Finding Aid for the Justice Edward T. Sanford Collection, 1883-1930
MS-0204University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, June 16, 2006.
Summary Information
Justice Edward T. Sanford Collection
Date/Date Range : 1883-1930
1.5 linear feet
Abstract: This collection contains autographs, speeches, legal papers, portraits, diplomas, and licenses documenting the life and work of Edward Terry Stanford of Knoxville, Tennessee.
MS-0204
University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Access and Use
Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Metcalfe donated this material to the University of Tennessee Law Library in about 1937. It was transferred to the Special Collections Library in 1951.
Collection is open for research.
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
[Identification of Item], Justice Edward T. Sanford Collection, MS-0204. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.
Arrangement
Collection consists of a single box and several oversize items divided into five series: Autographs, Speeches, Legal Memos and Opinions, Portraits, and Diplomas and Licenses.
Biography / History
Edward Terry Stanford was born on July 23, 1865 to Edward Jackson (1831-1902) and Emma Chavannes (1841-1895) Sanford in Knoxville, Tennessee. He was educated first at the University of Tennessee, from whence he graduated with his A.B. and Ph.B degrees in 1883. He then continued on to Harvard, obtaining his A.B. (1885), A.M. (1889) and LL.B.(1889). He obtained an additional honorary LL.B. from the University of Cincinnati in 1908.
Sanford began practicing law in Knoxville in 1890. He quickly garnered a reputation as an excellent practitioner, known particularly for his chancery and appellate cases. He married Lutie Mallory Woodruff on January 6, 1891, and they had two children: Dorothy (born December 5, 1891) and Ana Magee (born December 1892).
Sanford was appointed U.S. assistant Attorney General in 1907, and was made U.S. district judge of Eastern and Middle Tennessee the following year. In 1923, with the support of Chief Justice William Howard Taft, Sanford was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. He served for 7 years, writing a total of 130 opinions. He was known particularly for his talent for interpreting difficult or confusing statutory or procedural matters. He died suddenly on March 8, 1930 in Washington, D.C., and is buried in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Collection Scope and Content Note
This collection contains autographs, speeches, legal papers, portraits, diplomas, and licenses documenting the life and work of Edward Terry Stanford of Knoxville, Tennessee.
Subject Terms
- United States. Supreme Court.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1901-1953.
Contents List
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Series I: Autographs, 1883-1930 (Bulk 1908-1930)
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Item
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Crossword Puzzle or acrostic, undated
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Item
2
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Announcement of Memorial Services for Warren G. Harding, undated
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Item
3
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Invitation to Memorial Services for Warren G. Harding, undated
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Item
4
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Program for Memorial Services for Warren G. Harding, undated
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Item
5
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Certificate of membership in Harding Memorial Association, undated
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Item
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Certificate of honorary membership in Sanford Law Club (Harvard), undated
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1
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Item
7
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Telegram -- James C. McReynolds, 1908 May 15
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1
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Item
8
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Letter -- Frank B. Kellogg, undated
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Item
9
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W.H. Wilmer, M.D., 1925 January 28
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1
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Item
10
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George Sutherland, 1928 July 13
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1
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Item
11
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George Sutherland, 1928 May 18
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1
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Item
12
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William H. Taft, 1923 September 1
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1
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Item
13
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William H. Taft, 1924 February 24
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Item
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William H. Taft, 1924 December 24
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Item
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William H. Taft, 1929 September 15
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Item
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William H. Taft, 1923 July 26
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Item
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William H. Taft, 1926 April 1
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Item
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William H. Taft, 1926 February 5
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Item
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William H. Taft, undated
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Item
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William H. Taft, undated
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Item
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Walter H. Page, 1913 April 23
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Walter H. Page, 1910 April 11
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A. Lawrence Lowell, 1928 February 7
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A. Lawrence Lowell, 1924 February 26
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Item
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Adolph Lewisohn, 1924 August 15
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Item
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L.D. Tyson, 1924 November 13
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Item
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Charles W. Eliot, 1924 May 26
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1
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Item
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James J. Davis, 1925 January 23
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Item
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Herbert Hoover, 1926 July 23
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Item
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Helen H. Taft, undated
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Item
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Alton B. Parker, 1924 May 16
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Item
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Charles E. Hughes, 1930 February 16
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Item
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Charles E. Hughes, 1923 October 27
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Charles E. Hughes, 1930 March 12
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William D. Mitchell, undated
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Item
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Charles Mac Veagh, 1925 September 28
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Item
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Hellen Keller, 1926 January 15
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Item
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Elihu Root, George W. Wickersham, William Draper Lewis, 1928 December 19
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Item
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Oliver W. Holmes, 1925 January 1
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Item
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Oliver W. Holmes, undated
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1
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Item
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J.C. McReynolds, 1914 March 14
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Item
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William A. Sunday, 1923 February 17
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Item
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C.C. Langden, 1887 July 21
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Item
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Horace H. Lurton, 1909 September 24
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Item
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Horace H. Lurton, 1908 May 20
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Item
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K.W.B., 1929 September 13
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Item
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K.W.B., 1928 June 27
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Item
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M.E. Jackson, 1883 January 22
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Item
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Calvin Coolidge, 1924 November 11
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Item
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Shaw, 1924 July 16
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Item
51
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Gladys Szichiney, undated
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Series II: Speeches, 1894-1923
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2
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Item
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Monsieur and Madame Jusserand, undated
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2
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Item
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Boys School, undated
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Item
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George Peabody College for Teachers (2 copies), undated
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Item
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Tennessee Centennial, Nashville, 1897 June 17
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2
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Item
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Welcome to Governor Robert Taylor, Knoxville Carnival, 1897 October 14
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2
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Item
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Harvard Alumni Association, 1924 June 19
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2
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Item
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Charles W. Eliot's 90th Birthday, undated
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2
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Item
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Tennessee Bar Association, 1911 May 26
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Item
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Tennessee Bar Association, 1923
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Item
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University of Tennessee Alumni Address, 1894 June 12
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Item
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University of Tennessee Alumni Address, 1903 June 16
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Item
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Establishment of federal judicial system -- summary of address at Mobile and Cincinnati (2 copies), undated
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Item
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Establishment of federal Judiciary, Grand Rapids, 1923 September 7
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Item
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The convention that made the Nation, Grant University, circa 1904
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Item
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Notes, articles, parts of speeches, etc., undated
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Series III: Legal Memos and Opinions, undated
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Whitney vs. People of state of California, undated
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Item
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Note to Knoxville Office Company for $1241.00, undated
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Item
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Memorandum as to stay of execution in Alaska Habeas Corpus matter, undated
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Item
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Memo: Infamy at common law creating incompetency as witness, undated
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Memo: Upon liability of owner of a vessel for a conspiracy with the master whereby the latter departs for a foreign port in violation of Rev. Sts. sec. 4197, undated
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Series IV: Portraits, undated
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Charles J. Bonaparte (autographed), undated
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5
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Item
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Oliver Wendell Holmes (autographed), undated
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Item
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Horace W. Lurton (autographed), undated
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5
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Item
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Harlan F. Stone (autographed), undated
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Item
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George Sutherland (autographed), undated
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5
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Item
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Supreme Court [McReynolds, Holmes, Taft, Van Devanter, Brendeis, Sanford, Sutherland, Butler, and Stone] (autographs), undated
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William H. Moody (autographed), undated
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5
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Item
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Oil Portrait: Edward T. Sanford, undated
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Series V: Diplomas and Licenses, undated
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Edward T. Sanford: Admitted to practice law in U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal -- 6th, undated
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Edward T. Sanford: Admitted and qualified as attorney and counsellor of Supreme Court of United States, undated
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Edward T. Sanford: Harvard diploma -- B.A., undated
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Edward T. Sanford: Harvard diploma -- M.A., undated
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Edward T. Sanford: Harvard diploma -- Law, undated
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Edward T. Sanford: Associate Justice of Supreme Court appointment, undated
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Edward T. Sanford: License to practice (mounted on cardboard), undated
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