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Joseph Parsons Comegys letter to E. W. Gilpin
Autograph letter from lawyer Joseph Parsons Comegys, future United States senator (D-Delaware) and Delaware Supreme Court chief justice, to E. W. Gilpin, the president of the Union Bank of Delaware, in response to a request for an examination of the safety of the mortgage held by three individuals.
John Fisher letter to Caesar Rodney
Autograph letter from Delaware lawyer John Fisher to Continental Congressman from Delaware and signer of the Declaration of Independence, Caesar Rodney, regarding a libel case against the ship, Superior, on October 6, 1812. John Fisher also served as Delaware politician and United States District Court Judge.
Caleb S. Layton papers
Consists of ten letters, one receipt, and one account book belonging to nineteenth-century Delaware attorney, legislator, and judge Caleb S. Layton (1798-1882), reflecting his legal career and personal life and finances.