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Item #75313 Court Document in Taney's Hand, Signed by Taney, February 1, 1817. Manuscript, Roger B. Taney.
Court Document in Taney's Hand, Signed by Taney, February 1, 1817.

Court Document in Taney's Hand, Signed by Taney, February 1, 1817.

A Court Document in Taney's Hand, Signed by Taney [Manuscript]. Taney, Roger B. [1777-1864]. [Court Document in Taney's Hand, Signed by Taney, Frederick County, MD, February 1, 1817]. 2 pp. 13-1/4" x 8" leaf, docketed on verso. Moderate toning, untrimmed edges, three horizontal fold lines with short tears at ends. Content in neat hand. $1,250. * This is a collection notice addressed to Jacob Drill composed and signed by Taney on behalf of his client, James McAlee, when he was practicing law in Frederick and a Maryland state senator. Taney held many state and federal political and legal positions and became chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1836, a post he held until his death in 1864. As chief justice, he is known for the notorious Dred Scott decision (1857), which ruled that a slave who had resided in a free state or territory was not entitled to his freedom and that African Americans were not and could never be citizens of the United States. It also invalidated the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which prohibited slavery west of Missouri and north of latitude 36? 30'.

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