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Legal instruments

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 587 Collections and/or Records:

Girard Bank promissory notes, 1840 February 14

 Item — Box 7: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197232550696], Folder: 5
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 1 Sub-Series 4 Item 1
Scope and Contents

Twenty promissory notes of Girard Bank, against Commercial and Rail Road Bank of Vicksburg, each for $1000, dated February 14, 1840.

Dates: 1840 February 14
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / John K. Kane papers / John K. Kane professional papers

Girard Bank settlement document, 1840 June 9

 Item — Box 7: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197232550696], Folder: 6
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 1 Sub-Series 4 Item 4
Scope and Contents

Settlement in the case of the Girard Bank vs. Norris, signed by John K. Kane, dated June 9, 1840.

Dates: 1840 June 9
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / John K. Kane papers / John K. Kane professional papers

Giuseppe Antonio Sayni deputation to Giuseppe Valeriano Sfondrati, 1720 September 15

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233290623], Folder: 5
Identifier: Vault MSS 524 Item 3
Dates: 1720 September 15
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 524, Sfondrati family papers

Giuseppe Antonio Sayni deputation to Giuseppe Valeriano Sfondrati

 Digital Record
Identifier: VMSS524_B1_F5_I3
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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 / Vault MSS 524, Sfondrati family papers

Giuseppe Valeriano Sfondrati agreement regarding Acquanegra

 Digital Record
Identifier: VMSS524_B1_F5_I4
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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 / MSS SC 1086, 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 / Robert J. Smith guardianship bond

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 / MSS 3197, 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 / MSS 3204, H. Tracy Hall papers

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