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Richard Peters Jr. (1779/801848)

Role

Court reporter and colleague of Bushrod Washington

Description

Richard Peters Jr., son of federal judge Richard Peters, was born in Philadelphia. The date of his birth is unclear, alternately reported as 4 August 1779 or 17 August 1780. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1800; four years later he married Abigail Willing (17771841), who would bear him five children.

Citations

Morris L. Cohen and Sharon Hamby O’Connor, "Richard Peters, Jr.," in A Guide to the Early Reports of the Supreme Court of the United States, (Fred B. Rothman & Co.,1995).

Craig Joyce, "Peters, Richard, Jr.," in Kermit L. Hall, ed., The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States (Oxford University Press, 2005). 

Judge Richard Peters at Find a Grave. 

Richard Peters Jr. at FamilySearch.