DECISION IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, ON THE PATENTS OF PROFESSOR MORSE, IN THE CASE OF HENRY O'REILLY, EUGENE L. WHITMAN, W.F.B. HASTINGS, APPELLANTS. VERSUS SAMUEL F.B. MORSE, ALFRED VAIL, AND FRANCIS O.J. SMITH, APPELLEES.
New York: Pudney & Russell, 1854. 29pp, sewn, original printed wrappers (moderately worn, rear wrap loose). Light foxing, old pencil marks, Very Good. Salmon P. Chase, the anti-slavery politician who became Lincoln's Treasury Secretary and Taney's successor as Chief Justice, argued for O'Reilly and his fellow appellants. They attempted to..... More