1166. ROGER B. TANEY (1777-1864) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and a deciding factor in the Dred Scott decision; he also battled Lincoln over the suspension of habeus corpus. Early partly-printed D.S. "R. B. Taney", 1p. large 12mo., Frederick Co., Md., Mar. 26, 1804, a subpoena ordering the arrest of one John Klay on a charge of trespass, signed by Taney as Clerk. One fold, else fine, matted and framed. $150-200