Precedent for the privilege arose early in the 19th century when Thomas Jefferson refused to release military documents in the treason trial of Aaron Burr and again in 1876 in Totten v. United States, when the Supreme Court dismissed a case brought by a former Union spy.

In 1876, Grant's reputation was damaged by his White House deposition defending his personal secretary Orville Babcock, indicted in the Whiskey Ring graft trials, and his Secretary of War William W. Belknap's resignation, impeachment by the House, and trial in the Senate over receiving profit money from the Fort Sill tradership.

* Kee-too-way-how (‘ Sounding With Flying Wings ’, better known as Alexander Cayen dit Boudreau, Chief of the Parklands or Willow Cree at Muskeg Lake, born 1834 St. Boniface, Manitoba, son of Pierre Narcisse Cayen dit Boudreau and Adelaide Catherine Arcand (‘ Kaseweetin ’), though he was of Métis descent he became chief of the Willow Cree and the Métis, who were living with the Cree, brother of Petequakey (‘ Isidore Cayen dit Boudreau ’), lived along Duck Lake, signed 1876 Treaty 6 and settled in a reserve at Muskeg Lake-that was later named after his brother Petequakey-but left the reserve in 1880 and lived again in the following years close to St. Laurent de Grandin mission, played a prominent role during the Northwest Rebellion of 1885 in which he participated in every battle, served also as an emissary of the Métis leader Gabriel Dumont to ask the Assiniboine for support, on 23 May 1885 he also submitted the declaration of surrender of Pitikwahanapiwiyin (' Poundmaker ') to General Middleton, was captured on the 1st June 1885, in the subsequent trial of Kee-too-way-how at Regina, Louis Cochin testified that he and the carters in the camp of Pitikwahanapiwiyin survived only thanks to the intercession by Kee-way-too-how and its people, despite the positive testimony, he was on 14 August 1885 sentenced to imprisonment for seven years for his involvement in the Métis rebellion, died 1886 ).

A first state ( Wedmore's, not of course M. Delteil's " first state ," which, like nearly all his first states, is in fact a trial proof ) of the " Saint Etienne du mont ," realizing about £ 2 at M. Burty's sale in 1876, realized £ 60 at a sale in May 1906.

* Webster Thayer 1876, Massachusetts judge, presided over the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti in 1920.

Black was also briefly Counsel for President Johnson in his trial on his Article of Impeachment before the United States Senate, and for William W. Belknap, United States Secretary of War from 1869 to 1876, who in 1876 was impeached on a charge of corruption ; he also represented Samuel J. Tilden during the contest for the presidency between Tilden and Rutherford B. Hayes.

The latter led to his resignation, impeachment by the House, and trial in the Senate during the summer of 1876.

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" Other notable instances included his closing argument as prosecutor in the 1876 murder trial of John Kehoe, vilified at the time as the " King of the Mollie Maguires ," in which he portrayed the murders and other crimes attributed to Mollies as being an evil unparalleled in all human history, and as not locally motivated, but driven by orders from other places — Pittsburgh, New York — even other lands — England, Ireland, Scotland ; and his three-hour argument in 1881 before a gathering of outraged stockholders of the bankrupt Reading Railroad, inside Philadelphia's Academy of Music, by which he turned open hostility into enthusiastic rounds of applause One twentieth-century commentator described Gowen's oratory skills thus:

Gowen himself acted as special prosecutor in more than one trial in Schuylkill, most notably in 1876 at that of John " Black Jack " Kehoe, whom he characterized in his summation as " chief conspirator, murderer, and villain " and " with having made money by his traffic in the souls of his fellow-men.

D. J. Macdonnell ( 1870-1896 ) who pushed the church towards an active social role, and was the centre of a heresy trial in 1876, a minor bump in the recently-formed Presbyterian Church in Canada.

That achievement was his creation of the universal grinding machine, which made its appearance in 1876 at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition.

Also important on the Brown & Sharpe scene, at the turn of the century, was Mr. Richmond Viall, Works Superintendent of the company from 1876 to 1910.

Nobel's third and longest-lasting relationship was with Sofie Hess who was from Vienna, whom he met in 1876.

' Gelignite ', or blasting gelatin, as it was named, was patented in 1876 ; and was followed by a host of similar combinations, modified by the addition of potassium nitrate and various other substances.

The " Mask of Agamemnon " which was discovered by Heinrich Schliemann in 1876 at Mycenae ( whether it represents an individual, and if so, whom, remains unknown )</ center >

Alexander I or Aleksandar Obrenović ( Cyrillic: Александар Обреновић ; 14 August 1876 – 11 June 1903 ) was king of Serbia from 1889 to 1903 when he and his wife, Queen Draga, were assassinated by a group of Army officers, led by Colonel Dragutin Dimitrijević

August Wilhelm Ambros ( November 17, 1816 – June 28, 1876 ) was an Austrian composer and music historian of Czech descent.

Astoria was incorporated by the Oregon Legislative Assembly on October 20, 1876.

In 1872, the firm was taken over by Friedrich Schreiber, and in 1876 it merged with the firm of August Cranz, who bought the company in 1879 and ran it under his name.

Abdülaziz ( Ottoman Turkish: عبد العزيز / ` Abdü ’ l -` Azīz ; February 9 / 18, 1830 – June 4, 1876 ) was the 32nd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and reigned between 25 June 1861 and 30 May 1876.

Abdülaziz was deposed by his ministers on 30 May 1876 ; his death at Feriye Palace in Constantinople a few days later was attributed to suicide at the time, although in Sultan Abdulhamid II's recently surfaced memoirs, the event is described as an assassination by the order of Hussein Avni Pasha and Midhat Pasha.

From him it has descended continuously, through fifteen individuals, the title being increased to an Earldom in 1784 ; and in 1876 William Nevill 5th Earl ( b. 1826 ), ( d. 1915 ) an indefatigable and powerful supporter of the Tory Party, was created 1st Marquess of Abergavenny.

In 1876 Disraeli was raised to the peerage as the Earl of Beaconsfield, capping nearly four decades in the House of Commons.

Disraeli was elevated to the House of Lords in 1876 when Queen Victoria made him Earl of Beaconsfield and Viscount Hughenden.

When a new Cincinnati club was formed as a charter member of the National League in 1876, the " Red Stockings " nickname was commonly reserved for them once again, and the Boston team was referred to as the " Red Caps ".

In 1876, a branch line of the Central Pacific Railroad, the Berkeley Branch Railroad, was laid from a junction with the mainline called Shellmound ( now a part of Emeryville ) into what is now downtown Berkeley.

In 1876 the " mile limit law " was passed, which prevented sale or public consumption of alcohol within one mile ( 1. 6 km ) of the new University of California.

The earliest known crokinole board was made by craftsman Eckhardt Wettlaufer in 1876 in Perth County, Ontario, Canada.

* 1876 – The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.

James Gordon Bennett, Jr. on May, 6th 1876 organized what was billed as the first polo match in the United States at Dickel's Riding Academy at 39th Street and Fifth Avenue in New York City.

He won thanks to the support of the Quebec bloc, organized by his long-time lieutenant in Quebec, Ernest Lapointe ( 1876 – 1941 ).

After a number of unsuccessful schemes for colonies in Africa or Asia, in 1876 Leopold organized a private holding company disguised as an international scientific and philanthropic association, which he called the International African Society, or the International Association for the Exploration and Civilization of the Congo.

This county, lying directly north of Mitchell County, was created in 1876, and was organized June 28, 1884.

Oldham County was formed in 1876 and organized in 1880, and named for Williamson Simpson Oldham, a Texas pioneer and Confederate Senator.

Ochiltree County was organized in 1876.

Nearly 18 years after its creation, Kimble County was officially organized on January 3, 1876.

In 1876 the state legislature identified and named the county, but it was not organized until 1890, with the town of LaPlata as the original county seat.

Andrews County was created August 21, 1876 from Bexar County and organized May 11, 1910.

Some key dates follow: Methodist Church ( 1835 ), first store ( 1872 ), Hinckley has 20 businesses ( 1876 ), St. Paul's Church ( 1885 ), volunteer fire brigade organized ( 1886 ), tornado destroys most of village ( 1889 ).

In 1876 it organized its fire department.

The township government was organized in 1858, and the first town hall built in 1876.

A Methodist church was organized in 1876.

He was the first branch president when the Leamington Branch of the LDS Church was organized in 1876.

The church opposed the development of anthropology in France, and in 1876 organized a campaign to stop the teaching of the subject in the Anthropological Institute.

Piedmont Manufacturing Company, which was organized in 1873 and began operation in 1876.

In 1876 Leopold II, King of the Belgians organized the International African Association with the cooperation of European and American explorers and the support of several European governments for the promotion of plans to attack independent Central Africa.

The Ottawa Football Club was organized on Wednesday, September 20, 1876 where they won the first game they played on September 23 against the Aylmer Club at Jacques-Cartier Square.

The first black musical-comedy troupe, Hyers Sisters Comic Opera Co., was organized in 1876.

The Territory of Colorado was a historic, organized territory of the United States that existed between 1861 and 1876.

The Territory of Colorado was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from February 28, 1861, until August 1, 1876, when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Colorado.

Political divisions of the United States as they were from 1868 to 1876, including nine organized territories and two unorganized territories.

Cesare Correnti organized an expedition under the " Società Geografica Italiana " in 1876.