Description
The papers of Edward Lander consist of a photograph of the bust of Edward; letters from his father and relatives, 1853-1858;
miscellaneous legal, military and financial documents; political and military broadsides; printed speeches and poems; and
numerous clippings.
Background
Edward Lander (1816-1907) was born in Salem, Mass. and died in Washington, D. C. He graduated from Harvard in 1835 and then
studied law. In 1841 he moved to Indiana where he was a prosecuting attorney for eight counties. At the outbreak of the Mexican
War he enlisted and raised a company of light infantry which later served with Gen. Taylor's Army. He was honorably discharged
in 1848. In 1850 he was appointed to the Indiana Court of Common Appeals. In 1853 he was appointed by President Franklin Pierce
to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Washington Territory. In 1857, he declined reappointment and became counsel for
the Hudson Bay Company in a case heard before the International Commission at Washington in 1865-70. Henceforth he practiced
law in the nation's capitol.
Restrictions
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permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.