Autograph Letter, signed “Lemuel Shaw” , to Franklin Dexter Esq., Court Street, concerning legal matters in the case Dickinson v. Robbins

by Lemuel Shaw

$350 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

1 p. pen and ink on bifolium. Wa seal, docketed “Dickinson v. Robbins”. 1 vols. 4to. Splitting at central fold, edgeworn, clippings affixed to verso. Item #262390 This undated letter was likely penned while Shaw was a practicing attorney in Boston. It concerns a document relevant to the case of Dickinson v. Robbins. Shaw 1781-1861 was Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court and the father-in-law of Herman Melville.

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