Legal documents
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:
Amos Wade Jackson collection
Collection
Identifier: L633
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the business, political, and personal papers of Amos Wade Jackson, Lola Raper Jackson, Rowland H. Jackson and Ethel Jaekle Jackson ranging from 1825 to 1979. The bulk of the collection consists of legal correspondence and documents from Jackson Abstract, Inc. and Jackson and Jackson, Attorneys at Law and includes original and carbon copies of abstracts of title, warranty deeds, mortgages, attorney’s opinions, wills, estates, guardianships, divorces, and lawsuits. Also...
Dates:
1825-1979
Anson Wolcott papers
Collection — Folder S1447
Identifier: S1447
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, depositions, and other documents related to Anson Wolcott's claim against the U.S. government for the loss of his side-wheel steamboat "Fawn" that he claimed was seized and pressed into service by government troops at Natchez, Mississippi in October 1864 during the Civil War (1870-1873). The collection also includes a circular printed by Wolcott explaining his reasons for withdrawing as the Greenback party candidate for governor (October 4, 1876).
Dates:
1870-1876
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Anson Wolcott papers
Bingham McHale LLP collection
Collection
Identifier: L166
Scope and Contents
This collection includes miscellaneous brochures, photographs, histories, correspondnece, speeches, and ephemera from the law firm of Bingham McHale LLP, formerly Bingham Summers Welsh and Spilman, in Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from from 1912 to 2011, regarding the firm and its lawyers, particularly Matthew E. Welsh, a partner in the firm and former governor of Indiana. Some of the photographs depict the lawyers involved in the creation of Victory Field in 1991.
Dates:
1912-2011
Brady family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2020
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, indentures, deeds, tax receipts, and other legal documents of the Brady family of Fountain and Warren counties in Indiana ranging from 1801 to 1890. The collection includes the appraisal and auction sale documents (written in French) regarding the personal effects of James Brady that were left with Senateur Babin in Iberville, Louisiana (December, 1801); receipts and legal documents of John Brady (1811-1845) and William Brady (1838-1889); correspondence...
Dates:
1809-1890
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Brady family papers
Charles T. Gough papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2306
Scope and Contents
This collection contains land and warranty deeds, court papers, and correspondences of Charles T. Gough in Indiana ranging from 1839 to 1878.
Dates:
1839-1878
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Charles T. Gough papers
Claude C. Lomax collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0851
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a variety of documents collected by Dr. Claude C. Lomax and includes a February 7, 1867 transcript of a legal dispute between Albert Ward and George D. Bruce; an October 15, 1873 article of agreement between Wm. H.H. Davison and Jacob Jones for a lease of Davison's farm for one year; a certificate for a drawing for prizes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 20, 1872 (Sargent and McIntyre, managers); an account book from James Grigsby of Spencer County, Indiana that...
Dates:
1867-1909, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Claude C. Lomax collection
Cornelius Mayer papers
Collection
Identifier: L402
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters, official and legal documents, photographs and family papers, articles about Cornelius Mayer, and other materials belonging to Mayer ranging from 1628 to 1944 regarding Cornelius Mayer's family, his life and work, including drawing, and family business. There is also heraldic information, complete issues of the publication, Gewerbehalle, a German decorative arts periodical, a German rifle care manual, and a confectioners' recipe...
Dates:
1628-1944
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Cornelius Mayer papers
D. C. Stephenson collection
Collection
Identifier: L246
Scope and Contents
The collection consists principally of contemporary copies of Stephenson’s prison correspondence, made for Indiana State Prison Warden Walter Daly (1925-1933). Included is Stephenson’s correspondence with his attorneys, supporters, and family regarding his attempts to gain release, prison conditions, Ku Klux Klan, Indiana politics, and personal business. Also part of the collection are letters to Warden Daly regarding Stephenson, letters to and from Stephenson that were retained by prison...
Dates:
1925-1933
Dorothea Giesche divorce papers
Collection — Folder S2969
Identifier: S2969
Scope and Contents
The collection contains legal papers filed in 1855, through which Dorothea Giesche confirmed and renewed a divorce action against Gottfried Roemermann, who was still living in Germany.
Dates:
1843-1855
Dr. George R. Alsop collection
Collection — Folder S0868
Identifier: S0868
Scope and Contents
This collection contains Dr. George R. Alsop's bond for his work as treasurer of the George Rogers Clark Memorial Commission of Indiana dated March 12, 1930. Along with Dr. Alsop's signature as principal of the $200,000 bond, Frank L. Oliphant and William M. Alsop also signed as sureties. The bond was sent to Miss Martha Allerdice at the Indiana State House and was accompanied by a letter from attorney D. Frank Culbertson, also dated March 12, 1930, in which he notes that the bond will stay in...
Dates:
1930/03/12
