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MARSHALL, JOHN

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MARSHALL, JOHN
(1755 - 1835) Supreme Court Chief Justice and the principal founder of the American system of constitutional law, including the doctrine of judicial review. War-date A.E.S.penned on the verso of a letter sent to one Jacob Morgan in Martinsburg, 1p.4to., Frederick, July 26, 1777 concerning the proposed sale of a tract of land. Marshall endorses the letter on verso:""This is the letter alluded to in the deposition of Richard Morgan. J.Marshall"". Although the letter is rather tattered, with a dime-sized hole at center, Marshall's endorsement remains undamaged, with only very slight show-through from writing on verso.