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Soldier, State Legislator, Lawyer, and Federalist, 1779-1797

To Thomas Posey, September 1, 1779 3(1)

To William Pierce, February 12, 1783 4(2)

To Charles Simms, June 22, 1783 6(1)

To James Monroe, December 12, 1783 7(1)

To James Monroe, January 3, 1784 8(1)

To James Monroe, February 24, 1784 9(2)

To James Monroe, April 17, 1784 11(1)

To Charles Simms, June 16, 1784 11(2)

To James Monroe, December 2, 1784 13(2)

To George Muter, January 7, 1785 15(1)

To James Wilkinson, January 5, 1787 16(1)

To George Muter, February 11, 1787 17(1)

To Arthur Lee, March 5, 1787 18(2)

Speech in the Virginia Ratifying Convention on the Necessity of Adopting the Constitution, June 10, 1788 20(14)

Speech in the Virginia Ratifying Convention on the Militia, June 16, 1788 34(3)

Speech in the Virginia Ratifying Convention on the Judiciary, June 20, 1788 37(11)

To George Washington, October 14, 1789 48(1)

To Archibald Stuart, ca. December 1789 48(1)

To Albert Gallatin, January 3, 1790 49(2)

Resolutions in Support of the Neutrality Proclamation, August 17, 1793 51(2)

Address in Support of the Neutrality Proclamation, August 17, 1793 53(1)

Aristides No. I, September 8, 1793 54(6)

Aristides No. II, November 20, 1793 60(10)

To Archibald Stuart, March 27, 1794 70(2)

To Mary W. Marshall, February 3, 1796 72(1)

Argument in the U.S. Supreme Court in Ware v. Hylton, February 9, 1796 72(6)

To Alexander Hamilton, April 25, 1796 78(1)

To James Iredell, December 15, 1796 79(1)

To Mary W. Marshall, June 24, 1797 80(1)

To Mary W. Marshall, July 3, 1797 81(1)

To Mary W. Marshall, July 5, 1797 82(1)

To Mary W. Marshall, July 10, 1797 83(1)

To Mary W. Marshall, July 11, 1797 84(1)

To Mary W. Marshall, July 14, 1797 85(2)

To Mary W. Marshall, July 20, 1797 87(4)

Diplomat, Congressman, and Secretary of State, 1798-1801

To Mary W. Marshall, August 3, 1797 91(1)

To Mary W. Marshall, September 9, 1797 92(2)

To George Washington, September 15, 1797 94(8)

To Timothy Pickering, October 22, 1797 102(14)

To George Washington, October 24, 1797 116(3)

To Timothy Pickering, November 8, 1797 119(18)

To Mary W. Marshall, November 27, 1797 137(1)

To George Washington, March 8, 1798 138(4)

To Citizens of Richmond, August 11, 1798 142(2)

To Timothy Pickering, August 11, 1798 144(2)

To Mary W. Marshall, August 18, 1798 146(1)

To a Freeholder, September 20, 1798 147(3)

To George Washington, January 8, 1799 150(2)

To James M. Marshall, April 3, 1799 152(3)

Speech in Congress on the Case of Thomas Nash, March 7, 1800 155(28)

To Rufus King, August 23, 1800 183(7)

To Rufus King, August 23, 1800 190(1)

To Rufus King, September 20, 1800 191(15)

To Richard Peters, October 30, 1800 206(1)

To St. George Tucker, November 18, 1800 207(1)

To St. George Tucker, November 27, 1800 208(3)

To Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, December 18, 1800 211(1)

To Edward Carrington, December 28, 1800 212(1)

To Alexander Hamilton, January 1, 1801 213(4)

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 1801-1819

To William Paterson, February 2, 1801 217(1)

To Rufus King, February 26, 1801 217(2)

To Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, March 4, 1801 219(1)

To James M. Marshall, March 18, 1801 220(1)

To William Paterson, April 6, 1802 221(1)

To William Cushing, April 19, 1802 222(1)

To William Paterson, April 19, 1802 222(2)

To William Paterson, May 3, 1802 224(1)

To Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, November 21, 1802 225(2)

To Mary W. Marshall, January 2, 1803 227(2)

Opinion in Marbury v. Madison, February 24, 1803 229(24)

To Caleb P. Wayne, January 10, 1804 253(2)

Preface to The Life of George Washington, 1804 255(7)

To Samuel Chase, January 23, 1804 262(1)

To Caleb P. Wayne, July 20, 1804 263(1)

To Caleb P. Wayne, September 3, 1804 264(2)

To Caleb P. Wayne, June 27, 1806 266(2)

Circuit Court Opinion in United States v. Burr Regarding a Motion for a Subpoena, June 13, 1807 268(14)

To William Cushing, June 29, 1807 282(4)

Circuit Court Opinion in United States v. Burr on the Law of Treason, August 31, 1807 286(53)

To Richard Peters, November 23, 1807 339(1)

To Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, October 19, 1808 340(2)

Opinion in Fletcher v. Peck, March 16, 1810 342(13)

To Robert Smith, July 27, 1812 355(3)

Report of the Virginia River Commission, December 26, 1812 358(21)

To Bushrod Washington, April 19, 1814 379(1)

To an Unknown Correspondent, April 9, 1815 380(1)

To Richard Peters, July 21, 1815 381(1)

To Richard Peters, October 12, 1815 382(1)

To Bushrod Washington, September 10, 1816 383(2)

To Louis Marshall, December 23, 1816 385(1)

To Dudley Chase, February 7, 1817 386(1)

To Mary W. Marshall, February 14, 1817 387(1)

To Joseph Delaplaine, March 22, 1818 388(3)

Opinion in Dartmouth College v. Woodward, February 2, 1819 391(21)

Opinion in McCulloch v. Maryland, March 6, 1819 412(24)

To Bushrod Washington, March 27, 1819 436(1)

A Friend to the Union No. I, April 24, 1819 437(13)

A Friend to the Union No. II, April 28, 1819 450(13)

To Joseph Story, April 28, 1819 463(1)

To Bushrod Washington, May 6, 1819 464(1)

To Joseph Story, May 27, 1819 465(2)

To Bushrod Washington, June 17, 1819 467(1)

A Friend of the Constitution No. I, June 30, 1819 468(5)

A Friend of the Constitution No. II, July 1, 1819 473(5)

A Friend of the Constitution No. III, July 2, 1819 478(9)

A Friend of the Constitution No. IV, July 3, 1819 487(7)

A Friend of the Constitution No. V, July 5, 1819 494(6)

A Friend of the Constitution No. VI, July 6, 1819 500(5)

A Friend of the Constitution No. VII, July 9, 1819 505(3)

A Friend of the Constitution No. VIII, July 14, 1819 508(7)

A Friend of the Constitution No. IX, July 15, 1819 515(6)

To Bushrod Washington, August 3, 1819 521(4)

Chief Justice of the Surpreme Court, 1820-1835

To John Marshall, Jr., July 10, 1820 525(1)

To Bushrod Washington, February 8, 1821 526(1)

To Mary W. Marshall, February 26, 1821 527(1)

Opinion in Cohens v. Virginia, March 3, 1821 528(36)

To Joseph Story, June 15, 1821 564(1)

To Edward C. Marshall, June 24, 1821 565(2)

To Joseph Story, July 13, 1821 567(1)

To Joseph Story, September 18, 1821 568(3)

To James M. Marshall, July 9, 1822 571(2)

To Mary W. Marshall, February 4, 1823 573(2)

Opinion in Johnson v. McIntosh, February 28, 1823 575(22)

To Bushrod Washington, May 3, 1823 597(1)

To Joseph Story, July 2, 1823 598(2)

To Joseph Story, September 26, 1823 600(1)

To Joseph Story, December 9, 1823 601(2)

To Henry Clay, December 22, 1823 603(2)

To Mary W. Marshall, February 23, 1824 605(2)

Opinion in Gibbons v. Ogden, March 2, 1824 607(26)

To Mary W. Marshall, March 23, 1824 633(1)

Preface to A History of the Colonies, 1824 633(2)

To Thomas W. White, November 29, 1824 635(1)

To Mary W. Marshall, February 8, 1825 636(1)

To Mary W. Marshall, February 12, 1826 637(1)

To Timothy Pickering, March 20, 1826 638(2)

Memorandum by Jared Sparks on a Conversation with Marshall, April 1, 1826 640(1)

To Joseph Story, May 31, 1826 641(1)

To Samuel Fay, September 15, 1826 642(1)

To Samuel Fay, October 15, 1826 643(2)

To Joseph Story, November 16, 1826 645(2)

Opinion in Ogden v. Saunders, February 19, 1827 647(24)

To Timothy Pickering, March 15, 1827 671(1)

To Charles F. Mercer, April 7, 1827 672(2)

To Marquis de Lafayette, May 2, 1827 674(2)

To Joseph Story, July 1827 676(16)

To Joseph Story, December 30, 1827 692(1)

To Timothy Pickering, March 18, 1828 693(2)

To Joseph Story, October 29, 1828 695(1)

To John Randolph, December 24, 1828 696(2)

To Mary W. Marshall, February 1, 1829 698(1)

To Mary W. Marshall, March 5, 1829 699(1)

To Joseph Hopkinson, March 18, 1829 700(1)

To James M. Garnett, May 20, 1829 701(4)

To Joseph Story, June 11, 1829 705(1)

To Joseph Story, July 3, 1829 706(2)

To James Rawlings, July 25, 1829 708(1)

To Joseph Story, September 30, 1829 708(1)

Speech in the Virginia Constitutional Convention on Apportionment, December 4, 1829 709(4)

Speech in the Virginia Constitutional Convention on the Judiciary, December 11, 1829 713(6)

To Mary W. Marshall, January 31, 1830 719(1)

To Mary W. Marshall, February 14, 1830 720(1)

To Mary W. Marshall, March 7, 1830 721(1)

To James Hillhouse, May 26, 1830 722(2)

To Joseph Story, October 15, 1830 724(2)

To Henry Lee, October 25, 1830 726(2)

To Mary W. Marshall, January 30, 1831 728(1)

To Mary W. Marshall, February 7, 1831 729(2)

Opinion in Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, March 18, 1831 731(5)

To Joseph Story, May 3, 1831 736(2)

To Richard Peters, May 19, 1831 738(1)

To Joseph Story, June 26, 1831 739(2)

To Mary W. Marshall, October 6, 1831 741(2)

To Mary W. Marshall, October 12, 1831 743(1)

To Joseph Story, October 12, 1831 744(2)

To Mary W. Marshall, November 8, 1831 746(1)

To Joseph Story, November 10, 1831 747(2)

To Ralph R. Gurley, December 14, 1831 749(2)

To Edward C. Marshall, February 15, 1832 751(2)

Opinion in Worcester v. Georgia, March 3, 1832 753(27)

From The Life of George Washington (Second Edition), 1832 780(41)

To Joseph Story, August 2, 1832 821(2)

To Joseph Story, September 22, 1832 823(1)

To Joseph Story, December 25, 1832 824(3)

Eulogy for Mary Marshall, December 25, 1832 827(3)

Opinion in Barron v. Baltimore, February 16, 1833 830(4)

To Joseph Story, April 24, 1833 834(1)

To Humphrey Marshall, May 7, 1833 835(2)

To Jasper Adams, May 9, 1833 837(1)

To Edward Everett, July 22, 1833 837(2)

To Joseph Story, July 31, 1833 839(2)

To Henry Lee, September 21, 1833 841(2)

To James K. Marshall, October 14, 1833 843(1)

To Thomas S. Grimke, October 6, 1834 844(2)

To Joseph Story, December 3, 1834 846(1)

To John Marshall, Jr., December 7, 1834 847(2)

To James K. Paulding, April 4, 1835 849(2)

To Richard Peters, April 30, 1835 851(1)

To Thomas P. Devereux, May 30, 1835 852(1)

Epitaph, July 4, 1835 852(3)
Chronology 855(20)
Note on the Texts 875(3)
Notes 878(55)
Index 933