MEMORANDA. THE resignation of MR. JUSTICE HUNT gave rise to the following correspondence: SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, DEAR JUDGE HUNT, Your resignation as one of our number having taken place just at the beginning of the February recess, we have had no opportunity until now of expressing to you our regret that your long-continued illness made such a step necessary. We have none of us forgotten how faithfully you labored, while health permitted, to perform your full share of the work that was constantly pressing upon us, and we cannot but feel that if you had been more careful of your strength and less determined to do all of what you conceived to be your duty, the necessity for this separation would not have existed. Your absence from the bench has not taken from us the recollection of your conscientious service while there, nor of your uniform kindness and courtesy everywhere and on all occasions. With sincere regard we remain your friends and former associates, M. R. WAITE, SAM. F. MILLER, JOHN M. HARLAN. 1733 DE SALES STREET, WASHINGTON, D. C., March 25, 1882. MY DEAR CHIEF JUSTICE,It is some weeks since I have received your let ter, but I have been unwell and unable to write until now. You and MR. JUSTICES MILLER, FIELD, BRADLEY, and HARLAN, who were with me on the Supreme Court Bench, have my warmest thanks for your kind expression of sympathy in my protracted illness and of regret at our separation. I feel a grateful sense to you for the patience and unfailing kindness and cheerfulness with which you have borne the increased labor my illness has caused you. Now, by the addition of JUSTICES WOOD, MATTHEWS, GRAY, and BLATCHFORD, the Bench has renewed strength, and your labor will be lightened. I shall ever retain the recollection of our pleasant intercourse, both official and social. With the best wishes for your happiness and prosperity, I remain, my dear Sir, ever gratefully, MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE, and JUSTICES MILLER,} FIELD, BRADLEY, and HARLAN. WARD HUNT. |