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Legal documents

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 31 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?

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.

William Pierrepont White and family collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 399
Abstract

Correspondence, diaries, deeds, accounts, maps, surveys, pamphlets, statements, registers, bills, land contracts, inventories, cashbooks, indentures, minutes, and other records and papers reflecting the westward and southward movement of members of the White and related families.

Dates: 1728-1939.