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- Collection: The Dean Hansell Collection of Historical Legal Instruments
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Autograph Letter to Gen. Charles F. Mercer from Gen. Walter Jones1831 December 9
Letter from Jones, an attorney, to Mercer, an attorney and politician, in Washington, D.C., regarding the difficulty of obtaining enough judges in Annapolis to hear a case that they appear to be working on together.
Letter to Francis Scott Key from Thomas T. Land1840 February 8
Letter to the "Star Spangled Banner" author from an attorney concerning Key's preemption claim in Jackson, Miss. In fragile condition.
Copy of Exchange Recordca. 1730
An extract from the Windsor (CT) records of an exchange between Mr. Wareham and Timothy Halle that took place on March 29, 1669.
Protest1856-1857
A protest by Henry Martin, notary, on behalf of Charles T. Robbins of the Merchants Bank Providence, against the "Drawer, Drawee and Endorsers" of a bad check written by J. D. Burgess and endorsed by Byron Diman.
Quitclaim1842 March 24
Part of a quitclaim, or transfer of land, between Samuel Nevers and Samuel Plummer, both of Maine, and signed by Benjamin Nevers, Justice of the Peace.
Conveyance1843 April 11
Conveyance between Samuel Nevers and John P. Oxford for a piece of land in Sweden, Maine.