Legal documents, 1824-1859
Scope and Contents
Includes documents filed with courts affirming the administrators of estates, explaining claims against others, alerting property owners of forthcoming sheriffs' sales, ending claims against others, dividing estates, recording depositions, and opinions; wills, deeds, contracts, agreements and indentures which authorize sales of real estate, empower executors, settle disputes among business partners; receipts; and miscellaneous legal documents, including statements, notes, memoranda, lists of documents, a document certifying that a will has been filed, an order to inform a tenant that they are behind on their rent, miscellaneous draft documents.
Dates
- Creation: 1824-1859
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use.
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