John Marshall, Richmond, Virginia, to Joseph Story, Salem, Massachusetts, 1821

Containers:
Box 3, Folder 1
Scope and content:

Is grateful for his expressions of esteem; hopes the harmony of the bench will never be disturbed; discusses Thomas Jefferson's and James Madison's doubts of the Supreme Court as the ultimate arbiter of the constitutional questions; comments upon Jefferson's character and influence over the people; encloses Algernon Sidney's essays with their weak argument and violent language; in the Virginian newspapers "not a pen is drawn in support of the sound principles of the constitution of the Union...I look elsewhere for safety." Original is located in the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

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College of William and Mary
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College of William and Mary
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