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Affidavits

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 61 Collections and/or Records:

Documents in the Case of John W. Archer vs. James J. Strang and John Cole

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233289716]
Identifier: Vault MSS 408
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1849
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Documents in the Case of John W. Archer vs. James J. Strang and John Cole

Robert D. Foster affidavit

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230321017]
Identifier: MSS SC 2228
Scope and Contents

Handwritten affidavit in the case of the City of Nauvoo versus Robert D. Foster, 25 July 1845. Foster was fined $100 for an offense.

Dates: 1844
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Robert D. Foster affidavit

Hancock County (Ill.) and Portage County (Ohio) legal documents

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 4054
Abstract

Hancock and Portage County legal documents, 1826-1910, contains two archival series: (1) Hancock County documents, 1838-1844, and (2) Portage County documents, 1826-1910. The documents include affidavits, deeds, summons, and filings.

Dates: 1826-1910
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Hancock County (Ill.) and Portage County (Ohio) legal documents

Hancock County (Ill.) documents, 1838-1844

 Series
Identifier: MSS 4054 Series 1
Scope and Contents note

This series contains affidavits, summons and filings.

Dates: Other: 1838-1844
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 4054, Hancock County (Ill.) and Portage County (Ohio) legal documents

Hancock County (Ill.) legal instruments

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230310895]
Identifier: MSS SC 1272
Scope and Contents

Legal instruments from Hancock County, Illinois. The items are from court cases involving Joseph Smith III.

Dates: Date not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Hancock County (Ill.) legal instruments

Hancock County (Ill.) legal instruments

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230310887]
Identifier: MSS SC 1273
Scope and Contents

Legal instruments from Hancock County, Illinois. The items are from a court cases involving Hiram Kimball.

Dates: 1854
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Hancock County (Ill.) legal instruments

Hancock County (Ill.) legal instruments

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230310879]
Identifier: MSS SC 1274
Scope and Contents

Legal instruments from Hancock County, Illinois. The items are from a court cases in which Thomas B. Marsh was plaintiff and William Smith was defendant.

Dates: 1854
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Hancock County (Ill.) legal instruments

Martin Harris legal documents

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232498904]
Identifier: MSS 240
Scope and Contents

Handwritten legal statements and affidavits. In 1846 Harris signed over control of his financial affiars to Jacob Bump and Preserved Harris while he planned to go to Europe for one year. In 1865, Martin Harris charged that Jacob Bump and William Fuller illegally took some of his property when he was gone. The items were registered in the court of Lake County, Ohio. The Mormon gathering place of Kirtland, Ohio is located in the same county.

Dates: 1846-1865
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Martin Harris legal documents

James Holt Haslam affidavit

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227606511]
Identifier: MSS 3868
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of the affidavit includes Haslam's account of his journey to Salt Lake City, Utah, with a message for Brigham Young in September 1857.

Dates: 1884
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / James Holt Haslam affidavit

Indiana courts legal documents

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230310093]
Identifier: MSS SC 1228
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and printed legal documents dated 1839 from Indiana. These items include three summonses, one affidavit, and one article of agreement.

Dates: 1839
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Indiana courts legal documents

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