MARC Record from Library of Congress

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040 $aDLC$cDLC$edacs$dDLC
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100 1 $aKent, James,$d1763-1847.
245 00 $aJames Kent papers,$f1779-1854$g(bulk 1798-1847).
300 $a1,500$fitems.
300 $a17$fcontainers plus$a4$foversize.
300 $a7$fmicrofilm reels.
300 $a7$flinear feet.
506 0 $aOpen to research.
520 8 $aCorrespondence, journals of official and personal travels, diplomas, and commissions pertaining primarily to Kent's service as judge of the New York Supreme Court and as chancellor of the New York Court of Chancery. Documents Kent's life as a lawyer, traveler, and family man. A letter (1832) to Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton includes the draft of Kent's Memories of Alexander Hamilton. Includes material relating to Kent's service in the New York State Militia. reminiscences of Kent, written in 1847 by Simeon Baldwin for Kent's son; and a register of lawsuits entered by the law firms of Livingston and Kent and Livingston and Thompson. Family correspondents include Kent's wife, Elizabeth Kent; his brother, Moss Kent; his brother-in-law, Theodorus Bailey; and his son, William Kent. Correspondents include John Quincy Adams, Simeon Baldwin, George Bancroft, Nicholas Biddle, William Carroll, Henry Clay, David Daggett, Edward Everett, William Johnson, Francis Lieber, William Henry Seward, Benjamin Silliman, Daniel Webster, and William Wirt.
530 $aMicrofilm edition available,$dno. 16,216.
533 $aMicrofilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division.$bWashington, D.C. :$cLibrary of Congress Photoduplication Service,$d1975.
541 $cGift,$aWilliam Kent,$d1904-1906.
541 $cGift,$aheirs of William Stone,$d1914.
541 $cPurchase,$d1969.
545 0 $aJurist and legal commentator.
546 $aCollection material in English.
555 8 $aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010132
555 8 $aRegister and card index available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room.
600 10 $aAdams, John Quincy,$d1767-1848$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBailey, Theodorus,$d1805-1877$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBaldwin, Simeon,$d1761-1851.
600 10 $aBaldwin, Simeon,$d1761-1851$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBancroft, George,$d1800-1891$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBiddle, Nicholas,$d1786-1844$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aCarroll, William,$d1788-1844$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aClay, Henry,$d1777-1852$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aDaggett, David,$d1764-1851$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aEverett, Edward,$d1794-1865$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHamilton, Alexander,$d1757-1804.
600 10 $aHamilton, Elizabeth Schuyler,$d1757-1854$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aJohnson, William,$d1771-1834$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aKent, Elizabeth$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aKent, Moss$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aKent, William$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aLieber, Francis,$d1800-1872$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aSeward, William Henry,$d1801-1872$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aSilliman, Benjamin,$d1779-1864$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aStory, Joseph,$d1779-1845$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWebster, Daniel,$d1782-1852$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWirt, William,$d1772-1834$vCorrespondence.
600 30 $aKent family.
610 10 $aNew York (State).$bCourt of Chancery.
610 10 $aNew York (State).$bMilitia.
610 10 $aNew York (State).$bSupreme Court.
610 20 $aLivingston and Kent.
610 20 $aLivingston and Thompson.
650 0 $aCourts$zNew York (State)
650 0 $aPractice of law$zNew York (State)
650 0 $aVoyages and travels.
656 7 $aEducators.$2itoamc
656 7 $aJurists.$2itoamc
852 $aLibrary of Congress$bManuscript Division$eWashington, D.C. 20540 USA$ndcu$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
856 4 $3Finding aid$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010132
856 4 $3Finding aid (PDF)$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010132.3