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Smith Thompson papers

by Smith Thompson

CorrespondenceTrials, litigationCherokee NationIndians of North AmericaUnited States. Supreme CourtUnited StatesConstitutional lawLaw

Correspondence, legal notes, and other papers relating primarily to various Supreme Court cases and to personal affairs. Of particular note is Thompson's draft of his dissenting opinion in Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831). Correspondents include Henry Davis, John A. Fort, Jonathan Little, Edward P. Livingston, William Radcliff, Samuel L. Southard, and Robert Williams.

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Book data: Open Library