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A.
Adams, John, and “midnight judges,”
22
-
23
; appoints Marshall Chief Justice,
23
-
24
,
51
; Marshall defends,
48
.
Adams, J. Q.,
Memoirs,
cited,
71
(note); record of Giles's view on impeachment,
74
-
75
; on Randolph,
81
-
82
; quoted,
126
.
Addison, Alexander,
59
.
Alien and Sedition laws,
47
;
see
also Sedition Act.
Ambler, Mary, Marshall marries,
30
; death,
217
-
218
.
Articles of Confederation,
3
-
4
.
B.
Baldwin, Henry,
View of the Constitution,
praise of Marshall,
225
-
226
.
Bank, U. S.,
124
-
126
; Marshall and,
214
-
215
;
see also
M'Culloh
vs.
Maryland.
Barbecue Club,
202
-
204
.
Barlow, Joel,
208
-
209
.
Barron
vs.
Baltimore,
191
.
Bartlett, attorney in Dartmouth College case,
159
,
163
.
Benton, T. H.,
Abridgement of the Debates of Congress,
cited,
66
(note).
Beveridge, A. J.,
The Life of John Marshall,
quoted,
31
,
43
,
201
.
Blair, Rev., and anecdote of Barbecue Club,
203
-
204
.
Blair, Justice John, of Virginia,
15
,
19
.
Blennerhasset, Harman, and Burr,
87
,
89
,
105
; describes Eaton,
92
.
Blennerhasset’s Island,
87
,
103
.
Bollmann, Erick, witness at Burr's trial,
92
-
93
,
94
,
108
,
109
.
Botts, Benjamin, defends Burr,
92
.
Bradley, Justice J. P., cited,
144
(note); quoted,
227
-
228
.
Breckenridge, John, of Kentucky,
61
,
62
.
Briscoe
vs.
Bank of Kentucky,
191
.
Brown, Francis, President of Dartmouth College,
164
.
Brown
vs.
Maryland,
142
-
144
,
171
,
190
.
Buchanan, James, and secession,
227
.
Burr, Aaron, and Marshall,
50
; Vice-President,
76
; favors to,
82
-
83
; “conspiracy” and trial,
86
et seq.
C.
Calder
vs.
Bull,
150
,
154
.
Calhoun, J. C., and state sovereignty,
192
.
Callender, J. T., tried for sedition,
57
,
73
,
79
.
Campbell, clergyman, teaches John Marshall,
28
.
Campbell, lawyer at Richmond,
32
,
78
.
Charles River Bridge Company
vs.
Warren Bridge Company,
225
(note).
Chase, Justice Samuel, of Maryland,
19
,
57
,
71
-
72
,
150
; impeachment,
72
,
73
-
83
,
112
-
113
.
Cherokee Nation
vs.
Georgia,
193
.
Chisholm
vs.
Georgia,
18
.
Cincinnati, Burr goes to,
87
.
Civil War,
226
.
Clay, Henry, Marshall and,
214
.
Clinton, De Witt, Governor of New York,
164
.
Cohens
vs.
Virginia,
179
.
Commerce, Marshall’s opinion of congressional control of,
139
-
142
;
see also
Congress.
Congress, and Supreme Court,
7
,
12
-
13
; impeachments,
71
-
83
; control of commerce,
139
-
143
,
145
,
171
,
226
.
Connecticut, statute excluding Fulton-Livingston vessels,
136
.
Constitution, relation of Supreme Court to,
7
-
13
; principles from Marshall’s interpretation of,
144
-
145
.
Constitutional Convention and state coercion,
4
-
5
.
Contracts, sanctity of,
147
et seq.
Cooley
vs.
the Board of Wardens,
227
.
Cooper, Thomas, tried for sedition,
57
.
Corn Tassel, Cherokee Indian,
193
.
Craig
vs.
Missouri,
192
-
193
.
Cumberland Road Bill vetoed,
188
.
Cushing, Justice William, of Massachusetts,
15
,
17
,
116
.
Cushing, Mrs., wife of Justice,
17
.
D.
Dartmouth College
vs.
Woodward,
124
,
154
et seq.
Dickinson, John, of Delaware, on removal of judges,
6
; Jefferson writes to,
23
; President of Pennsylvania,
59
(note).
Dodd, W. E.,
Chief Justice Marshall and Virginia,
cited,
174
(note).
Duval, Justice Gabriel,
219
; and Dartmouth College case,
163
.
E.
Eaton, William, witness at Burr’s trial,
92
,
101
.
Elliot, J.,
Debates,
36
,
38
.
Ellsworth, Oliver,
76
; on state coercion,
5
; author of Judiciary Act (1789),
14
; Chief Justice,
20
; resigns,
23
,
175
.
Emmet, T. A., lawyer of New York,
136
.
Enquirer,
Richmond,
183
.
Espionage Act of June 15, 1917,
110
.
Evans, Charles,
Report,
cited,
71
(note).
F.
Federalist,
5
,
13
,
15
,
18
,
124
,
175
.
Fletcher
vs.
Peck,
151
-
154
,
159
,
166
.
Fries, John, tried for treason,
57
,
73
,
79
.
Fries’s Rebellion,
21
.
Fulton, Robert, steamboat grant to,
135
.
G.
Gallatin, Albert,
48
,
82
.
Georgia, land grant case,
151
-
154
; controversy with Supreme Court,
193
-
194
.
Gerry, Elbridge,
45
.
Gibbons
vs.
Oregon,
130
,
135
-
142
,
145
,
171
,
189
.
Giles, W. B., of Virginia,
62
,
74
-
75
,
78
,
82
.
Goodrich, C. A., Professor of Yale,
162
(note).
Green
vs.
Biddle,
184
,
188
.
Griffin, Judge, at Burr's trail,
95
.
H.
Hamilton, Alexander,
13
,
36
,
45
,
50
,
86
,
121
,
122
; and U. S. Bank,
124
-
126
.
Harding, Chester, quoted,
204
-
205
.
Hay, George, and Sedition Act,
79
; U. S. District Attorney,
91
,
98
,
113
-
114
.
Hayes, Samuel (or Haze),
155
-
156
.
Heath testifies against Chase,
79
.
Henry, Patrick, at Virginia Convention,
37
,
38
; supports Marshall,
48
.
Holmes, John, and Dartmouth College case,
163
.
Holmes, Justice O. W., on Marshall,
121
.
Hopkinson, Joseph, defends Chase,
80
; in Bank case,
128
; and Dartmouth College case,
162
.
Hunter
vs.
Martin,
174
-
177
,
179
.
I.
Impeachments, Pickering,
71
-
73
; Chase,
73
-
83
; of Pennsylvania State Supreme Court judges,
84
.
Indians, and Dartmouth College,
155
,
158
; and Georgia,
193
.
Iredell, Justice James, of North Carolina,
15
.
J.
Jackson, Andrew, and Burr,
92
; President,
191
; and controversy between Supreme Court and Georgia,
194
.
Jay, John, of New York, Chief Justice,
15
-
16
,
19
-
20
,
196
.
Jefferson, Thomas,
25
,
28
,
166
; elected President,
22
; and the Judiciary,
23
,
53
et seq.,
182
-
183
; Governor of Virginia,
30
; and Marshall,
46
,
50
,
55
,
94
-
95
,
96
,
97
-
98
,
108
,
120
; inauguration,
55
-
56
; Marbury
vs.
Madison,
64
-
66
; and Martin,
77
,
78
; and Burr,
82
,
88
-
89
,
90
,
111
,
113
; and Johnson,
115
; and U. S. Bank,
125
; on Dartmouth College question,
157
; criticism of Marshall’s
Life of Washington,
208
-
209
.
Johnson, Allen,
Jefferson and His Colleagues,
cited,
87
(note).
Johnson, R. M., of Kentucky,
185
.
Johnson, Justice William,
115
,
151
,
164
.
Jones, Walter, in Bank case,
128
.
Judiciary, establishment,
1
et seq.;
removal of judges,
6
; Jefferson's war on,
53
et seq.
Judiciary Act (1789),
14
-
16
,
39
,
192
-
193
; Act (1801),
22
,
60
-
63
,
71
.
K.
Kent, Chancellor James, of New York,
137
,
138
,
164
,
225
(note).
Kentucky, anti-judicial movement,
58
,
184
-
186
,
187
,
188
.
Kentucky Resolutions,
22
,
127
,
177
.
King, Rufus, on John Marshall,
44
.
L.
Law Journal,
Hall's
183
.
Lee, R. E.,
25
.
Lewis, attorney for Fries,
79
.
Lincoln, Abraham, and nationalism,
226
.
Livingston, Justice Brockholst,
164
.
Livingston, R. R., steamboat grant to,
135
.
Livingston family of New York,
16
.
Livingston
vs.
Van Ingen,
137
(note).
Lodge, H. C., on Marshall,
121
.
M.
M’Culloh
vs.
Maryland,
124
-
135
,
143
,
182
,
184
,
190
.
McLean, Justice John, letter of Story to, quoted,
225
(note).
Madison, James,
82
; on state coercion,
5
; on state courts as national tribunals,
7
; in Virginia Legislature,
34
; Virginia Convention,
36
,
37
; and U. S. Bank,
126
;
Journal,
cited,
175
.
Marbury
vs.
Madison,
64
-
71
.
Marsh, Charles,
164
.
Marshall, John,
18
,
20
,
22
; and American constitutionalism,
2
-
3
; appointed Chief Justice,
24
,
51
; born (1755),
25
; early life,
25
et seq.;
education,
27
-
28
,
30
; and the Revolution,
29
-
30
; marriage (1783),
30
; practices law at Richmond,
31
-
32
; in Virginia Legislature,
33
; and adoption of Constitution,
35
-
38
; Wirt’s description of,
39
-
42
; personal characteristics,
42
; Federalist leader in Virginia,
43
; and Jay Treaty,
43
-
44
,
48
; purchases Fairfax estate,
44
-
45
; “X.Y.Z.” mission,
45
-
46
,
49
; elected to Congress,
46
-
48
; and Jefferson,
46
,
50
,
55
,
94
-
95
,
96
,
97
-
98
,
108
,
120
; in Washington,
53
-
54
; first constitutional case,
64
-
71
; and trial of Burr,
93
et seq.;
and nationalism,
121
et seq.,
147
; interpretation of Constitution,
144
-
145
; and sanctity of contracts,
147
et seq.;
and State Rights,
173
et seq.;
as private citizen,
198
et seq.;
as hero of anecdote,
205
-
206
; religious bent,
206
;
Life of Washington,
34
(note),
208
-
210
; correspondence,
211
-
213
; and politics,
213
-
214
; on method of electing President,
214
-
215
; and U. S. Bank,
215
-
216
; illness,
216
-
217
; death of wife,
217
-
218
; last years,
219
-
220
; composes epitaph,
221
; death,
221
; will,
221
-
222
; tribute,
221
-
222
; Baldwin on,
225
-
226
; bibliography,
233
-
236
.
Marshall, Thomas, father of John Marshall,
25
,
27
.
Martin, Luther, of Maryland, on authority of federal legislation,
9
; defends Chase,
76
-
77
,
80
,
81
; defends Burr,
92
,
96
; in Bank case,
128
.
Martin
vs.
Hunter’s Lessee,
177
-
182
.
Martineau, Harriet, describes Marshall,
220
.
Maryland, attitude toward Judiciary,
58
; and U. S. Bank,
see
M’Culloch
vs.
Maryland.
Mason, George,
38
.
Mason, Jeremiah,
158
,
162
.
Mexico, “Burr’s Conspiracy” against,
99
.
Morgan, General, witness at Burr’s trial,
102
.
Morris, Gouverneur, quoted,
61
.
Morris, Robert, and Marshall,
45
.
Munford, G. W.,
The Two Parsons,
cited,
204
(note).
Murch, Rachel,
155
.
N.
Nashville (Tenn.), Burr goes to,
87
.
Natchez, Burr goes to,
87
,
89
.
Nationalism,
121
et seq.,
227
.
Nereide,
case of the,
118
(note).
New Jersey, statute excluding Fulton-Livingston vessels,
136
.
New Orleans, Wilkinson at,
89
,
91
; and Burr,
99
.
New York, and “Steamboat case,”
136
-
142
.
New York City, Supreme Court in,
16
.
Newcastle (Del.), Chase at,
73
.
Nicholas, W. C., at Virginia Convention,
37
.
Nicholson, Joseph, and impeachment,
78
; recall for Senators,
84
.
Nullification,
194
; Marshall and,
214
.
O.
Oakley, T. J., counsel for Ogden,
136
.
Ogden vs. Saunders,
190
.
Ohio, anti-judicial movement in,
184
.
Osborn
vs.
United States Bank,
189
-
190
.
P.
Parton, James,
Life and Times of Aaron Burr,
quoted,
99
-
100
.
Passmore, Thomas, punished for contempt of court,
60
.
Pendleton, Edmund, lawyer of Richmond,
32
.
Pennsylvania, attitude toward Judiciary,
58
,
84
; protests Marshall’s decision,
119
.
Philadelphia, Supreme Court at,
16
; impeachment of judges at,
84
; Burr goes to,
87
.
Pickering, Judge, of New Hampshire, impeachment,
71
,
72
-
73
.
Pinckney, C. C, on “X.Y.Z.” mission,
45
.
Pinkney, William, of Maryland, greatest lawyer of his day,
117
-
118
; in Bank case,
128
-
129
; in Dartmouth College case,
165
.
Plumer, William, Governor of New Hampshire,
156
-
158
.
Providence Bank
vs.
Billings,
191
.
R.
Raleigh (N. C.), Marshall holds court at,
199
.
Randolph, Edmund,
25
; defends Burr,
92
.
Randolph, John,
25
,
32
,
37
,
54
,
62
,
90
,
124
; on Judiciary,
23
; on Marshall,
52
; and impeachment of Chase,
75
,
78
,
81
-
82
; proposes amendment to Constitution,
83
-
84
; at Burr’s trial,
95
.
Reed, T. B.,
169
.
Revolution, Marshall and,
29
-
30
.
Richardson, Chief Justice,
159
.
Richmond (Va.), Marshall practices law at,
31
; Burr's trial at,
86
et seq.;
Marshall holds court at,
199
.
Roane, Spencer, of Virginia,
174
-
178
,
183
.
Robertson,
Reports,
cited,
109
(note).
Robins, Jonathan, British fugitive from justice,
48
.
Rodney, C. A.,
78
,
84
.
Rowan, Senator, of Kentucky,
187
.
Rutledge, John, of South Carolina, on state courts as national tribunals,
6
-
7
; associate justice,
15
.
S.
St. Louis, Burr goes to,
87
.
Satterlee
vs.
Matthewson,
191
.
Schooner
Exchange vs.
McFaddon
et al,
118
(note).
Sedgwick, Theodore, on Marshall,
49
-
51
.
Sedition Act (1798),
21
,
49
,
57
.
Shays’s Rebellion (1786),
34
.
“Shockoe Hill,” Marshall's home at Richmond,
201
.
“Sidney, Algernon,” pseudonym of Roane,
183
.
Smith, Jeremiah,
158
-
159
,
163
.
South Carolina, nullification,
194
; Jackson's proclamation to,
214
; secession,
227
.
Spain, “Burr’s Conspiracy” against,
89
.
State Rights,
7
,
173
,
et seq.
“Steamboat case,”
see
Gibbons
vs.
Ogden.
Story, Justice Joseph,
109
,
118
,
220
;
Discourse,
cited,
34
(note); and Marshall,
116
,
150
-
151
(note),
183
,
194
,
195
,
211
,
216
,
219
,
225
; quoted,
129
,
201
; Dartmouth College case,
163
,
166
; answer to Roane,
177
-
179
.
Sturges
vs.
Crowinshield,
124
,
184
,
190
.
Sullivan, attorney in Dartmouth College case,
159
,
163
.
Supreme Court, relation to Constitution,
7
-
13
; powers,
11
; establishment,
12
-
13
,
14
; original bench,
15
; in New York City,
16
; in Philadelphia,
16
; pioneer work,
17
-
19
; need of leadership,
19
-
20
; Act of Feb. 13, 1801,
22
,
60
-
63
,
71
; in Washington,
54
; defended by Virginia Assembly,
119
-
120
; bill for enlargement,
186
-
187
; controversy with Georgia,
193
-
194
; number of cases during Marshall’s term of office,
198
; changes on bench,
223
.
Swartwout, Samuel,
93
,
94
,
108
,
109
.
T.
Taney, R. B., Chief Justice,
118
,
224
,
226
.
Taylor, John, of Caroline,
60
,
192
.
Thayer, J. B.,
John Marshall,
quoted,
202
-
204
.
Thompson, Justice Smith,
219
.
Ticknor, George, describes Pinkney,
117
-
118
.
Tocqueville, Alexis de, opinion of Supreme Court,
196
-
197
.
Todd, Justice Thomas,
163
.
Transportation,
188
-
189
.
Truxton, Commodore Thomas,
92
,
102
.
U.
United States
vs.
Peters,
118
.
V.
Vincennes, Burr goes to,
87
.
Virginia, plan before Constitutional Convention,
8
; Convention,
35
-
38
; defends Supreme Court,
119
-
120
; and U. S. Bank,
216
.
Virginia Resolutions,
22
,
127
,
176
,
177
.
W.
Wakefield (Ala.), Burr captured at,
90
.
Ware
vs.
Hylton,
44
.
Warren, Charles, cited,
185
(note).
Washington, Justice Bushrod,
115
,
161
,
163
,
166
,
190
,
208
.
Washington, George, Marshall and,
26
-
27
,
34
,
46
; Marshall’s
Life of
,
34
(note),
208
-
210
.
Washington (D. C.),
53
; Capitol
54
; Burr goes to,
87
.
Watson
vs.
Mercer,
191
.
Webster, Daniel,
29
; and Bank case,
128
; Gibbons
vs.
Ogden,
136
; Dartmouth College case,
159
,
160
-
161
,
163
.
Wentworth, John, Governor of New Hampshire,
155
.
Wheelock, Rev. Eleazar, of Connecticut,
155
.
Wheelock, Dr. John, son of Eleazar Wheelock,
156
.
Whisky Rebellion (1794),
21
.
Wickham, John, of Richmond,
32
,
92
,
202
,
203
-
204
.
Wilkinson, James,
113
; Marshall’s letter to,
35
; military commandant in Louisiana Territory,
82
; and Burr,
88
,
93
,
95
; at New Orleans,
89
,
91
.
William and Mary College,
30
.
Wilson, Justice James, of Pennsylvania,
15
,
36
.
Wilson
vs.
Blackbird Creek Marsh Company,
191
.
Wirt, William,
Letters of the British Spy,
quoted,
39
-
42
; at Burr’s trial,
91
,
96
-
97
,
102
,
104
-
105
,
110
; Bank case,
128
; Gibbons
vs.
Ogden,
135
-
136
; Dartmouth College case,
163
.
Woodward, W. H.,
158
.
Worcester
vs.
Georgia,
193
-
194
.
Wythe, George,
30
,
32
.
X.
“X.Y.Z.” mission,
45
-
46
.