Washington County, District of Columbia, Circuit Court

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1801-02-27

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1863

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"Washington County, District of Columbia, Circuit Court" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/O00015091, (accessed May 2, 2024).

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Circuit Court for Washington County, District of Columbia. Created by Congress in the act for the Government of the Federal District in 1801. Dissolved and responsibilities assumed by the Supreme Court for the District of Columbia in 1863. Chief Judge: James Dunlop. Associate Judges: James S. Morsell and William Merrick. Clerk: John A. Smith.

Reports of Cases Civil and Criminal Argued and Adjudged in the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia for the County of Washington, vol. 2, eds. John A Hayward and George C. Hazelton, (Washington, D.C.: John Byrne & Co., 1895), v.
"The U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Columbia, 1801-1863," National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C., https://www.archives.gov/files/research/court-records/dc-circuit-court-1801-1863.pdf (accessed July 19, 2021).

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