1From John Quincy Adams to Alexander Contee Hanson, 23 March 1818 (Adams Papers)
According to your request, I return the plat, which you had the goodness to send me with many thanks.—Your letter of 6th. Feby. had remained unanswered, not only from the pressure of public business, but from an inability to answer specifically in the name of all Mr. Johnson’s heirs—His affairs were left at his decease in 1802 in a state of great embarrassment, chiefly owing to a suit in...
2John Quincy Adams to Walter Hellen, 28 April 1802 (Adams Papers)
...Joshua Johnson’s former partners in the mercantile firm of Wallace, Johnson, & Muir. The partners reached a financial settlement through arbitration in 1799, but Johnson later challenged the settlement in court. In Oct. 1799 Maryland chancellor Alexander Contee Hanson (1749–1806) ruled against Johnson. Hanson issued a handbill dated 31 March 1800 justifying his actions, but Johnson appealed...