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

Official Records

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

National Archives at Washington, D.C.
700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20408

General email inquiry address: http://www.archives.gov/contact/inquire-form.html

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

McGuire, Matthew F. An Anecdotal History of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia 1801-1976 . Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1976.

Morris, Jeffrey Brandon. Calmly to Poise the Scales of Justice: A History of the Courts of the District of Columbia Circuit. Published for the Historical Society of the District of Columbia Circuit. Durham: Carolina Academic Press, 2001.

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