Legal instruments (Legal documents)
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Acknowledgment of the President's Warrant of Pardon, Signed: Robert T. Preston, Solitude, December 29, 1865, and Certified document of the United States of America, Signed William Seward, January 9, 1866 (Ms1992-003)
Architectural License, Jane Hastings, State of Washington (Ms2004-004)
Architectural Registration, NCARB National Registration as Architect for Jane Hastings (Ms2004-004)
John Ballenger Bond
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.
Robert Chirver Registration
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.
Samuel Crews Sharecropper Contract
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.
Diploma, Jane Hasting's Diploma in architecture (Ms2004-004)
Franklin County, Virginia, Legal Document of Debt
This legal document from Franklin County, Virginia, describes the unpaid debt of two men who are being sued for the balance.
Dana Harmon Papers
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.
New River Investment Company Deeds
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.