The State Supreme Court in the State House: Historical New Hampshire / Associate Justice James P. Bassett, New Hampshire Surpreme Court.

Title:

The State Supreme Court in the State House: Historical New Hampshire / Associate Justice James P. Bassett, New Hampshire Surpreme Court.

Author:

Bassett, James P.

Call Number:

977.8 N5321h

Publication Information:

Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 2018.

Physical Description:

pages 113-115.

Source:

Concord, New Hampshire : New Hampshire Historical Society, 2018 Vol. 71, No. 2 (Fall/Winter 2018) Historical New Hampshire.

Description:

The article focuses on the State Supreme Court in the state house. For a period of two decades at the end of the nineteenth century, the Supreme Court met at the state house, and it moved to the newly-built State Library across the street in 1895. The article also mentions that New Hampshire organized a state government during the American Revolution and that the courts operated under the direction of the legislature; the court system that New Hampshire has today was not formed until the twentieth century.

Subjects:

Capitols United States., , Public buildings United States.

Organizations:

New Hampshire. Supreme Court.

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