"[John] Marshall is recognized to stand pre-eminent-indeed, unrivalled-among the [Chief Justices]. The appellation, 'the great Chief Justice,' is still today, as it long has been, a completely unambiguous reference to John Marshall, and to no one else."

This three volume work (subsequent volumes were later added) has been praised for its "high scholarly and editorial standards." (Preyer) "Despite the paucity of Marshall's own commentary on personal or political affairs," these volumes "allow us to catch the spirit of a worried nationalist, a land speculator whose funds did not match his imagination, and a political man of strong emotion."

Volume II (1977). Correspondence and Papers, July 1788-December 1795. Account Book, July 1788-December 1795. 547pp. 

Volume III (1979). Correspondence and Papers, January 1796-December 1798. 553 pp.