Manuscript Group 252, Amzi Dodd (1793-1838), Lawyer Papers, 1785-1840

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Manuscript Group 252, Amzi Dodd (1793-1838), Lawyer

Papers, 1785-1840, 3.0 linear feet
Call Number: MG 252 + box & folder number

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Summary:

Chiefly legal papers of Amzi Dodd who practiced law in Newark, New Jersey from 1817 until his death. He also served as Prosecutor of the Pleas for Essex County, and as a member of the General Assembly, 1826-1827, and Senate, 1829, of New Jersey. Dodd was a member and Judge Advocate of the Essex Brigade of Militia, 1810-1823, and both a Freemason and National Republican during his adult life. Included are materials relative to Moses Bigelow, Joseph C. Hornblower, Alexander C. McWhorter, William Pennington, David Bayard Ogden, and Smith Scudder. There are also legal papers pertaining to the cases of Thomas Gibbons vs. Aaron Ogden, 1816-1823; the Morris Canal and Banking Company, 1826-1827; the New Jersey Railroad and Transportation Company, 1833; and the patent suit of John Warner vs. David Flagg, 1826-1834. Dodd is not to be confused with his nephew Amzi Dodd (1823-1913).

Related Collections:

Manuscript Group 386, Ogden Family (Newark and Elizabeth, NJ)
Manuscript Group 454, Condit-Dodd Family Papers
Manuscript Group 1302, Gibbons Family (Savannah, GA and Madison, NJ) Papers

Separated material: Broadside 312, Newark Railway

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Initial processing of this collection was provided as part of the “Farm to City” project funded by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

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