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to Senate Sergeant of Arms George Brown to serve a "Writ of Summons" on
Andrew Johnson, signed by Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase, March 7, 1868
Constitution gives the Senate "the sole Power to try all Impeachments,"
and the Senate rules for impeachment proceedings often borrow from court
procedures. An example of such borrowing, the "writ of summons,"
appeared during the Johnson trial. It was used by the Senate to formally
notify the President that the impeachment proceedings had begun. This
document is the official copy of the charge to Sergeant-at-Arms George
T. Brown for delivery of the summons to the President.