Barnard, Daniel D. A discourse on the life, character and public services of Ambrose Spencer, late Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New York : delivered by request before the bar of the city of Albany, January 5, 1849. Albany, [N.Y.]: W.C. Little & Co., 1849.
Sprague, William Buell. A discourse commemorative of the late Hon. Ambrose Spencer, late chief justice of the state of New York: delivered in the Second Presbyterian church, Albany, on Sabbath evening, April 20, 1848. Albany: J. Munsell, printer, 1849.
Van Ness, William Peter. The speeches at full length of Mr. Van Ness, Mr. Caines, the attorney-general [Ambrose Spencer], Mr. Harrison, and General Hamilton, in the great cause of the people, against Harry Croswell, on an indictment for a libel on Thomas Jefferson, president of the United States. New-York: Printed by G. & R. Waite, no. 64, Maiden-lane, 1804.