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The collection was donated by Idella Swisher, widow of Hopkins's political science professor, Carl Brent Swisher, in 1973. Prof. Swisher may have originally purchased the letters as part of his research on the Taney court.
Access to the collection is unrestricted.
Roger Brooke Taney Papers, MS 65
Special Collections,
Milton S. Eisenhower Library,
The Johns Hopkins University
Roger Brooke Taney was the fifth Chief Justice of the United States.
Arranged chronologically