MARSHALL, John, Chief Justice. ALS ("J Marshall") to an unidentified correspondent, Washington, 16 March 1821. 1 page, 4 o, two tiny repairs, top edge tipped to a strip of paper, otherwise fine. A CHIEF JUSTICE AS LAND SPECULATOR. Marshall, a Virginia Minuteman and Captain in the Revolution, was named to the Supreme Court by John Adams and played a key role in the development of the system of constitutional law in America. He writes concerning land investments (the Holland Land Company?): "I enclose you, at the request of my brother, a check [not present] for three hundred dollars for the use of his son; I shall be glad to hear that you have received it," and inquires about property: "I am, on every account, extremely anxious to know the exact situation of our Genessee property, and of the funds arising from it. I hope the account of Mr. Higbee is closed...not only...on my own account but on the account of Mr. Coleton and my brother...Have the goodness also to let me know the amount of sales and the probability of completing them. I fear this like all other property has felt the shock of the times." The American economy had been in recession since 1815. Marshall was given to speculation in lands, and in 1790 had been an unsuccessful investor in the Fairfax lands (in Virginia), along with Robert Morris
MARSHALL, John, Chief Justice. ALS ("J Marshall") to an unidentified correspondent, Washington, 16 March 1821. 1 page, 4 o, two tiny repairs, top edge tipped to a strip of paper, otherwise fine. A CHIEF JUSTICE AS LAND SPECULATOR. Marshall, a Virginia Minuteman and Captain in the Revolution, was named to the Supreme Court by John Adams and played a key role in the development of the system of constitutional law in America. He writes concerning land investments (the Holland Land Company?): "I enclose you, at the request of my brother, a check [not present] for three hundred dollars for the use of his son; I shall be glad to hear that you have received it," and inquires about property: "I am, on every account, extremely anxious to know the exact situation of our Genessee property, and of the funds arising from it. I hope the account of Mr. Higbee is closed...not only...on my own account but on the account of Mr. Coleton and my brother...Have the goodness also to let me know the amount of sales and the probability of completing them. I fear this like all other property has felt the shock of the times." The American economy had been in recession since 1815. Marshall was given to speculation in lands, and in 1790 had been an unsuccessful investor in the Fairfax lands (in Virginia), along with Robert Morris
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