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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm82034728
Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of Joseph Hopper Nicholson, jurist and U.S. representative from Maryland, were purchased by the Library of Congress in 1920. An addition of a single item was purchased in 1958.
The Nicholson Papers were processed and bound after the collection was received in 1920. A single item received in 1958 was added in 1959. The finding aid was created in 2016.
An index to the Nicholson Papers is available in the Manuscript Division Reading Room.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Joseph Hopper Nicholson is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of Joseph Hopper Nicholson are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Joseph Hopper Nicholson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Joseph H. Nicholson (1770-1817) span the years 1789-1827, with the bulk of the material concentrated in the period 1789-1817. The collection consists of correspondence and other papers relating chiefly to Nicholson's service as U.S. representative from Maryland and judge of the United States Circuit Court and United States Court of Appeals.
Among the subjects featured are investigations of federal departments, navy yards, and naval expenditures; the impeachment in the House of Representatives of Samuel Chase, associate justice of the Supreme Court; the capture of Washington, D.C., by the British in 1814; finance and appropriation bills; American and foreign stocks; and President James Monroe's handling of United States securities. Other topics include the presidential election of 1800; the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr; Maryland finances; slavery; naval embargos and impressment of sailors; and Nicholson's legal and personal affairs. Correspondents include Nathaniel Macon, John Randolph, and C. A. Rodney.
This collection is organized chronologically in bound volumes.
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm82034728