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Almon W. Babbitt legal documents

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 625
Scope and Contents

Holographs. The collection includes legal documents concerning various cases in which Babbitt represented clients in the Hancock County, Illinois, courts.

Dates: 1844-1846

Lewis C. Bidamon and Joseph Smith III legal documents

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 357
Scope and Contents

Documents concerning eleven legal cases involving either Bidamon or Joseph Smith III.

Dates: 1849-1860

Cyril Call papers

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 774
Scope and Contents

Handwritten legal transactions; a tax receipt; an inventory of property; a notice of a scheduled Hancock County, Illinois, court hearing; a judge's decision on a bill of divorce; and a personal letter.

Dates: 1816-1858

Circuit Court legal documents

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 621
Scope and Contents

Manuscript documents (8 pages) concerning the case of Martha Aker vs. William S. Hathaway, including subpeonas and judgements.

Dates: 1845-1846

Circuit Court legal documents

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1247
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten legal documents. The collection includes petitions, contracts, appeals, court orders, and summonses involving members of the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1838-1846

Minor R. Deming letter

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2707
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten and signed letter dated 17 July 1845 and addressed to "Gen. Ewing." Deming admits that the hope of expelling the Mormons from Hancock County had been abandoned and indicates that he had been accused of the murder of the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith.

Dates: 1845 July 17

Robert D. Foster legal documents

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 620
Scope and Contents

Mss. documents includes two witness affidavits and a trial transcript all signed by Foster; and a transcript of a trial decided against Foster in the amount of $42.40.

Dates: 1843-1845

Artois Hamilton legal papers

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 639
Scope and Contents

Mss. collection consists of legal documents concerning Artois Hamilton, including 2 promissory notes, a bond, a forcible detainer, and an affidavit.

Dates: 1842-1858

Hancock County, Illinois Circuit Court subpeona

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 626
Scope and Contents

Printed form with mss. entries. Subpeona to Robert Short to appear in the case of Chittenden vs. Eby.

Dates: 1843

Hancock County (Ill.) legal instruments

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1271
Scope and Contents

Legal instruments from Hancock County, Illinois. The items are from a court case involving Parley P. Pratt as defendant and Cyrus Jones and David Wetmore as plaintiffs.

Dates: 1845-1849

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Hancock County (Ill.) 8
Illinois. Circuit Court (Hancock Co.) 5
Kimball, Hiram S., 1806-1863 2
Pratt, Parley P. (Parley Parker), 1807-1857 2
Smith, Joseph, III, 1832-1914 2