Letter to Lemuel Shaw from Samuel Putnam, January 28, 1842

Samuel Putnam (1768-1853) wrote this heartfelt letter of friendship to Lemuel Shaw upon the occasion of Putnam\u27s retirement from the bench. Putnam served on the Supreme Judicial Court from 1814 to 1842

Letter to Lemuel Shaw from John Prince, January 12, 1838

In this letter, John Prince thanks Lemuel Shaw for his friendly letter and seeks assurance that he still has a job at the letter\u27s conclusion. This letter appears to be a response to another letter in this collection, dated January 10, 1838, in which the five justices of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court criticize an un-named court employee, probably Prince, for indulging to excess in the use of ardent spirit . This item also includes a typescript of the letter annotated by Arthur P. Rugg, associate justice (1906-1911) and chief justice (1911-1938) of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Unsigned letter to John Prince from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, January 10, 1838

This unsigned letter was written on behalf of the five justices of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. The scribe criticizes one of the court\u27s employees, most likely John Prince, for indulging to excess in the use of ardent spirit and threatens him with the loss of his appointment. Evidently the problem resolved itself, for Shaw served as Chief Justice for thirty years, from 1830 to 1860. Prince responds to this message in a letter dated January 12, 1838, which is also part of this collection. This item also includes a typescript of the letter annotated by Arthur P. Rugg, associate justice (1906-1911) and chief justice (1911-1938) of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Letter from Lemuel Shaw to James Kent, May 9, 1836

Lemuel Shaw wrote this letter to Kent, thanking Kent for sending him a copy of the third edition of Kent\u27s Commentaries on American Law (1836)

Letter to Lemuel Shaw from Charles Folsom , July 4, 1833

Charles Folsom, scholar, editor, and Harvard professor, wrote this letter to Lemuel Shaw, who was president of the Phi Beta Kappa Society at the time (1832-1837)

Letter from Lemuel Shaw to Charles Bulfinch, August 28, 1800

Lemuel Shaw wrote this letter to Charles Bulfinch, Chairman of the Boston School Committee, seeking a position at the South Reading School (later the Franklin School). Shaw had recently graduated from Harvard. He obtained the position and held it for one year, before beginning a law apprenticeship with David Everett