Category: Biographies
In beginning his “Life of Washington,” Chief Justice Marshall states that Washington was born in 1732, “near the banks of the Potowmac,” in Westmoreland County, Virginia; mentions his employment by Lord Fairfax, the proprietor of the Northern Neck, as surveyor of his estates i...
In beginning his “Life of Washington,” Chief Justice Marshall states that Washington was born in 1732, “near the banks of the Potowmac,” in Westmoreland County, Virginia; mentio...
2. Chapter IISome reference has already been made to his earliest reported argument in court, in 1786. In the Virginia Federal Convention, in 1788, Marshall’s principal speeches related to t...
3. CHAPTER IIIMarshall’s accession to the bench was marked by an impressive circumstance. For ten years or more, he alone gave all the opinions of the court to which any name was attached, ex...
4. CHAPTER IVThis is not the place for any detailed consideration of Marshall’s decisions. But it would be a strange omission to leave out all consideration of what played so great a part in...
5. CHAPTER VI have drawn attention to the immense service that Chief Justice Marshall rendered to his country in the field of constitutional law, and have considered a few of the cases. Sin...
6. CHAPTER VINo systematic attempt seems ever to have been made to collect Marshall’s letters. It should be done. Only a few of his family letters have yet found their way into print. One of...
7. CHAPTER VIIThere is more to be said of Marshall’s private and personal life. After he went on the bench, his principal non-judicial work, in the nature of public service, seems to have bee...
8. CHAPTER VIIIThe year 1831 was a sad one for Marshall. The greatest apprehensions were felt for his health. “Wirt,” says John Quincy Adams in his diary, on February 13, 1831, “spoke to me, a...