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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... Thomas Jefferson to Nicholas Lewis - May 4 , 1790 60 Herald of Freedom - May 4 , 1790 60 Reply of the Grand Jury of the Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts - May 4 , 1790 61 John Jay to Sarah Jay - May 6 , 1790 61 Circuit ...
... Thomas Dwight - January 6 , 1791 124 Arthur Iredell to James Iredell - February 1 , 1791 125 John Jay to Catharine Ridley - February 1 , 1791 126 John Blair to James Wilson - February 2 , 1791 126 James Iredell to John Jay , William ...
... Thomas Johnson - March 12 , 1792 James Wilson to Thomas Johnson - March 13 , 1792 James Iredell to Thomas Johnson - March 15 , 1792 John Jay to William Cushing - March 19 , 1792 John Jay to James Iredell - March 19 , 1792 Nathaniel ...
... Thomas Jefferson to Edmund Randolph - May 8 , 1793 373 " J. M. , " National Gazette - May 10 , 1793 375 George Washington to John Jay - May 12 , 1793 376 Circuit Court for the District of South Carolina - May 13 , 1793 377 Reply of the ...
... Thomas Boylston Adams - June 23 , 1793 408 Henry Jackson to Henry Knox - June 23 , 1793 410 John Jay to Alexander Hamilton - June 24 , 1793 412 Newport Mercury - June 25 , 1793 412 William Paterson to James Iredell - July 4 , 1793 413 ...
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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