The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-1800: The justices on circuit, 1790-1794Volume 2 details the workings of the Court's experimental practice of sending Justices around the country to serve as judges at sessions of the various federal circuit courts. The documents in this volume reveal that the justices quickly voiced bitter complaints about the demands of their circuit duties. They also questioned the propriety--and perhaps constitutionality--of assigning the same individuals to act as superior and inferior court judges. The documents in this volume also touch upon topics that figured prominently in the law and politics of the era: neutrality, the boundary between state and federal crimes, the constitutional prohibition against impairing the obligations of contracts, and the relationship between law and morality. |
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... August [ 5 ] , 1790 83 William Cushing to John Adams - August 7 , 1790 Sarah Jay to Catharine Ridley - August 8 , 1790 84 86 John Hay to James Iredell - August 20 , 1790 86 Richard Nichols Harison to Robert Morris - September 7 , 1790 ...
... August 2 , 1791 196 Special Session of the Circuit Court for the District of Pennsylvania— August 15 , 1791 197 James Wilson's Charge to the Grand Jury of a Special Session of the Circuit Court for the District of Pennsylvania - August ...
... August 9 , 1792 289 Supreme Court of the United States - Assignment of Circuits― August 11 , 1792 292 Alexander Hamilton to John Jay - September 3 , 1792 292 Circuit Court for the District of New York - September 5 , 1792 293 James ...
... August 6 , 1793 James Iredell to Samuel Tredwell - August 9 , 1793 Robert Troup to James Duane - August 14 , 1793 Circuit Court for the District of New York - September 5 , 1793 Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut - September ...
... August 5 , 1794 James Iredell to Hannah Iredell - August 8 , 1794 William Paterson to William Cushing - August 9 , 1794 James Iredell to Richard Bennehan - August 15 , 1794 John Gabriel Guignard to James Iredell - August 22 , 1794 ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | xxi |
James Iredells Charge to the Grand Jury of the Circuit Court for | xxii |
John Jays Charge to the Grand Jury of the Circuit Court for | xxiii |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | xxvii |
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
Circuit Court for the District of PennsylvaniaApril 12 1790 | 6 |
SPRING AND FALL CIRCUITS 1790 | 11 |
Archibald Maclaine to James IredellMarch 10 1790 | 14 |
James Iredell to Hannah IredellMay 15 1792 | 278 |
Circuit Court for the District of North CarolinaJune 1 1792 | 280 |
Herald of VermontJuly 2 1792 | 286 |
Supreme Court of the United StatesAssignment of Circuits | 292 |
Circuit Court for the District of ConnecticutSeptember 25 1792 | 298 |
Circuit Court for the District of New JerseyOctober 2 1792 | 304 |
James Iredell to Hannah IredellOctober 13 1792 | 316 |
Circuit Court for the District of South CarolinaOctober 25 1792 | 322 |
Circuit Court for the District of New JerseyApril 2 1790 | 20 |
Reply of the Grand Jury of the Circuit Court for the District | 45 |
Circuit Court for the District of DelawareApril 27 1790 | 51 |
Circuit Court for the District of MassachusettsMay 3 1790 | 58 |
James Iredell to Hannah IredellMay 10 and 12 1790 | 65 |
John Jay Diary EntriesMay 1719 1790 | 71 |
James Iredell to George WashingtonJune 17 1790 | 79 |
Sarah Jay to Catharine RidleyAugust 8 1790 | 86 |
James Iredell to Hannah IredellSeptember 14 1790 | 95 |
Circuit Court for the District of GeorgiaOctober 15 1790 | 101 |
John Hay to James IredellNovember 1 1790 | 104 |
Judges of the Superior Court of North Carolina to the General | 110 |
John Jay to George WashingtonDecember 12 1790 | 117 |
Fisher Ames to Thomas DwightJanuary 6 1791 | 124 |
James Iredell to John Jay William Cushing and James Wilson | 131 |
William Cushing to James IredellFebruary 13 1791 | 137 |
Reply of the Grand Jury of a Special Session of the Circuit Court | 153 |
James Iredell to John HayApril 14 1791 | 159 |
Circuit Court for the District of VirginiaMay 23 1791 | 166 |
Circuit Court for the District of New HampshireMay 20 1790 | 192 |
James Iredell to Samuel TredwellAugust 17 1791 | 204 |
James Iredell to Hannah IredellSeptember 6 1791 | 205 |
James Iredell to Hannah IredellSeptember 25 1791 | 212 |
Presentment of the Grand Jury of the Circuit Court for the District | 224 |
Samuel Johnston to James IredellNovember 13 1791 | 231 |
James Iredell to John JayJanuary 17 1792 | 238 |
Thomas Johnson to James IredellMarch 9 1792 | 243 |
John Jay to James IredellMarch 19 1792 | 249 |
James Iredell to Hannah IredellApril 8 1792 | 258 |
James Iredell to Hannah IredellApril 26 1792 | 272 |
James Iredells List of Families in Boston to whom I owe great | 329 |
James Iredell to Arthur IredellNovember 30 1792 | 335 |
Henry Marchant to Theodore FosterJanuary 1 1793 | 342 |
James Iredell to Hannah IredellApril 2 1793 | 348 |
William Paterson to Euphemia PatersonApril 3 1793 | 358 |
Circuit Court for the District of ConnecticutApril 25 1793 | 365 |
James Iredell to Hannah IredellMay 5 1793 | 372 |
James Iredell to Hannah IredellMay 16 1793 | 378 |
James Iredell to Hannah IredellMay 27 1793 | 393 |
Circuit Court for the District of MassachusettsJune 7 1793 | 396 |
Columbian CentinelJune 8 1793 | 406 |
John Jay to Alexander HamiltonJune 24 1793 | 412 |
Abstract of a Presentment of the Grand Jury of a Special Session | 424 |
Circuit Court for the District of South CarolinaOctober 25 1790 | 429 |
Circuit Court for the District of GeorgiaNovember 8 1793 | 430 |
SPRING AND FALL CIRCUITS 1794 | 436 |
James Iredell to Edmund RandolphFebruary 13 1794 | 442 |
Circuit Court for the District of ConnecticutApril 25 1794 | 449 |
Reply of the Grand Jury of the Circuit Court for the District | 471 |
Circuit Court for the District of New HampshireMay 27 1794 | 472 |
James Iredell to Hannah IredellAugust 8 1794 | 479 |
Circuit Court for the District of MarylandNovember 7 1794 | 491 |
Circuit Court for the District of VirginiaNovember 22 1794 | 497 |
APPENDIX A Constitution | 501 |
APPENDIX B Judiciary Act of 1789 | 512 |
Crimes Act of 1790 | 528 |
Dates of and Attendance at Court | 536 |
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