Title: Smith Thompson papers
Description: Correspondence, legal notes, and other papers relating primarily to various Supreme Court cases and to personal affairs.  Of particular note is Thompson's draft of his dissenting opinion in Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831).  Correspondents include Henry Davis, John A. Fort, Jonathan Little, Edward P. Livingston, William Radcliff, Samuel L. Southard, and Robert Williams.
Subjects: Correspondence, Trials, litigation, Cherokee Nation, Indians of North America, United States. Supreme Court, United States, Constitutional law, Law, Cherokee Indians, Legal status, laws, History
Places: United States, Georgia
People: Robert Williams (1773-1836), William Radcliff (1768-1842), Edward P. Livingston (1779-1843), Henry Davis (1771-1852), Jonathan Little, John A. Fort, Samuel L. Southard (1787-1842)