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U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut: Records and Bibliography

Official Records

The records of the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut are included among Record Group 21 at the:

     National Archives at Boston
     Frederick C. Murphy Federal Center
     380 Trapelo Road
     Waltham, Massachusetts 02452-6399

     Email: waltham.archives@nara.gov

A guide to the holdings of the regional archives is available at: https://www.archives.gov/boston/finding-aids

A published description of the records is also available in the Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States, 1995 (http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/index.html ).

Bibliography

Cabranes, Jose A. "Notes on the History of the Federal Court of Connecticut." Connecticut Bar Journal 57(1983): 351-371.

Goetsch, Charles. A Short History of the New Haven Federal Courthouse . New Haven: District Court of Connecticut, 1985.

Morris, Jeffrey B. Federal Justice in the Second Circuit: A History of the United States Courts in New York, Connecticut, and Vermont, 1787-1987. New York: Second Circuit Historical Committee, 1987.

United States Courts in the Second Circuit: A Collection of History Lectures Delivered by Judges of the Second Circuit . New York: Federal Bar Foundation, 1992.
 

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