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Archive of Documents, Notes, and Letters relating to cases handled by Attorney WILLIAM S. BIDDLE for various clients, including cases involving THOMAS TRUXTUN, High Sheriff of Pennsylvania Co.; notes challenging the EMBARGO ACT of 1808; and other various
[Philadelphia, 1816-1831]. (BIDDLE, WILLIAM S) Various formats (8vo, 4to, folio). In all, approximately 58 pages. Generally very good, and enclosed in a custom linen clamshell box. ΒΆ "William Shepard Biddle (1781-1835) was the first child of Charles and Hannah Biddle ... William entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1794 and graduated with the class of 1797. He studied law and was admitted to the Philadelphia Bar in 1801, eventually becoming one of its most distinguished members. He served as director of the Law Library Company of Philadelphia from 1809-1815. He first married Circe Deroncera [or Deroneray], and later married Elizabeth B. Keating, daughter of the honorable Joseph Hopkinson." - Special Collections, University of Delaware Library. This archive includes several documents relating to his client, the famous naval hero THOMAS TRUXTUN, close friend of his father Charles Biddle, while Truxtun served as high sheriff of Philadelphia Co. Several of Biddle's legal notes concern the issue of fees charged to the County by Truxtun; another group concerns Biddle's defense of Truxtun in a lawsuit brought by Andrew Taylor against the sheriff for unlawful arrest. Another fascinating group of Biddle's notes relates to his opposition to the embargo act (which Truxtun also opposed). Included as well is an Autograph Draft of a letter, 1-1/2 pp., from Truxton to "the Honourable Judges of the Court of common pleas" of 17 Oct, 1816, regarding his compliance with the Court's request for a statement of "property possessed by myself & sureties offered". Also included is a copy in secretarial hand of a letter Truxtun wrote to Governor SIMON SNYDER apologizing for not being able to "present my application for the appointment of Sheriff of the City & County of Philadelphia"; various indentures, depositions, notes on trials, etc. etc. A fascinating and important archive relating to the lives and careers of two eminent Philadelphians
Offered for US$ 7500.00 by: James Cummins Bookseller - Book number: 55500