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Legal instruments (Legal documents)

 Subject
Subject Source: Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing
Scope Note: Use the singular form for Digital Object title. Genre/form terms for law materials.

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Architectural License, Jane Hastings, State of Washington (Ms2004-004)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2004-004_HastingsLJane_B1F14_License_1953

Architectural Registration, NCARB National Registration as Architect for Jane Hastings (Ms2004-004)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2004-004_HastingsLJane_B1F14_NationalLicense_1958

John Ballenger Bond

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-031
Abstract

Bond in which John Ballenger, of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, promises to pay the sum of 140 pounds to Andrew McMahan of Amherst County, unless Ballenger provides McMahan with lawful right to a tract of land in Pittsylvania County.

Dates: 1788

Robert Chirver Registration

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-034
Abstract

This collection contains one "free man of color" registration for Robert Chirver or Chirves, a resident of Petersburg, Virginia. Signed and dated May 4, 1841, at Petersburg, this form was proof of Chirver's status as a free man.

Dates: 1841

Samuel Crews Sharecropper Contract

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-067
Abstract

The Samuel Crews Sharecropper Contract is a manuscript agreement that outlines the terms in which Samuel Crews can farm, but not own, lands belonging to S. and R. Dodd in Halifax County, Virginia, for the year 1877.

Dates: 1876

Diploma, Jane Hasting's Diploma in architecture (Ms2004-004)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2004-004_HastingsLJane_B1F14_Diploma_1952

Franklin County, Virginia, Legal Document of Debt

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-091
Abstract

This legal document from Franklin County, Virginia, describes the unpaid debt of two men who are being sued for the balance.

Dates: c.1810

Dana Harmon Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-013
Abstract

A collection of papers from Hon. Dana Harmon. They include corespondence, newspaper clippings, receipts, scrapbook, summons for the Grand Jury, and lists of supporters and people asked for support.

Dates: 1885 - 1916

New River Investment Company Deeds

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-073
Abstract

The New River Investment Company Deeds document land ownership in Radford, Virginia, and include one deed from 1890 and three drafts of a deed from 1892. Restrictions on land development appear in the 1890 deed. The 1892 drafts lift a vendor's lien.

Dates: 1890 - 1892