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Chief Justice Roger B. Taney Signed 1647 Book Chief Justice Roger B. Taney Signed 1647 Book.

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Chief Justice Roger B. Taney Signed 1647 Book Chief Justice Roger B. Taney Signed 1647 Book.
<B>Chief Justice Roger B. Taney Signed 1647 Book.</B></I> His copy of <I>The Reading of that famous Lawyer Sr. Robert Brook Kt. Upon the Statute of Limitations, 32.H.8. Cap.2.</B></I> (London: Hen. Twyford, 1647), 182 pages, marbled boards, 24mo (3.75" x 5.75"). Taney, who has signed the front pastedown, was a native of Maryland. He was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in 1836 and served there until 1864. He wrote the opinion on the <I>Dred Scott</B></I> case, ruling that blacks were not citizens and that slaves were considered property. The title page has been repaired and there is general wear. Presented in a custom brown fabric folder and a leather and brown cloth slipcase with gilt titles on the banded spine.