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The Documentary History ofthe Supreme Court of

the United States, 1789-1800

Volume SevenCases: 1796-1797

Maeva Marcus, Editor

Associate Editors

Robert P. Frankel, Jr.Anthony M. JosephRobert F. Karachuk

Stephen L. TullMarc Pachter, Illustrations Editor

Elliott Ashkenazi, Associate Editor, 1999-2001William B. R. Daines, Associate Editor, 1994-1998

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESSNEW YORK

Contents

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS XXI

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xxiiiGUIDE TO EDITORIAL METHOD XXvii

Organization of Volume 7 xxviiSelecting Documents for Publication xxviiAnnotating Documents xxviiiLegal Terms xxix

GUIDE TO EDITORIAL APPARATUS XXxiDescriptive Symbols for Documents xxxiRepository Symbols xxxiiiShort Titles and Abbreviations xxxivNewspaper Coverage, 1787-1801 xxxviii

INTRODUCTION 1

MACDONOGH V. DANNERY

Introduction 11James Sullivan and Perez Morton to Thomas Dannery—March 23,

1795 17Peter S. Du Ponceau to Joseph Fauchet—April 14, 1795 20Decree of the Circuit Court—[October 19, 1795] 25Writ of Error—October 19, 1795 26Assignment of Errors—[October 19-December 22, 1795] 28Thomas MacDonogh to James Bland Burges—November 30, 1795 29Citation and Return of Service—December 22 and 31, 1795 30Joinder in Error—February 1, 1796 32William Tilghman's Notes of Arguments and Opinions in the

Supreme Court—February 4, 5, and [17], 1796 33Special Mandate—February 19, 1796 39James Sullivan to John Lowell—March 2, 1796 40Memorial of Perez Morton—March 11, 1796 41

THE SOUTHERN PRIZE CASESIntroduction 43

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WALLACE V. BRIG CAESAR

William Bradford, Jr., to Edmund Randolph—May 9, 1795 53Assignment of Errors—June 19, 1795 54James Whitefield to Samuel Bayard—June 30, 1795 55Joinder in Error—August 3, 1795 57Writ of Error—December 11, 1795 57Citation—[December 11-19, 1795] 59Certificate of Nathaniel Pendleton—December 12, 1795 59Admission of Service—December 19, 1795 60? to [Jacob Wagner]—[December 22, 1795] 61Benjamin Moodie to Jacob Read—December 29, 1795 62Benjamin Moodie to Jacob Read—January 4, 1796 63Benjamin Moodie to Jacob Read—January 11, 1796 64James Iredell's Notes on the Record—[February 3-26, 1796] 65James Iredell's Notes of Arguments in the Supreme Court—

February 26 and 27, 1796 67Peter S. Du Ponceau to Gortier, Nadau & Company—February 29,

1796 73Special Mandate—March 12, 1796 73Peter S. Du Ponceau and [Jared Ingersoll] to Gortier, Nadau &

Company—March 19, 1796 74

MOODIE V. SHIP MERMAIDBenjamin Moodie to Phineas Bond—December 17, 1794 76Benjamin Moodie to Phineas Bond—April 28, 1795 76Benjamin Moodie to George Miller—May 8, 1795 79Writ of Error—November 13, 1795 81Assignment of Error—[November 13, 1795] 83Citation—[November 13, 1795] 84Joinder in Error—[November 13, 1795] 84James Iredell's Notes of Arguments in the Supreme Court—

February 17-20, 1796 86Peter S. Du Ponceau to Abraham Sasportas—February 29, 1796 111James Iredell's Notes for a Supreme Court Opinion—[March 1,

1796] 112Peter S. Du Ponceau to Abraham Sasportas—March 1, 1796 115Benjamin Moodie to George Murray—April 6, 1796 116Benjamin Moodie to George Miller—April 27, 1796 116"State of prize causes in the Supreme Court"—[April 27, 1796] 117

COTTON V. WALLACEJoseph Clay, Jr., to Thomas Gibbons—May 15, 1795 119Assignment of Errors—June 17, 1795 121

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Writ of Error—December 11, 1795 122Citation—[December 11-19, 1795] 123James Iredell's Notes on the Record—[February 3-March 2, 1796] 124Peter S. Du Ponceau to Abraham Sasportas—March 1, 1796 126Special Mandate—March 2, 1796 127Benjamin Moodie to Phineas Bond—April 23, 1796 128William Paterson's Notes of Arguments in the Supreme Court and

of the Court's Opinion—August [2 and 9], 1796 129Special Mandate—August 9, 1796 131

GEYER V. MICHELWrit of Error—November 13, 1795 133Assignment of Error—[November 13, 1795] 134Citation—November 13, 1795 135Joinder in Error—[November 13, 1795] 136James Iredell's Notes of Arguments in the Supreme Court—March

3-5, 1796 137James Iredell's Notes of Arguments in the Supreme Court—March

10-12, 1796 162James Iredell's Draft of a Supreme Court Opinion—[March 12-14,

1796] 180James Iredell's Revised Draft of a Supreme Court Opinion—

[March 12-14, 1796] 187

MOODIE V. SHIP PHOEBE ANNWrit of Error—November 13, 1795 189Assignment of Error—[November 13, 1795] 190Citation—[November 13, 1795] 191Joinder in Error—[November 13, 1795] 192James Iredell's Notes of Arguments in the Supreme Court—

August 6, 1796 193Benjamin Moodie to Phineas Bond—August 19, 1796 199Timothy Pickering to Charles C. Pinckney—January 16, 1797 200

WARE V. HYLTONIntroduction 203"Judex," New-York Journal-rMay 4, 1790 223James Madison to Edmund Pendleton—January 2, 1791 226Daniel L. Hylton to Thomas Jefferson—May 29, 1791 228Hardin Burnley to James Madison—December 3, 1791 230[Daniel L. Hylton] to [Patrick Henry]—March 6, 1792 231Daniel L. Hylton to Thomas Jefferson—May 25, 1792 232John Hamilton to Lord Grenville—April 4, 1793 233

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George Hammond to Lord Grenville—May 17, 1793 234Patrick Henry's Notes for Argument in the Circuit Court—

[before May 27, 1793] 235James Iredell to Samuel Johnston—May 29, 1793 236James Iredell's Notes of Arguments in the Circuit Court—

May 29-June 1, 1793 237James Iredell's Circuit Court Opinion—June 7, 1793 260John Jay's Circuit Court Opinion—June [7], 1793 292Extract of a Letter from an Anonymous Correspondent in

Richmond to His Friend in Philadelphia, Dunlap's AmericanDaily Advertiser—June 7, 1793 311

John Nicholas to John Breckinridge—June 9, 1793 312Phineas Bond to Lord Grenville—June 25, 1793 312Richard Hanson to [John Tyndale Ware]—October 8, 1793 313Writ of Error—June 6, 1794 314Assignment of Error—[June 6-July 10, 1794] 315Citation—[June 24-28, 1794] 316Daniel L. Hylton to Joseph Jones—January 17, 1795 317John Hopkins to Oliver Wolcott, Jr.—January 18, 1795 317Jeremiah Smith to William Plumer—January 28, 1795 319Jeremiah Smith to William Plumer—February 7, 1795 319William Tilghman's Notes of Arguments in the Supreme Court—

February 6-12, 1796 320Thomas Lee Shippen Diary Entry—February 17, 1796 338Jeremiah Smith to William Plumer—February 17, 1796 339James Madison to James Monroe—February 26, 1796 340John Milledge to Sheftall Sheftall—February 26, 1796 340Gazette of the United States—March 5, 1796 340William Tilghman's Notes on the Justices' Opinions—March 7,

1796 341Phineas Bond to Lord Grenville—March 8, 1796 348Philadelphia Gazette—March 8, 1796 348Jeremiah Smith to William Plumer—March 9, 1796 349Order of the Supreme Court—March 14, 1796 350Samuel Johnston to James Iredell—April 9, 1796 351John Marshall to James Iredell—December 15, 1796 351James Iredell's Notes on "Payment of Debts into the Treasury" (I)—

Undated 352James Iredell's Notes on "Payment of Debts into the Treasury" (II)—

Undated 353

HYLTON V. UNITED STATESIntroduction 358Edward Carrington to Tench Coxe—July 28, 1794 369

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Tench Coxe to Edward Carrington—August 26, 1794 370Daily Advertiser—December 22, 1794 370Tench Coxe to Edward Carrington—January 14, 1795 372Tench Coxe to Alexander Hamilton—January 14, 1795 373Alexander Hamilton to Tench Coxe—January 28, 1795 374Edmund Pendleton to James Madison—January 30, 1795 375Tench Coxe to John Marshall—February 1, 1795 376Tench Coxe to Edward Carrington—February 1,1795 376Tench Coxe to Edward Carrington—February 2, 1795 377St. George Tucker to James Monroe—March 8, 1795 377Tench Coxe to Edward Carrington—April 24, 1795 378Tench Coxe to Edward Carrington—April 26, 1795 379Declaration and Plea—[May 27, 1795] 379Agreement of Counsel—[May 27, 1795] 382John Taylor's Circuit Court Argument—May [27], 1795 383John Wickham's Circuit Court Argument—May [28], 1795 410John Taylor's Circuit Court Argument—May [28], 1795 424Judgment of the Circuit Court—June 2, 1795 436Writ of Error and Return—[June 2, 1795] 437Assignment of Error—[June 2, 1795] 438Oliver Wolcott, Jr., to Tench Coxe—June 18, 1795 439Tench Coxe to Edward Carrington—June 18, 1795 439Tench Coxe to William Bradford, Jr., and Oliver Wolcott, Jr.—

June 28, 1795 440Tench Coxe to Edward Carrington—June 30, 1795 440William Bradford, Jr., to Alexander Hamilton—July 2, 1795 440Tench Coxe to Edward Carrington—July 16, 1795 442Tench Coxe to Edward Carrington—July 24, 1795 442Tench Coxe to Edward Carrington—August 1, 1795 443William Bradford, Jr., to Alexander Hamilton—August 4, 1795 444Tench Coxe to Edward Carrington—August 13, 1795 444Edward Carrington to the People of Virginia, Virginia Gazette, and

General Advertiser—August 23, 1795 445Tench Coxe to Edward Carrington—January 9, 1796 446Tench Coxe to Charles Lee—January 9, 1796 446Oliver Wolcott, Jr., to Alexander Hamilton—January 15, 1796 447Tench Coxe to Edward Carrington—January 17, 1796 447Agreement of Daniel L. Hylton—January 25, 1796 447Tench Coxe to Charles Lee—January 28, 1796 448Tench Coxe to Edward Carrington—February 7, 1796 449James Madison to Edmund Pendleton—February 7, 1796 450Jared Ingersoll to James Madison—[February 9], 1796 450"Some Remarks on the Argument of Mr. Wickham" by Edmund

Pendleton, Aurora—February 11, 1796 451

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Theodore Sedgwick to Ephraim Williams—February 16, 1796 456Alexander Hamilton's "Brief—[before February 17, 1796] 456Alexander Hamilton's "Opinion"—[before February 17, 1796] 465James Iredell's Notes of Arguments in the Supreme Court—

February 23-25, 1796 468Gazette of the United States—February 25, 1796 490James Iredell to Hannah Iredell—February 26, 1796 490James Madison to James Monroe—February 26, 1796 491John Milledge to Sheftall Sheftall—February 26, 1796 491Letter from an Anonymous Correspondent, Gazette of the United

States—February 26, 1796 491Jeremiah Smith to William Plumer—February 27, 1796 492Tench Coxe to the United States House of Representatives—

February 29, 1796 493Account of Alexander Campbell—March 1, 1796 493Account of Jared Ingersoll—March 4, 1796 494James Madison to Thomas Jefferson—March 6, 1796 494Account of Alexander Hamilton—March 7, 1796 495Ezekiel Gilbert to Peter Van Schaack—March 8, 1796 495James Iredell's Supreme Court Opinion—[March 8, 1796] 496William Tilghman's Notes on the Justices' Opinions—March 8,

1796 499Philadelphia Gazette—March 8, 1796 501Jeremiah Smith to William Plumer—March 9, 1796 501Special Mandate—March 11, 1796 502William Plumer to Jeremiah Smith—March 15, 1796 503Tench Coxe to Edward Carrington, John Kilty, and Thomas

Marshall—March 16, 1796 503Account of Jacob Wagner—June 2, 1796 504A Sketch of the Finances of the United States by Albert Gallatin—

November 12, 1796 505

UNITED STATES V. JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURTOF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA

Introduction 506Libel—[January 6, 1796] 509James Iredell's Notes of Arguments in the Supreme Court—

[March 12], 1796 511William Paterson's Notes of Arguments in the Supreme Court—

March [12], 1796 516James Iredell's Notes of Arguments in the Supreme Court and of

the Court's Opinion—March 14, 1796 518William Paterson's Notes of Arguments in the Supreme Court and

of the Court's Opinion—March 14, 1796 522

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PINTADO V. SHIP SAN JOSEPH; UNITED STATES V. LA VENGEANCEIntroduction 524

PINTADO V. SHIP SAN JOSEPHWrit of Error—April 20, 1796 538Statement of Facts—[April 20, 1796] 539Citation—April 20, 1796 541Assignment of Errors—[April 20-July 8, 1796] 543Peter S. Du Ponceau to Brockholst Livingston—June 13, 1796 544Agreement of Counsel—June 28, 1796 544Agreement of Counsel—July 8, 1796 546Peter S. Du Ponceau to Robert Troup—July 11, 1796 547Joinder in Error—August 1, 1796 548Peter S. Du Ponceau to Edward Livingston—August 5, 1796 549Peter S. Du Ponceau to Edward Livingston—August 8, 1796 549Peter S. Du Ponceau to Edward Livingston—August 10, 1796 550Special Mandate—August 10, 1796 551Peter S. Du Ponceau to Robert Troup—August 17, 1796 552Peter S. Du Ponceau to Robert Troup—August 20, 1796 554

UNITED STATES V. LA VENGEANCEWrit of Error—April 20, 1796 555Statement of Facts—[April 20, 1796] 556Citation—April 20, 1796 559Assignment of Errors—[April 20-July 8, 1796] 560Peter S. Du Ponceau to Brockholst Livingston—June 13, 1796 561Agreement of Counsel—June 28, 1796 561Agreement of Counsel—July 8, 1796 561Peter S. Du Ponceau to Robert Troup—July 11, 1796 561Peter S. Du Ponceau to Edward Livingston—August 5, 1796 561Peter S. Du Ponceau to Edward Livingston—August 8, 1796 561Peter S. Du Ponceau to Edward Livingston—August 10, 1796 562Peter S. Du Ponceau to Edward Livingston—August 11, 1796 562Special Mandate—August 11, 1796 563Peter S. Du Ponceau to Robert Troup—August 17, 1796 564

OLNEY V. ARNOLD; OLNEY V. DEXTERIntroduction 565Jeremiah Olney to Edward Dexter—November 7, 1792 577Edward Dexter to Jeremiah Olney—November 7, 1792 578Jeremiah Olney to William Channing—November 13, 1792 579Jeremiah Olney to Alexander Hamilton—November 15, 1792 580Alexander Hamilton to Jeremiah Olney—November 27, 1792 581

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Jeremiah Olney to Alexander Hamilton—December 13, 1792 581Arthur Fenner to Theodore Foster—December 30, 1792 582Jeremiah Olney to Alexander Hamilton—April 14, 1794 584Welcome Arnold to [Benjamin Bourne]—April 22, 1794 585Alexander Hamilton to Jeremiah Olney—April 24, 1794 586Jeremiah Olney to Alexander Hamilton—April 24, 1794 586Jeremiah Olney to Alexander Hamilton—August 11, 1794 587Alexander Hamilton to Jeremiah Olney—September 9, 1794 588Jeremiah Olney to Alexander Hamilton—September 19, 1794 589Jeremiah Olney to Edmund T. Ellery—September 23, 1794 590Edmund T. Ellery to Jeremiah Olney—September 25, 1794 590Samuel Bayard to David Leonard Barnes—September 29, 1794 592Writ of Error—October 18, 1794 592Bond on a Writ of Error—October 18, 1794 593Citation—October 18, 1794 594Jeremiah Olney to Walter^Cooke—December 12, 1794 595Return on a Writ of Error—[December 12-16, 1794] 595Jeremiah Olney to Alexander Hamilton—December 16, 1794 598William Bradford, Jr., to Alexander Hamilton—January 13,

[1795] 599Welcome Arnold to [Benjamin Bourne]—January 14, 1795 600Alexander Hamilton to Jeremiah Olney—January 22, 1795 600Samuel Dexter to Welcome Arnold—January 31, 1795 601Samuel Dexter to [Welcome Arnold]—February 18, 1795 601Assignment of Error—[February 23, 1795] 602Welcome Arnold to Benjamin Bourne—February 24, 1795 603Oliver Wolcott, Jr., to Jeremiah Olney—January 15, 1796 603James Iredell's Notes on the Record—[February 3-March 2, 1796] 603Jonathan Arnold to Welcome Arnold—February 16, 1796 606James Iredell's Notes of Arguments in the Supreme Court—March

2, 1796 606William Paterson's Notes of Arguments in the Supreme Court—

March 2, 1796 610Jonathan Arnold to Welcome Arnold—March 12, 1796 612Jeremiah Olney to Charles Lee—March 29, 1796 613Jeremiah Olney to Oliver Wolcott, Jr.—March 29, 1796 613James Iredell's Notes of Arguments in the Supreme Court—

August 6, 1796 614William Paterson's Notes of Arguments in the Supreme Court—

August [6], 1796 616Judgments of the Supreme Court—August 11, 1796 617Jeremiah Olney to Charles Lee—August 26, 1796 619Jeremiah Olney to Charles Lee—August 30, 1796 619

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Jeremiah Olney to Oliver Wolcott, Jr.—September 16, 1796 620Jeremiah Olney to Jacob Wagner—October 15, 1796 621Jeremiah Olney to Jacob Wagner—November 28, 1796 621Writ of Execution—July 14, 1797 622

DELCOL V. ARNOLDIntroduction 625Jonathan Arnold to Welcome Arnold—November [6],1795 633Writ of Error—November 13, 1795 634Citation—November 13, 1795 635Assignment of Error—[November 13-December 22, 1795] 636Joinder in Error—February 1, 1796 637Jonathan Arnold to Welcome Arnold—February 16, 1796 638Proceedings of the Supreme Court—[February 27-March 10,

1796] 638James Iredell's Notes of Arguments in the Supreme Court—

February 27, 1796 639Material Points of the Case—[February 29, 1796] 640James Iredell's Notes of Arguments in the Supreme Court—

February 29, 1796 643William Paterson's Notes of Arguments in the Supreme Court—

February 29, 1796 651James Iredell's Notes of Arguments in the Supreme Court—

March 1, 1796 654William Paterson's Notes of Arguments in the Supreme Court—

March 1, 1796 660James Iredell's Notes of Arguments in the Supreme Court—

March 8, 1796 663William Paterson's Notes of Arguments in the Supreme Court—

March 8, 1796 667James Iredell's Notes of Arguments in the Supreme Court—

March 9, 1796 669William Paterson's Notes of Arguments in the Supreme Court—

March 9, 1796 671Jonathan Arnold to Welcome Arnold—March 12, 1796 672Proceedings of the Supreme Court—[August 5-11, 1796] 673William Paterson's Notes of Arguments in the Supreme Court—

August [5], 1796 674James Iredell's Notes of Arguments in the Supreme Court—

August 10, 1796 675William Paterson's Notes of Arguments in the Supreme Court—

[August 10, 1796] 679William Paterson's Supreme Court Opinion—[August 11, 1796] 680

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HILLS V. ROSS

Introduction \ 683Protest of Gideon Davis Pendleton—June 6, 1794 694Benjamin Moodie to Phineas Bond—December 17, 1794 694Extract of a Letter from an Anonymous Correspondent in

Savannah, Argus—May 10, 1795 695Joseph Clay, Jr.'s Objections to the Taking of Testimony De Bern

Ewe—June 23, 1795 696Deposition of Gideon Davis Pendleton—June 23, 1795 697Note of Nathaniel Pendleton—June 24, 1795 698Peter S. Du Ponceau to John Y. Noel—August 1, 1795 700Writ of Error—[December 11, 1795] 707Citation—[December 11-19, 1795] 708Assignment of Errors—February 1, 1796 709Joinder in Error—February 1, 1796 711Material Points of the Case—[February 26, 1796] 713James Iredell's Notes of Arguments in the Supreme Court—

February 26, 1796 716Proceedings of the Supreme Court—[February 26, 1796] 719Agreement of Counsel—March 3, 1796 720Peter S. Du Ponceau to Hills, May & Woodbridge—March 3,

1796 721Deposition of Nathaniel Pendleton—June 13, 1796 ' 723William Paterson's Notes of Arguments in the Supreme Court—

August [2]-4, 1796 724Proceedings of the Supreme Court—[August 2-12, 1796] 731Remittitur—August 12, 1796 733

WISCART V. DAUCHY

Introduction 734Decree of the Circuit Court—[December 12, 1795] 742Petition for Writ of Error—December 21, [1795] 744Writ of Error—December 21, 1795 745Citation—December 21, 1795 746William Paterson's Notes of Arguments in the Supreme Court—

[August 10, 1796] 747Special Mandate—August 12, 1796 748Charles Lee to Timothy Pickering—July 27, 1797 749

ARCAMBAL V. WISEMAN; WISEMAN V. ARCAMBAL

Introduction 750"Estimate of Damages"—June 24, 1796 755Writ of Error—June 25, 1796 757

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Citation—June 25, 1796 758James Iredell's Notes of Arguments in the Supreme Court—

August [12], 1796 759Remittitur—August 12, 1796 760

CLERKE V. HARWOOD; COURT V. VAN BIBBER;COURT V. WELLS; COURT V. ROBINSON

Introduction 761

CLERKE V. HARWOODAffidavit of Richard Harwood, Jr.—March 16, 1781 768Receipt—March 16, 1781 769"Case Stated"—[October 1790] 769Judgment of the General Court of the Western Shore—[October

12, 1790] 772Writ of Error—[October 11, 1796] 773Citation—October 11, 1796 774Certification of Return of Service—November 28, 1796 775Assignment of Error—[February 6, 1797] 776Minutes of the General Court of the Western Shore—May 25,

1797 777

HUNTER V. FAIRFAXIntroduction 778Petition for Writ of Error—[November 23-December 12, 1795] 785Robert Brooke to David Hunter, Philip Pendleton, and Moses

Hunter—January 19, 1796 787Petition for Postponement—January 22, 1796 788Writ of Error—January 24, 1796 789David Hunter to Alexander Hamilton—July 7, 1796 790John Marshall to Henry Lee—July [20], 1796 793Petition for Postponement—July 29, 1796 794Proceedings of the Virginia House of Delegates—November 19,

1796 795John Marshall to John Wise—November 24, 179,6 796James Iredell to Arthur Iredell—October 7, 1797 797

BROWN V. VAN BRAAMIntroduction 798Proceedings and Judgment of the United States Circuit Court for

the District of Rhode Island—November [24 and 25], 1796 803Writ of Error—November 25, 1796 804Citation—November 25, 1796 805

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Assignment of Errors—[February 6, 1797] 806Special Mandate—February 13, 1797 807David Leonard Barnes to Le Roy, Bayard & McEvers—September

10,1797 808David Leonard Barnes to John Brown—October 17, 1797 809

JENNINGS V. BRIG PERSEVERANCEIntroduction 811Benjamin Moodie to David Leonard Barnes—August 28, 1795 819Writ of Error—July 2, 1796 821Citation—July 2,^1796 823Edmund T. Ellery to David Leonard Barnes—July 6, 1796 824Assignment of Error—[February 6-10, 1797] 825Special Mandate—February 13, 1797 826Receipt—July 19, 1797 828

FENNIMORE V. UNITED STATESIntroduction 829Notes of Arguments in the Circuit Court—April 4, 1793 835James Iredell's Notes of Arguments in the Circuit Court—April 4,

1793 842James Iredell's Notes on Cases Cited—[April 4-5, 1793] 852James Iredell's Circuit Court Opinion—April 5, 1793 854Consent Rule—April 6, 1793 859William Paterson's Notes on the Declaration and Special Verdict—

[April 2-4, 1795] 861William Paterson's Notes of Arguments in the Circuit Court—

[April 2-4, 1795] 865Writ of Error—April 4, 1795 867Recognizance—August 6, 1795 868Assignment of Error—[August 10, 1796] 869Writ of Certiorari—[July 19, 1797] 870

BROWN V. BARRY

Introduction 872James Iredell's Notes of Arguments in the Circuit Court—June 6

and 7, 1797 878Assignment of Errors—[June 7-15, 1797] 885Writ of Error—June 15, 1797 886Citation—June 28, 1797 887Proceedings of the Supreme Court—[August 8-15, 1797] 888Special Mandate—August 15, 1797 889

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COURT V. VAN BIBBER; COURT V. WELLS; COURT V. ROBINSONWrit of Scire Facias—December 31, 1788 891Writ of Error—[November 11, 1796] 892Citation—November 11, 1796 893Assignment of Error—[February 6, 1797] 894Minutes of the General Court of the Western Shore—November 1,

1797 895Cornelius H. Gist to William Cooke—November 27, 1797 897

HAMILTON V. MOOREIntroduction 899John Hamilton to Lord Grenville—April 4, 1793 903Plea of William Moore—[May 1, 1793] 905William Paterson to John Read—March 16, 1799 908William Paterson to John Read—May 27, 1799 909

BIBLIOGRAPHY 913INDEX 927