The Papers of John Marshall

The 1819 term of the Supreme Court stands preeminent in John Marshall’s chief justiceship as the year of three major constitutional pronouncements: <i>Dartmouth College </i>v.<i> Woodward</i> <i>Sturgis </i>v.<i> Crowninshield</i> and <i>McCulloch </i>v.<i> Maryland</i>. This volume covering 1814 to 1819 reproduces these and other important Marshall opinions given in the Supreme Court and the U.S. Circuit Court for Virginia. Also included are a series of essays Marshall wrote to answer critics of the <i>McCulloch v. Maryland</i> decision. In addition to papers concerning judicial business this volume includes personal correspondence that sheds light on Marshall’s private interests and family life.