Legal documents
Subject
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Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Norfolk Documents and Ephemera Collection
Collection — 15 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2017-027-h
Scope and Contents
Fifteen 18th century through 20th century documents and ephemera relating to the city of Norfolk, Norfolk County, and Portsmouth in Virginia.
Dates:
created: 1760-1924; Other: Date acquired: 04/20/2017
Found in:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
Parker Family Papers
Collection — 2 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2018-010
Scope and Contents
Eighteenth-century through 20th-century documents relating to the Parker family of Isle of Wight County, Virginia. The collection includes original indentures, wills, bills of sale, correspondence, and other legal documents, particularly relating to Copeland Parker and Nicholas Wilson Parker. Other content includes genealogical information on the Parker family and related families, including Sinclair, Boush, and Nash. Folder 2 includes documents that were compiled into a three-ring binder by...
Dates:
created: 1756-1943, undated; Other: Date acquired: 03/23/2018
Found in:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
Provost Marshal John L. Cunningham Ledger and C. W. Murdaugh Legal Documents
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2017-027-e
Scope and Contents
One ledger split between 1865 records of Portsmouth, Virginia Provost Marshal John L. Cunningham and 1830-1867 legal documents and writings of Portsmouth, Virginia lawyer Claudius Walke Murdaugh.
Dates:
created: circa 1830-1867; Other: Date acquired: 04/20/2017
Found in:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
Registered Bonds of the City of Norfolk For the Purpose of Erecting Water Works
Collection — 1 book
Identifier: RG 21-0000-002
Scope and Contents
One circa 1886-1912 book of registered bonds for the City of Norfolk, Virginia for the purpose of erecting water works. The volume indicates bond number, denomination, date of register, to whom the bond was registered, name of Water Commission Treasurer, date of transfer, to whom the bond was transferred, and a second column for name of Treasurer. The book contains entries through page 25. There are also loose legal documents in the volume, mostly concerning the transfer of bonds and...
Dates:
created: 1886-1912; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000
Found in:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
Rights of Way and Franchises of Public Service Corporations in Annexed Territory, 1870-1915
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG 28-0000-001
Scope and Contents
One typescript volume containing legal agreements from deed books, minute books, and order books of the City of Norfolk, Virginia, granting rights of way to companies such as Berkley Street Railroad and Railway Company, Norfolk City Railroad Company, Norfolk Street Railroad Company, Norfolk Railway and Light Company, and Norfolk and Portsmouth Traction Company for the purpose of public improvement projects. There are two separate indexes in the front of the volume containing page numbers for...
Dates:
created: 1870-1915; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000
Found in:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
William H. Swan and Sons, Incorporated Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2018-038
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of shipping records (lists of supplies provided to specific vessels, by date and vessel name), financial ledgers, correspondence, commercial brochures and informational items, charter/broker and legal documents, company operating records, and nautical charts.
Dates:
created: 1920-1969; Other: Date acquired: 07/27/2018
Found in:
Sargeant Memorial Collection