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Justices of the peace.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Alvan B. Doolittle papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064927712]
Identifier: 4062
Scope and content Papers consist of personal and business correspondence; legal documents concerning properties and lawsuit, including records from the years 1857-1859 when Doolittle was a justice of the peace; correspondence and documents concerning Nebraska Territory land agreements with the Omahas (Indians); bills and receipts for lumber (some shipped by canal), horses, and various merchandise; a few insurance policies; some items concerning Granger town and school business; and materials relating to...
Dates: 1837-1893.

Belden family papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064698651]
Identifier: 1251
Scope and content Letters and a journal written by Eugene C. Belden (1844-1864), including accounts of his Civil War service with the 137th Regiment, New York Volunteers. Other items pertain to militia service of other family members in New York and Massachusetts; William Franklin Belden's work as Justice of the Peace in Richford, New York (1866-1885); miscellaneous genealogical material; and papers of or about Ira and William Belden. Also, auction catalog of early American furnishings at Belden Estate,...
Dates: 1816-1891.

Elias Ely, George Wood, and Henry E. Harding attorneys' records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2602
Scope and content This collection includes ledgers (4 vols., 1841-97) dealing with cases handled, correspondence, articles of agreement, bonds, leases, bills, and other papers concerning the private law practice of Elias, George, and Harry Harding; indexed dockets (5 vols., 1848-84; 1 vol., 1896-1900, 1917-22, 1924-30) pertaining to various cases presided over mainly by Elias and George Harding as justices of the peace, the earliest volume containing a list of marriages performed (1848-72). Also, account...
Dates: 1841-1930.

Hudson and Fiske families

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064939543]
Identifier: 2629
Scope and content Includes receipts (1781-82) for a Continental Army soldier's pay, disbursed by William Hudson (1751-1841); five certificates (1827-39) attesting to the promotion in the New York State Militia of his son William F. Hudson, and to his appointment as postmaster in Lindseyville, New York; correspondence, affadavits, and declarations (1853-54) pertaining to W.F. Hudson's unsuccessful efforts to obtains the pension benefits from his father's Revolutionary War service; W.F. Hudson's docket (1 vol.,...
Dates: 1781-1882.

Hulce family papers

 Collection — Box 690 2: [Barcode: 31924113867380]
Identifier: 690
Abstract Correspondence, records, contracts, accounts, inventories, surveys, deeds, expository accounts, plans, and other records and material pertaining to the activities of the Hulce family in Deposit, Delaware County, New York. Subjects include their lumbering interests along the Delaware River, the making of potash, a general store business, land speculation and real estate in New York, Pennsylvania, and the west, saw-mills, labor matters, waterpower, and brick-kilning. Areas of their especial...
Dates: 1773-1899.

Joseph Dunlap papers

 Collection — Manuscript box 6 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065240552]
Identifier: 870
Scope and content

Notes recording a series of civil actions; docket book; account book.

Dates: 1833-1848.

Joshua Ferris papers

 Collection — Manuscript box 17 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065242830]
Identifier: 4576
Scope and content

Land accounts and transactions, letter copy book, and memoranda of suits and judgments.

Dates: 1831-1847.