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Box 1

 Container

Contains 142 Results:

Bonds and Contracts, 1773 - 1822

 Sub-Series — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Content From the Collection: The papers consist largely of land, property, and goods transaction receipts and documents of each of the four generations of the Dickson Family. Certificates, oaths, correspondence, deeds, and a diary are included in Joseph Dickson's papers, along with several sale documents for enslaved people from the late 1700s and early 1800s. Much of the land and goods, and many of the enslaved people were exchanged with neighbors and others in the area. Most of Joseph Dickson's documents are...
Dates: 1773 - 1822

Transfer of debt, December 2, 1773

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
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Transfer of debt of Joseph Dickson from John Murray of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, to John Dickenson of Augusta County, Virginia.

Dates: December 2, 1773

Contract, June 7, 1774

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
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Contract of James Connelly to pay John Dickenson twenty-two pounds.

Dates: June 7, 1774

Contract, June 7, 1774

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
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Contract of John and Joseph Dickson to pay John Dickenson 200 pounds owed.

Dates: June 7, 1774

Promise note, February 19, 1776

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
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Promise of Joseph Dickson of Botetourt County, Virginia, to pay Leonard Beall of Augusta County, Virginia, fifteen pounds owed.

Dates: February 19, 1776

Contract, February 29, 1776

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
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Contract of Robert Armstrong and John Scott to pay John Bollar eighteen pounds "Good and Lawfull money of Virginia."

Dates: February 29, 1776

Promise note, February 27, 1778

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
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Promise of Joseph Dickson of of Botetourt County, Virginia, to pay Joseph Baley 125 pounds owed.

Dates: February 27, 1778

Contract, September 18, 1781

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
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Contract for Jacob Rife to pay Jos. Dickson 100 pounds owed.

Dates: September 18, 1781

Contract, June 4, 1783

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
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Contract for unknown to pay Henry Gaye one pound.

Dates: June 4, 1783

Contract, July 3, 1789

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
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Contract of James Riddle of Augusta County, Virginia, to pay Joseph Dickson of Greenbrier County, Virginia, four pounds.

Dates: July 3, 1789