Kent, James,  1763-1847. <br/><br/>
James Kent papers, 1779-1854  (bulk 1798-1847). 

 - 1,500  items. 17  4  containers plus  oversize. 7  microfilm reels. 7  linear feet. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Correspondence, journals of official and personal travels, diplomas, and commissions pertaining primarily to Kent's service as judge of the New York Supreme Court and as chancellor of the New York Court of Chancery.  Documents Kent's life as a lawyer, traveler, and family man.  A letter (1832) to Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton includes the draft of Kent's Memories of Alexander Hamilton.  Includes material relating to Kent's service in the New York State Militia.  reminiscences of Kent, written in 1847 by Simeon Baldwin for Kent's son; and a register of lawsuits entered by the law firms of Livingston and Kent and Livingston and Thompson.  Family correspondents include Kent's wife, Elizabeth Kent; his brother, Moss Kent; his brother-in-law, Theodorus Bailey; and his son, William Kent.  Correspondents include John Quincy Adams, Simeon Baldwin, George Bancroft, Nicholas Biddle, William Carroll, Henry Clay, David Daggett, Edward Everett, William Johnson, Francis Lieber, William Henry Seward, Benjamin Silliman, Daniel Webster, and William Wirt. 
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<br/><br/><br/>Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. <br/>Washington, D.C. : <br/>Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, <br/>1975. 
<br/><br/><br/>Jurist and legal commentator. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010132  Register and card index available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 75028498  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 --Correspondence.<br/>Bailey, Theodorus, 1805-1877 --Correspondence.<br/>Baldwin, Simeon, 1761-1851. <br/>Baldwin, Simeon, 1761-1851 --Correspondence.<br/>Bancroft, George, 1800-1891 --Correspondence.<br/>Biddle, Nicholas, 1786-1844 --Correspondence.<br/>Carroll, William, 1788-1844 --Correspondence.<br/>Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 --Correspondence.<br/>Daggett, David, 1764-1851 --Correspondence.<br/>Everett, Edward, 1794-1865 --Correspondence.<br/>Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804. <br/>Hamilton, Elizabeth Schuyler, 1757-1854 --Correspondence.<br/>Johnson, William, 1771-1834 --Correspondence.<br/>Kent, Elizabeth--Correspondence.<br/>Kent, Moss--Correspondence.<br/>Kent, William--Correspondence.<br/>Lieber, Francis, 1800-1872 --Correspondence.<br/>Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872 --Correspondence.<br/>Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864 --Correspondence.<br/>Story, Joseph, 1779-1845 --Correspondence.<br/>Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 --Correspondence.<br/>Wirt, William, 1772-1834 --Correspondence.<br/>Kent family.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>New York (State). Court of Chancery. <br/>New York (State). Militia. <br/>New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature. <br/>Livingston and Kent.<br/>Livingston and Thompson.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Courts--New York (State)<br/>Practice of law--New York (State)<br/>Voyages and travels.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Educators.<br/>Jurists.