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The work presents a concise biography and legal study of John Marshall, chronicling his early years, his elevation of the national judiciary, and his doctrinal battles with political opponents. It recounts key episodes such as the celebrated treason trial and examines his principles of nationalism, the sanctity of contracts, and limits on state sovereignty. Blending institutional history with case-centered analysis, it shows how constitutional structures shaped judicial authority and how Marshall’s reasoning helped entrench federal supremacy and contractual protections while resisting state-rights challenges, ending with reflections on his relations within the Court and his institutional legacy.

A.

Adams, John, and “midnight judges,” 22-23; appoints Marshall Chief Justice, 23-24, 51; Marshall defends, 48.
Adams, J. Q., Memoirs, cited, 71 (note); record of Giles's view on impeachment, 74-75; on Randolph, 81-82; quoted, 126.
Addison, Alexander, 59.
Alien and Sedition laws, 47; see also Sedition Act.
Ambler, Mary, Marshall marries, 30; death, 217-218.
Articles of Confederation, 3-4.


B.

Baldwin, Henry, View of the Constitution, praise of Marshall, 225-226.
Bank, U. S., 124-126; Marshall and, 214-215; see also M'Culloh vs. Maryland.
Barbecue Club, 202-204.
Barlow, Joel, 208-209.
Barron vs. Baltimore, 191.
Bartlett, attorney in Dartmouth College case, 159, 163.
Benton, T. H., Abridgement of the Debates of Congress, cited, 66 (note).
Beveridge, A. J., The Life of John Marshall, quoted, 31, 43, 201.
Blair, Rev., and anecdote of Barbecue Club, 203-204.
Blair, Justice John, of Virginia, 15, 19.
Blennerhasset, Harman, and Burr, 87, 89, 105; describes Eaton, 92.
Blennerhasset’s Island, 87, 103.
Bollmann, Erick, witness at Burr's trial, 92-93, 94, 108, 109.
Botts, Benjamin, defends Burr, 92.
Bradley, Justice J. P., cited, 144 (note); quoted, 227-228.
Breckenridge, John, of Kentucky, 61, 62.
Briscoe vs. Bank of Kentucky, 191.
Brown, Francis, President of Dartmouth College, 164.
Brown vs. Maryland, 142-144, 171, 190.
Buchanan, James, and secession, 227.
Burr, Aaron, and Marshall, 50; Vice-President, 76; favors to, 82-83; “conspiracy” and trial, 86 et seq.


C.

Calder vs. Bull, 150, 154.
Calhoun, J. C., and state sovereignty, 192.
Callender, J. T., tried for sedition, 57, 73, 79.
Campbell, clergyman, teaches John Marshall, 28.
Campbell, lawyer at Richmond, 32, 78.
Charles River Bridge Company vs. Warren Bridge Company, 225 (note).
Chase, Justice Samuel, of Maryland, 19, 57, 71-72, 150; impeachment, 72, 73-83, 112-113.
Cherokee Nation vs. Georgia, 193.
Chisholm vs. Georgia, 18.
Cincinnati, Burr goes to, 87.
Civil War, 226.
Clay, Henry, Marshall and, 214.
Clinton, De Witt, Governor of New York, 164.
Cohens vs. Virginia, 179.
Commerce, Marshall’s opinion of congressional control of, 139-142; see also Congress.
Congress, and Supreme Court, 7, 12-13; impeachments, 71-83; control of commerce, 139-143, 145, 171, 226.
Connecticut, statute excluding Fulton-Livingston vessels, 136.
Constitution, relation of Supreme Court to, 7-13; principles from Marshall’s interpretation of, 144-145.
Constitutional Convention and state coercion, 4-5.
Contracts, sanctity of, 147 et seq.
Cooley vs. the Board of Wardens, 227.
Cooper, Thomas, tried for sedition, 57.
Corn Tassel, Cherokee Indian, 193.
Craig vs. Missouri, 192-193.
Cumberland Road Bill vetoed, 188.
Cushing, Justice William, of Massachusetts, 15, 17, 116.
Cushing, Mrs., wife of Justice, 17.


D.

Dartmouth College vs. Woodward, 124, 154 et seq.
Dickinson, John, of Delaware, on removal of judges, 6; Jefferson writes to, 23; President of Pennsylvania, 59 (note).
Dodd, W. E., Chief Justice Marshall and Virginia, cited, 174 (note).
Duval, Justice Gabriel, 219; and Dartmouth College case, 163.


E.

Eaton, William, witness at Burr’s trial, 92, 101.
Elliot, J., Debates, 36, 38.
Ellsworth, Oliver, 76; on state coercion, 5; author of Judiciary Act (1789), 14; Chief Justice, 20; resigns, 23, 175.
Emmet, T. A., lawyer of New York, 136.
Enquirer, Richmond, 183.
Espionage Act of June 15, 1917, 110.
Evans, Charles, Report, cited, 71 (note).


F.

Federalist, 5, 13, 15, 18, 124, 175.
Fletcher vs. Peck, 151-154, 159, 166.
Fries, John, tried for treason, 57, 73, 79.
Fries’s Rebellion, 21.
Fulton, Robert, steamboat grant to, 135.


G.

Gallatin, Albert, 48, 82.
Georgia, land grant case, 151-154; controversy with Supreme Court, 193-194.
Gerry, Elbridge, 45.
Gibbons vs. Oregon, 130, 135-142, 145, 171, 189.
Giles, W. B., of Virginia, 62, 74-75, 78, 82.
Goodrich, C. A., Professor of Yale, 162 (note).
Green vs. Biddle, 184, 188.
Griffin, Judge, at Burr's trail, 95.


H.

Hamilton, Alexander, 13, 36, 45, 50, 86, 121, 122; and U. S. Bank, 124-126.
Harding, Chester, quoted, 204-205.
Hay, George, and Sedition Act, 79; U. S. District Attorney, 91, 98, 113-114.
Hayes, Samuel (or Haze), 155-156.
Heath testifies against Chase, 79.
Henry, Patrick, at Virginia Convention, 37, 38; supports Marshall, 48.
Holmes, John, and Dartmouth College case, 163.
Holmes, Justice O. W., on Marshall, 121.
Hopkinson, Joseph, defends Chase, 80; in Bank case, 128; and Dartmouth College case, 162.
Hunter vs. Martin, 174-177, 179.


I.

Impeachments, Pickering, 71-73; Chase, 73-83; of Pennsylvania State Supreme Court judges, 84.
Indians, and Dartmouth College, 155, 158; and Georgia, 193.
Iredell, Justice James, of North Carolina, 15.


J.

Jackson, Andrew, and Burr, 92; President, 191; and controversy between Supreme Court and Georgia, 194.
Jay, John, of New York, Chief Justice, 15-16, 19-20, 196.
Jefferson, Thomas, 25, 28, 166; elected President, 22; and the Judiciary, 23, 53 et seq., 182-183; Governor of Virginia, 30; and Marshall, 46, 50, 55, 94-95, 96, 97-98, 108, 120; inauguration, 55-56; Marbury vs. Madison, 64-66; and Martin, 77, 78; and Burr, 82, 88-89, 90, 111, 113; and Johnson, 115; and U. S. Bank, 125; on Dartmouth College question, 157; criticism of Marshall’s Life of Washington, 208-209.
Johnson, Allen, Jefferson and His Colleagues, cited, 87 (note).
Johnson, R. M., of Kentucky, 185.
Johnson, Justice William, 115, 151, 164.
Jones, Walter, in Bank case, 128.
Judiciary, establishment, 1 et seq.; removal of judges, 6; Jefferson's war on, 53 et seq.
Judiciary Act (1789), 14-16, 39, 192-193; Act (1801), 22, 60-63, 71.


K.

Kent, Chancellor James, of New York, 137, 138, 164, 225 (note).
Kentucky, anti-judicial movement, 58, 184-186, 187, 188.
Kentucky Resolutions, 22, 127, 177.
King, Rufus, on John Marshall, 44.


L.

Law Journal, Hall's 183.
Lee, R. E., 25.
Lewis, attorney for Fries, 79.
Lincoln, Abraham, and nationalism, 226.
Livingston, Justice Brockholst, 164.
Livingston, R. R., steamboat grant to, 135.
Livingston family of New York, 16.
Livingston vs. Van Ingen, 137 (note).
Lodge, H. C., on Marshall, 121.


M.

M’Culloh vs. Maryland, 124-135, 143, 182, 184, 190.
McLean, Justice John, letter of Story to, quoted, 225 (note).
Madison, James, 82; on state coercion, 5; on state courts as national tribunals, 7; in Virginia Legislature, 34; Virginia Convention, 36, 37; and U. S. Bank, 126; Journal, cited, 175.
Marbury vs. Madison, 64-71.
Marsh, Charles, 164.
Marshall, John, 18, 20, 22; and American constitutionalism, 2-3; appointed Chief Justice, 24, 51; born (1755), 25; early life, 25 et seq.; education, 27-28, 30; and the Revolution, 29-30; marriage (1783), 30; practices law at Richmond, 31-32; in Virginia Legislature, 33; and adoption of Constitution, 35-38; Wirt’s description of, 39-42; personal characteristics, 42; Federalist leader in Virginia, 43; and Jay Treaty, 43-44, 48; purchases Fairfax estate, 44-45; “X.Y.Z.” mission, 45-46, 49; elected to Congress, 46-48; and Jefferson, 46, 50, 55, 94-95, 96, 97-98, 108, 120; in Washington, 53-54; first constitutional case, 64-71; and trial of Burr, 93 et seq.; and nationalism, 121 et seq., 147; interpretation of Constitution, 144-145; and sanctity of contracts, 147 et seq.; and State Rights, 173 et seq.; as private citizen, 198 et seq.; as hero of anecdote, 205-206; religious bent, 206; Life of Washington, 34 (note), 208-210; correspondence, 211-213; and politics, 213-214; on method of electing President, 214-215; and U. S. Bank, 215-216; illness, 216-217; death of wife, 217-218; last years, 219-220; composes epitaph, 221; death, 221; will, 221-222; tribute, 221-222; Baldwin on, 225-226; bibliography, 233-236.
Marshall, Thomas, father of John Marshall, 25, 27.
Martin, Luther, of Maryland, on authority of federal legislation, 9; defends Chase, 76-77, 80, 81; defends Burr, 92, 96; in Bank case, 128.
Martin vs. Hunter’s Lessee, 177-182.
Martineau, Harriet, describes Marshall, 220.
Maryland, attitude toward Judiciary, 58; and U. S. Bank, see M’Culloch vs. Maryland.
Mason, George, 38.
Mason, Jeremiah, 158, 162.
Mexico, “Burr’s Conspiracy” against, 99.
Morgan, General, witness at Burr’s trial, 102.
Morris, Gouverneur, quoted, 61.
Morris, Robert, and Marshall, 45.
Munford, G. W., The Two Parsons, cited, 204 (note).
Murch, Rachel, 155.


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