The Albert Jeremiah Beveridge Collection of John Marshall
Papers
A Register of the Collection in the Library of Congress
Prepared by Joseph Burns
Manuscript Division,
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
2008
Contact information:
http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mss/address.html
Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division,
2008
Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008001
Title: Albert Jeremiah Beveridge
collection of John Marshall papers
Span Dates: 1776-1884
Bulk Dates: (bulk 1795-1835)
ID No.: MSS31450
Collector:
Beveridge,
Albert Jeremiah, 1862-1927
Creator:
Marshall, John,
1755-1835
Extent: 300 items;
7 containers;
2.8 linear feet
Language: Collection material in
English
Repository:
Manuscript Division, Library of
Congress,
Washington, D.C.
Abstract: Lawyer and chief
justice of the Supreme Court. Correspondence, a journal, account books, and
other papers primarily gathered by Albert Jeremiah Beveridge for his research
on John Marshall.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person
or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed
alphabetically therein.
Personal Names
Beveridge,
Albert Jeremiah, 1862-1927, collector.
Carrington, Elizabeth Jaquelin Ambler Brent,
1765-1847.
Hopkinson,
Joseph, 1770-1842.
Lee,
Henry, 1787-1837.
Marshall, James Markham, 1764-1848.
Pickering,
Timothy, 1745-1829.
Story,
Joseph, 1779-1845.
Washington, Bushrod, 1762-1829.
Washington, George, 1732-1799.
Wayne,
Caleb Parry, 1776-1849.
Organizations
United
States. Supreme Court.
Subjects
Courts.
Hite v.
Fairfax.
Plantations--Virginia.
XYZ Affair,
1797-1798.
Locations
France--Foreign relations--United States.
United
States--Foreign relations--France.
Related Names
Marshall, John,
1755-1835. Albert Jeremiah Beveridge collection of the John Marshall papers
(1776-1844)
Occupations
Cabinet
officers.
Diplomats.
Jurists.
Legislators--Virginia.
Representatives, U.S.
Congress--Virginia.
Provenance:Most of the items in this collection of the papers of John Marshall,
lawyer and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, were donated to the Library of
Congress by Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge in 1932 or copied by the Library in that
year from papers that she retained. Other items have come to the Library by
gift, exchange, and purchase, 1908-1982.
Processing History:The Albert Jeremiah Beveridge Collection of John Marshall papers was
arranged and described in 1979. The finding aid was revised in 1996 and
2008.
Copyright Status:The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of John Marshall
is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
Preferred Citation:Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the
following information: Container number, Albert Jeremiah Beveridge Collection
of John Marshall Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington,
D.C.
| Date |
Event |
| 1755, Sept. 24 |
Born near Germantown, Va. |
| 1755-1781 |
Military service |
| 1780 |
Attended law and philosophy lectures at the College of
William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va.
Admitted to the bar, Fauquier County, Va.
|
| 1782-1784 |
Member, Virginia Executive Council |
| 1782-1785 |
Member, Virginia House of Delegates |
| 1783 |
Married Mary Willis Ambler |
| 1785-1788 |
Recorder, city of Richmond, Va. |
| 1787-1788 |
Member, Virginia House of Delegates |
| 1796 |
Argued case before the Supreme Court |
| 1797-1798 |
One of three American envoys to France (XYZ Affair) |
| 1798 |
Elected to the House of Representatives |
| 1800-1801 |
Secretary of state |
| 1801-1835 |
Chief justice of the Supreme Court |
| 1804-1807 |
Published
The Life of George Washington. London: Printed for
R. Phillips
|
| 1829 |
Member, Virginia Constitutional Convention |
| 1835, July 6 |
Died, Philadelphia, Pa. |
The John Marshall collection spans the years 1776-1844, with the bulk
of the papers covering the years 1795-1835. The papers consist primarily of
photocopies and transcripts of material relating to John Marshall that were
accumulated by Albert Jeremiah Beveridge during his research for his
four-volume biography of Marshall. They were given to the Library by his wife,
Catherine Eddy Beveridge, (chiefly vols. 1-3) or photocopied by the Library
from material retained by her (chiefly vols. 4-6). The collection also contains
some original manuscripts (ca. 35 items) dated 1787-1835.
The material in the papers covers most aspects of Marshall's public
life except his military service. A number of documents, both originals and
copies, relate to the XYZ Affair, including a photocopy of Marshall's journal
concerning the mission to France. Correspondence in the collection includes
letters of advice from Marshall to his fellow Supreme Court justices. Letters
to his brother James concern the operation and legal problems of the family
plantation. Letters to various notables of the period relate to political
activity, and those to Bushrod Washington concern Marshall's
The Life of George Washington. Also among the papers are
copies of Marshall's account books for the period September 1783-December 1795
and some law notes from his stay at the College of William and Mary in 1780.
There is also a series of letters from Marshall's sister-in-law, Elizabeth
Jacquelin Ambler Brent Carrington, to various individuals.
Among Marshall's prominent correspondents were Joseph Hopkinson,
Henry Lee, James M. Marshall, Timothy Pickering, Joseph Story, Bushrod
Washington, George Washington, and Caleb P. Wayne.
Other material relating to John Marshall is in the Manuscript
Division's collections of papers of his contempories. Other collections of his
papers are available at the
Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and
Mary, and the
American Philosophical Society Library, Philadelphia,
Pa.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material.
| Container |
Contents |
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| BOX 1
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Bound volumes |
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| BOX 1
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Correspondence, legal papers, and
notes
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| BOX 1
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1776, July 3-1804, Sept.
3
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| BOX 2
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1804, Sept. 8-1827, Aug.
7
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| BOX 3
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1827, Oct. 6-1844, Nov. 18,
n.d.
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| BOX 4
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Accounts,
1783, Sept.-1792, Dec.
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| BOX 5
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Accounts, legal accounts (Fairfax
v. Hite), and law school notes,
1780-1795
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| BOX 6
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Letters of Elizabeth Jacquelin
Amber Brent Carrington,
1780-1823
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| BOX 7
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Unbound material |
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| BOX 7
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Originals |
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| BOX 7
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General correspondence,
1787-1834
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| BOX 7
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Legal material,
1835, n.d.
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| BOX 7
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Notes,
n.d.
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| BOX 7
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Copies |
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| BOX 7
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Journal, XYZ Affair,
1797-1798
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| BOX 7
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General correspondence,
1797-1835
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| BOX 7
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Legal material, indenture-deed,
1811, Sept. 23
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