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Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection.
Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this
collection.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Shenandoah Valley Legal Documents, SC 0176, Special Collections, Carrier Library,
James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Acquisition Information
Purchased from Scott Suter in October 2005.
Processing Information
In order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering
campaign in 2017-2018. This collection was previously cataloged as SC 4051 .
This collection comprises 94 legal documents such as contracts, agreements, a will, letters from attorneys and primarily,
copies of deeds from 1751-1968. Also included are several real estate tax receipts from the Plains District in Rockingham
County dating from 1921-1935. Most of the documents pertain to the Riddle/Riddel family. One document that stands out is a
1908 injunction against 29 defendants for cutting timber without warrant. Series 1 contains all the aforementioned legal documents
with the exception of the tax records which comprise Series 2.
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