Most items of correspondence in this series are of William Kent and James Kent but there are several without proprietary signatures or penned by other men of the law, for example Martin Van Buren and George S. Yerger as well as other individuals. This series is arranged chronologically in 82 folders.
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Statement on the state debt of New York and of the securities in the Treasury, in the hand of James Kent, 1791
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Legal opinion on debts for Sedgwick and Bleeker, in the hands of James Kent, 1805 July
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Claim of the Orphan Asylum Society of New York against his estate, Peter McCartee et. al executors, opposing the claim of his widow, Elizabeth Jacobs; addressed to James Kent and signed by Isaac A. Johnson and David Bayard Ogden, 1821 December 12
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Letter from Joseph Kinnicutt Angell to James Kent and separate notations in Kent's hand on Sir Matthew Hale and the Coin Law, 1828 February 23
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Agreement of Land: Eliza R. Armstrong to sell property to Nicholas Cruger, signed by Armstrong, 1828 April 25
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Letter from Martin Van Buren to Preserved Fish, 1829 September 19
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Letter from Martin Van Buren to Preserved Fish, 1829 October 2
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On Arkansas and Texas Land Co., unknown author, 1833
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Legal opinion on the will of George (?) Edwards, James Kent, 1833 February 14
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Legal opinion on Underhill vs. Van Cortlandt, James Kent, 1834 March 26
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Legal opinion on the will of Henry Churchill, related correspondence from Bate & McKissock, James Kent, 1838 March
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Legal opinion on Baltimore vs. White & Sons, James Kent, 1838 March 24
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Legal opinion for Commercial Bank of Florida, James Kent, 1838 September 7
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Legal opinion on Brown Bros. & Co. vs. Birkenhead & Co., James Kent, 1838 September 14
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Legal opinion for the Munn Illionois Land Co. land title, James Kent, 1838 December 4
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Draft of marriage settlement between the son of William Brown (Alexander) and the daughter of his brother, James Brown, 1838 December 19
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Legal opinion on Ohio Life Insurance & Trust Co. move to New York, James Kent, 1838 December
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Legal opinion on New York, Providence, and Boston Railroad Mortgage, James Kent, 1839 January 14
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Legal opinion on an Indian title and fraud, James Kent, 1839 February 13
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Legal opinion on Joseph S. Kennedy et al. vs. William Hall et al., James Kent, 1839 March 1
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Legal opinion on Markle heirs vs. Rapp heirs with related letter from Rose Chauncey, James Kent, 1839 July
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Legal opinion on John K. Boyer vs. the Illionois Canal Co., James Kent, 1839 September 24
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Letter from B'Nai Ishurun Congregation requesting legal opinion from James Kent, with notes in Kent's hand, 1839 September 29
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Legal opinion on the will of James D'Wolf with related letter from Jonathon Prescott Hall, James Kent, 1839 October
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Legal opinion on the will of James D'Wolf, James Kent, 1839 October 30
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Legal opinion on the Wisconsin Marine & Fire Insurance Co., James Kent, 1839 November 29
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Legal opinion on Seneca Indians vs. Ogden & Fellows, James Kent, 1840
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Request for legal opinion from David Sears to James Kent, 1840 December 22
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Letter from David Sears regarding advice given by James Kent, 1841 January 11
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Newspaper clippings regarding the Bank of Kentucky and a fraudulent stock issue with a note by James Kent, 1841 January 30
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Legal opinion on North American Trust and Banking Co. vs. R. M. Blatchfordet et. al., 1841 April 27
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Legal opinion on North American Trust and Banking Co. vs. R. M. Blatchfordet et al., 1841 May
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Legal opinion on North American Trust and Banking Co. vs. R. M. Blatchfordet et al., 1841 May 13
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Legal opinion on Whiton & Hulburt vs. Butterworth & Smith, James Kent, 1841 June 7
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Legal opinion on John W. Leavitt vs. North American Fire Insurance Co., James Kent, 1841 October 15
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Legal opinion on Trinity House of Quebec vs. the bark Miramiche, James Kent, 1841 November 1
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Legal opinion on Brigantine Xenophon vs. the bark Delia, James Kent, 1841 December 10
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Legal opinion on Gopher & Dakin vs. Southard & Emerson, James Kent, 1841 December 21
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Legal opinion on George M. Woolsey et al. vs. Edward Curtis, James Kent, 1841 December 23
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Legal opinion on the Public School Society, James Kent, 1842 April 11
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Legal opinion on the Tennessee Railroad with notes by James Kent, George S. Yerger, 1842 September 3
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Resolution on the Hiwapee Rail Road, from the minutes of the board, Union Bank of Tennessee, 1842 September 6
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Request for legal opinion from the Public School Society of New York Executive Committee to James Kent, 1842 July 14
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Indictment in the case of Henry Harrison vs. The Robert & Ann, Vice Admiralty Court of Canada, 1842 August 20
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Request for legal opinion from Vincennes University board of Trustees, James Kent, 1843 November 15
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From the Board of Trustees of Vincennes University to the General Assembly of Indiana with corresponding Act of Incorporation document, 1843
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Legal opinion on the case of Vincennes University with letter from Vincennes University to James Kent, James Kent, 1843 December 4, 15
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Legal opinion on Follain, Bellocq, and Degelos vs. Jacques Dupre, James Kent, 1844 September 5
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Legal opinion on Richard Townings will with related letter from Charles Edwards, James Kent, 1844 December 26, 30
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Legal opinion on W. S. Wetmore vs. William Lejee & William Cooper, James Kent, 1845 May 5
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Legal opinion of the court in Union Bank of Tennessee vs. Solomon D. Jacobs and related letter from Jacobs to James Kent, James Kent and Supreme Court of Tennessee, 1845 September, December
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Legal opinion in Merchant of Apalachiola Florida vs. the city charter, James Kent, 1845
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Notes on "Duer's Lecture…on the branch of Neutrality," James Kent, 1846 October 15
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Legal opinion on the Apalachiola Florida inspection laws with related letter from A. Robertson Rogers, James Kent, 1846 February 5, 9
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Legal opinion on the duties of Trustees, William Curtis Noyes, in the hand of James Kent, 1846
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Notes on "Admissibility of paid evidence," William Kent, 1847 February 20
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Legal opinion on the case of the Brooklyn and Gowannus Toll Bridge Co., James Kent, 1847 February 25
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Notes on usage in law, William Kent, 1847 March 7
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Notes on duties of nations in peace, William Kent, 1847 March 9
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Notes on Reprisals, William Kent, 1847 March 12
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Notes on trading with the enemy, William Kent, 1847 March 15
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Notes on armed neutrality, William Kent, 1847 March 15
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Notes on contraband of war, William Kent, 1847 March 21
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Legal opinion on the mortgage of a railroad, William Kent, 1847 December 2
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Legal opinion on the mortgage of a railroad, William Kent, 1847 December 2
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(Draft) legal opinion on the rights of proprietors to redeemed land, William Kent, 1848 February 16
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Official legal opinion on the rights of proprietors to redeemed land, William Kent, 1848 February 29
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Agreement on the construction of a railroad under the title "Company of Panama" and related terms of business, signed by Winfield Scott, William Kent, and others, 1848 December 11
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Report on Committees of Examination, Harvard University Board of overseers and William Kent, 1849 March 20
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Legal opinion on the case of Phoenix vs. Whitney, William Kent, 1850
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Legal opinion on the case of Isaachinsssen vs. Newport Fire & Marine Insurance Co., William Kent, 1851 July 29
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Legal opinion on the case of Mark Anthony D'Wolf vs James D'Wolf, Jr., James Kent, circa late 1830s or early 1840s
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Legal opinion on Schuyler vs. Williams, James Kent, undated
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Legal opinion on the case of the murder of Samuel Adams by John C. Colt, William Kent, circa 1842
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Legal opinion on the Bankrupt Act of 1841 William Kent, undated
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Notes on Bankrupcy, William Kent, undated
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Notes on "Smith's Leading Cases, Wigglesworth vs. Dallison," William Kent, undated
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Notes on contracts, William Kent, 1847, undated
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Notes on promissory notes, William Kent, undated
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Notes on the Restraining Act of 1804 William Kent, undated
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Notes on the "Construction of the Constitution," William Kent, undated
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Miscellaneous legal papers and briefs, William Kent, undated
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Legal opinion on a case of Trust, William Kent, undated