Browse Items (150 total)

  • Collection: The Dean Hansell Collection of Historical Legal Instruments
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1624

Aphorismes of State situates itself within the Thirty Years’ War, in which Catholics and Protestants fought for religious control throughout the Holy Roman Empire. The Protestant Frederick V, Elector of Palatine, had recently suffered a defeat…
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1798 September 24

The appointment of Daniel Sutton as "Receiver Agent and Attorney" on behalf of William Barker Daniel regarding an annuity held by Sarah Rowe.
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1883

Assignment of judgment for the case Sarah [Glasser?] now Sarah Hays v. David L. and Philip Waltz unto George B. Waltz.
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1889 February 8

Assignment of a lease for property in Surrey from John Elbert to James Henry Meeten.
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1831 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.
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1801

Two bail bond receipts.
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c. 1748

This instrument notes the entry of a barrel and a quarter of malt in an action of trover, which was the result of a bankruptcy petition against John Raymond.
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1803-1818

Collection of 21 commercial documents, such as receipts and promissory notes, from Boston merchants.
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1860 July 26

Citation to notify Joseph M. Gardner that Jeremiah W. Brayton, a Rhode Island prisoner to whom Gardner was a creditor and complainant, was applying for a benefit and Gardner needed to appear in court if he wished to testify why Brayton ought not to…
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