Volumes | Volume 2, Correspondence and Papers, July 1788 – December 1795 | Documents | John Marshall to Francis Walker, ca. October 1792
1. The Contract Clause: Trustees of Dartmouth College v. William H. WoodwardThe Contract Clause: Trustees of Dartmouth College v. William H. Woodward [Editorial Note]a. The Controversy BeginsThe Controversy Begins [Editorial Note]Josiah Dunham to Daniel Webster, with Enclosure: Thomas W. Thompson to Ebenezer Adams, 16 August 1815Enclosure: Thomas W. Thompson to Ebenezer Adams, 13 July 1815Daniel Webster to [Josiah Dunham], 25 August 1815Daniel Webster, Legal Papers, Biographical Note 19 [Editorial Note]Document 3. Minutes of AuthoritiesReuben D. Mussey to Leverett Saltonstall, 18 July 1816Daniel Davis to Francis Brown, 14 August 1816Daniel Webster, Legal Papers, Biographical Note 20 [Editorial Note]Thomas W. Thompson to Daniel Webster, 22 January 1817Daniel Webster, Legal Papers, Biographical Note 21 [Editorial Note]Document 4. Argument of Theophilus Parsons as to Visitors of Harvard CollegeDocument 5. Notes of Jeremiah Mason’s and Jeremiah Smith’s ArgumentsDocument 6. Notes for ArgumentDocument 7. Notes of Jeremiah Smith’s ArgumentDocument 8. Notes on Ichabod Bartlett’s and George Sullivan’s ArgumentsDocument 9. Notes for Reply ArgumentDocument 10. Notes for Reply ArgumentDocument 11. Notes for ArgumentDocument 12. Notes for ArgumentDocument 13. Notes for Argument b. The State Decision and the AppealThe State Decision and the Appeal [Editorial Note]Daniel Webster to Francis Brown, 15 November 1817Joseph Hopkinson to Daniel Webster, 20 November 1817Daniel Webster to [Jeremiah] Mason, 27 November 1817Daniel Webster to Francis Brown, 27 November 1817Daniel Webster to Jeremiah Mason, 8 December 1817Daniel Webster to Jeremiah Smith, 8 December 1817Daniel Webster to Charles Marsh and Francis Brown, 8 December 1817Isaac Hill to Daniel Webster, 16 December 1817Daniel Webster to Isaac Hill, 27 December 1817Daniel Webster, Legal Papers, Biographical Note 22 [Editorial Note]Document 14. Writ of ErrorDaniel Webster to [Jeremiah] Smith, 9 January 1818Daniel Webster to Jeremiah Mason, 9 January 1818Daniel Webster to Joseph Hopkinson, 21 January 1818Daniel Webster, Legal Papers, Biographical Note 23 [Editorial Note]Timothy Farrar, Jr., to Francis Brown, 7 February 1818Daniel Webster to Francis Brown, 14 February 1818Francis Brown to Charles Marsh with Postscript by Marsh to Timothy Farrar, Jr., 19 February 1818Daniel Webster to Jeremiah Mason, 22 February 1818Daniel Webster to [William Wirt], February 1818Salma Hale to William Allen, 27 February 1818Charles Marsh to Francis Brown, 27 February 1818Charles Marsh to Timothy Farrar, Jr., with Note by Francis Brown, 27 February 1818 c. The Supreme Court ArgumentThe Supreme Court Argument [Editorial Note]Document 15. NotesDocument 16. Webster’s Dartmouth College BriefDocument 17. Wheaton’s Notes of Webster’s ArgumentDocument 18. Draft ArgumentDocument 19. PerorationEleazar Wheelock Ripley to William AllenDaniel Webster to Francis Brown, 11 March 1818Salma Hale to William Allen, 11 March 1818Document 20. Webster’s Notes of Holmes’s ArgumentDocument 21. Webster’s Notes of Wirt’s ArgumentSalma Hale to William Allen, 12 March 1818Document 22. Webster’s Notes of Joseph Hopkinson’s ArgumentDocument 23. Webster’s Draft of Hopkinson’s ArgumentDaniel Webster, Legal Papers, Biographical Note 24 [Editorial Note]Salma Hale to William Allen, 12 March 1818Daniel Webster to William Sullivan, Endorsed to Grace Fletcher Webster, 13 March 1818Joseph Hopkinson to Francis Brown, 13 March 1818Daniel Webster to Jeremiah Mason, 13 March 1818Daniel Webster to Jeremiah Smith, 14 March 1818Louis McLane to John J. Milligan, 15 March 1818Salma Hale to William Plumer, [Jr.], 24 March 1818 d. The Intervening YearThe Intervening Year [Editorial Note]Daniel Webster to Francis Brown, 30 March 1818Daniel Webster, Legal Papers, Biographical Note 25 [Editorial Note]Daniel Webster to [Henry Wheaton], 1 April 1818Daniel Webster to Francis Brown, 12 April 1818Daniel Webster, Legal Papers, Biographical Note 26 [Editorial Note]Daniel Webster to [John Thornton Kirkland], 22 April 1818Daniel Webster to [Jeremiah] Mason, 23 April 1818Daniel Webster to Jeremiah Mason, 28 April 1818Isaac Parker to Daniel Webster, 28 April 1818Daniel Webster, Legal Papers, Biographical Note 27 [Editorial Note]Document 24. Memorandum to University CounselDaniel Webster to Joseph Story, 29 June 1818Daniel Webster to Joseph Hopkinson, 3 July 1818Daniel Webster to Joseph Story, 16 August 1818Francis Brown to Daniel Webster, 8 September 1818Francis Brown to Daniel Webster, 15 September 1818Daniel Webster to Francis Brown, 20 September 1818Francis Brown to Daniel Webster, 26 September 1818Daniel Webster to Francis Brown, 28 September 1818Daniel Webster to William Wirt, 5 October 1818William Wirt to Daniel Webster, 13 October 1818Francis Brown to Daniel Webster, 4 November 1818Daniel Webster to [Francis] Brown, 9 November 1818Joseph Hopkinson to Daniel Webster, 17 November 1818Daniel Webster, Legal Papers, Biographical Note 28 [Editorial Note]Jeremiah Smith to Timothy Farrar, Jr., 7 December 1818Document 25. Statement, Order of Court, and Agreement of CounselDaniel Webster, Legal Papers, Biographical Note 29 [Editorial Note]Document 26. Book ReviewDaniel Webster to Henry Wheaton, 12 December 1818Daniel Webster to Francis Brown, 27 December 1818William Pinkney to Daniel Webster, 28 December 1818Timothy Farrar, Jr., to Daniel Webster, 2 January 1819Timothy Farrar, Jr., to Daniel Webster, 8 January 1819Daniel Webster to [Francis] Brown, 10 January 1819 2. The Supreme Court 1819The Supreme Court 1819 [Editorial Note]a. Dartmouth College v. WoodwardDartmouth College v. Woodward [Editorial Note]Daniel Webster to Timothy Farrar, Jr., 1 February 1819Daniel Webster to Timothy Farrar, Jr., 2 February 1819Daniel Webster to Timothy Farrar, Jr., 4 February 1819Daniel Webster to Jeremiah Mason, 4 February 1819Daniel Webster, Legal Papers, Biographical Note 30 [Editorial Note]Daniel Webster to Timothy Farrar, Jr., 7 February 1819Daniel Webster to Samuel Bell, 11 February 1819Daniel Webster to Jeremiah Mason, 15 February 1819 b. Federalism: James W. McCulloch v. Marylandc. The Dartmouth College Litigation ConcludesThe Dartmouth College Litigation Concludes [Editorial Note]Daniel Webster to Jeremiah Mason, 23 February 1819Daniel Webster to Francis Brown, 23 February 1819Daniel Webster to Jeremiah Smith, 28 February 1819Daniel Webster to Samuel Bell [with Reply], 1–15 March 1819Daniel Webster, Legal Papers, Biographical Note 31 [Editorial Note]Daniel Webster to Jeremiah Mason, 22 March 1819Daniel Webster to Timothy Farrar, Jr., 22 March 1819Daniel Webster to Joseph Hopkinson, 22 March 1819Daniel Webster to Jeremiah Mason, 23 March 1819Daniel Webster to Joseph Story, 25 March 1819Langdon Cheves to Daniel Webster, 2 April 1819Daniel Webster to Jeremiah Mason, 6 April 1819Daniel Webster to Jeremiah Mason, 10 April 1819Daniel Webster to Jeremiah Mason [Excerpt], 13 April 1819Daniel Webster to Francis Brown, 14 April 1819Joseph Hopkinson to Daniel Webster, 19 April 1819Daniel Webster to Joseph Hopkinson, 23 April 1819William Wirt to Daniel Webster, 28 April 1819Daniel Webster to Joseph Hopkinson, 9 May 1819Daniel Webster to Timothy Farrar, Jr., 18 May 1819Joseph Hopkinson to Daniel Webster, 21 May 1819Daniel Webster to Jeremiah Mason, 27 May 1819Daniel Webster, Legal Papers, Biographical Note 32 [Editorial Note]Daniel Webster to Joseph Story, 9 August 1819Daniel Webster to Henry Wheaton, 21 September 1819 3. The Commerce Clause: Thomas Gibbons v. Aaron OgdenThe Commerce Clause: Thomas Gibbons v. Aaron Ogden [Editorial Note]Thomas Gibbons to Daniel Webster, 13 December 1819Daniel Webster to Thomas Gibbons, 30 January 1821[Thomas Gibbons] to Daniel Webster, 7 February 1821Samuel Jones, Jr., to Daniel Webster, 13 February 1821Document 28. ReceiptDaniel Webster, Legal Papers, Biographical Note 33 [Editorial Note]Document 29. Agreement of Counsel[Thomas Gibbons] to Daniel Webster, 2 April 1821Daniel Webster to Thomas Gibbons, 9 May 1821Daniel Webster, Legal Papers, Biographical Note 34 [Editorial Note]Daniel Webster to Thomas Gibbons, 21 February 1822[Thomas Gibbons] to Daniel Webster, 21 February 1822Daniel Webster to Thomas Gibbons, 2 March 1822Thomas Gibbons to Daniel Webster, 12 March 1822Daniel Webster, Legal Papers, Biographical Note 35 [Editorial Note]Thomas Gibbons to Daniel Webster, 14 January 1823Daniel Webster, Legal Papers, Biographical Note 36 [Editorial Note]Daniel Webster to Thomas Gibbons, 2 January 1824Daniel Webster, Legal Papers, Biographical Note 37 [Editorial Note]Document 30. Reported ArgumentDaniel Webster to Joseph Hopkinson, 14 February 1824Daniel Webster to William Gibbons, 18 February 1824William Gibbons to Thomas Gibbons, 23 February 1824Daniel Webster, Legal Papers, Biographical Note 38 [Editorial Note]William Gibbons to Daniel Webster, 8 March 1824Daniel Webster to William Gibbons, 6 April 1824 4. Federal Jurisdiction: Ralph Osborn v. Bank of the United States5. State Insolvency LawsState Insolvency Laws [Editorial Note]a. Josiah Sturges v. Richard Crowninshieldb. George Ogden v. Lewis SaundersGeorge Ogden v. Lewis Saunders [Editorial Note]Daniel Webster to George Bliss, 16 September 1822Henry Wheaton to Daniel Webster, 30 November 1823Daniel Webster, Legal Papers, Biographical Note 40 [Editorial Note]Document 36. Wheaton’s Notes of Webster’s ArgumentDaniel Webster, Legal Papers, Biographical Note 41 [Editorial Note]Daniel Webster to Henry Clay from J[ohn] B[oyle], 10 January 1825Daniel Webster, Legal Papers, Biographical Note 42 [Editorial Note]Charles Jared Ingersoll to Daniel Webster, 3 February 1826Daniel Webster to John Sergeant, 10 February 1826Daniel Webster, Legal Papers, Biographical Note 43 [Editorial Note]Nathaniel Potter to Daniel Webster, 14 May 1826Document 37. Legal OpinionDocument 38. Wheaton’s Notes of Webster’s ArgumentDocument 39. Reported ArgumentDocument 40. Wheaton’s Notes of Webster’s ReplyDaniel Webster, Legal Papers, Biographical Note 44 [Editorial Note]Daniel Webster to Alexander Bliss, 14 March 1827Daniel Webster, Legal Papers, Biographical Note 45 [Editorial Note]Thomas Swann to Daniel Webster, 6 May 1827Daniel Webster to George Bliss, 21 August 1827Daniel Webster to Thomas Swann, 21 December 1827