Forbes Test Case., 09/28/1978-09/28/1978

File — Box: 2, Folder: 59

Identifier: GAMMS410.3.134

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

Dates

09/28/1978-09/28/1978

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Extent

From the Collection: 3.25 Linear Feet (5 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

1 Typed Letter Signed dated 09/28/1978 from Richard Maass to Henry Bartholomew Cox, informing Cox that the Philip Sang estate had decided to sell a letter signed by John Penn, a North Carolina signer of the Declaration of Independence, to magazine publisher Malcolm Forbes. The sale had been seen as an effort, supported by Forbes, to provoke a replevin action by North Carolina and ultimately generate a test case that could overturn the ruling in N.C. v. West.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

MAASS, RICHARD - CORRESP. TO COX, HENRY BARTHOLOMEW (1978): Typed Letter Signed

COX, HENRY BARTHOLOMEW - CORRESP. FROM MAASS, RICHARD (1978): Typed Letter Signed

CLARKE, TOM - REF. BY MAASS, RICHARD (1978): Typed Letter Signed

PARKE-BERNET - REF. BY MAASS, RICHARD (1978): Typed Letter Signed

FORBES, MALCOLM - REF. BY MAASS, RICHARD (1978): Typed Letter Signed

SANG, PHILIP - REF. BY MAASS, RICHARD (1978): Typed Letter Signed

PENN, JOHN - REF. BY MAASS, RICHARD (1978): Typed Letter Signed

GIMELSON, BRUCE - REF. BY MAASS, RICHARD (1978): Typed Letter Signed

SANG, DONALD - REF. BY MAASS, RICHARD (1978): Typed Letter Signed

MANUSCRIPT SOCIETY - REF. BY MAASS, RICHARD (1978): Typed Letter Signed

MCCRIMMON, BARBARA S. - REF. BY MAASS, RICHARD (1978): Typed Letter Signed

FILBY, P. WILLIAM - REF. BY MAASS, RICHARD (1978): Typed Letter Signed