TY  - GEN
AU  - Kent,James
TI  - James Kent papers,
KW  - Adams, John Quincy,
KW  - Bailey, Theodorus,
KW  - Baldwin, Simeon,
KW  - Bancroft, George,
KW  - Biddle, Nicholas,
KW  - Carroll, William,
KW  - Clay, Henry,
KW  - Daggett, David,
KW  - Everett, Edward,
KW  - Hamilton, Alexander,
KW  - Hamilton, Elizabeth Schuyler,
KW  - Johnson, William,
KW  - Kent, Elizabeth
KW  - Kent, Moss
KW  - Kent, William
KW  - Lieber, Francis,
KW  - Seward, William Henry,
KW  - Silliman, Benjamin,
KW  - Story, Joseph,
KW  - Webster, Daniel,
KW  - Wirt, William,
KW  - Kent family.
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - Court of Chancery
KW  - Militia
KW  - Supreme Court of Judicature
KW  - Livingston and Kent
KW  - Livingston and Thompson
KW  - Courts
KW  - Practice of law
KW  - Voyages and travels
KW  - Educators
KW  - itoamc
KW  - Jurists
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010132
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010132.3
ER  -