

Lewis Baldwin Parsons papers, 1656-1908; 21 ft.; correspondence.

Lyman Trumbull papers, 1821-1917; ca. 2 ft. (2,970 items); correspondence.

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

Jesse W. Fell papers, 1829-1899; 150 items; finding aid; correspondence.

Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.

Benjamin Helm Bristow papers, 1839-1932; 16,000 items; correspondence.

Jesse W. Fell papers, 1806-1957; 2,100 items; finding aid; correspondence.

Walter Quintin Gresham papers, 1857-1930; 10 ft. (12,000 items); finding aid; correspondence.

John Marshall Harlan papers, 1810-1971; 21.2 linear ft. (20,400 items); finding aid; correspondence.

Abraham Lincoln papers, 1774-1916; 42,175 items; finding aid; correspondence.

Lyman Trumbull papers, 1843-1894; 13 ft. (ca. 4,500 items); finding aid;
correspondence.

Maine Historical Society
Portland, Me.

Nathan Clifford papers, 1831-1881; 2 ft. and 200 items; correspondence.

New Jersey Historical Society
Newark, N.J.

Joseph P. Bradley papers, 1836-1937; 15 ft. (ca. 5,000 items); finding aid; correspondence.

 

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