04397cpcaa2200769 4500 mm 75028498 DLC 20260227111616.0 cr ||||||||||| 750508|||||||||||| eng mm 75028498 ms 59000222 mm 79001528 DLC DLC dacs DLC N lcmd Kent, James, 1763-1847. James Kent papers, 1779-1854 (bulk 1798-1847). 1,500 items. 17 containers plus 4 oversize. 7 microfilm reels. 7 linear feet. Open to research. 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. Microfilm edition available, no. 16,216. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1975. Jurist and legal commentator. Collection material in English. 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. Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 Correspondence. Bailey, Theodorus, 1805-1877 Correspondence. Baldwin, Simeon, 1761-1851. Baldwin, Simeon, 1761-1851 Correspondence. Bancroft, George, 1800-1891 Correspondence. Biddle, Nicholas, 1786-1844 Correspondence. Carroll, William, 1788-1844 Correspondence. Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 Correspondence. Daggett, David, 1764-1851 Correspondence. Everett, Edward, 1794-1865 Correspondence. Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804. Hamilton, Elizabeth Schuyler, 1757-1854 Correspondence. Johnson, William, 1771-1834 Correspondence. Kent, Elizabeth Correspondence. Kent, Moss Correspondence. Kent, William Correspondence. Lieber, Francis, 1800-1872 Correspondence. Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872 Correspondence. Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864 Correspondence. Story, Joseph, 1779-1845 Correspondence. Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 Correspondence. Wirt, William, 1772-1834 Correspondence. Kent family. New York (State). Court of Chancery. New York (State). Militia. New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature. Livingston and Kent. Livingston and Thompson. Courts New York (State) Practice of law New York (State) Voyages and travels. Educators. itoamc Jurists. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010132 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010132.3 39355 39355