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Legal documents -- Illinois

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Fred A. Rosenstock collection of United States Presidents' signed papers, 1802-1917

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1448 Series 1
Scope and Contents note

Contains six items from John Quincy Adams, Aaron Burr, James Monroe, and Woodrow Wilson.

Dates: Other: 1802-1917

Fred A. Rosenstock collection of Virginia records, 1774-1863

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1448 Series 21
Scope and Contents note

Bonds, court summons, depositions, indentures, promissory notes, public appointments, and miscellaneous papers (receipts, court orders and declarations, etc).

Dates: Other: 1774-1863

Fred A. Rosenstock collection of Wisconsin records, undated

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1448 Series 22
Scope and Contents note

Miscellaneous(1 item): A xerox copy of an affidavit given in court. Concerns legal dispute between John W. Archer, plaintiff and James J. Stacey and John Call, defendents.

Dates: Other: undated

Fred A. Rosenstock collection on the law partners of Abraham Lincoln, 1789-1834

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1448 Series 5
Scope and Contents note

Material of Jesse Head, John Todd Stuart, and Stephen Trigg Logan (settlements, receipts and bills of sale, affidavits and depositions, bonds, law suits, etc.)

Dates: Other: 1789-1834

Illinois legal documents

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1227
Scope and Contents

Records include legal and clerical documents specific to the state of Illinois. Includes petitions, promissory notes, poll books, court documents, building specifications, and land documents from various counties. Materials date from 1791 to 1855.

Dates: 1791-1855
Image of Pierre Chouteau statement
Image of Pierre Chouteau statement

Pierre Chouteau statement

 Digital Record
Identifier: VMSS138_F1
Dates: 1817 July 14

Fred A. Rosenstock papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 1448
Abstract

The collection includes various manuscripts acquired by Rosenstock of Denver, Colorado and sold as a group to the library. They come primarily from the eastern and mid-western United States and include diverse legal, personal, business, land and monetary transaction records originating with federal, state and local government officials and private citizens.

Dates: 1774-1935