Chandler, Peleg W. (Peleg Whitman) (1816-1889)

Scope and Contents: Records of the law office of Shattuck and Chandler. The records document the civil suits and railroad cases the office handled. Materials are primarily loose bound legal dockets filed by the name of the plaintiff. The individual packets include a variety of documents such as letters, bills, and receipts and legal documents such as deeds, petitions, depositions, notices, briefs, wills, and powers of attorney. Other materials include railroad cases filed by name of the railroad, miscellaneous...

Overview:

Contains Greenleaf's professional and personal correspondence, notes for moot court, material relating to Christ Church, Cambridge and the Massachusetts Bible Society, and miscellaneous legal materials. Papers concern temperance, Harvard Law School, and the colonization of Liberia. Correspondents include Joseph Story, Lemuel Shaw, Charles Sumner, and Willard Witte.