1John 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...
2To James Madison from John Knapp, 29 March 1801 (Madison Papers)
Alexander Contee Hanson was the chancellor of Maryland. Gabriel Duvall was chief justice of the general court of Maryland. William Kilty served as a state jurist in 1801. Richard Sprigg, Jr., was a Maryland congressman who served in the House......Muhlenberg, John and Joseph Heister, Robert Brown, Alexander J. Dallas, and Dr. Michael Lieb were influential members of the Pennsylvania Republican...
3To James Madison from Jacob Wagner, 28 July 1805 (Madison Papers)
...when he moved to Baltimore. From 1794 to 1798 he also served as deputy clerk to the Supreme Court. Between early 1807 and 1816 he published or edited pro-Federalist newspapers in Baltimore and in Georgetown in partnership with Alexander Contee Hanson. The office of his Baltimore paper was sacked and burned by a mob during the War of 1812 (Maeva Marcus et al.,
4Circular Letter to Midnight Appointees, [after 4 March 1801] (Jefferson Papers)
...the office,” included William H. Dorsey, as judge of the Orphans Court for Washington County; William Thornton, Thomas Peter, and Dorsey, justices of the peace for Washington County; Charles Alexander, George Gilpin, Jonah Thompson, John Herbert, Cuthbert Powell, and Jacob Hoffman, justices of the peace for Alexandria County; Thomas Johnson, James Marshall, and William Cranch, judges of the...
5To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Hanson, 8 August 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
. Enclosure: undated list of 25 directors of the Bank of the U.S., in Hanson’s hand, including Thomas Willing, Elias Boudinot, Samuel Breck, William Bingham, Isaac Wharton, Robert Smith, James C. Fisher, Abijah Dawes, Joseph Sims, Archibald McCall, F. G. Wacksmuth, Andrew Bayard, Samuel Coates,...As surveyor of customs, Hanson had served under collector .... Despite Hanson’s repeated...
6I. Tables of Justices of the Peace for the District of Columbia, [before 16 March 1801] (Jefferson Papers)
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7Enclosure: Benjamin Galloway to Maryland General Assembly, 5 January 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
Alexander Contee Hanson
8From Thomas Jefferson to Albert Gallatin, 16 June 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
...the Collectorship of Nanjemoy was formerly vacant. Brent’s connections place him on good ground but his politics & character merit enquiry. Jackson’s recommendations make him also worthy of enquiry. I wish Mason, D. C. Brent, Hanson & Kelty could give us his character . Letters recommending John Brent and William Jackson for the post awarded to Alexander Scott have not been found.
9To Thomas Jefferson from John F. Mercer, 19 October 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
with Mercer on the commissioners, the council nominated the state chancellor, Alexander Contee Hanson, state senator James Houston, and John ...House of Delegates. Mercer in turn nominated Hanson, Gabriel Duvall, and John Thomson Mason, and requested that the assembly determine who properly had authority over the nominations. In the 1804 elections, Montgomery placed third among the four...
10To Thomas Jefferson from Alexander Stuart, 21 November 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
Alexander Stuart (d. 1806) served in the Revolutionary War as a lieutenant with the Delaware regiment. In 1793, he identified himself as a physician from New Castle County. The next year he married Mary Perkins Wilson, heir... , 520; George A. Hanson,