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Legal instruments

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 601 Collections and/or Records:

Image of Legal decision regarding the state of Aiello
Image of Legal decision regarding the stat...

Legal decision regarding the state of Aiello

 Digital Record
Identifier: VMSS520_F3_I3
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Legal documents from Adams County, Illinois

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230236363]
Identifier: MSS SC 238
Scope and Contents

Affidavit, a summons and a bond relating to a case in which William A. Hickman threatened Leonard H. Grow with bodily harm.

Dates: 1844
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Legal documents from the state of Missouri

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 363
Scope and Contents

Documents related to actions arising in the state of Missouri.

Dates: 1835-1845
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Legal documents of the Icarian Community, Hancock County, Ill.

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 358
Scope and Contents

Documents relating to law suits involving Etienne Cabet and the Icarian Community located in Nauvoo, Illinois.

Dates: 1849-1859
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Legal Documents regarding the command of Guadalcanal by Ercole Sfondrati and opposed by Gaspar Alfonso Perez, 1649-1659

 Item — Folder 2: [Barcode: 31197233290482]
Identifier: Vault MSS 516 Item 1
Scope and Contents The cover sheet is folded to contain several assorted legal documents, notary statements, and notarized letters entailing the history of ownership of the house and income of Guadalcanal, Spain. The cover sheet contains a summary of the intent of the documents. The summary states: "Acts with the Curia Eccles.a Madrid between Sr. D. Ercole Sfondrati, Count of the Riviera, Caval.o Order of Santiago and the Count of Niebla D. Gaspar Alfonso Perez de Guzman el Bueno for the...
Dates: 1649-1659
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Sfondrati family papers regarding Guadalcanal

Legal files of the Ute Indian Tribe and of the Ideal National Insurance Company

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 4028
Abstract

John Kennedy's collection of legal files detailing the work of Stephen G. Boyden for the Ute Indian Tribe and the legal files of the Ideal National Insurance Company, 1937-1988.

Dates: 1937-1988
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Smith family legal instruments

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233293015]
Identifier: Vault MSS 744
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and printed legal instruments relating to Emma Hale Smith (1804-1879), wife of the Mormon Prophet, Joseph Smith (1805-1844). One of the items deals with the payment of taxes owed on certain properties in the county. The other item is a statement of guardianship and real estate inheritances relating to the children of Emma Smith and signed by her.

Dates: 1847-1848
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Legal suit, Portage County, Ohio of Buckius vs. Brown et al.

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230237148]
Identifier: MSS SC 251
Scope and Contents

Collection of affidavits, summons, pleas, and declarations of a legal suit of Valentine Buckius vs. John Brown, Owen Brown, Ogden Wetmore, Henry Wetmore, and Joy H. Pendelton for damages.

Dates: 1839-1840
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Image of Legitimation instrument for Carlo Emanuele, son of Carlo Filiberto d'Este
Image of Legitimation instrument for Carlo...

Legitimation instrument for Carlo Emanuele, son of Carlo Filiberto d'Este, 1689 August 20

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233290623], Folder: 4
Identifier: Vault MSS 524 Item 4
Dates: 1689 August 20
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Sfondrati family papers

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