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Legal documents

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:

Legal documents - Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania

 Collection
Identifier: 4779
Abstract Last will and testament of Colonel Pierre Benjamin Faneuil, Boston, Massachusetts, 1877; signed manuscript Revolutionary War pension request for Tyler Porter, with list of battles, Massachusetts, 1818; New York State Militia Return of Officers ... under Command of Brigadier-General Lyman Curtiss, 1834; Beebee & Co. Bullion Exchange Bankers, New York financial statement, 1851; will of Christian Gingery of Warwick, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, includes mention of "mulato Girl," 1778;...
Dates: 1773-1851.

Malicki vs. International Paper Company legal documents

 Collection — Manuscript box 10 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065241584]
Identifier: 1502m
Scope and content

Plaintiff's formal complaint, witnesses' statements, attorneys' notes, formal complaint and defendant's response, and correspondence in the case. Correspondents include the defendant's attorneys Kernan & Kernan (Utica, New York), manager Russell Gray at American Mutual Liability Insurance Company, Malicki's attorney E.B. Mitchell, and physician M.G. Burgess (Herkimer, New York).

Dates: 1903-1904.

Medieval manuscript fragments

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6532
Abstract

Various Medieval manuscript fragments and objects.

Dates: 0800 - 1800

Patterson family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 286
Abstract

Letters and papers, mainly those of Chester Patterson and D. Williams Patterson Tioga County, New York.

Dates: 1701-1900.

Ruckman vs. Cowell legal documents

 Collection — Manuscript box 8 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065240909]
Identifier: 1135m
Scope and content

6 items, including legal documents in the case as it came before the New York State Court of Appeals, including a printed account of the case and notice of appeal, points for the appellant, and decisions by the judges in the case.

Dates: circa 1852.

Taber and McBain vs. Cooper legal documents

 Collection — Manuscript box 8 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065240859]
Identifier: 1128m
Scope and content

Printed and manuscript documents concerning the case, including a statement of the case, manuscript drafts of the decisions of two of the judges, the arguments in favor of the appellant, and the arguments in favor of the respondents.

Dates: 1853?

Ted Stone Collection of Lone Star Cotton Mills Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 6907 P
Abstract

Interior and exterior photographs of the Lone Star Cotton Mills in El Paso, Texas.

Dates: 1940-1945

Van Buren vs. Hudson River Railroad Company legal documents

 Collection — Manuscript box 8 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065240883]
Identifier: 1132m
Scope and content

5 items including manuscript and printed documents in the case as it came before the New York State Court of Appeals, including a printed judgment record and notice of appeal, giving an account of the progress of the case up until that point. Also included are a list of arguments in favor of the appellant, and a judge's decision in the case.

Dates: circa 1853.

Wall vs. Howard Insurance Company list of points for the plaintiffs

 Collection — Manuscript box 31 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065246310]
Identifier: 1103m
Scope and content

A printed document making the case for the plaintiffs. It includes details on how rope was manufactured in the building and who did the work.

Dates: ca. 1850

West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1781
Abstract

Miscellaneous papers pertaining to the operation of the company and its previous and subsequent names, including Hinde and Dauch Paper Company.

Dates: 1884-1974.