ARGUMENT OF GEORGE GIFFORD, ESQ., OF NEW YORK, DELIVERED IN DECEMBER, 1852, AT WASHINGTON, BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, IN THE CASE OF HENRY O'REILLY, ET AL., APPELLANTS, VS. SAMUEL F.B. MORSE, F.O.J. SMITH ET AL., APPELLEES. BEING AN APPEAL FROM A DECISION OF THE U.S. CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY, IN FAVOR OF PROF. MORSE'S PATENTS FOR "THE AMERICAN ELECTRO-MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH."
New York: Wm. C. Bryant & Co., Printers, 1853. 94pp. Stitched in original printed green wrappers [rear wrapper present but detached. Mild scattered spotting, Very Good. Gifford argued for Morse. His opponent was Salmon P. Chase, the anti-slavery politician who became Lincoln's Treasury Secretary and Taney's successor as Chief Justice..... More