Legal instruments
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Free-paper of Ann Butler, age 17 years
Handwritten free paper written by the county clerk of Prince George's County, Maryland in 1826. Single sheet affixed with the embossed paper seal of the county.
Freegift Tuthill papers
J. DeMotte Smith and Henry D. Barto papers
Includes material concerning legal cases of J. DeMotte Smith and Henry D. Barto, such as briefs, deeds, mortgages, bonds, indentures, financial statements and correspondence; legal papers of the Auble Family; and bills and inventories sent to G. W. Cole of Havana, Chemung County (now Montour Falls, Schuyler County), New York, concerning the Elmira and Corning Line.
John L. Smith papers
Correspondence, mortgages, bonds, deeds, tax receipts, road warrants, accounts, merchandizing bills, legal material, a diary (1869), and memorandum books of Smith and other farmers in Steuben County, New York.
Joseph Salter papers
Letters, leases, and notices of suits to Salter in Buffalo, New York; also, a letter from J. H. Edmonds of Utica, New York concerning possible letters of General Washington still in existence in the possession of Mr. Mann of the Legislature at Albany; letters to George A. Moore concerning shipments of salt and cheese by canal.
Kirkland and Beardsley vs. Black River & Utica Rail Road Company legal documents
Manuscript and printed legal documents in the lawsuit as it came before the New York State Supreme Court, including points on the part of the plaintiffs, subpoenas, deposition of Samuel Beardsley, and correspondence relating to the case. Also, documents in the appeal in the case of Maus V.V. Rosa vs. John Butterfield et al., tried in the state Supreme Court in 1860, which also concerns money owed by the Black River & Utica Rail Road Company.
Legal documents - Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia
Legal documents include wills, estate inventories, indentures and other land documents, summonses and other court documents, and accounts. Many relate to the ownership of slaves.