LIFE AND LETTERS

OF

JOSEPH STORY,

ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES,
AND DANE PROFESSOR OF LAW AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

EDITED BY HIS SON,

WILLIAM W. STORY.

"And thou art worthy; full of power
As gentle; liberal-minded, great,
Consistent; wearing all that weight
Of learning lightly as a flower."

VOLUME II.

BOSTON:

CHARLES C. LITTLE AND JAMES BROWN.

1851.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1851,

By WILLIAM W. STORY,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

L 5826

MAY 1 2 1932

CAMBRIDGE:

PRINTED BY HOUGHTON AND HAYWOOD.

CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

CHAPTER I.

PROFESSORIAL AND JUDICIAL LIFE.

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1829-31. T. 50-52.

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Foundation of the Professorship of Law at Harvard University, by Mr. Dane

-My Father's Interviews with Mr. Dane- He accepts the Appointment

of Dane Professor of Law-Appointment of Mr. Ashmun to the Royall

Professorship — Inauguration of the Professors — Discourse by my Father

-Extracts-Christianity a Part of the Common Law-Correspondence

with Hon. John Q. Adams - Removal to Cambridge - Discourse before

the Mechanics' Institute-Fulton's first Steamboat-Contributions to the

Encyclopedia Americana-"Inglis v. The Trustees of Snug Harbor ".

Death of Mr. Justice Washington-Sketch of Him-Letters - Opinion

of Jefferson's Correspondence - Return to Cambridge - Method of Teach-

ing in the Law School - Salary - Beginning of the Law School - My

Father surrenders his Library to the College-Projects for a New Build-

ing-Lectures before the Families of the Professors - Letters from Wash-

ington "Cherokee Nation v. The State of Georgia” — Moot-Courts and

Jury Trials in the Law School-Death of his Daughter Louisa - Lines

written on her Death-Letters relating to it-A Prayer - Translation of

Shenstone's Epitaph on Miss Dolman -Consecration of Mount Auburn

Cemetery Address-Extracts.

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CHAPTER II.

PROFESSORIAL AND JUDICIAL LIFE.

1831-33. T. 52-54.

Scheme of Treatises on Jurisprudence - Illness of Chief Justice Marshall-

Exclusiveness of the English Bar in respect to American Jurisprudence —

Death of Chief Justice Parker- My Father requested to take the Office of

Chief Justice of Massachusetts-Declines it- Sketch of Chief Justice

Parker Health breaks down-Lines entitled, "Sketches of Character"

-Couplets written in Memorandum-books of Arguments-Letters writ-

ten from Washington-Verses entitled, "Advice to a young Lawyer”.