John Marshall, Richmond, Virginia, to Joseph Story, Salem, Massachusetts, 1829
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- Box 4, Folder 1
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Has received his letter accompanying his anniversary address to the Suffolk bar and Mr. John Brazer's discourse at the interment of Dr. Edward Holyoke; advises him against precipitous fulfillment of the publication requirements for his Dane Professorship at Harvard; his attention has been turned to the two great cases before the Supreme Court; place your thoughts of them on paper; Mr. Smith Thompson will look into the New York case; discusses the matters which will come before the Virginia constitutional convention: property qualifications, senate apportioning, basis of representation, freehold suffrage. Original is located in the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
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