Administrative Information
Provenance
The papers of James Kent, jurist and legal commentator, were given to the Library of Congress by William Kent, 1904 and 1906, and by the heirs of William Stone, 1914. An additional item was purchased in 1969 and transferred from the Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection to the Kent Papers in 2007.
Processing History
The James Kent Papers were prepared for microfilming in 1974. The collection was revised and expanded in 2007.
Related Material
The original of Kent’s journal of a trip to Washington, D.C., in 1793, kept in the back pages of Tobias Lear’s Observation on the River Potomack (New York, 1793), is held by the Library’s Rare Book and Special Collections Division. A reproduction is included in the collection.
Microfilm
A microfilm edition of part of these papers is available on seven reels. Consult a reference librarian in the Manuscript Division concerning availability for purchase or interlibrary loan. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the microfilm edition.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or reel number, James Kent Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.