JOHN VINING, SR. Speaker of the Colonial Assembly and Chief Justice of Delaware. He was also the good friend of Caesar Rodney. Good content A.L.S. 2pp. 4to., North Carolina, Mar. 20, 176 to Benjamin Chew (1722 ... 1810) Chief Justice of colonial Pennsylvania, a lengthy defense of a determination he had made in a dispute over a parcel of land, with Vining vociferously defending his decision: "...I give you my word of honor that the whole affair...is altogether an infernal lye...". Light dampstaining else very good. $75-100