Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peleg Chandler


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The result was Withdrawn. Withdrawn by nominator. (non-admin closure) Exemplo347 (talk) 20:27, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

Peleg Chandler

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No evidence of notability. Slatersteven (talk) 16:53, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
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 * Did the nom look for sources? FloridaArmy (talk) 17:10, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, and I found precious little that would pass muster. Maybe you would care to include some of the ones you found in the article?Slatersteven (talk) 17:13, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
 * The very first source cited says:


 * "Peleg W. Chandler, a mid-nineteenth century Boston attorney. The legal papers include his work on road widening, development of wharves, and torts against the city due to the destruction of private property caused by municipal work. Chandler also did work for the First Church of Boston, and the Church of the Holy Cross on Devonshire Street, railroad nuisance cases, and family probate land disputes.


 * BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
 * Peleg Whitman Chandler (1816 - 1889) was born and educated in Maine. He received his early education at Bangor Theological College, and he graduated from Bowdoin College in 1834. He studied at the Dane Law School at Harvard and read with Prof. Theophilus Parsons; he was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1837. That same year he married Martha Anne Bush of Brunswick, Maine. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for two terms, in 1844 and 1862. His practice handled civil cases primarily. He was known as an excellent litigator whose career in the courtroom was shortened due to increasing deafness.


 * COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
 * The legal papers of Peleg Whitman Chandler consist of 5 document boxes, 1 narrow box, and 1 oversize box.


 * The bulk of the collection is legal papers, 1840-1861, including his work on road widening, development of wharves, and torts against the city due to destruction of private property caused by municipal work. Chandler also did work for the First Church of Boston, and the Church of the Holy Cross on Devonshire Street, railroad nuisance cases, family wills, land transfers, and deeds. The collection includes some published decisions from the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, and one from the Supreme Court. Chandler did most of his work on land cases and the collection contains many maps, including street layouts, wharf proposals and property lines. The collection also includes legal correspondence and addresses.


 * Although Chandler was a representative to the Massachusetts House and a Boston city solicitor, there are no papers pertaining to those positions in the collection.


 * ACQUISITION INFORMATION
 * The Massachusetts Historical Society acquired the Peleg W. Chandler legal papers from the Peabody Museum in 1943."


 * It then goes into detail on the many important cases he was involved in. FloridaArmy (talk) 17:23, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
 * And I am not sure that this is enough to establish notability (especially as it fails to mention the one thing that should, have made him highly notable).Slatersteven (talk) 17:27, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
 * What is the one thing that should have made him highly notable? FloridaArmy (talk) 17:29, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Well for a start more then one thing, and it has to be being noted, not just having someone hold a collection of your papers wp:n.Slatersteven (talk) 17:31, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Ahh misread, the Roberts Vs Boston case. Yet it is not mentioned in your source. So it is either a different Peleg Chandler, or it was not a notable case, or this source is not a biographical essay.Slatersteven (talk) 17:35, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Could be an aspect of his legal career that some people might want to gloss over? Do you think it was a minor case? Why do we have an article on it? FloridaArmy (talk) 18:05, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I have no idea, this is why we need verifiable sourcing.Slatersteven (talk) 18:15, 17 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep: per WP:POLITICIAN, as a member of the state legislature.   Ravenswing   18:35, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1845, 1846, and 1847='Useful and Upright. The Long Life of Hon. Peleg W. Chandler Which Ended Quietly This Morning at His Residence,' The Boston Daily Globe, May 28, 1889, pg. 5; I found the article about his death in the Boston Daily Globe-thank you-RFD (talk) 21:41, 17 May 2018 (UTC)

Withdraw nomination, as it seems this is the right one.Slatersteven (talk) 13:07, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment, although nominator has withdrawn i would like to add my keep as "batter up, this afd is knocked out of the park":), Peleg Chandler is eminently notable, not only does he meet WP:POLITICIAN, but also WP:ANYBIO no. 2 in the area of US law, and WP:AUTHOR - his book American Criminal Trials is one of those texts with numerous reviews (see external links section of the article that i have added). Coolabahapple (talk) 15:08, 18 May 2018 (UTC)


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