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A law establishing a Supreme Court : and documents, published by a joint resolution of the Legislative Council, and House of Representatives, of Illinois Territory.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Illinois.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 31387.
- Standardized Title:
- Act establishing a Supreme Court for Illinois Territory
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Illinois. Supreme Court.
- Illinois.
- Courts--Illinois.
- Courts.
- Law--Illinois.
- Law.
- Genre:
- Memorials (Legal)
- Physical Description:
- 45 pages, 1 unnumbered page
- Place of Publication:
- Kaskaskia [Ill.], : Printed by Matthew Duncan, printer to the territory, Decr. 24, 1814.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- Signed on p. 11: Risdon Moore, speaker of the House of Representatives. Pierre Menard, president of the Council. Approved, December 13th, 1814, Ninian Edwards.
- Last page blank.
- "Letter of the Hon. Judges Thomas and Sprigg. To the honorable the Legislature of Illinois."--p. 12-20. Signed on p. 20: J.B. Thomas, Wm. Sprigg. Kaskaskia, December 7, 1814.
- "The Legislatures [sic] answer to the objections made by the Hon. Judges Thomas and Sprigg to the law establishing a Supreme Court."--p. 21. Signed: Risdon More, speaker of the House of Representatives. Pierre Menard, president of the Council.
- "Gov. Edwards' address to the Legislative Council and House of Representatives, made in persuance of their request by joint resolution; in answer to Judges Thomas and Sprigg's objections to the law establishing a Supreme Court for Illinois Territory."--p. 22-41. Signed on p. 41: Ninian Edwards. December 12, 1814.
- "The honorable legislature of the Illiois Territory. Gentlemen, ... For the two last years past only one suit of common law has been instituted in the General Court of Illinois Territory. ... Robert Morrison, clk. Gen. C. Kaskaskia December, 30, 1814."--p. 42.
- "Memorial to Congress by the Legislative Assembly."--p. 43-45. Requesting clarification from Congress regarding establishment of the Illinois Supreme Court.
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 31387).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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