Acquisition of property
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Peter Courtney indenture
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0363
Abstract
Handwritten indenture document, dated 1 January 1704, by which Peter Courtney of Middlesex County, England, leased a property, "Eagle Hollow" or "Parks Suggs," to Samuel Rogers of Cornwall County, England.
Dates:
1704 January 1
Lewis Sewall Court Document
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4392
Scope and Contents
This 1817 court document, issued by Lewis Sewall in the Mississippi Territory (present-day Alabama), orders the seizure of property belonging to minors identified as orphans. The document provides insight into early territorial legal proceedings, property rights, and the judicial system's role in managing estates of minors. It serves as a resource for researchers studying legal history, guardianship laws, and the administration of orphaned individuals' assets in the early ninteenth-century...
Dates:
1817
St. John family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1330
Abstract
Legal papers related to property, as well as personal and business letters
Dates:
1852-1907