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Richmond (Va.) Chancery Decree, 1863. Local government records collection, Richmond (City) Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
This item was returned to the library from the National Archives in November 1949 under the accession number 23476al.
Chancery Causes are cases of equity. According to Black's Law Dictionary they are "administered according to fairness as contrasted with the strictly formulated rules of common law." A judge, not a jury, determines the outcome of the case.
Richmond, located between Henrico and Chesterfield Counties, was named by William Byrd II, who envisioned the development of a city at the falls of the James River and with the help of William Mayo laid out the town in 1737. It was incorporated as a town in 1782 and as a city in 1842.
Richmond (Va.) Chancery Decree, 1863, consists of a copy of a decree from the chancery cause Administratrix of Robert D. Murchie versus William W. Gwathmey and others.