The Winterthur Library
The Joseph
Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera
Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum
5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, Delaware 19735
Telephone:
302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883
OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION
Title: Legal
documents
Dates: ca. 1699-1924
Call No.: Col. 268
Acc. No.: [various]
Quantity: ca. 550
items
Location: 34 D 4-5
SCOPE AND CONTENT
This
artificial and still open collection contains a variety of documents relating
to legal and financial affairs, both private and governmental. Among the private legal papers are agreements
and contracts. Business papers include
stock certificates, bankruptcy documents, and powers of attorney. Among the many governmental papers are court
decisions and proceedings, tax records, patents, and proclamations. A number of the individuals
names are identified as craftsmen. The
majority of the material dates from the last quarter of the eighteenth or the
first quarter of the nineteenth century.
Most of the items are from New England or Middle Atlantic states.
ORGANIZATION
The
physical arrangement is in accession number order.
LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS
The
materials are in English.
RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS
Collection
is open to the public. Copyright
restrictions may apply.
PROVENANCE
Gifts and purchases from various sources.
RELATED MATERIALS
Related collections of
documents include real estate records, wills and inventories, indentures, and
certificates.
ACCESS POINTS
Topics: Actions and defenses.
Furniture.
Building.
Architecture.
Bankruptcy.
Banks
and banking.
Bridges.
Cemeteries.
Church
buildings.
Clocks
and watches.
Clothing
and dress.
Corporate
records.
Judgments.
Debtor
and creditor.
Crime.
Education.
Executors
and administrators.
Pottery.
Glassware.
Hides
and skins.
Hotels.
Insurance.
Iron-works.
Law.
Licenses.
Machinery.
Marriage
customs and rites.
Roads
– Design and construction.
Shipping.
Slavery.
Taxation.
Transportation.
Affadavits.
Agreements.
Appraisals.
Bankruptcy
proceedings.
Census
records.
Certificates.
Citizenship
papers.
Claims.
Constitutions.
Contracts.
Decisions.
Depositions.
Divorce
records.
Indictments.
Insurance
policies.
Legal
documents.
Lists.
Negotiable
instruments.
Oaths.
Passports.
Patents.
Payments.
Petitions.
Powers
of attorney.
Proclamations.
Releases.
Reports.
Specifications.
Statements
of account.
Stock
certificates.
Summons.
Tax
records.
Tax
returns.
Treasury
bonds.
Artists.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION
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LEGAL |
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CALL
NUMBER |
ACCESSION
NUMBER |
TYPE
OF DOCUMENT |
NAME 1 |
NAME 2 |
FIRM
NAME |
PLACE |
DATE |
PRINTER/ENGRAVER |
SUBJECTS |
DESCRIPTION |
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Collection 268 |
53.158.1 |
petition |
Edward Kneeland, pewterer |
Boston, MA |
1783 |
United States--history--Revolutionary War, 1776-1782; metalwork |
petition to assessors complaining of losses suffered |
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Collection 268 |
54.83.33 |
power of attorney |
Thomas Willing Francis; Richard Peters |
Alfred Jones, surgeon |
Philadelphia, PA |
1806 |
power of attorney |
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Collection 268 |
55.509 |
constitution |
The Chester and Baltimore Stage Company |
1828 |
transportation |
constitution of stage company |
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Collection 268 |
55.520 |
certificate |
Dunavoor |
John Aitken |
Philadelphia, PA |
1789 |
furniture |
cabinetmakers certifying a product |
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Collection 268 |
55.665 |
passport |
Jacob Shaffner |
John Thome |
Lancaster County, PA |
1779 |
passports; U.S.--history--Revolutionary War, 1775-1782 |
handwritten passport |
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Collection 268 |
55.752 |
stock certificate |
Johannes Kneppelhout |
William Bingham |
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road |
Philadelphia, PA |
1795 |
road construction |
illustration of horse drawn covered wagon |
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Collection 268 |
55.753.2 |
marriage record |
Hezekiah Sabin |
Mercy Power |
Providence, RI |
1744 |
marriage records |
asks if any objection to marriage |
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Collection 268 |
55.753.3 |
marriage license |
Benning Wentworth |
Stephen Alward; Abigail Davue |
New Hampshire |
1764 |
marriage; licenses |
on reverse is marriage certificate |
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Collection 268 |
55.756 |
legal document |
Philip Greeningwaldt |
Edward Shippen |
Lancaster, PA |
1754 |
executors and administrators |
grant of administration for estate |
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Collection 268 |
55.757 |
marriage license |
Samuel Fletcher; Elizabeth Stroud |
John Penn |
Philadelphia, PA |
1776 |
marriage; licenses |
marriage license; signed by John Penn |
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Collection 268 |
55.759 |
legal document |
Joseph Crowden [or Growden] |
Philadelphia, PA |
1709 |
lawsuits |
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Collection 268 |
55.774 |
tax records |
Jacob Shaffner |
S. Graff |
Philadelphia, PA |
1772 |
taxation |
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Collection 268 |
55x129.1 |
notice |
Nathaniel Coffin |
Henry Flagg |
Waldoborough, ME |
1819 |
liquor sale license renewal |
for innholders and retailers |
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Collection 268 |
55x129.2 |
resolution |
Waldoborough, ME |
1819 ? |
action to be taken against the sale of liquor in town |
notes following town meeting, decision made there |
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Collection 268 |
55x129.3 |
book of liquor licenses given out |
H. Flagg (town clerk) |
Waldoborough, ME |
1821-1831 |
liquor licenses |
each seller of liquor mentioned, one year license from issue
date |
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Collection 268 |
55x129.4 |
license |
George Hussy |
Peter F. Sandborn |
Lincoln Co., ME |
1862 |
liquor license |
$20 tax for liquor license for one year |
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Collection 268 |
57x004.2 |
contract |
James Moore |
John Watts; Edward Hutchinson |
Boston, MA |
1745 |
architecture; building; |
agreement of build house |
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Collection 268 |
57x006.2 |
agreement |
Samuel Farmar |
John Vantine |
1767 |
debtors and creditors |
agreement between executors of estate and creditors |
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Collection 268 |
57x009.2 (Col. 47) |
certificate |
George Crawford |
Hudson, NY |
1814 |
transportation |
certificate of taxes paid for a carriage |
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Collection 268 |
57x011.4 |
certificate |
Jacob Starr |
New Castle, DE |
1834 |
real property |
valuation order for property of minor |
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Collection 268 |
58x010 |
agreement |
Oliver Arnold |
James Rhodes |
Providence, RI |
building |
agreement to build a store |
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Collection 268 |
58x022 |
agreement |
Norwich, CT |
1750 |
churches |
agreement of citizens to subscribe to build anew
meeting house |
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Collection 268 |
60x014 |
citizenship paper |
Isaac Sisley |
John Johnson |
Massachusetts |
1811 |
citizenship papers |
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Collection 268 |
60x026.1 |
oath |
Jacob Barge |
Pennsylvania |
1779 |
oaths |
oath of allegiance; on vellum |
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Collection 268 |
61x019.26 |
decision |
John O.B. Richards |
Richard Cunningham |
1828 |
court decisions |
oath, and judgement of case |
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Collection 268 |
62x020 |
certificate of debt |
Frederick Bassett |
State of Connecticut |
Connecticut |
1793 |
Francis Bailey (P) |
debtor and creditor |
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Collection 268 |
62x021 |
payment bond |
Smith Ely |
Robert Longman |
New York |
1835 |
debtor and creditor; furniture |
also contains list of furniture with description to be made |
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Collection 268 |
62x024 |
contract |
Elisha Parish |
Samuel Baldwin |
Millford |
1829 |
architecture; building; carpentry |
agreement to build a house |
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Collection 268 |
62x027 |
stock certificate |
Elnathan
Baldwin |
James Lewis |
Derby Fishing Company |
Derby, CT |
1807 |
fishing |
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Collection 268 |
62x029 |
contract |
Charles Inglis, D.D., rector of
Trinity Church |
John Rutherford |
New York |
1783 |
furniture |
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Collection 268 |
62x030 |
stock certificate |
Cornilius Ray |
Society for Establishing Useful Manufacturers |
New Jersey |
1792 |
Hugh Gaine (P) |
societies |
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Collection 268 |
62x036 |
permit |
Johnethen Rhea |
D. Cooley; G.N. Phillips |
Goshen, NY |
1802 |
building; patents |
permit to use patented fireplace |
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Collection 268 |
62x037 (col. 662) |
agreement |
Etienne Dutilh |
David Clark |
Philadelphia, PA |
1790 |
proxy |
notarized proxy making Dutilh the Cape
Francois agent for Clark, carriage maker; in French |
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Collection 268 |
62x095.3 |
deposition |
William Gray, surveyor |
John Dorance |
Philadelphia, PA |
1794 |
depositions; trials |
concerns conflicting surveys of land sold |
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Collection 268 |
63x080 |
list |
Philadelphia, PA |
1810 |
jury; trials |
list of jurors; includes occupations and addresses |
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Collection 268 |
63x081.1 |
payment bond |
John Wire |
Conrad Keller |
Philadelphia, PA |
1827 |
Conrad Zentler, 104 N. 2nd St.,
Philadelphia (P) |
debtor and creditor |
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Collection 268 |
63x081.2 |
court judgement |
John Wire |
Philadelphia, PA |
1830 |
law |
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Collection 268 |
64x116 |
statement |
Oneida Glass Factory |
Vernon, NY |
1829 |
glass |
description of land and real estate with stock payment |
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Collection 268 |
65x040 |
affidavit |
Nicholas Ardy |
James Cromwell, combmaker |
New York |
1813 |
affidavits |
affidavit swearing that person is a free man |
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Collection 268 |
65x090 |
payment bond |
Robert Poalks |
John Fries |
Philadelphia, PA |
1805 |
debtor and creditor; bankrupcy |
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Collection 268 |
65x094 |
patent |
A. Chilorier |
Paris (France) |
1827 |
lighting |
for oil lamp; includes drawing and descriptions |
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Collection 268 |
65x096 |
promissory note |
D. Meredith |
Doughterty &
Myers |
1821 |
benefits |
benefits paid to widow |
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Collection 268 |
65x154.1 |
power of attorney |
Susanna Staines; Elizabeth James |
Francis Willouhby |
London (England) |
1701 |
power of attorney |
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Collection 268 |
65x580 |
legal document |
Isaac Taylor |
Elisha Gatchel |
Philadelphia, PA |
1723 |
lawsuit; actions and defenses |
case concerning the boundary line between Maryland and
Pennsylvania |
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Collection 268 |
65x591 |
power of attorney |
Joseph Wight |
Hannah Wright |
Middletown, CT |
1776 |
power of attorney |
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Collection 268 |
65x663 |
naturalization record |
Michael Miller |
Edward Shippen |
Pennsylvania |
1764 |
naturalization |
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Collection 268 |
65x721 |
bill of sale |
Joshua Jeffeson |
Joshua Clayton |
New Castle, DE |
1836 |
slavery |
sale of slave; agreement includes freeing slave in 12 years |
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Collection 268 |
66x111.1 |
stock certificate |
The More Jonas Glass Company |
Bridgeton, NJ |
189- |
Wm. M. Christy's Sons & Co., 312 Chestnut St., Philadelphia
(E) |
glass |
illustration of factory; blank form |
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Collection 268 |
66x111.2 |
stock certificate |
Rancocas Glass Company |
Riverside, NJ |
18-- |
Theo. Lenhart & Son, Philadelphia
(E) |
glass |
illustration of factory and allegorical figures in gold |
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Collection 268 |
66x143 |
agreement |
Clark Mills |
Issac P.
Walker; John C. Mason |
Washington, D.C. |
1853 |
iron-works |
permit to use improved furnace |
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Collection 268 |
66x150 |
contract |
Abijah
Wilkins, joiner |
Oliver Carlton, George Dodge, Jr. |
Amherst, NH |
1791 |
architecture; building |
construction of a dwelling |
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Collection 268 |
66x154.2 |
decision |
Lydia Kay |
Francis Billington |
Suffolk County, MA |
1717 |
actions and defenses |
writ of attachment |
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Collection 268 |
67x013 |
decision |
Simein Hawkes |
Samuel Lucas |
Suffolk County, MA |
1826 |
debtor and creditor |
sheriff's judgement |
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Collection 268 |
67x020 |
specifications |
George Hussey |
Charles M. Pierce |
New Bedford, MA |
1856 |
architecture; building |
construction of a dwelling |
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Collection 268 |
67x021 |
specifications |
Jonathan Bourne |
architecture; building |
construction of a dwelling |
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Collection 268 |
67x124.2 |
contract |
Stephen harrington |
Levi Lincoln, Isaac Davis |
Worcester, MA |
1851 |
architecture; building |
construction of a dwelling |
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Collection 268 |
67x134 |
decision |
Daniel Neff, Sr. |
Catherine Buzzard |
Frederick County, MD |
1786 |
actions and defenses |
lists the goods to be given to Buzzard |
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Collection 268 |
68x014.1 |
decision |
William Wood |
Andrew Anderson |
New York |
1799 |
actions and defenses; |
taken to bail |
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Collection 268 |
68x014.2 |
decision |
James Williams |
Andrew Gifford |
New York |
1799 |
actions and defenses; |
taken to bail |
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Collection 268 |
68x014.3 |
decision |
Valentine Shimeal |
Christian Hoyle |
New York |
1794 |
actions and defenses; |
taken to bail |
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Collection 268 |
68x014.4 |
decision |
Henry Leebe |
Charles McCurdy |
New York |
1799 |
actions and defenses; |
taken to bail |
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Collection 268 |
68x028.5 |
payment bond |
John Beale |
Joseph Lownes |
Philadelphia, PA |
1785 |
Daniel Humphreys (P) |
debtor and creditor |
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Collection 268 |
68x030 |
agreement |
Frederick Reichenback, pianoforte
maker |
Henriette Reichenback |
Philadelphia, PA |
1843 |
A. Walker, 24 Arch St. (P) |
separation agreement |
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Collection 268 |
68x046 |
stock certificate |
Jesse Wakeman |
Merchants' Bank |
New York |
1847 |
Rawdon, Wright & Hatch, NY (E) |
banks and banking |
illustration of allegorical figure--mercury with lion |
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Collection 268 |
68x050 |
contract |
Henry Wilson, cabinetmaker |
John Fillson |
Maryland |
1770 |
furniture |
contract for making black walnut desk |
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Collection 268 |
68x051 |
agreement |
Joseph Terry |
Asahel Avery |
Connecticut |
1799 |
building; architecture |
agreement for building of house; includes measured drawing |
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Collection 268 |
68x069.28 |
decision |
Seth Cumin |
Isaac Beale |
Somerset, MA |
1810 |
actions and defenses |
writ of attachment |
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Collection 268 |
68x069.38 |
certificate |
Levi H. Willard |
T.H.Sexton |
Schenectady, NY |
1890 |
artists; |
certifying authenticity of portrait painting |
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Collection 268 |
68x073.1 |
decision |
Francis Wingate |
Benjamin Lamson |
Suffolk, MA |
1835 |
actions and defenses |
writ of attachment |
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Collection 268 |
68x082.3 ovs |
insurance policy |
Mary Hussey |
Massachusetts Mutual Fire Insurance Company |
Boston, MA |
1823 |
insurance |
policy |
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Collection 268 |
68x082.4 ovs |
insurance policy |
William Mackay |
The New York Lafayette Fire Insurance Company |
New York, NY |
1826 |
insurance |
illustrated with wood engraving of portrait bust, allegorical
figures, boats, and house on fire |
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Collection 268 |
68x095.2 |
indictment |
Thomas Springer |
Jacob M. Kunkel |
Frederick County, MD |
1856 |
actions and defenses |
theft of silverware |
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Collection 268 |
68x119 |
license |
Nathaniel Mowrey, Jr. |
Rhode Island |
1818 |
hotels, taverns |
license to keep a tavern |
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Collection 268 |
68x148 |
license |
Jesse Hardy |
New york |
1815 |
hides and skins |
license to a manufacturer of leather |
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Collection 268 |
69x010.1 |
contract |
Rufus Fuller |
Ware |
1851 |
bridges; building |
agreement to build a bridge with specifications |
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Collection 268 |
69x010.2 |
contract |
Rufus Fuller |
George H. Gilbert |
Ware |
1851 |
bridges; building |
agreement to build a bridge with specifications |
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Collection 268 |
69x029.8 |
stockholders |
Second Trinity Congregational Church |
Marshfield |
1853 |
churches |
agreement and list of subscribers |
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Collection 268 |
72x334 |
petition |
John Vanderlyn |
New York, NY |
ca. 1830-1831 |
art |
petition regarding building in Central Park erected for
exhibition of panoramic paintings |
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Collection 268 |
69x178.2 |
patent |
Charles Calvert |
Thomas Spurrier |
Anne Arundel County, MD |
1728 |
patent |
on vellum |
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Collection 268 |
70x006 |
stock certificate |
James Monroe |
Steam Boat Golden Fleece |
1807 |
steamships |
illustration of steamship |
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Collection 268 |
70x007 |
stock certificate |
Salem Iron Factory Company |
18-- |
G. Graham (E) |
iron-work |
illustration of factory; blank form |
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Collection 268 |
70x009 |
tax records |
Abraham Piersons |
Killingsworth, CT |
1779 |
taxation |
wood cut illustration of seal of state |
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Collection 268 |
70x069.5 |
agreement |
Nathaniel Lovejoy |
William Bishop |
painting |
agreement to paint house and furnishings; includes description
of colors to be used |
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Collection 268 |
70x089.18 |
power of attorney |
John Naylor; Jeremiah Naylor, merchants |
William Naylor |
John and Jeremiah Naylor and Company |
Wakefield (England) |
1804 |
power of attorney |
handwritten and printed forms; notarization |
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Collection 268 |
71x029 |
payment bond |
Robert Young |
Thomas Shields |
East Fallowfield Township, PA |
1794 |
Daniel Humphreys, near the drawbridge, Philadelphia (P) |
debtor and creditor |
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Collection 268 |
71x104.2 |
agreement |
Benjamin Loveren |
Temple Paul |
New Hampshire |
1839 |
building |
agreement to build a house |
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Collection 268 |
71x104.6 |
description of plates |
Metacomel Bank |
list of plates for bank notes |
detailed description of plates of individual bank notes |
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Collection 268 |
71x148.4 |
stock certificate |
Cornet Nightingale |
The Mercantile Mutual Insurance Company |
New York |
1852 |
Danforth, Spencer & Hufty,
Philadelphia (P) |
insurance |
illustration of allegorical figures, ships, eagle |
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Collection 268 |
71x148.5 |
stock certificate |
Charles Loving |
East Boston Dry Dock Company |
Boston, MA |
1854 |
W.W. Wilson, 23 Court St., Boston (P&E) |
shipping; |
illustration of ship in dry dock |
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Collection 268 |
71x186 |
sales records |
John Jack |
Margaret Jack |
Washington, D.C. |
1802 |
furniture; house furnishings |
bill of sale for contents of house |
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Collection 268 |
61x019.71 |
statement |
John Cary |
City of New York |
New York, NY |
1822 |
actions and defenses |
statement of discharge from Bridewell
for stealing tobacco |
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Collection 268 |
71x194 |
stock certificate |
Andrew Cochran |
William Perry |
Williamsport & Philadelphia Lumber Company |
Philadelphia, PA |
1839 |
P.S. Duval, Philadelphia (E) |
lumber, George Washington; Benjamin Franklin |
illustration of lumber mill equipment and portraits of George Washinton and Benjamin Franklin |
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Collection 268 |
71x220 |
legal document |
David Brimbleam |
Nathan Bowen |
Essex County, MA |
1790 |
guardianship |
guardianship agreement |
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Collection 268 |
71x229 |
stock certificate |
Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road Company |
Philadelphia, PA |
18-- |
American Bank Note Co., Philadelphia (E) |
transportation |
blank form; illustrations of steam train, allegorical figures;
ship; George Washinton |
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Collection 268 |
72x004.11 |
deposit slip |
Philadelphia Loan Co. |
Philadelphia, PA |
1837 |
credit |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.237 ovs |
bond |
Wm. H. Bell, president |
G. Dawson Coleman, Hiester Clymer |
South Mountain Railroad Co. |
PA |
1901 |
railroads |
vignettes of government buildings, railroad over bridge; sheet
of interest warrants |
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Collection 268 |
72x004.8 |
stock certificate |
Wm. T. Pearce |
Eagle Bank |
Providence, RI |
1832 |
banks and banking |
eagle |
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Collection 268 |
72x157.3 |
sheriff's sale |
John Bendall |
Samuel Sheild |
Warwick, VA |
1815 |
printed sheriff's sale order |
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Collection 268 |
73x067 |
notarial document |
John Haggarty Duffey |
John Martin Baker |
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) |
1833 |
notarial document |
consulate of U.S. certification |
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Collection 268 |
73x080 |
appraisal |
John Winter |
Frederick County, MD |
1791 |
actions and defenses |
appraisal of household items for judegment
for non-payment |
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Collection 268 |
73x081 |
decision |
Nathaniel Marden |
Levi Davis |
Washington, D.C. |
1844 |
debtor and creditor; court decision |
notarized copy of demand for payment and attached promise to pay |
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Collection 268 |
73x116 |
warranty |
Edwin Terry |
Samuel P. Caliph |
London (England) |
1838 |
clocks and watches |
warranty on a clock |
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Collection 268 |
73x220 |
stock certificate |
Geo. Wood |
New York Bay Cemetary Company |
New York, NY |
1850 |
stocks |
certificate for 1 share |
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Collection 268 |
73x320 |
stock certificate |
Geo. Wood |
Jos. Belknap Smith |
New York Bay Cemetery Company |
New York |
1850 |
Nagel & Weingaertner, NY (E) |
cemeteries |
illustration of New York harbor |
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Collection 268 |
73x253 |
agreement |
Jon. Meredith |
Thomas Tredell |
Philadelphia, PA |
1796 |
building |
agreement to deliver building materials |
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Collection 268 |
73x314 |
report |
John V.N. Yates |
Spencer Stafford |
House of Representatives |
Washington, D.C. |
1820 |
debtor and creditor |
report concerning Postmaster of Albany New York removed from
office for defaulting on bond |
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Collection 268 |
74x016.33 |
contract |
John J. Marshall |
John Gill |
Frankford, KY |
1819 |
tobacco |
agreement to inspect, transport, tobacco |
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Collection 268 |
74x017.1 |
decision |
John Rand; William Burdick |
Joseph Hawes |
Cumberland County, MA |
1800 |
court decisions |
court paper |
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Collection 268 |
74x017.10 |
decision |
William Gray |
Samuel Pitcher |
1808 |
furniture; inventories |
list of household articles attached in lawsuit |
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Collection 268 |
74x017.11 |
appraisal |
Benjamin Stone |
Cumberland County, MA |
1805 |
appraisals; furniture; inventories |
list of household goods with value for a law suit |
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Collection 268 |
74x017.12 |
decision |
Enoch Bagley |
Sarah Gavish |
Durham, MA |
1796 |
lawsuits; actions and defenses |
lawsuit with list of money owed; writ of attachment |
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Collection 268 |
74x017.13 |
decision |
Enoch Bagley |
Sarah Gavish |
Durham, MA |
1796 |
actions and defenses |
legal judgement with list of money owed; writ of attachment |
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Collection 268 |
74x017.2 |
decision |
James Corry |
John Dole |
Cumberland County, MA |
1800 |
building; inventories |
list of house building materials attached in lawsuit and court
paper |
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Collection 268 |
74x017.3 |
decision |
Jonathan Longly |
Polly Perry |
Cumberland County, MA |
1802 |
furniture; inventories; appraisals |
list of household articles attached in lawsuit and court paper |
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Collection 268 |
74x017.4 |
decision |
Samuel Switt |
Blake |
Cumberland County, MA |
1805 |
furniture; inventories; appraisals |
list of household articles attached in lawsuit and court paper |
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Collection 268 |
74x017.41 |
agreement |
William Campbell |
James and Moses Riggs |
Bath, England |
1831 |
building; mills and millwork |
agreement to build a sawmill |
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Collection 268 |
74x017.42 |
agreement |
John L. Abbott |
Greene |
1837 |
vehicles |
agreement to make wagons |
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Collection 268 |
74x017.5 |
decision |
George Lovis |
Henry Smith |
Cumberland County, MA |
1807 |
furniture; inventories; appraisals |
list of household articles attached in lawsuit and court paper |
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Collection 268 |
74x017.6 |
decision |
Thomas Beck |
William Campbell |
Cumberland County, MA |
1808 |
furniture; inventories |
list of household articles attached in lawsuit and court paper |
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Collection 268 |
74x017.7 |
decision |
Jonathan Leeds |
Portland Bank |
Cumberland County, MA |
1808 |
furniture; inventories |
list of household articles attached in lawsuit and court paper |
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Collection 268 |
74x017.8 |
decision |
George Labottiere |
William Freeman |
Cumberland County, MA |
1808 |
furniture; inventories |
list of household articles attached in lawsuit |
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Collection 268 |
74x017.9 |
decision |
John Thacher |
Joseph Sewell |
Cumberland County, MA |
1808 |
furniture; inventories |
list of household articles attached in lawsuit and court paper |
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Collection 268 |
74x074 |
stock certificate |
H.D.White |
New England Carving Company |
New Haven, CT |
1856 |
stone industry and trade |
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Collection 268 |
74x155 |
decision |
Francis Wainwright |
David Robertson |
Boston, MA |
1717 |
court decisions; debtor and creditor |
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Collection 268 |
74x156 |
summons |
John White |
Alabama |
1818 |
law; mills and millwork |
to determine whether building mill will affect property |
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Collection 268 |
74x241.15 |
appraisal |
Nathaniel Bowman |
Isaiah Griffen |
1814 |
damages |
list of household items with value |
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Collection 268 |
74x244.14 |
legal document |
Bowman & Mansfield |
Vermont Marble Company |
1862 |
lawsuits; stone industry and trade |
testimony in lawsuit |
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Collection 268 |
74x244.15 |
legal document |
Dunston |
Parker |
[1850-1899] |
settlement of suit for damages |
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Collection 268 |
74x244.2 |
decision |
James Ridgeway, goldsmith |
Enoch Baldwin |
Boston, MA |
1789 |
court decisions; debtor and creditor |
decision to attach goods for non-payment |
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Collection 268 |
74x244.8 |
agreement |
Jacob Body |
debtor and creditor |
agreement to draw money |
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Collection 268 |
74x275 |
bill of sale |
John Gladding |
Thomas Fletcher |
Ausmack Co., VA |
1835 |
misc. items bought |
listing of items |
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Collection 268 |
74x344 |
agreement |
John Wilson |
Scotch Presbyterian Church |
Philadelphia, PA |
1791 |
painting |
payment allowed for painting work |
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Collection 268 |
74x354.1 |
release |
Peter Schell |
John Reder |
Berks County, PA |
1784 |
wills |
statement that he has received legacy |
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Collection 268 |
74x354.10 |
payment bond |
John Benighof; Bastian Benighof |
Jacob Benighof |
Lynn Township, PA |
1817 |
debtor and creditor |
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Collection 268 |
74x354.2 |
release |
Catherine Shell |
Michael Shell |
Berks County, PA |
1790 |
wills |
statement that she has received legacy |
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Collection 268 |
74x354.3 |
payment bond |
John Roeder |
John Yund |
Hereford Township, PA |
1787 |
debtor and creditor |
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Collection 268 |
74x354.5 |
power of attorney |
Michael Roeder |
John Roeder |
Bethel Township, PA |
1802 |
power of attorney |
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Collection 268 |
74x354.6 |
release |
Henry Roder |
Michael Roder |
Upper Hanover Township, PA |
1809 |
wills |
statement that he has received legacy |
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Collection 268 |
74x354.7 |
release |
Maria Steinman |
John Roder |
Berks County, PA |
1820 |
wills |
statement that he has received legacy |
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Collection 268 |
74x354.8 |
payment bond |
Wendel Heimbach |
John Roeder |
Upper Milford Township, PA |
1827 |
debtor and creditor |
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Collection 268 |
74x354.9 |
payment bond |
Michael Rader |
Catharina Reiber |
Upper Hanover Township, PA |
1768 |
debtor and creditor |
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Collection 268 |
74x356 |
permit |
Moses Coate |
Lebanon, PA |
1815 |
machinery; agricultural products |
permission to use patented fruit cutting machine |
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Collection 268 |
74x376 |
license |
John Dunham |
Randal Marshall |
Port Elizabeth, NJ |
1813 |
licenses; hotels, taverns, etc. |
license to open an inn |
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Collection 268 |
74x377 |
license |
Joseph Bacon |
Cumberland County, NJ |
1808 |
licenses; hotels, taverns |
license to keep an inn and tavern |
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Collection 268 |
74x378 (col. 662) |
agreement |
E. Dutilh & Wachsmuth |
Jackson & Evens |
Philadelphia, PA |
1793 |
gold |
agreement to ship and refine gold |
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Collection 268 |
74x379 |
patent |
Jacob D. Custer |
clocks and watches |
description of clock mechanism with drawing |
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Collection 268 |
74x382.10 |
legal document |
John Wyer, sailmaker |
Nathaniel Atkins |
Portland, MA |
1801 |
actions and defenses; lawsuit |
memoramdum |
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Collection 268 |
74x382.11 |
decision |
David Bradish |
Elezer Alley
Jenks; printer |
Portland, MA |
1801 |
court decisions; debtor and creditor |
decision to attach goods for non-payment |
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Collection 268 |
74x382.13 |
decision |
Jonathan Swett |
Caleb Graffam |
Portland, MA |
1801 |
actions and defenses |
outstanding debts |
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Collection 268 |
74x382.3 |
decision |
Edward B. Nealley |
Samuel Jones, husbandman |
New Hampshire |
1829 |
actions and defenses |
writ of attachment |
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Collection 268 |
74x382.5a |
decision |
Joseph Treadwell, housewright |
Portland, MA |
1801 |
actions and defenses |
writ of attachment |
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Collection 268 |
74x382.6 |
decision |
Isaac Randall, joiner |
John Blake |
Portland, MA |
1801 |
actions and defenses |
writ of attachment |
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Collection 268 |
74x382.7 |
legal document |
John Wyer, sailmaker |
Nathaniel Atkins |
Portland, MA |
1801 |
actions and defenses; lawsuit |
lawsuit about theft of fabric for sail making |
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Collection 268 |
74x382.8 |
legal document |
John Wyer, sailmaker |
Nathaniel Atkins |
Portland, MA |
1801 |
actions and defenses; lawsuit |
legal memorandum |
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Collection 268 |
74x382.9 |
legal document |
John Wyer, sailmaker |
Nathaniel Atkins |
Portland, MA |
1801 |
actions and defenses; lawsuit |
memo of default |
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Collection 268 |
74x383.2 |
license |
Augusta County, VA |
1799 |
marriage |
handwritten license, not filled in |
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Collection 268 |
74x383.3 |
license |
Augusta County, VA |
marriage |
printed license, not filled in |
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Collection 268 |
74x383.4 |
license |
Augusta County, VA |
marriage |
printed license, not filled in |
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Collection 268 |
74x409 ovs |
patent |
William P. Gibbs |
Washington, D.C. |
1843 |
Henry Stone (artist); Bannerman (E) |
architecture; building |
improvement in the manner of arranging staircases; includes
drawings |
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Collection 268 |
74x412.9 |
legal document |
John Jutan or Jutau,
auctioneer |
Martin Clap |
Boston, MA |
1809 |
actions and defenses; lawsuit; pottery and glassware |
lawsuit concerning sale of pottery |
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Collection 268 |
74x422 |
payment bond |
Archibald Woods |
Richard Fairman |
Harrodsburg, KY |
1815 |
flour-mills; debtor and creditor |
group of men agreeing to contribute money for rebuilding of mill |
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Collection 268 |
75x032 |
patent |
Daniel M. Sechler |
William Yergin |
Ohio |
1846 |
Edward L. Carney, Wayne Co. Democrat Office, Wooster, OH (P) |
patent; farm machines |
sale of patent for straw cutter |
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Collection 268 |
75x038.1 |
report |
Jordan L. Mott |
Mott Iron Works |
Morrisania, NY |
1865 |
iron-works |
report to the stockholders |
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Collection 268 |
75x038.2 |
report |
Jordan L. Mott |
Mott Iron Works |
Morrisania, NY |
1868 |
iron-works |
report to the stockholders |
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Collection 268 |
75x046.223 |
agreement |
real estate |
part of an agreement, unidentified, defining property lines |
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Collection 268 |
75x051 |
census records |
Lynnfield |
1784 |
census |
list of inhabitants with buildings owned and black and white
inhabitants |
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Collection 268 |
75x056 |
contract |
Wm. W. Fernuld |
Joseph Jenkins |
York, ME |
1834 |
architecture; building; |
agreement of build a flour mill' |
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Collection 268 |
75x071.1 |
tax return |
Joel Yiles |
Lexington, MA |
taxation |
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Collection 268 |
75x071.10 |
tax return |
Eli Wellington |
Lexington, MA |
1815 |
taxation |
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Collection 268 |
75x071.2 |
tax return |
Thomas Whitcomb |
Lexington, MA |
taxation |
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Collection 268 |
75x071.3 |
tax return |
John Murry |
Lexington, MA |
taxation |
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Collection 268 |
75x071.4 |
tax return |
Joshua Simonds |
Lexington, MA |
taxation |
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Collection 268 |
75x071.5 |
tax return |
Charles Smith |
Lexington, MA |
taxation |
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Collection 268 |
75x071.6 |
tax return |
Joseph Anderson |
Lexington, MA |
taxation |
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Collection 268 |
75x071.7 |
tax return |
Stephen Robbins |
Lexington, MA |
taxation |
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Collection 268 |
75x071.8 |
tax return |
Eli Robbins |
Lexington, MA |
taxation |
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Collection 268 |
75x071.9 |
tax return |
Benjamin O. Wellington |
Lexington, MA |
taxation |
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Collection 268 |
75x102.1 |
petition |
Henry Booser |
York, PA |
1778 |
licenses; hotels, taverns, etc. |
for license to run a public house |
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Collection 268 |
75x102.2 |
petition |
George Dittenhaser |
York, PA |
1778 |
licenses; hotels, taverns, etc. |
for license to run a public house |
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Collection 268 |
75x102.3 |
petition |
Isaac Gortman |
York, PA |
1778 |
licenses; hotels, taverns, etc. |
for license to run a public house |
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Collection 268 |
75x102.4 |
petition |
Catherina Speckard |
York, PA |
1778 |
licenses; hotels, taverns, etc. |
for license to run a public house |
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Collection 268 |
75x102.5 |
petition |
Barned Zigler |
York, PA |
1778 |
licenses; hotels, taverns, etc. |
for license to run a public house |
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Collection 268 |
75x102.6 |
petition |
Peter Rheel |
York, PA |
1778 |
licenses; hotels, taverns, etc. |
for license to run a public house |
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Collection 268 |
75x102.7 |
petition |
Jacob Shorman |
York, PA |
1778 |
licenses; hotels, taverns, etc. |
for license to run a public house |
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Collection 268 |
75x158.25 |
notice |
Noah Fairbank, Elisha Jackson, Ephm
Wright |
Sumner Lincoln |
Evangelical Congregational Society |
Gardner. MA |
1830 |
notice |
requests meeting to summon Lincoln to be parish minister |
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Collection 268 |
75x165 |
legal document |
Obadiah Thacher |
Marlborough, MA |
1829 |
pension for Revolutionary War service |
includes inventory of personal property |
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Collection 268 |
75x168 |
legal document |
John Dorr |
Edward Carrington |
Providence, RI |
1811 |
skins and hides; lawsuits |
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Collection 268 |
75x186 |
demand note |
William Prichard |
Jacob Cooper |
Philadelphia, PA |
1756 |
shipping |
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Collection 268 |
75x228.11 |
patent |
Cornelius Tobey |
1807 |
patent; mills and millwork |
form allowing use of patented mill; illustration of horse-pulled
mill |
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Collection 268 |
75x251 |
agreement |
Edward Sumner |
George Knapp |
Wisconsin |
1863 |
machinery; patent |
for patentedadjustable axel for
harvester |
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Collection 268 |
75x307.1 |
legal document |
James Kent |
Smith |
Philadelphia, PA |
1814 |
actions and defenses; lawsuits |
deposition |
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Collection 268 |
75x307.2 |
legal document |
James Kent, house carpenter |
John Duparth |
Philadelphia, PA |
1814 |
actions and defenses; lawsuits |
deposition |
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Collection 268 |
75x064 |
guarantee |
Columbia Bicycles |
Boston, MA, Hartford, CT, New York, NY, Chicago, IL |
1895 |
John A. Lowell & Co., Boston (E) |
bicycles |
on reverse, figures of man and woman on bicycles with factory in
middle |
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Collection 268 |
76x014 |
list |
Everhart |
Rease |
Philadelphia, PA |
1808 |
jury; trials |
list of jurors; includes occupations and addresses |
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Collection 268 |
76x022 |
notice |
Fire Department |
fire departments |
public notice concerning fires in chimneys |
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Collection 268 |
76x075.2 |
memorandum |
Timothy Green |
Jabez Talman |
Massachusettts |
1792 |
business |
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Collection 268 |
76x095.1 |
inventory; decision |
Jacob Miller |
Berks County, PA |
1799 |
actions and defenses; inventories; furniture |
sheriff's seizure |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.252 |
notice |
Peter Willy |
Frederick Smith |
Reading, PA |
1811 |
actions and defenses |
notice of court action |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.254 |
notice |
John Fisher |
George Medler |
Keansburg, PA |
1819 |
actions and defenses |
notice that suit was settled |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.278 |
summons |
George Hartzell |
Bedford County, PA |
1845 |
actions and defenses |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.284 |
bill |
Jacob Geise |
actions and defenses |
bill of costs for a suit |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.285 |
subpoena |
Jacob Krimmel |
Jacob Geise |
Schuylkill County, PA |
1826 |
actions and defenses |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.286 |
subpoena |
John Stroud |
Jacob Geise |
Schuylkill County, PA |
1929 |
actions and defenses |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.287 |
subpoena |
Jacob Krimmel |
Jacob Geise |
Schuylkill County, PA |
1827 |
actions and defenses |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.288 |
agreement |
John Strong |
Jacob Geise |
Schuylkill County, PA |
1823 |
real estate |
rental agreement |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.289 |
deposition |
Brinkly |
Hammer |
Berks County, PA |
1789 |
actions and defenses |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.290 |
notice |
Elizabeth Benig |
Stoutt |
Berks County, PA |
1804 |
actions and defenses |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.291 |
legal paper |
Elizabeth Benig |
Stoutt |
Berks County, PA |
actions and defenses |
in German |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.292 |
notes |
Elizabeth Benig |
Stoutt |
Berks County, PA |
1806 |
actions and defenses |
notes on testamony |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.293 |
record |
Respluvian |
Jamesson |
Berks County, PA |
1807 |
actions and defenses |
copy of record and certificate in sessions |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.294 |
summons |
Roina Lutz |
Daniel Messersmith |
Berks County, PA |
1810 |
actions and defenses |
summons and declaration of court case |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.295 |
deposition |
Jacob Reed |
Berks County, PA |
1813 |
actions and defenses |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.296 |
brief |
Jacob Shaffer |
Andrew Kreitzer |
Berks County, PA |
1808 |
actions and defenses |
notes on court case |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.297 |
brief |
Jacob Shaffer |
Conrad Christ |
Berks County, PA |
1809 |
actions and defenses |
notes on court case |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.298 |
brief |
Jacob Shaffer |
Conrad Christ |
Berks County, PA |
actions and defenses |
notes on court case |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.299 |
brief |
Klouser |
Eschwin |
Berks County, PA |
1808 |
actions and defenses |
notes on court case |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.315 |
notes |
Peter Kutz |
Berks County, PA |
1822 |
actions and defenses |
notes on proceedings concerning "Maidennack
Bridge" |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.316 (Col. 660) |
summons |
Peter Knabb |
Reading, PA |
1826 |
actions and defenses |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.317 |
deposition |
Abraham Dewalt |
Charles Worman |
Pottsville, PA |
1839 |
actions and defenses |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.318 |
deposition |
Abraham Dewalt |
Charles Worman |
Pottsville, PA |
1839 |
actions and defenses |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.329 |
notice |
Alexander Martin |
William Martin |
Lancaster County, PA |
1828 |
actions and defenses |
order to produce evidence |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.330 |
warrant |
John Desh |
Martin Goettle |
Lebanon County, PA |
1800 |
actions and defenses |
case concerning rent owed |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.331 |
court order |
William Martin |
Michael Behny |
Lebanon County, PA |
1833 |
actions and defenses |
order to collect debt |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.332 |
court order |
Henry Miller |
Henry Winkelblech |
Lebanon County, PA |
1833 |
actions and defenses |
order to collect judgement |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.333 |
transcript |
Jacob Snotterly |
Henry Meily |
Lebanon County, PA |
1824 |
actions and defenses |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.334 |
subpoena |
Thomas Stakpole |
Lebanon County, PA |
1833 |
actions and defenses |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.335 |
court order |
Michael Meyer |
Philip Behny |
Lebanon County, PA |
1834 |
actions and defenses |
order to collect judgement |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.336 |
subpoena |
Henry Meily |
Lebanon County, PA |
1834 |
actions and defenses |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.337 |
subpoena |
John Huber |
Henry Meily |
Lebanon County, PA |
1834 |
actions and defenses |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.338 |
court order |
Jonathan Bixler |
Adam Satezan |
Lebanon County, PA |
1832 |
actions and defenses |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.339 |
court order |
Jonathan Bixler |
Adam Satezan |
Lebanon County, PA |
1834 |
actions and defenses |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.340 |
transcript |
Michael Fisher |
Michael Rutz |
Lebanon County, PA |
1838 |
actions and defenses |
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Collection 268 |
76x149 |
agreement |
William H. Kern |
Powell Carpenter |
Philadelphia, PA |
1844 |
agreement to rent use of a dock |
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Collection 268 |
76x238 |
specifications |
Topsfield, MA |
[1850-1899] |
architecture; building |
construction of a church |
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Collection 268 |
76x274 ovs |
patent |
Erastus Barber |
Washington, D.C. |
1837 |
Henry Stone (artist); Bannerman (E) |
clothing and dress; sewing |
method for taking measures for coats; included description and
drawing; |
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Collection 268 |
76x334 |
contract |
Joseph Smith |
John M.Smith |
1830 |
T.B. Jansen (P) |
printing; |
for the stereotype plates of Dr. Adam Clark's commentary on the
New testament with the copper plate engravings--blocks, boxes |
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Collection 268 |
76x470 |
stock certificate |
A.G.Stout |
Honesdale and Delaware Plank Road Company |
Honesdale, PA |
1852 |
F.B. Penniman, Honesdale (P) |
transportation |
engraving of horse drawn carriage |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.1078 |
promissory note |
Johannes Kimmel |
F. Lolig |
1839-1843 |
sale of land (396 acres) |
annual payment with interest -(in german) |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.1079 |
promissory note |
Abraham Zimmerman |
Galtz |
Schuylkill Co., PA |
1831 |
sale of land |
(in german) |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.114 |
legal case |
John Shoener |
John Schember |
Berks Co., PA |
1821 |
apprenticeship |
disagreement of apprentice's ability to make coats |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.122 |
notice |
Jane Allen |
Davis Wallace |
Lancaster, PA |
1827 |
estate/wills |
administration of estate |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.128-129 |
release |
David Bauman |
Jacob Kimmel |
Schuylkill Co., PA |
1825, 1827 |
common pleas |
payment received |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.130 |
release |
John Feger |
David Bright |
Reading, PA |
1819 |
estate funds |
statement of money received |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.203 |
letter of attorney |
Elizabeth Miller |
John Gross |
Ephrata, PA |
1844 |
power of attorney |
to take action in name of first party |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.226 ovs |
patent |
William Groves |
Andrew Jackson |
Dayton, OH |
1832 |
invention |
'King Bee Invention', with designs of bee hive |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.240 |
Return |
William Hambright |
William White |
Union Canal Company |
Lancaster, PA |
1827 |
real estate |
question of land ownership |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.245, .247 |
report |
Charles G. Paleski |
Joseph Watson |
Schuylkill, Susquehana Co. |
1806 |
canal lottery |
raising money |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.246 |
account |
D. & S. Canal |
Wm. Beatty |
1794 |
payment to workers |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.248 |
receipt |
James Rush |
William Read |
Union Canal Company of Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania |
1844 |
share purchase |
shareholder |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.249-250 |
historical sketches |
Union Canal |
Schuylkill & Susquehanna Canal |
Pennsylvania |
canals |
history of canal excavation and navigation -by Harold J.
Ryan-1930 |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.272 |
plea payment |
Thomas Willy |
John Lengel, Conrad Kershner |
Fredrick Smith, Attorney |
1802 |
plea bargin |
concerns land dispute |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.273 |
plea payment |
Thomas Willy |
John Lengel, Conrad Kershner |
Fredrick Smith, Attorney |
1801 |
plea bargin |
concerns land dispute |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.274 |
letter |
John Martin |
Amos Ellma? |
William Martin & Geo. Ewing |
Earl Twnship, Lancaster Co., PA |
1828 |
legal correspondence |
describes meeting of lawyers to take place |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.275 |
land title investigation |
Edward B. Hubley |
Reading, PA |
1829 |
real property |
requests land title information |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.276 |
testimony |
P. Barrett |
C. Loeser |
Harrisburg, PA |
1844 |
testimony |
legal advice on testimony |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.341-.346 |
depositions |
Sarah Ball |
Philip Lucas |
Lucas and Lucas |
Schuykill
County, PA |
1828 |
real property |
concerns land dispute |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.347 |
writ of error |
Peter Zerbe |
John Schall and Frederick Lauderbrun |
Schuykill
County, PA |
1835 |
real property |
concerns land dispute |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.348 |
indictment |
David Clouser |
1823 |
indictment |
indicted for perjury |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.349 |
deposition |
John Kintzer |
Jacob Shaffer |
deposition |
sworn depositions by numerous witnesses |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.350 |
notes |
Martin Dubbs |
Michael Eunkle |
Berks County, PA |
1782 |
real property |
concerns land dispute |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.351-.352 |
notes |
Charles Pettit |
John Christ[?] |
1797 |
grain |
dispute over planted grain |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.353-.354 |
notes |
Daniel Ochm |
Jacob Bartow |
1809 |
murder |
court notes of a lawyer,possibly for a
murder case |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.355-.358 |
notes |
Jacob Louser |
Daniel Stoutt |
1810 |
bond; real property |
concerns case for unpaid land bond |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.359-.360 |
notes |
Jacob Louser |
Peter Canfer |
[also includes info on Louser vs. Stoutt] |
1816 |
bond; real property |
concerns case for unpaid land bond |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.361 |
notes |
Martin Dubbs |
Jones family |
1819 |
inheritance |
dispute over will |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.362 |
contract |
Abraham Brown |
Ann M. Wall |
1838 |
real property |
sale of property |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.363 |
bond |
James Wells |
Philadelphia, PA |
penalty |
owes money for conviction of adultery |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.73 |
payment bond |
Frederick Haring |
Nicholas Dick |
Berks Co., PA |
1801 |
debtor and creditor |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.74 |
payment bond |
Henry Haring |
John Christ |
Berks Co., PA |
1798 |
debtor and creditor |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.75 |
payment bond |
Frederick Haring |
Nicholas Dick |
Berks Co., PA |
1801 |
debtor and creditor |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.76 |
agreement |
Daniel Klapp |
John Schoener, Peter Rinehart |
Orwigsburg, PA |
1829 |
land |
agreement to pay |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.92 |
promissory note |
George Leasure |
Joseph Hammer & Co. |
1832 |
payment |
promise to pay |
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Collection 268 |
77x418 |
proclamation |
Ebenezer Waid |
William Wiley, Junior |
Charlestown, MA |
1802 |
security |
order for persons to stand the night watch |
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Collection 268 |
77x063.1 |
decision |
Ezekiel Beardslee |
Charles Afair |
Saratoga, NY |
1810 |
actions and defenses; |
taken to bail |
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Collection 268 |
77x063.2 |
decision |
John Baninger |
Philip C. Moore |
Saratoga, NY |
1815 |
actions and defenses; |
taken to bail |
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Collection 268 |
77x063.3 |
decision |
Edward Burdick |
James Thompson |
Saratoga, NY |
1815 |
actions and defenses; |
taken to bail |
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Collection 268 |
77x067 |
documents |
Knut Albert Horberg |
Sweden |
1889-1893 |
apprenticeship; military service |
apprentice papers and enlistment papers |
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Collection 268 |
77x115 |
decision |
Nathaniel Dowdney, cabinet maker |
Aaron Stathem |
Philadelphia, PA |
1773 |
actions and defenses |
sheriff's seizure of goods |
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Collection 268 |
77x128 |
corporation record |
Daniel D. Thompkins |
New York |
1820 |
corporation records |
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Collection 268 |
77x142 |
tax return |
George T. Davis |
The Boston and Sandwich Glass Company |
Massachusetts |
1858 |
pottery and glassware |
return listing value of corporation and shares |
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Collection 268 |
77x144 |
stock certificate |
J.A.Sweetman |
Henry Wells |
American Express Company |
New York |
1854 |
Baker & Duyckinck, 158 Pearl St.,
NY (E) |
transportation |
illustration of steam train |
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Collection 268 |
77x215 |
agreement |
Cyrus Canfield |
Moses McKee |
Vermont |
1824 |
sawmills; building |
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Collection 268 |
77x261.9 |
deposition |
Thomas Meeter |
New Castle, DE |
1837 |
depositions |
deposition sworn against estate for unpaid bills |
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Collection 268 |
77x267.2 |
license |
Mary Stetler |
Montgomery County, PA |
1864 |
tobacco |
cigar maker's permit |
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Collection 268 |
77x289 |
agreement |
Cornelius Etting |
Richard Ten Eyck |
Hurley |
1791 |
education |
agreement with list of subscribers to pay school trustees |
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Collection 268 |
77x360 |
stock certificate |
Adolph Brand |
American Merchants Union Express Company |
New York |
1869 |
John H. Duyckinck, Stationer, 164
Pearl St., NY (P) |
transportation |
engraving of horse drawn wagon |
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Collection 268 |
77x402 |
licenses |
Josiah Kellogg |
Stephen Cakoone |
State of Rhode Island |
Rhode Island |
1847 |
licenses |
peddler's license |
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Collection 268 |
77x402 |
license |
Josiah Kellogg |
Newport, RI |
1847 |
licenses; dry goods |
license as hawker or pedder with list of
items he can sell |
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Collection 268 |
77x418 |
order |
Ebenezer Waid |
William Willy |
Charlestown |
1802 |
security |
orders him to nightly watch duty |
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Collection 268 |
77x421 |
summons |
Richard Shute, Mariner |
James Boston, mapmaker |
Boston, MA |
1699 |
debtor and creditor |
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Collection 268 |
77x424 |
bankruptcy |
John J. White |
Norwich, CT |
1801 |
bankruptcy |
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Collection 268 |
77x432 |
decision |
Paul Hale |
Augusta, MA |
1808 |
actions and defenses |
warrent for
imprisonment for counterfeiting |
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Collection 268 |
77x434 |
license |
Neil Eastman |
Samuel Gray |
Windham, CT |
1768 |
licenses; hides and skins |
for tannery |
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Collection 268 |
77x484 |
legislative acts |
Washington, D.C. |
1834 |
shipping; legislation |
act concerning registration of ships |
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Collection 268 |
77x498 |
tax records |
Amos Moody |
Samuel Elliot |
Pelham, NH |
1801 |
taxation |
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Collection 268 |
77x502 |
proclamation |
Captain Charles Stewart |
Governor Simon Snyder |
Pennsylvania |
1816 |
United States--history; |
giving thanks for service on the frigate Constitution |
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Collection 268 |
77x532.1 |
deposition |
Thomas Potts |
John Allen |
Burlington County, NJ |
1731 |
actions and defenses |
complaint concerning land and grist mill and plan for erecting a
forge |
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Collection 268 |
77x532.10 |
contract |
John Old |
William Colefax |
Bergen County, NJ |
1804 |
real property, sale of |
sale of Bergen Forge, Ringwood Mine |
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Collection 268 |
77x532.14 |
deposition |
John Guindy |
Gloucester, NJ |
1812 |
depositions; trials |
concerns man working at foundry and rules for payment |
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Collection 268 |
77x547 |
contract |
C.Y.Moore |
Amos Pilsbury |
Litchfield, CT |
1834 |
prisons |
work agreement for prisoners |
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Collection 268 |
77x548 |
contract |
Pratt, Ropes, Webb & Co. |
Elisha Johnson |
Connecticut |
1849 |
prisons |
hiring of prisoners |
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Collection 268 |
77x554 |
patent |
James Coburn |
Washington, D.C. |
1828 |
patent |
printed letter patent |
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Collection 268 |
77x569 |
agreement |
Silvanus Wing |
John Cobb |
Plymouth, MA |
1747 |
schools; building |
agreement to build a school house |
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Collection 268 |
77x576 |
sales records |
George Bryant |
John Bryant |
Plainfield, NH |
1841 |
furniture; house furnishings |
bill of sale for contents of house |
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Collection 268 |
77x590 |
permit |
Benjamin Tyler |
Nathanial Jacob |
Claremont, NH |
1814 |
flour-mills; building; patents |
permit to use patented wry fly wheel |
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Collection 268 |
77x619.1 |
list |
Moynehan |
Mccall |
1799 |
jury; trials |
list of juriors |
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Collection 268 |
77x619.2 |
list |
Hurst |
McCallagher |
1799 |
jury; trials |
list of juriors |
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Collection 268 |
77x639 |
petition |
Moses S. Beach |
Centennial Commission |
New York |
ca1875 |
petitions |
signed by Wiliam Cullen Bryant |
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Collection 268 |
78x008 |
regulations |
Hurd |
Boston, MA |
1793 |
insurance |
regulations for an insurance office |
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Collection 268 |
78x009 |
license |
David Sargeant |
Morristown, NJ |
1818 |
hotels, taverns |
license to open a tavern |
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Collection 268 |
78x016 |
oath |
Aaron Parsons |
Massachusetts |
1811 |
oaths |
oath of allegiance |
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Collection 268 |
78x019 |
tax records |
A.A. Lacoste |
Natchez, MS |
1850 |
taxation |
receipt of taxes with list of merchandise sold |
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Collection 268 |
78x036 |
stock certificate |
Jerome Cushing, Cabinet maker |
Benjamin Lincoln |
New North Meeting House Corporation |
Hingham, MA |
1807 |
churches |
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Collection 268 |
78x055.3 |
power of attorney |
David Kirby; Meribah Deuel |
Peter Peuel |
Bristol, MA |
1811 |
power of attorney |
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Collection 268 |
78x066 ovs |
patent |
William W. Van Loan |
Washington, D.C. |
1833 |
J.V.N. Throop, Washington, DC (E) |
machinery; stoves and heating equipment |
for method of supplying steam boilers with water; signed by
Andrew Jackson; engraved vignette of sailing ship |
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Collection 268 |
78x067 |
stock certificate |
Jonathan Hodges |
Nathaniel Bowditch; Albert S. Myer |
Essex Fire and Marine Insurance Company |
Essex, MA |
1808 |
insurance |
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Collection 268 |
78x106 |
stock certificate |
Samuel Blodget |
Blodget Canal
Company |
Amoskeig Falls,
NH |
1799 |
transportation |
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Collection 268 |
78x107 |
stock certificate |
Pelej
Sanford |
Union School House |
New Haven, CT |
1802 |
education |
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Collection 268 |
78x156 |
petition |
England |
1720 |
textile fabrics |
case of the linen drapers relating to a bill |
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Collection 268 |
78x172 |
decision |
Elizabeth Holmes |
Robert Wilson |
Salem, MA |
1757 |
actions and defenses; |
writ of attachment |
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Collection 268 |
78x188 |
stock certificate |
J.E.R.Birch |
David J. Greene |
New York Manufacturing Company |
New york |
1813 |
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Collection 268 |
78x190 |
stock certificate |
Asoe
Whitney |
John D. Williams |
Worcester Turnpike Corporation |
Boston, MA |
1825 |
road construction |
engraving of road with man sitting |
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Collection 268 |
78x202.2 |
tax records |
Zinn |
Lebanon, PA |
1815 |
taxation |
list of names for taxes |
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Collection 268 |
78x218 |
agreement |
John Cooper |
Newburyport, MA |
1830 |
education; furniture |
agreement to make seats for schoolroom |
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Collection 268 |
78x223.135 |
agreement |
Kimball, Waterman & Jones |
John J. Sullivan |
Boston, MA |
1833 |
carpentry; construction |
agreement to do carpentry work |
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Collection 268 |
78x223.136 |
specifications |
Boston, MA |
1833 |
carpentry; construction |
specifications for carpentry work |
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Collection 268 |
78x223.137 |
agreement |
Waterman, Thorp & Jones |
Boston, MA |
1834 |
carpentry; construction |
agreement to build |
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Collection 268 |
78x223.138 |
agreement |
William Jones |
Henry Sanborn |
Boston, MA |
1834 |
carpentry; construction |
agreement to build |
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Collection 268 |
78x223.139 |
agreement |
Isaac Wyman |
Wm. Jones & Co. |
Boston, MA |
1835 |
carpentry; construction |
agreement to build |
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Collection 268 |
78x232 |
petition |
Samuel Connabell |
Boston, MA |
1714 |
petitions |
petition for change in land drainage |
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Collection 268 |
78x233 |
decision |
Ephraim Craft |
Peter Harriot |
Boston, MA |
1731 |
debtor and creditor; court decision |
attachment of goods |
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Collection 268 |
78x236 |
payment bond |
Frances Jackson |
George H. Tolson |
Stafford County |
1816 |
debtor and creditor |
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Collection 268 |
78x148.128 |
decision |
Charles Rease |
Frederick Hanson |
Plymouth, MA |
1860 |
C.K. Darling, Law Stationer, 15 Exchange St., Boston (P) |
actions and defenses; |
writ of attachment |
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Collection 268 |
78x275 |
deposition |
David Beshone |
Jacob Wolf |
Franklin County |
1898 |
depositions |
deposition sworn against estate for unpaid bills |
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Collection 268 |
79x044 ovs |
list |
assessors of Newburyport |
Newburyport, MA |
1792 |
taxation |
list of polls and estate of inhabitants of town; printed form |
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Collection 268 |
79x066 |
agreement |
trustees of district no. 5, |
A.B. Conklin |
Niagra
County, NY |
1842 |
architecture; building; schools |
construction of a schoolhouse |
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Collection 268 |
79x090.1 |
specifications |
J. Gardener |
George Meacham |
Brookline, MA |
1881 |
architecture; building |
construction of a dwelling |
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Collection 268 |
79x090.2 |
specifications |
Gardner |
Gardner, Pyne & Gardner |
Springfield, MA |
1891 |
architecture; building |
construction of a dwelling |
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Collection 268 |
79x149.1 |
patent |
H.C.Metcalf |
Dwight Buffington |
Woburn, MA |
1876 |
patent; paints |
sale of interest in patent for paint |
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Collection 268 |
79x149.2 |
patent |
1874 |
patent; paints |
specifications for patent; recipes for paint |
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Collection 268 |
79x173 |
divorce record |
Hugh Hill |
Hannah Hill |
Beverly, MA |
1789 |
divorce records |
includes list of household goods that the wife is taking in the
divorce |
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Collection 268 |
79x237 |
stock certificate |
William Campbell |
Cherry Valley Library Society |
Cherry Valley, NY |
1806 |
libraries |
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Collection 268 |
79x254 |
agreement |
Samuel Shreve |
John Jones |
Fayette County, PA |
1813 |
rental housing |
agreement to rent land for farming |
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Collection 268 |
80x002 |
legal document |
Andrew Stevens |
Moses Cleaveland |
Stratford, CT |
1767 |
disagreement concerning making oars to be used in the French and
Indian War |
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Collection 268 |
80x005 |
license |
John C. Curtis |
Albany, NY |
1829 |
list of persons licensed as pedlers |
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Collection 268 |
80x029 |
tax records |
Massachusetts |
1715 |
taxation |
list of towns with amount of taxes |
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Collection 268 |
80x068 |
contract |
J.A. Garfield |
J. George Bright; Robert L. Humphrey |
Washington, D.C. |
1869 |
architecture; building |
construction of a house |
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Collection 268 |
80x074 |
petition |
Columbia Railroad |
Philadelphia, PA |
1830 |
petitions; railroads |
petition to Legislature of Pennsylvania to approve completion of
railroad in Philadelphia |
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Collection 268 |
80x114 |
contract |
Paris Furnace Company |
Luther Gale |
Oneida Co., NY |
1825 |
pottery and glassware; |
agreement assigning patent rights to company |
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Collection 268 |
80x125 |
tax return |
Tremont Nail Company |
Boston, MA |
1865 |
taxation; hardware |
list of stockholders |
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Collection 268 |
80x129 ovs |
patent |
William Perrin |
Lowell, MA |
1841 |
Henry Stone (artist); Bannerman (E) |
furniture |
machine for cutting square joint dovetails; with description |
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Collection 268 |
80x216 |
law |
Jas. Pollock |
General Assembly of Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania |
1857 |
A. Boyd Hamilton (P) |
laws |
list of fees to be paid aldermen, justices of the peace and
constables |
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Collection 268 |
80x222 |
contract |
Dover manufacturing Company |
Francis Mathes |
Dover, NH |
1827 |
building |
agreement to contstruct an aqueduct |
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Collection 268 |
80x225.8 |
stock certificate |
Edwin Whitmore |
Alden Typesetting and Distributing Machine Co. |
New York, NY |
1863 |
R. Thew, NY (E) |
stock |
one share |
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Collection 268 |
80x229 (?) |
tax rates |
MA |
1775 |
taxation |
list of Massachusetts towns and their levied taxes per court
order |
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Collection 268 |
80x258.2 |
writ |
John jacob Wagner, cabinetmaker |
Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
Worcester, MA |
1790 |
writs |
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Collection 268 |
80x262.2 |
military record |
Christian F. Griffenberg |
Garrett Harte |
Wilmington, DE |
1894 |
military service |
record of Civil War service; seal of Delaware |
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Collection 268 |
80x335.8 |
stock certificate |
Edward P. Whitmore |
The Alden Type Setting & Distributing Machine Co. |
New York |
1863 |
printing |
illustration of machine; portrait of Benjamin Franklin; R. Thew Sc. |
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Collection 268 |
81x034 |
stock certificate |
Rufus Waterman |
The Powdermill Turnpike Corporation |
1829 |
road construction |
wood engraving of horse drawn carriage |
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Collection 268 |
81x043 |
legislative acts |
Columbian Institute |
Washington, D.C. |
1818 |
museums |
act incorporating the Columbian Institute |
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Collection 268 |
81x102 |
stock certificate |
Worden and Co. |
W.Wagner |
New york Central Sleeping Car Company |
New York |
1879 |
Hatch Lith Co., 32 & 34 Vesey St.,
NY (E) |
transportation; railroads |
illustration of steam train, ornate border with shields |
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Collection 268 |
81x109 |
legal document |
Presbyterian Congregation |
Albany, NY |
1796 |
actions and defenses;; lawsuits; building |
suit concerning building a church |
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Collection 268 |
81x118 |
warrant |
Roberts |
Elisha Mather |
Saybrook, CT |
1799 |
crimes and criminals |
handwritten notice entitled "Stop thief" |
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Collection 268 |
81x127.5 |
stock certificate |
A. Hitchcock |
Green Mountain Turnpike |
road construction |
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Collection 268 |
81x179 |
power of attorney |
James Suter; gunsmith |
Stephen Phipps |
Philadelphia, PA |
1799 |
power of attorney |
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Collection 268 |
81x207 ovs |
patent |
Samuel Swett |
Portsmouth, NH |
1839 |
Henry Stone (artist); Bannerman (E) |
patents; washing machines |
patent for machine for washing clothes; includes drawing and
description; form with seal of U.S. and ribbons includes illustration of
eagle and various machines |
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Collection 268 |
81x217 |
sales records |
Theodore Scales |
Joseph Tarbox |
Brighton, MA |
1871 |
vehicles; equestrian supplies |
sale of carriages, horses and supplies |
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Collection 268 |
81x224.1a |
bankruptcy |
Bery H. Pippet |
Washington, D.C. |
1865 |
bankruptcy |
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Collection 268 |
81x224.2 |
statement of account |
John Strickler, chairmaker |
Salem, VA |
1867 |
bankruptcy |
list of names owed money |
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Collection 268 |
81x224.2a |
schedule of stock |
John Strickler, chairmaker |
Salem, VA |
1867 |
bankruptcy |
list of furniture and tools on hand |
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Collection 268 |
81x224.3 |
notice |
John Strickler, chairmaker |
Salem, VA |
1867 |
bankruptcy |
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Collection 268 |
81x224.4 |
statement of account |
John Strickler, chairmaker |
H.L. Hunt |
Salem, VA |
1867 |
bankruptcy |
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Collection 268 |
81x224.5 |
statement of account |
John Strickler, chairmaker |
Salem, VA |
1867 |
bankruptcy |
assets and liabilities |
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Collection 268 |
81x233.1-.2, .4 |
legal document |
Isaac Howell |
Lawrence Allwine |
Philadelphia, PA |
1787 |
lawsuit; actions and defenses; furniture |
lawsuit concerning payment for furniture making; includes bill
which is in dispute |
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Collection 268 |
81x241 |
decision |
John Sale, Cooper |
Edward Winslow, silversmith |
Boston, MA |
1722 |
actions and defenses; |
writ of attachment |
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Collection 268 |
69x178.1 |
deed |
Charles Carroll |
Joseph Spurrier |
Anne Arundel County, MD |
1803 |
real estate |
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Collection 268 |
81x433.2 |
stock certificate |
Charles M.Wagner |
Thomas Watson |
Pennsylvania Land & Marble Company |
Philadelphia, PA |
1857 |
M.H. Traubel & Co., 46 1/2 Walnut St. (E) |
stone industry and trade |
illustration of quarry, train, allegorical figures |
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Collection 268 |
81x433.3 |
stock certificate |
Emanuel Metzger |
A. Cochran |
Henderson Land and Marble Company |
Philadelphia, PA |
1857 |
Schnabel, Finkeldey & Demme, 46 1/2 Walnut St., Philadelphia (E) |
stone industry and trade |
illustration of quarry, train, dog |
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Collection 268 |
82x053 |
agreement |
Solomon Jewett |
Samuel Stone |
1806 |
architecture; building; schools |
construction of a schoolhouse |
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Collection 268 |
82x090 |
stock certificate |
George M. Coates |
The Manages and Company for erecting a permanent bridge over the
river Schuylkill |
Philadelphia, PA |
1842 |
bridges |
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Collection 268 |
82x113 |
legal document |
A.A.Hayes |
T.B. Smith |
1856 |
lawsuits; pottery and glassware |
interragation
concerning samples of clay to be fired |
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Collection 268 |
82x114 |
contract |
Pierce Parson |
Hodges & Drake |
1817 |
business |
division of equipment |
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Collection 268 |
82x151 |
agreement |
John Neall |
Harace J.
Smith |
Boston, MA |
1850 |
shoemaking; skins and hides |
provide supplies to open a shomaking
shop |
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Collection 268 |
82x173 |
permit |
Moses Morton |
1818 |
W. Harrison (E) |
machines; |
permit to use patent portable warm and hot bath; illustration of
man in bed with machine |
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Collection 268 |
82x247 ovs |
passport |
John C. Motley |
1849 |
passports |
large printed passport |
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Collection 268 |
82x254 |
legal document |
Benjamin Barnard, cooper |
Rachel Hubbard |
Boston, MA |
1764 |
actions and defenses; |
request for Superior Court to affirm lower court judgement |
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Collection 268 |
82x282 |
license |
Robert Swan |
Marblehead, MA |
1804 |
licenses; fishing |
license for cod fishing |
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Collection 268 |
82x293 ovs |
insurance policy |
Mrs. E. B. Taylor |
Fire Association of Philadelphia |
Philadelphia, PA |
1875 |
W.E. Tucker (E) |
insurance |
engraving of Philadelphia water works and river scene |
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Collection 268 |
82x320 |
contract |
Abraham Andrews, silversmith |
Frederick Shukle |
Philadelphia, PA |
1785 |
depositions; building |
concerns carpentry work to be done |
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Collection 268 |
82x330 |
legal document |
Sieur Tavin, merchant |
William Chase; William Davis |
Nantes (France) |
1783 |
shipping; |
in French |
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Collection 268 |
83x013 |
license |
Peter Wolf |
Pennsylvania |
1808 |
licenses; hotels, taverns, etc. |
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Collection 268 |
83x023 |
patent |
Adam Stewart |
Henry Clay |
Washington, D.C. |
1825 |
brick trade |
patent for brick making machine with description |
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Collection 268 |
83x088 |
summons |
Maine Fire and Marine Insurance Company |
Cumberland, ME |
1806 |
insurance |
long description of court case |
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Collection 268 |
83x138 |
petition |
Green C. Bronson |
Timothy W. Smith |
New York |
1853 |
wood products; shipping |
petition by importers and dealers in mahogany to collector of
the port to reappoint inspector |
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Collection 268 |
83x178 |
patent |
Canton Smith |
Providence, RI |
1835 |
apples; patents |
description of patented apple grinder |
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Collection 268 |
83x213 |
report |
Thomas Allin |
Alex Robertson |
Mercer County, PA |
1780 |
building; architecture |
report of committee describing Court House |
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Collection 268 |
84x030.2 |
negotiable instrument |
Lavire Munroe |
John Stafford |
Cape Francois |
1800 |
promissory note |
sight note |
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Collection 268 |
84x031.1 (col. 662) |
sight order |
Fremeaux |
E. Dutilh |
Philadelphia, PA |
1798 |
promissory note |
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Collection 268 |
84x031.2 (missing) |
sight order |
Dejay |
John Safford |
Cape Francois |
1800 |
promissory note |
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Collection 268 |
84x047.2 |
list |
Joseph Laycock |
Haselwood |
1804 |
lists |
list of names, some with birth or death dates, aliases |
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Collection 268 |
84x087.4 |
legal document |
George Glentworth, Thomas Fleeson |
William Hunter |
Philadelphia, PA |
1800 |
actions and defenses;; lawsuits; |
lawsuit concerning building and land |
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Collection 268 |
84x087.5 |
license |
Elliston Perot |
Philadelphia, PA |
1924 |
license |
license to open garage |
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Collection 268 |
84x128 |
agreement |
John W. Rockwell |
Zephaniah Buffinton |
Rensselaer, NY |
1811 |
wine and wine making |
making wine |
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Collection 268 |
84x136 |
agreement |
John Potts |
William Branson; Samuel Nutt |
Philadelphia, PA |
1735 |
iron-works |
management of iron foundry |
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Collection 268 |
84x150 |
report |
"Building and Loan Association" |
Odessa, DE |
1870 |
Transcript Print, Middletown, DE (P) |
financial institutions |
first annual report of the auditors |
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Collection 268 |
85x009 |
legal document |
Robert Merint |
New York |
1792 |
actions and defenses; lawsuits |
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Collection 268 |
85x017.6 |
legal document |
Erasmus Pierce |
Alexander Rea |
Philadelphia, PA |
1817 |
actions and defenses;; lawsuits; |
interrogrations to
witnesses |
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Collection 268 |
85x040 ovs |
patent |
P.A.LaMent |
New York |
1866 |
A.A. Von Schmidt (artist); W.H. Dougal (E) |
sewing; clothing and dress |
apparatus for measuring and fitting dresses; with description
and drawing |
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Collection 268 |
85x063.2 |
decision |
Moses Long, physician |
Isaac Long, bookbinder |
Merrimack, NH |
1827 |
actions and defenses |
sheriff's seizure of goods |
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Collection 268 |
85x158 |
permit |
Henry de Veuve |
James Prentiss |
New York |
1855 |
shoemaking |
sale of molliere patents for making
boots and shoes by machinery |
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Collection 268 |
85x198 |
summons |
William Manley |
William Peel |
Boston, MA |
1723 |
debtor and creditor; wills |
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Collection 268 |
85x201 |
decision |
John Smith |
George Watson |
New York |
1713 |
actions and defenses |
mayor's court of the city of New York |
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Collection 268 |
86x004 |
certificate |
Redford Glass Works |
Redford, NY |
183- |
note |
four uncut notes to be redeemed in goods |
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Collection 268 |
86x005 |
certificate |
Redford Glass Works |
Redford, NY |
18-- |
note |
four uncut notes to be redeemed in goods; illustrations of
glassblower and factory |
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Collection 268 |
86x052 |
stock certificate |
John Bigelow |
Morris Bond |
North Brookfield Wollen Manufacturing
Company |
Brookfield, MA |
1817 |
textile fabrics |
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Collection 268 |
86x066 |
stock certificate |
Joseph Sansome |
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road |
Philadelphia, PA |
1795 |
road construction |
engraving of horse drawn wagon in rural setting |
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Collection 268 |
86x111 |
summons |
Albany, NY |
179- |
Charles R. & George Webster, Albany (different addresses)
(P) |
summons |
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Collection 268 |
86x198.25 |
report |
Rudy Stoner |
Bowers & Strouse Insurance |
Lancaster, PA |
clocks; clockmakers |
typed notes on history of clock and owners |
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Collection 268 |
87x082 |
proclamation |
Enoch Perkins |
James Sheldon |
Hartford, CT |
1807 |
cemeteries |
sale of land for burial plot |
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Collection 268 |
88x109 |
specifications |
Hugh Jones |
C.M.Wheeler |
Erie, PA |
1877 |
architecture; building |
construction of a dwelling |
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Collection 268 |
88x126.1 |
decision |
John Wilder |
1785 |
decisions; prisons |
committee finding jail conditions unhealthy |
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Collection 268 |
88x126.4 |
decision |
William Quirk |
Dan Oliver |
Worcester, MA |
1770 |
decisions |
legal decision finding man guilty of swearing |
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Collection 268 |
88x126.8 |
list |
Abel Butterfield |
Nathan Sheperdson |
Worcester County, MA |
1786 |
crime and criminals |
list of names of criminals in the jail with list of crimes,
descripts, and when committed |
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Collection 268 |
88x221 ovs |
bond |
Republic of Cuba |
Cuba |
1872 |
bond |
$5,000 bond issued 1870; large uncut sheet with interest coupons |
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Collection 268 |
89x048 |
specifications |
John M. Anderson |
Salem Turnpike |
architecture; building |
construction of a dwelling |
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Collection 268 |
89x056 |
legal document |
David D. Smith |
Michael Allison |
New York |
1816 |
guardianship |
guardianship agreement |
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Collection 268 |
90x002.2 |
agreement |
Wm. Abbott |
Wm. Shufflebottom |
Philadelphia, PA |
1808 |
real estate |
sale of "life estate" in house for $400 and two
hogsheads of English flint glass |
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Collection 268 |
91x014 |
contract |
William P. Preble |
Charles Maas |
Brussels (Belgium) |
1830 |
rental housing |
description of furnishings |
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Collection 268 |
93x117 |
patent |
Guldin G.
Yoder |
Boyertown, PA |
1925 |
shoes |
Canadian patent for shoe heels |
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Collection 268 |
93x73.1b |
assignment |
Susan Poor |
John Poor |
Williamstown, VT |
1845 |
administering estate |
payment to widow |
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Collection 268 |
95x026.1 |
contract |
George F. Wilkins |
Isaiah W. Baker |
vicinity of Eastville, Northampton
County, VA |
1823 |
contracts; furniture; slavery; women |
"Memorandum of a contract" binding Baker to make
furniture (gives list with prices) in exchange for a Negro woman;
accompanying photograph of house owned by George F. Wilkins, built ca.1820. |
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Collection 268 |
95x110.1-3 |
patent |
John G. Morgan |
New Brunswick, NJ |
1880 |
hardware/hinges |
illus. of patent bldg., encl. design of hinges |
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Collection 268 |
95x26.1-2 |
agreement |
George L. Wilkins |
Isaiah W. Baker |
1823 |
furniture |
order for furniture to be made by certain date, picture of bldg.
encl. |
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Collection 268 |
97x108 |
decision |
William Wallis |
James Potter |
Massachusetts |
1796 |
actions and defenses |
outstanding debts |
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Collection 268 |
78x223.140 ovs |
floor plan |
Boston, MA |
1833-1835 |
architectural drawing |
floor plan of 2 story dwelling house, possible that of 78x139 |
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Collection 268 |
54.28 |
payment bond |
Thomas & John Brown |
Cornell Empson |
Philadelphia, PA |
1702 |
debtor and creditor |
for setting up John Brown as "Mealman"
or "boulter"; inventory of goods mortgaged |
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Collection 268 |
61x008.3 |
tax assessment |
Vallentine Smith |
G. Cooper, E.S. Odell, assessors |
VA (?) |
1781 |
taxation |
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Collection 268 |
62x095.1 |
list |
Charles Stewart |
Easton, PA |
1771 |
real estate |
list of persons to be accommodated with lots not as yet surveyed |
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Collection 268 |
65x709; 65x710 |
order |
Ephraim Cooley, Constable |
Thomas & Daniel Gilbert, Jedun.
Baldwin, Johnathan King, J. Spooner, selectmen |
Brookfield, MA |
1773 |
town meetings |
order to call town meetings |
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Collection 268 |
65x711 |
order |
Joseph Dwight, Thomas & Samuel Gilbert, selectmen |
Brookfield, MA |
1736 |
town meetings |
order to call town meeting |
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Collection 268 |
65x717 |
order |
Aaron Willard, constable |
John Phips, , Eb.
Newell, Moses Jennings, Caleb Hitchcock, Daniel Gilbert, Benj. Rice, Wm.
Ayres, selectmen |
Brookfield, MA |
1780 |
town meetings |
order to call town meeting |
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Collection 268 |
66x163 |
legal document |
John Weeks |
Chelmsford, MA |
1709 |
road construction |
highway laid out |
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Collection 268 |
70x054.1-.4 |
agreement |
James Russell |
Thomas S. Townsend |
85 Fulton St., New York, NY |
1808, 1821 |
architecture; building |
agreement, description of work, dimensions |
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Collection 268 |
70x054.5 |
agreement |
Joseph Laurence |
John R. Townsend |
39th St., New York, NY |
1834 |
real estate |
both own equal shares of lot, note of mortgage paid off |
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Collection 268 |
70x055.194 |
contract |
Kedian &
Bro. |
H. Morgan |
Kedian &
Bro. |
New York, NY |
1873 |
building |
agreement for repair work for house with costs |
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Collection 268 |
70x128.15 |
agreement |
Joseph Jacob |
John Loring |
Bristol, Plimoth Colony {MA} |
1683 |
architecture; building |
to build or wall up a cellar |
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Collection 268 |
70x128.33-.34 |
church records |
Reuben Smith, constable |
Hamlet Parish |
Ipswich, MA |
1788, 1791 |
churches |
order to call meeting with results of votes |
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Collection 268 |
96x067 |
agreement |
Martha Eagles |
Thomas & Alexander Eagles, Stephen Dwight, Timothy Anderson |
Newark, NJ |
1785 |
dowry |
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Collection 268 |
99x072 |
license |
William Fanning |
Ontario Co., NY |
1815 |
footwear |
license to make boots |
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Collection 268 |
99x124 |
order |
Philip Linker |
John Paul |
Dauphin Co., PA |
1825 |
real estate |
order for partition or valuation of real estate; died intestate |
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Collection 268 |
00x081.2 |
lease |
Henry & Gertrude Beekman |
Frederick Bassett |
New York, NY |
1774 |
real estate |
for rental of house for 10 years |
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Collection 268 |
00x102.4 |
petition |
U.S. Senate |
Indiana Pottery Co. |
Indiana |
1838 |
Blair & Rives |
pottery |
for a donation of land with clay and other materials to make queensware and china |
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Collection 268 |
00x104.1 |
legislative acts |
Parliament |
London, England |
1736 |
John Baskett |
textile fabrics |
act to preserve and encourage woolen and silk manufacturers |
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Collection 268 |
00x127.1-.2 |
contract |
William Hunt |
Sam. Clark, Saml. Barry |
Salem, MA |
1834 |
painting |
contracts for painting and papering |
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Collection 268 |
00x153.9 |
agreement |
Byers & Smith |
A.H. Cheeney |
Byers & Smith |
Boston, MA; Bradford, NH |
1895 |
stoves & heating equipment |
specifics of boiler and how it works |
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Collection 268 |
01x021.3 |
summons |
Benjamin Hubbell |
David Burr, justice |
Fairfield, CT |
1763 |
metalwork |
for wrongful ownership of pewter |
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Collection 268 |
01x042.1; 01x044.8 |
agreement |
James Hall, box maker |
Samuel Thompson, carpenter |
209 Mercer St., New York, NY |
1830 |
architecture; building |
for building house |
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Collection 268 |
01x062.5 |
estimate |
Loomis Dewey |
1857 |
decoration and ornament; carpentry |
to finish a parlor in style of library, references to varnishing,
trimmings, doors |
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Collection 268 |
01x073 |
promissory note |
James Chute, Jabez Hatch |
Elisha Glover |
Boston, MA |
1829 |
debtor and creditor |
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Collection 268 |
01x078.1 |
notice |
James Williams |
E. Carleton, sherriff |
Littleton |
1812 |
furniture |
sale of beds, chairs, blanket, quilt, coat, shovel, wash tub |
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Collection 268 |
01x080.1 |
inventory |
Bethlehem Union Slate Co. |
Bethlehem Union Slate Co. |
Bethlehem, PA |
1870 |
bankruptcy |
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Collection 268 |
01x083.4 |
inventory |
Baltimore Co., MD |
182- |
inventories |
printed form, no other information written in |
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Collection 268 |
01x122.8 |
agreement |
William Parsons, carpenter |
Peter Garabrant |
Bloomfield Township |
1862 |
carpentry |
for finishing inside of house |
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Collection 268 |
02x062.1 |
tax record |
General Court |
York Co., ME |
1757 |
taxation |
for excise on tea, coffee, & china ware |
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Collection 268 |
02x062.3 |
bill of sale |
Justus Bennitt |
Seth Peirce |
Ridgefield, CT |
1772 |
clothing |
sale of britches, pepper & salt coat, deer skins,
handkerchief |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.935 |
bill of sale |
John R. Bechter |
Charles Armprieste |
Robeson Township, PA |
1856 |
John C. Clark & Son, Philadelphia |
boats |
for sale of canal boat |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.241-.244 |
stock certificates |
Patrick Whernan, John Stewart, George
Weaver, James Martin |
Rob. Coleman, pres. |
Downington, Ephrata
& Harrisburg Turnpike Road Co. |
Lancaster Co., PA |
1805-1808 |
roads; transportation |
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Collection 268 |
PH 2 |
petition |
Jacob Vernon |
Red Lion Inn |
New Castle Co., DE |
1785 |
taverns |
for license to operate tavern |
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Collection 268 |
PH 434 |
petition |
Providence Association of Mechanics and Manufacturers |
Rhode Island General Assembly |
East Greenwich, RI |
societies |
act of incorporation |
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Collection 268 |
PH 905 |
patent |
Samuel Hopkins |
George Washington, Edm. Randolph |
New York, NY |
1790 |
patents |
first U.S. patent, for apparatus for making of pot ash and pearl
ash |
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Collection 268 |
PH 940.1-.3 |
legal document |
Rebekah Nurse |
Rev. Samuel Parris |
Salem, MA |
1691-1692 |
trials |
trial papers, examination of Rebekah Nurse, sentence &
certificate of sheriff |
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Collection 268 |
70x128.35 |
tax record |
Hamilton, MA |
1794 |
taxation |
printed form with amount needed to be raised written in |
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Collection 268 |
70x128.42 |
list |
Ipswich, MA |
transportation |
list of the numbers of neck rights |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.119 |
petition |
John Dunkle |
John Snyder |
Greenwich Township, PA |
1759 |
public welfare |
for relief of maintenance of lunatic Snyder |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.233 |
list |
Mount Carbon Railroad Co. |
1850 |
railroads |
list of stockholders who received cash for shares from
distribution of stock |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.234 |
stock certificate |
Grier & Masser |
Jamestown & Franklin Rail Road Co. |
Cleveland, OH |
1868 |
Haven, Pittsburgh |
railroads |
for 2 shares |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.235 |
stock certificate |
Managers & Co. |
Philadelphia, PA |
181- |
bridges |
for erecting a bridge over Schuylkill River; blank |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.239 |
bond |
Lino Silveira, Manuel Joaquim Pimenta
(of Lisbon) |
New York |
1841 |
transportation |
for enlargement of Erie Canal |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.927 |
agreement |
John Rorbach |
1780 |
real estate |
for 30 acres of land; fragment |
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Collection 268 |
76x098.936 |
return |
David Schall |
George D. Stitzel |
Berks Co., PA |
1856 |
elections |
elections returns for associate judges |
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Collection 268 |
77x363 |
account |
Sam Goodhue |
1803 |
roads |
daily account of tolls received; printed form |
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Collection 268 |
PH 955 |
legal document |
Virginia convention |
VA |
1776 |
government |
first draft of declaration of rights |
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Collection 268 |
PH 1040 |
legislative acts |
Assembly of State of New York |
New York, NY |
1788 |
exports; government |
list of exports for year, bills & resolutions brought before
assembly |
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Collection 268 |
PH 1335.1-.2 |
patents |
Carl Muller |
New York, NY |
1868 |
patents; clocks & watches |
designs for clock case |
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Collection 268 |
PH 1335.3 |
patent |
George Muller, assignor |
Seth Thomas Clock Co. |
New York, NY |
1879 |
patents; clocks & watches |
designs for clock case |
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Collection 268 |
PH 1335.4-.8 |
patents |
Hermann J. Muller |
New York, NY |
1875-1877 |
patents; clocks & watches |
designs for clock case |
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Collection 268 |
PH 1335.9 |
patent |
William F. Muller |
New York, NY |
1875 |
patents; clocks & watches |
designs for clock case |
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Collection 268 |
PH 1335.10-.15 |
patents |
Florence Kroeber |
Hoboken, NJ |
1874, 1886 |
patents; clocks & watches |
designs for clock case |
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Collection 268 |
PH 1194 |
agreement |
Jacob Wall |
Baltimore Commercial Exchange |
Baltimore, MD |
1840 |
architecture; building |
lists specifications for building for Exchange |
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Collection 268 |
61x019.72 |
complaint |
Rebecca Aims |
William & Margaret Spence |
New York, NY |
1824 |
actions and defenses |
command to constables to bring in William and Margaret Spence
accused of beating Aims |
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Collection 268 |
61x019.73 |
lease |
Francis Philip |
Peter McCartee |
New York, NY |
1830 |
real estate |
tenant's agreement for house at 265 Broadway |
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Collection 268 |
61x019.74 |
lease |
Ann Margaret Busze |
Peter McCartee |
New York, NY |
1830 |
real estate |
tenant's agreement for house at 47 Murray St. |
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Collection 268 |
61x019.75 |
lease |
John Wilson |
Peter McCartee |
New York, NY |
1831 |
real estate |
tenant's agreement for store south east of house at 341 Pearl
St. |
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Collection 268 |
61x019.76 |
lease |
P. Missillier |
Peter McCartee |
New York, NY |
1831 |
real estate |
tenant's agreement for house at 266 Broadway |
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Collection 268 |
72x146 ovs |
bond |
Bank of the United States |
N. Biddle; J. Cowperthwait; S. Mason |
Bank of the United States |
Philadelphia, PA |
1838 |
Draper, Toppan, Longacre & Co., Philadelphia, PA |
bond |
sheet with vignettes of eagles, bank, men, with interest coupons |
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Collection 268 |
97x076.1 |
patent specifications |
Joseph Crossley |
Trenton, NJ; England |
1895 |
Pottery/Glassware |
for improvements to jiggers for manufacture of pottery; includes
drawings |
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Collection 268 |
97x076.2 |
patent specifications |
Cassius Clark Thompson |
East Liverpool, OH; England |
1895 |
Pottery/Glassware |
for improvements in mchines for
pottery; includes drawings |
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Collection 268 |
97x076.3 |
patent specifications |
Jesse Foulke Spencer |
Philadelphia, PA; England |
1904 |
Pottery/Glassware |
for improvements to moulding apparatus
for reproducing statuary; includes drawings |
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Collection 268 |
97x076.4 |
patent specifications |
George Washington Tooker |
New York, NY; England |
1898 |
Pottery/Glassware |
for improvements for gilding china |
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Collection 268 |
03x047.1a-b |
letter; list |
Samuel Sawyer |
Chester Ashley |
New Orleans, LA; Little Rock, AR |
1831 |
jewelry |
Sawyer lists jewelry that he is asking Ashely to collect on his
behalf from Ben Clark |
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Collection 268 |
03x058.1 |
agreement |
John A. Hazard |
Andrew Low |
Newport, RI; Savannah, GA |
1857 |
real estate |
Hazard rented house on Atlantic St. in Newport to Low for the season, May-November, for $850. |
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Collection 268 |
03x062.3 |
chattel mortgage |
Charles Tuttle |
Lucy Bostwick |
Auburn, NY |
1861 |
Knapp & Peck |
house furnishings |
list of household goods sold to Bostwick
to settle a debt |
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Collection 268 |
03x094.3 |
writ of execution |
J.B. Moseley, J.G. Finnie, James E. Merriman, E.P. Stewart,
K.J.B. Winn |
R.S. Dill |
Shelby Co., TN |
1855 |
debtor and creditor |
personal property used to settle debt |
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Collection 268 |
03x114 |
description |
School District |
Cornish, ME ? |
1865 |
architecture; building |
description of school house to be built |
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Collection 268 |
03x115 |
contract |
Joel Barnard, Joab Barnard |
William Stedman, Henry Ballard |
Bolton, MA |
1828 |
architecture; building |
for meeting house |
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Collection 268 |
03x119 |
indenture |
Thos. D. Arnold |
Job Borden |
architecture; building |
to renovate a building currently used as a law office into a
dwelling |
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Collection 268 |
04x043.9 |
notice |
E.W. Phelps |
Oren Anderson, P.B. Anderson |
Carlton, NY |
1859 |
beehives |
about rights to make Phelps' sectional frame and movable comb
hive |
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Collection 268 |
04x051.6 |
guarantee |
James Loud |
Cleveland Lightning Rod Co. |
North Adams, MA |
1871 |
Sanford & Hayward |
architecture |
guarantee to pay for damages caused by lightning, conditions of
guarantee, instructions on erecting rods |
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Collection 268 |
04x064.1 |
pleas |
Sarah Coxe |
Stephen Munn |
Burlington Co., NJ |
1831 |
actions and defenses |
Coxe was
suing Munn for real estate; Munn was a New York City dry goods merchant, land
speculator, and former in peddler |
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Collection 268 |
04x148 |
agreement |
John McFandian |
Peter Sheetz |
Dauphin Co., PA |
1792 |
architecture; building |
for construction of stone barn |
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Collection 268 |
04x089.25 |
agreement |
Joshua Clayton |
William Cavender |
St. Georges Hundred, DE; Cecil Co., MD |
1882 |
real estate |
lease of farm and agreement of work |
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Collection 268 |
04x065.1 ovs |
insurance policy |
Margaret Keehmle |
American Fire Insurance Co. |
Philadelphia, PA |
1813 |
W. Kneass |
insurance |
policy covering china, glass, and queensware,
conditions |
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Collection 268 |
04x065.2 ovs |
bond |
Margaret Keehmle, Samuel Keehmle |
Stephen Girard |
Philadelphia, PA |
1813 |
estate/wills |
estate of Leonard Keehmle |
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Collection 268 |
05x006 |
release of liens |
James Euston |
Samuel Weer |
Philadelphia, PA |
1844 |
list of workers who built house |
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Collection 268 |
05x021 |
bond |
Benjamin Marshall |
Jonathan Adams |
Philadelphia, PA |
1768 |
about money and carpenter tools |
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Collection 268 |
05x053.5 |
oath |
Sarah Cutler |
Benaiah Titcomb |
Newburyport, MA |
1793 |
licenses |
statement that license was issued for selling alcohol |
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Collection 268 |
05x053.6 |
oath |
Dotty Hoyt |
Benaiah Titcomb |
Newburyport, MA |
1793 |
licenses |
statement that license was issued for selling alcohol |
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Collection 268 |
05x053.7 |
oath |
John Nicoll |
Benaiah Titcomb |
Newburyport, MA |
1793 |
licenses |
statement that license was issued for selling alcohol |
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Collection 268 |
05x064.15 |
call for meeting |
Nahum Mitchell |
David Kingman |
Bridgewater, MA |
1798 |
libraries |
meeting to organize a library |
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Collection 268 |
05x125.10 |
notice |
Lorenzo J. Barney |
Hotchkiss |
1841 |
house furnishings |
sale of stove, bureau, furniture |
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Collection 268 |
05x138.13 |
bill of sale |
Joseph Zillmann |
John M. Young |
Chicago, IL |
1897 |
business |
sale of milk wagon, milk dippers, ice tongs, horses, harness,
and other items for milk delivery business |
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Collection 268 |
06x038 |
promissary note |
James Gorham |
Antoinette Chamberlain |
New Haven, CT |
1873 |
marriage |
promise to marry woman after dissolution of present marriage |
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Collection 268 |
06x152 |
specifications |
John Ballard |
Boston, MA |
architecture, building |
room-by-room specifications for four houses |
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Collection 268 |
06x154 |
certificate |
Benjamin Fowler |
James Helme, Collector of Revenue |
North Kinston, RI |
1816 |
carriages |
duty paid for two wheel carriage with leather top |
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Collection 268 |
06x184.21, .23-.24 |
specifications |
Wm. Osborn |
Augustus Campbell |
Brooklyn, NY |
1845-1846 |
architecture, building |
specifications of mason's work for houses and list of sashes |
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Collection 268 |
07x039 |
specifications |
William Poindexter |
Washington, D.C. |
architecture, building |
specifications for a
house; Poindexter was Supervising Architect of U.S. Treasury Dept. in 1868,
in private practice in 1874. |
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Collection 268 |
07x049.1-.6 |
specifications |
Augustus Campbell |
Frances Kelly, Wiliam Conklin |
Brooklyn, NY |
1841-1847 |
architecture, building |
specifications for houses, list of doors and sashes, bill for
lumber, varnish, and other supplies |
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Collection 268 |
07x127.9 |
list |
architecture, building |
list of repairs such as roof and attic repairs to building at 52
Leicester Square |
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Collection 268 |
07x130 |
specifications |
Buffalo, NY |
1855 |
architecture, building |
specifications for
house, with handdrawn first floor plan and façade. |
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Collection 268 |
07x137.1-.9 |
lists |
Lane |
New Hampshire ? |
1799 |
furniture |
lists of subscribers and other papers relating to lottery for
Lane's old desks |
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Collection 268 |
07x152 |
description |
J.W. Kittera |
Philadelphia, PA |
1829 |
architecture, clocks |
survey of State House steeple and description of steeple clock |
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Collection 268 |
08x020.8 |
sheriff's sale |
Eben.
Carleton |
Bath |
1811 |
sale |
sale of bed coverlet |
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Collection 268 |
08x037 |
lottery |
1810 |
lottery |
checkerboard design with numbers in squares; names on reverse |
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Collection 268 |
08x096.1 |
license |
Killingly, CT |
18- |
licenses |
printed form for peddler's license |
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Collection 268 |
08x100 |
patent |
Lorenz Foery |
Rochester, NY |
1907 |
locks |
patent for improvements for locks with drawings, with patent for
device to make shoes and boots |
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Collection 268 |
08x118.12 |
sheriff's sale |
Philadelphia, PA |
1852 |
Brown's Steam-Power Book and Job Printing |
sale |
catalogue of watches, jewelry, silver and plated ware |
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Collection 268 |
08x152.2 |
bond |
Luther Allen |
Kendal Bailey, Ensign Bailey |
Charlestown, MA; Brookline, NH |
1811 |
hides and skins |
bond of Allen, morocco leather and binding shaver to Baileys, morocco
leather dressers for payment; Allen in employ of Baileys |
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Collection 268 |
08x158.1 |
agreement |
Wm. F. Bringlor, Jack Eckerson, Geo. W. Van Deusen |
Cynthia Packer, James Packer |
Springfield, NY |
1893 |
architecture; building |
for school building; printed carpenter specifications |
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Collection 268 |
09x023.5 |
specifications |
N. Dean |
Institution of the Blind |
19 Center St. |
1844 |
carpentry |
specifications for building a fence, noting wood, height, nails,
paint, etc. |
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Collection 268 |
09x102.2 |
writ |
Charles Whiting |
James Dunbar |
Hartford, CT; Boston, MA |
1718 |
debtor and creditor |
judgment of money owed |
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Collection 268 |
09x111.7 |
census list |
Nicholas de la Salle |
Louisiana |
1706 |
census |
list of families and inhabitants in Louisiana according to
census; in French |
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Collection 268 |
10x019.7 |
permit |
Richard Grist, President |
S.M. Ritter |
Improved Shoe Co. |
Philadelphia, PA |
ca. 1883 |
footwear |
permit giving Ritter right to manufacture the company's shoes |
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Collection 268 |
11x033.3 |
appeal |
Redwood Library |
Newport, RI |
1877 |
libraries |
An appeal for contributions to the Redwood Library, sent to the
proprietors and friends of the Library. |
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Collection 268 |
12x033.15 |
judgment |
James McLaren |
S. Brown & Co. |
Genesee Co., NY |
1818 |
actions and defenses |
Printed document with information filled in. Levy against
McLaren's possessions for value of $16.30. |
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Collection 268 |
12x025 |
mechanic's lien |
R.M. Green & Brothers |
Benjamin Snodgrass |
Lycoming Co., PA |
1874 |
house construction |
Snodgrass, owner and contractor of a house, did not pay Green, hardware
men, for various supplies related to house construction. |
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Collection 268 |
12x072 |
agreement |
Gershom Carpenter, Grindall Rawson,
Benjamin Hunt |
John Power, Phillip Potter, and Joseph Sweeting |
RI |
1756 |
furniture |
Agreement by cabinetmakers to set prices for furniture. |
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Collection 268 |
13x078 |
Service order |
Mr. Theodore |
Garde Nationale de Paris |
Paris, France |
1830 |
government; military |
In French; with translation. |
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Collection 268 |
14x012 |
stock certificate |
Elias Hardy |
Henry C. Dexter |
H.C. Dexter Chair Co. |
Black River, NY |
1900 |
furniture |
certificate for 20 shares at $100 per share; illustration of
eagle |
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Collection 268 |
14x033.3 |
stock certificate |
Curtis G. Lowe |
Georgia Railroad and Banking Co. |
Augusta, GA |
1856 |
Underwood Bald Spencer & Hufty |
transportation; banking |
certificate for 15 shares at $100 each; illustration of train |
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Collection 268 |
14x017.8 |
summons |
John Moore |
Susan Moore |
Fleming Co., KY |
1866 |
real property |
for personal property and real estate |
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Collection 268 |
15x012 |
bond and warrant |
John Willis, storekeeper |
John Kechline, potter |
Philadelphia, PA |
1816 |
Jacob Meyer, 177 N. Second Street |
debtor and creditor |
Kechline agrees
to accept less money on Willis' debt |
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Collection 268 |
15x062 |
agreement |
Christian Church Building Committee |
Norman Collins |
Naples, NY |
1845 |
architecture; building; carpentry |
agreement for carpentry work on church; very detailed |
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Collection 268 |
12x143.1 |
judgment |
Earl Warner |
Owen W. Davis |
Kings County, New York |
1860s |
damages |
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Collection 268 |
12x143.2 |
claimant's testimony |
N. Foote, M.D. |
B. & N.Y.A.L. R.R. Co. |
animals |
Defendant's points on claimant's testimony over value of filly;
in arbitration. |
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Collection 268 |
12x143.3 |
election results |
Nathan Burlingame |
Sterling, [Connecticut} |
1839 |
electors |
Results of vote of town electors on a proposed amendment to
state constitution. |
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Collection 268 |
12x143.4 |
order to sheriffs |
Harry Douglass |
Jesse Burnham |
New London & Windham County, Connecticut |
1847 |
real property |
Order to attach property of Douglass whose mill dam caused
damage to Burnham's meadow. |
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Collection 268 |
12x143.5 |
order to sheriffs |
Charles Beckwith |
Caleb Bennet |
New London & Windham County, Connecticut |
1848 |
real property |
Order to attach property of Beckwith; case brought by Bennet
concerning sale of land. |
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Collection 268 |
12x143.6 |
complaint |
Adam Chapman |
John Fisk |
Windham County, Connecticut |
1850 |
actions and defenses |
Chapman accused Fisk of stealing money and jewelry; order to
search Fisk's house; notice saying nothing was found. |
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Collection 268 |
12x143.7 |
order to sheriffs |
Edward Valentine, Maria A. Eaton |
Albert Ware |
Oneco Mills
Co. |
Windham County, Connecticut |
1851 |
real property |
Ware brought case about payment of debt; property attached with
description of cotton mill. (see 12x143.23 - same
mill?) |
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Collection 268 |
12x143.8 |
order to sheriffs |
Garrity Marsh,
George L. Marsh |
Damon D. Young |
H.P. & Fishkill Railroad |
Windham County, Connecticut |
1853 |
real property |
Young brough case about payment of
debt; livestock and property were attached. |
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Collection 268 |
12x143.9 |
summons |
John A.K. Wait, George Rice |
Seth Brown, Philip Winslow, Peleg T. Wait, Barton Keguin |
Backus Manufacturing Co. |
Windham County, Connecticut |
1854 |
damages |
suit
against Wait and Rice for breaking windows in dwelling house of Backus; men
fined. |
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Collection 268 |
12x143.10 |
order to sheriff |
Daniel Patter |
Albert S. Field |
Windham County, Connecticut |
1856 |
real property |
Patter accused Field of committing adultery with his wife; land
attached. |
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Collection 268 |
12x143.11 |
summons |
Alexander Sutherland |
William Sutherland |
Windham County, Connecticut |
1858 |
assault |
Alexander arrested for assaulting William; fine not paid and
sent to work house. |
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Collection 268 |
12x143.12 |
summons |
Henry Ashton |
Richard Brigss, Barney Davy |
Windham County, Connecticut |
1860 |
Ashton accused of drunkenness. |
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Collection 268 |
12x143.13 |
register |
Town of Sterling |
Sterling, [Connecticut} |
1863 |
electors |
Register of electors in town for election of April 1863. |
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Collection 268 |
12x143.14 |
petition |
Bridget Foley |
Timothy Foley |
Sterling, [Connecticut} |
1868 |
divorce records; real property |
Foley seeking child support after divorce due to crulety; property attached. |
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Collection 268 |
12x143.15 |
order to sheriff |
Archibald Douglas |
Windham County, Connecticut |
1868 |
real property |
Property attached due to non-payment of a debt. |
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Collection 268 |
12x143.16 |
order to sheriff |
Brinton Arnold, Josiah Arnold, Alonzo Arnold |
David Gallup |
Windham County, Connecticut |
1869 |
real property |
Order to attach property of Arnolds for payment owed to Gallup. |
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Collection 268 |
12x143.17 |
election results |
Town of Andover |
Andover, Connecticut |
1870 |
elections |
Returns of election of Justices of the Peach; with envelope. |
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Collection 268 |
12x143.18 |
order to sheriff |
James B. Hamlin, Bristol County, Massachusetts |
Allen Bitgood |
Windham County, Connecticut |
1871 |
real property |
Order to attach Hamlin's property for non-payment of a debt. |
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Collection 268 |
12x143.19 |
appointment |
Giles G. Wickwire |
Norwich & Colchester Turnpike |
Connecticut |
1872 |
transportation |
Clerk of Senate appoints Wickwire
commissioner of turnpike. |
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Collection 268 |
12x143.20 |
appointment |
Giles G. Wickwire |
Nathan D. Bates |
New London County, Connecticut |
1879 |
Bates appoints Wickwire deputy
sheriff. |
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Collection 268 |
12x143.21 |
petition |
Holder B. Brown |
Elisha Anderson, Elisha Dyer |
Bristol and Providence, Rhode Island; Sterling, Connecticut |
1879 |
debtors and creditors |
Over non-payment of a debt. |
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Collection 268 |
12x143.22 |
order to sheriff |
James Pike, William C. Pike |
James E. Pike |
Windham County, Connecticut |
1881 |
real property |
Order to attach property of Pikes for non-payment of a debt to
James E. Pike. |
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Collection 268 |
12x143.23 |
order to sheriff |
Albert Hyde, Edward A. Card |
Mechanics Saving Bank of Providence, Rhode Island |
Oreco Mills
Co. |
Windham County, Connecticut |
1882 |
real property |
Order to attach property of Hyde and Card for non-payment of a
debt. (see 12x143.7 - same mill?) |
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Collection 268 |
12x143.24 |
appointment |
Cornelius A.H. kaisen |
Reinert F. Faggen |
Stratford, Connecticut |
1887 |
Kaisen
appoints attorney Faggen to collect his portion of
estate of Rolof Kaisen of
Germany. |
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Collection 268 |
12x143.25 |
license |
Alonzo P. Love, Old Potter Store |
Windham County, Connecticut |
1892 |
beverages |
Loves requests Board of County Commissioners to sell liquor at
store. |
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Collection 268 |
12x143.26 |
bill |
C. C. Cenert |
Frank W. ? |
1892 |
Bill for recording titles. |
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Collection 268 |
12x143.27 |
document |
Richard Basnett, James Hill, Thomas
Gardiner |
Edward Hunloke, Daniel Wills, James
Marshall (Justices of the Peace) |
Burlington County, New Jersey |
1691 |
estates |
Basnett, Hill,
and Gardiner to pay justices; mentions estate of Thomas Palmer; later copy of
document. |
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Collection 268 |
12x143. 28 |
list |
[New York] |
juries |
Two lists of names, one related to plaintiffs, other to list of
jury sworn. |
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Collection 268 |
12x143.29 |
stock certificate |
Daniel Steward |
Nathaniel Parker |
Skouheagan Bridge |
1814 |
bridges |
Sale of shares in bridge from Steward to Parker. |
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Collection 268 |
12x143.30 |
Bond |
Andrew Adams |
Zephaniah Adams |
Galloway, New Jersey |
1812-1816 |
debtors and creditors |
Obligation to pay. |
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Collection 268 |
16x014.1 |
Patent |
John W. King |
Lambertville, New Jersey |
1883 |
patent |
Patent for safety elevator. |
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Collection 268 |
2017x046 |
Claim |
William Cox |
U.S. Treasury Dept. |
1836 |
Blair & Rives |
petitions; beverages |
Report on losses of wine and other goods when U.S. Treasury was
burned in 1833 |
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Collection 268 |
2017x054 |
Oath |
William W. Davis |
Jas. Bell |
Rockbridge County, Virginia |
1837 |
oaths |
On appointment of postmaster at Bath Iron Works |
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Collection 268 |
2018x024.11a-c |
Agreement |
Town of Turin, Lewis County, New York |
John Keiner |
Turin, New York |
1857 |
Architecture; building |
Agreement to build a school house; includes bill for materials
and tax list. |
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Collection 268 |
x024.11d |
Agreement |
Trustees of the Third Methodist Episcopal Church |
Richard Dickinson |
Turin, New York |
1870 |
Architecture; building |
Agreement to build a meeting house or church. |
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Collection 268 |
2018x062.29 |
Specifications |
Architecture; building |
Specifications for work done on an unidentified building. |
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Collection 268 |
2019x005.12 |
Chattle
Mortgage |
John Young |
Isaac Rury |
Litchfield, New York |
1833 |
Promissory note |
Agreement to pay for property by 1853 with interest, or transfer
property. |
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Collection 268 |
2019x005.14a-e |
Agreement |
Simeon Daggett |
Joshua Whitney |
Genesee County, New York |
1810 |
Architecture; building |
Agreement to build a saw mill and grist mill, with materials
found along Salmon Creek. |
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