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Politics, Government, and Law

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 1673 Collections and/or Records:

Robert E. Lee letter to George Brinton McClellan

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292306]
Identifier: Vault MSS 574
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a letter written at Richmond, Virginia, on June 17, 1862, and addressed to George B. McLellan (1826-1885), commander of the Union Army. Lee replies to McClellan's suggestion "to consider medical officers in care of the sick and wounded as non-combatants." Lee agrees "that such officers would be so regarded in the operations of the armies of Northern and Eastern Virginia." Lee thanks McClellan for the release of Dr. Tayler "who was left in attendance upon a sick man at...
Dates: 1862 June 17
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Robert E. Lee letter to George Gibson

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233291738]
Identifier: Vault MSS 630
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter relaying a provisions report to the Commissary General, George Gibson.

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

W. H. Lee letter to David McKenzie

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233287322]
Identifier: Vault MSS 210
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 3 Feb. 1873, and addressed to David McKenzie. The item was written from the "Assessor and Collector's Office Tooele City." Lee writes to David McKenzie for taxes on the "Richvile Mill" owned by Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1873 February 3
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

W. W. Phelps, Willard Richards, and Brigham Young legal act

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292736]
Identifier: Vault MSS 711
Scope and Contents

Handwritten legislative act from Utah dated March 1, 1852. The item is signed by W. W. Phelps, Willard Richards, and Brigham Young. The act declares it to be unlawful to "use with disrespect the name of the deity," use unnecessary cruelty upon animals, and to be intoxicated in public. The item also declares that the breaking of these laws is to be punishable by a monetary fine or by a period of hard labor.

Dates: 1852 March 1
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Legal answer

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292744]
Identifier: Vault MSS 709
Scope and Contents

Handwritten legal answer filed on Sept. 4, 1871. The answer is part of a law suit with Sarah Ann Cooke as plaintiff and Brigham Young as defendant. The document is signed by Young and involves monetary debts.

Dates: 1871
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Brigham Young and Orson Pratt legal answer to John C. McIntosh

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292710]
Identifier: Vault MSS 714
Scope and Contents

Handwritten legal answer. This item is an answer by Brigham Young and Orson Pratt to a complaint by John C. McIntosh. The document is signed by Orson Pratt but not by Brigham Young.

Dates: 1873
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Legal documents

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230309954]
Identifier: MSS SC 1225
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1815-1839
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

E. B. Washburne legal documents

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292389]
Identifier: Vault MSS 573
Scope and Contents

Answer filed in Circuit Court, Joe [sic] Daviess County, Illinois, October 24, 1844, in response to a complaint filed in the case of Washburne, administrator for the estate of John C. Smith, et al., vs. James Duncan.

Dates: 1844 October 24
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Pierre Menard legal documents

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292405]
Identifier: Vault MSS 572
Scope and Contents

Two bonds and one letter of complaint for three cases in which Menard was one of the litigating parties.

Dates: 1815-1844
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Legal documents, financial notes, and personal papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230310267]
Identifier: MSS SC 1239
Scope and Contents

Handwritten legal documents, financial notes, and personal papers. Included are affidavits, bills of sale, monetary transaction notes, receipts, bonds, promissory notes, ledgers, wills, and letters. All of the items are from unknown locations and mostly concern mundane legal or personal matters.

Dates: 1782-1846
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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