Kent, James 1763-1847 creator mixed material monographic eng 1,500 17 4 7 7 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. Open to research. 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 Jurists mm 75028498 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010132 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010132.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010132 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010132.3 Open to research. DLC 750508 20260227111616.0 mm 75028498