ASSOCIATE JUSTICE SAMUEL NELSON - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED - HFSID 24529
Price: $400.00
SAMUEL NELSON
Short note written and signed by Samuel Nelson, Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court: "I do not think Mr. Curtis is in town: if he is I have not had
the pleasure of seeing him".
Autograph note signed "S. Nelson". Pencil notations in
bottom left corner and on verso (no show through. 1 page, 4x2½, thin paper./.
In full: "I do not think Mr. Curtis is in town: if he is I have not
had the pleasure of seeing him".Nelson (1792-1873), who had made a
name for himself as an attorney, was a Circuit Judge (1823-1831) and
Associate (1831-1837) and Chief Justice (1837-1845) of the
Supreme Court of New York before being appointed as an Associate
Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by President John Tyler in 1845. Serving
until resigning due to illness in 1872, Nelson was involved in the historic Dred
Scott case, and he was appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant to serve on
the joint high commission that arbitrated the Alabama claims in
1871. Lightly toned and creased. Signature and body of letter have bled
lightly in paces, and body of letter has smeared lightly in places; both are
legible. Adhesive residue on verso, which touches signature. Missing top right
and bottom left corners. Otherwise in fine condition.
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