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Legal instruments

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 601 Collections and/or Records:

Image of Giuseppe Valeriano Sfondrati agreement regarding Acquanegra
Image of Giuseppe Valeriano Sfondrati agre...

Giuseppe Valeriano Sfondrati agreement regarding Acquanegra, 1731 December 19

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233290623], Folder: 5
Identifier: Vault MSS 524 Item 4
Dates: 1731 December 19
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Sfondrati family papers

Grant of amnesty to Truman O. Angell by President Benjamin Harrison, 1892 May 30

 Item — Folder 4: [Barcode: 31197239282582]
Identifier: MSS SC 1086
Scope and Contents

Truman O. Angell grant of amnesty for abstaining from bigamy and polygamy under the presidential seal and signature of Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States. Photocopy.

Dates: 1892 May 30
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Brent Ashworth collection

Robert J. Smith guardianship bond

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230241827]
Identifier: MSS SC 454
Scope and Contents

Printed legal document with ms. entries of Powhattan County, Virginia which appoints Smith guardian of the Jacob Michaux children. 10,000 Pounds was to be forfeited if Smith failed.

Dates: 1777
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Gustaf Olson and Johanna Christensen Olson articles of separation, 1900 August 30

 Item — Folder 3: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233635868]
Identifier: MSS 3197 Series 1 Sub-Series 3 Item 4
Scope and Contents

Contains a photocopied indenture establishing the permanent separation of Gustaf Olson and Johanna Christensen Olson, parents of Gustava Thomas.

Dates: 1900 August 30
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Daniel Francis Thomas family papers / Daniel Francis Thomas family history documents / Daniel Francis Thomas family biographical documents

H. Tracy Hall patents, 1919-1998

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3204 Series 7
Scope and Contents

Contains patents, correspondence, and legal papers relating to Hall's work of creating man-made diamonds. Contains mostly methods and machinery used to make diamonds and patents awarded to colleagues mostly on pressure apparatuses used in synthesizing diamonds.

Dates: 1919-1998
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / H. Tracy Hall papers

Artois Hamilton legal papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244219]
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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Hancock County (Ill.) and Portage County (Ohio) legal documents

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 4054
Abstract

Hancock and Portage County legal documents, 1826-1910, contains two archival series: (1) Hancock County documents, 1838-1844, and (2) Portage County documents, 1826-1910. The documents include affidavits, deeds, summons, and filings.

Dates: 1826-1910
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Hancock County (Ill.) Circuit Court case documents

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2951
Scope and Contents

Documents in the collection relate to criminal and civil court cases which took place in Hancock County, Illinois between 1830 and 1846. They include several debt and trespassing cases, as well as a few for rape, murder, and larceny cases. Documents include affidavits, subpoenas, verdicts, bonds, bills, writs, agreements, and others. There are approximately 100 cases and about 1200 items.

Dates: 1830-1846
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Hancock County, Illinois Circuit Court ejectments

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244144]
Identifier: MSS SC 632
Scope and Contents

Mss. Includes two requests for ejectment of individuals from land in the cases of Daniel H. Wells vs. Lodowick Ferre and Daniel H. Wells vs. William M. Powers. Wells also requests $500 in damages from each defendant.

Dates: 1843
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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