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- Collection: The Dean Hansell Collection of Historical Legal Instruments
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Letter Regarding the Selection of a State Tax Collector1792 May 10
Letter to Peter Gott, treasurer, announcing the selection of Timothy Rogers as tax collector.
The Who Performance Cancellation Letter1965 March 22
Letter to Christopher Lambert from Barry Perkins from King's Agency (Variety) Limited informing him that The Who's performance at the Locarno Ballroom was cancelled. According to Perkins, "the Promotor has had a lot of trouble there recently and he…
Request for Prison Discharge1801 January 17
Request to the New York Mayor's Court for the discharge of Alexander Bremer.
Receipt for Payment of Estate1743 July 9
Receipt stating that William Russell received the ten pounds due to him from Elizabeth (Michelson?), executrix of her mother, Ann Walker's, estate; Ann Walker, in turn, was the administratrix of her son, John Walker's, estate. John Walker seems to be…
Letter to Samuel Shepherd from John Scottca. 1817/1818
Letter to Shepherd, the Attorney General, from Scott, the first Earl of Eldon, in which Scott offers Shepherd consolation for cases that failed to win convictions.
Aphorismes of State1624
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…
M. Sheddy v. S. Fink Assignment of Judgment1859 January 25
General Orders, No. 1121865 June 10
"Right of officers summarily dismissed to demand a trial by Court Martial."
One Hundred Dollar Bond1799 February 6
Bond in which Martin Turner agrees to repay Francis Foster $100 by the first day of the following March; on the back, Foster assigns the bond over to Joseph Fuqua.