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Legal instruments

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 105 Collections and/or Records:

Agreement to settle debt

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 259
Scope and Contents

Signed agreement (plus photocopy) for a settlement out of court between Leonard Martin and A. Perry, S. Poniers and A. Smith in Walworth County, Wisconsin.

Dates: 1848
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Agreement to settle debt

Almon W. Babbitt legal documents

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244078]
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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Almon W. Babbitt legal documents

John R. Baxter territorial complaint

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227606354]
Identifier: MSS 3891
Scope and Contents

Report written by John R. Baxter describing a trial in Spring City, Utah in 1890. Describes the case and the sentence, holding James W. Crisp responsible for allowing his animals to graze in someone else's fields.

Dates: 1890
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John R. Baxter territorial complaint

Bench warrant against James Withers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230237130]
Identifier: MSS SC 252
Scope and Contents

Printed legal document with ms. entries bringing suit against James Withers for damages of $1000 for the illegal operation of two stills.

Dates: 1815
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Bench warrant against James Withers

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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Lewis C. Bidamon and Joseph Smith III legal documents

Calvin Bingham land acquisition document

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230349026]
Identifier: MSS 4018
Abstract

One power of attorney document for land acquisition in behalf of Calvin Bingham, circa 1850-1860.

Dates: circa 1850-1860
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Calvin Bingham land acquisition document

Wilford Black legislative papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6167
Abstract

Letters, notes, legislative bills, reports, audits, and other legislative papers of Utah State Senator Wilford Black, circa 1975-1981.

Dates: circa 1975-1981
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Wilford Black legislative papers

J. M. Boutwell papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 1647
Scope and Contents Consists largely of personal and business correspondence and material dealing with Boutwell's career as a geologist (maps, notebooks, manuscripts and illustrations, education, mineral samples, etc.). It also includes familial details (legal and other documentation of his divorce from Esther; family history, including documentation of his claim as a direct descendant of Francis Cooke, a passenger on the Mayflower, possessions of ancestors such as the medical notebooks of H.T. Boutwell,...
Dates: 1772-1979
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / J. M. Boutwell papers

William S. Bradshaw and Marge Bradshaw papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 6947
Scope and Contents Collection contains handbooks, publications, and letters relating to William S. and Marge Bradshaw's mission to Hong Kong from 1971 to 1974, including Cantonese Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price translation material, and some Vietnamese gospel teaching and Book of Mormon language material. Also contains documents relating to Bradshaw family properties in Star Valley, Wyoming, their 2019 family history, academic papers of William S. Bradshaw, and emails,...
Dates: 1889-2021
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William S. Bradshaw and Marge Bradshaw papers

Mason Brayman autographed document

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227636898]
Identifier: MSS 3966
Scope and Contents

Autograph document signed and also signed in the text; a monograph legal plea, as attorney for one John C. Lloyd charged by one Thomas Clements. Sangamon County, Illinois.

Dates: circa 1843-1846
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Mason Brayman autographed document

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