Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (1780–1844) from 1830 until his death. Ink signature and sentiment, “Yours with esteem, Henry Baldwin, Kalorama near Georgetown 8 December 1838,” on a 5.75 x 1 slip clipped from the closing of a letter. The slip is tipped to the top margin of a two-page manuscript outlining plans for a memorial tribute to Baldwin, “to the memory of one who in th faithful discharge of this elevated trust, has gained an imperishable fame for spotless integrity, thorough research and profound learning,” signed on the reverse by Pennsylvania jurists Horace Binney, H. M. Watts, James Dunlop, and Henry D. Gilpin. Faint intersecting folds to signed slip (lightly touching signature), and mild staining and handling wear to document, otherwise fine condition. R&R COA.
