Handwritten arrest warrant, dated 28 Nov. 1842, and registered in Nauvoo, Illinois. Marks seeks the arrest of Thomas J. Hunter for slandering Joseph Smith, the first president of the Mormon Church.

Handwritten legal document written in Lexington, Kentucky which was taken in evidence in the case of Robert Daniel et al. vs. Stephen Trigg's Estate before the Kentucky Supreme Court. Concerns Daniel's activities in relation to property of the estate which included slaves and horses.

Two handwritten depositions. They concern a land dispute between John Copsey and Rees Pritchard. Each was attested and signed by Monroe.

Handwritten legal documents including affidavits, writs, depositions, and decisions. The items relate to a suit brought by John W. Archer, a disaffected Strangite, against James J. Strang and John Cole in the summer of 1849 to recover a wagon Archer had consecrated to Strang's group. The case was heard in Walworth County, Wisconsin.

Three official documents on early Louisiana, including a blank 1811 printed blank form for Commissioners' Certificate, Territory of Louisiana, and 1811 deed, and an 1812 deposition.

Handwritten items relating to Kentucky in the later years of the eighteenth century and the early decades of the nineteenth century. These manuscripts are legal documents mostly created in local courts and governments. Many of the items deal with land grants. Three of the manuscripts relate to attempts in 1829 by Daniel Boone's lawyer to get a suit apparently filed against his client's estate dismissed on the basis of technicalities. Includes 126 items.

Handwritten legal documents from the Randolph County Court in Illinois. Included are a certificate of publication, a declaration, a deposition, and three affidavits.

Handwritten depositions signed by the members of "The Committee of Safety," San Augustine, Texas, reporting the confessions, given under torture, of two convicted murderers.

Contains depositions, legal opinions, letters, and other materials from the Sfondrati family. Much of the materials deal with the inheritance of lands from Isabella di Capua, of the Cybo-Malaspina family of Massa.

A collection of slavery documents from Missouri, Louisiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, and unknown states. Included are writs of manumission, bills of sale, affidavits, letters, and depositions. One document in French.