St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project

Items

• Transcript of record on appeal from the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Missouri

  Handwritten compilation of proceedings and presentment of case to SupCt, with index
• Docket Entries and Minutes of Proceedings

  Full list of docket entries and minutes of proceedings
• Record of attorney appearances
• Order directing reargument of the case on certain points
• Judgment of the Supreme Court

  Brief formal order and instructions to lower court to dismiss
• Note of Supreme Court Clerk

  Directive from J. Taney regarding order of opinions in published volume
• Letter to Supreme Court Clerk

  Note from Taney, with acknowledgements from the Supreme Court Clerk and two justices, to keep drafts under wraps until publication
• Draft opinion from Justice Taney

  Handwritten revisions to printer's proof
• 2d draft opinion from Justice Taney

  Handwritten revisions to printer's proof
• Draft opinion from Justice Daniel

  Handwritten revisions to printer's proof
• Draft opinion from Justice Catron

  Handwritten revisions to printer's proof
• Draft opinion from Justice Nelson

  Handwritten revisions to printer's proof
• Draft opinion from Justice Campbell

  Handwritten revisions to printer's proof
• Draft opinion from Justice Wayne

  Handwritten revisions to printer's proof
• Draft opinion from Justice Curtis (dissenting)

  Handwritten revisions to printer's proof
• Published Opinion from Howard’s Reports, Vol. 19 (1857)

  Offprint published by government printer Cornelius Wendell for members of Congress