Enclosed copy of the Attorney General's opinion
Document 1800Encloses a copy of the Attorney General's opinion on the case of the captain of the 4th Regiment - whether he should be delivered to a municipal court in Maryland. McHenry considers Lee's opinion a sound one.
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[Docket, written sideways on verso of letter:]
11 March [17]9[undecipherable]
Gen. Pinckney
[undecipherable] the [undecipherable] opinion in
the case
[undecipherable]
Dear Sir
Inclosed is copy of an opinion on the case of [undecipherable: Divien?] given by the Attorney General. It may be a [undecipherable] [underline: What do you think?] sound one, and yet [undecipherable] and rather [undecipherable] here to [undecipherable] con[undecipherable]: opinions. What do you think?
Yours truly.
James McHenry
Gen Pinckney
Type
Draft Letter Signed
Description
Encloses a copy of the Attorney General's opinion on the case of the captain of the 4th Regiment - whether he should be delivered to a municipal court in Maryland. McHenry considers Lee's opinion a sound one.
Date
03/11/1800
Author
Recipient
Repository
Collection
Document number
1800031100601
Page start
1
Note
Enclosed document not available
Notable persons
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
James McHenry
Divin
Charles Lee
Attorney General
municipal court
Notable locations
War Office
[Maryland]