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Introduction
In this important letter to George Turner, Thomas Dorr once again presses upon the Newport attorney to push for a full argument on the Luther case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court Court. Dorr was clearly afraid that Turner and Benjamin Hallett would somehow orchestrate with the defense attorneys a closure to the case without a full argument at Court. He answers the three arguments against the Dorrite position that were raised in the lower courts and likely to come up again before the Supreme Court by defense counsels John Whipple and Daniel Webster. Nearly another year would pass before the case was fully argued before the Court, frustrating Thomas Dorr to no end.