Legal documents
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85075742
Found in 73 Collections and/or Records:
John S. Lackey papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1780
Abstract
Five legal documents, dated 1821-67, from or about Lawrence County, Alabama, three of which pertain to John. S. Lackey.
Dates:
1821-67
Private W. N. Landrun papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3467
Overview
Military charges and specifications against Private W. N. Landrun of the Tenth Alabama Regulars, 1863
Dates:
1863 March 17
Cabot Lull papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0884
Abstract
Correspondence, financial records, legal documents and to a lesser extent newspaper clippings, photographs and various miscellaneous material relating to personal, business, political, and official matters of this former blockade runner and Elmore County merchant and probate judge.
Dates:
1816-1935; Majority of material found within 1852 - 1912
Edward F. McCrossin papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0950
Overview
Contains personal papers and company records.
Dates:
Unknown
Alexander Beaufort Meek papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0973
Overview
Legal papers and correspondence, as well as photocopies of Meek's AB from the University of Alabama, and a commission as an attorney of the United States for Southern District of Alabama from James K. Polk (1846)
Dates:
1833-1866
Perry County, Alabama, papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0139
Abstract
Letters and other documents donated by a source in Perry County, Alabama. The collection consists of eight letters to Elias Benson. There is also one summons order included in the Elias Benson series. Another series contains the will of Philip Smith of South Carolina. The Thomas and Mary Jones series contains three statements of debt made to John E. Cook, along with an indenture statement and draft. The final series includes miscellaneous documents including deed certification, court records,...
Dates:
1796 - 1898
Peter Brannon papers
Collection
Identifier: W-0009
Overview
Correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, and other materials created by Peter A. Brannon, highlighting his career as a pharmacist, an anthropologist, and an archivist.
Dates:
1900-1966
Ralph Wyckoff Libel Suit Legal Files
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3636
Overview
The legal papers of the lawyer hire to represent the New York Times in defense of the libel suit stemming from an article by Harrison Salisbury , published on 12 April 1960, entitled "Fear and Hatred Grip Birmingham."
Dates:
1960 - 1964
Richard Varick Petition to Congress, 1829 September 29
File — Box 4257.001: [1006214226], Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
Petition to Congress written by several members of the "Committee of Petitioners in the City of New York." The main concern of the petition is "to prevent the transportation of the mail on the Sabbath and the keeping open of post-offices on that holy day." The petition is a mixture of handwritten and typed concerns
Dates:
1829 September 29
Septimus D. Cabaniss papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0252
Abstract
Legal and personal papers of the Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, attorney, S.D. Cabaniss, who served as executor for the estate of Samuel Townsend. Also includes materials of other Huntsville attorneys and of the S.D. Cabaniss family.
Dates:
1820-1937
Carolyn C. Smith papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1284
Overview
Legal papers concerning property owned by Smith's father
Dates:
unknown
James Q. Smith papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1290
Overview
Contains a certificate from the Marion Military Institute, 1898, letters of correspondence 1892 -1939, financial receipts, newspaper clippings, telegrams 1918, legal documents from his election time period as Attorney General of Alabama 1918-1930, personal papers, notes and remarks as his time as judge 1930-1940's.
Dates:
unknown
St. John family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1330
Overview
Legal papers related to property, as well as personal and business letters
Dates:
1852-1907
State v. Orr and Stovall Depositions
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1338
Abstract
Unsigned depositions of James B. Tatom and Dr. Henry Pendleton regarding the death of a slave, Jerry, belonging to John Tatom. Location unknown.
Dates:
1848
Stephen N. Noble Legal Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1050
Abstract
Deeds for land in Calhoun County, Alabama, a United States Land Office document, and West Anniston Land and Improvement Company deeds. The collection also contains administrator's records for Stephen Noble Sr. and papers pertaining to land in Haralson County, Georgia.
Dates:
1888 - 1911
Thomas S. Jordan Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0791
Abstract
Papers of this Birmingham, Alabama, dentist and his family.
Dates:
1884 - 1928
Marlin Thrasher Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4107
Overview
Legal documents and receipts, primarily from Fayette and Lamar Counties of west Alabama, covering much of the nineteenth century.
Dates:
1837-1905
Tuscumbia, Courtland, and Decatur Railroad records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1444
Overview
Legal papers from the Mississippi Circuit Court and an Annual Report for the company from 1836
Dates:
1836-1845
United Daughters of the Confederacy, Arkansas Division, Confederate veterans' documents
Collection
Identifier: W-0034
Overview
Typescript copies of legal and financial documents filed in Arkansas between 1848 and 1873, as well as typescript copies of letters, diaries, and military service accounts written primarily by Confederate soldiers. The legal documents are mainly deeds of conveyance, tax records, and deeds for swampland.
Dates:
1848-1941
Wilcox County, Alabama Court Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1554
Abstract
This collection consists of a bound volume, containing a listing of cases, judgements, commissions, and fees for the county, circuit, and chancery courts in Monroe, Montgomery, Mobile, and Wilcox counties, with the bulk of entries relating to Wilcox Count. Also contains entries from the Wilcox County Circuit Court execution docket, 1840-1844.
Dates:
1841 - 1844
William and Crawford L. Brown family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3759
Overview
Documents relating to the Mississippi and Alabama plantations of the Brown family, including bills of sale for slaves; receipts for tool repair, clothing, dry goods; tax receipts listing the number of slaves; business letters; and various legal agreements and other court documents.
Dates:
1834-1861
Woodward Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1577
Overview
An extensive collection, including business and personal correspondence, financial records, photographs, and other materials of this Birmingham, Alabama, family, which owned and operated the Woodward Iron Company.
Dates:
1829 - 1958; Majority of material found within 1866 - 1950