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Docket Book from Steuben County, New York, 1828 - 1830MSS.90.1

Docket Book from Steuben County, New York, 1828 - 1830MSS.90.1


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Repository
Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections
Identification
MSS.90.1
Title
Docket Book from Steuben County  next hit, New York, 1828 - 1830 1793-1922
URL:
https://archives.lib.virginia.edu/ark:/59853/131112
Quantity
10 items
Language
English .
Abstract
Manuscript. Docket book of cases possibly heard in Steuben previous hit County  next hit, New York, 1829-1830 and some loose documents.

Administrative Information

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This book was purchased for $300 at Kane Antiquarian Auction.

Scope and Contents

This docket book kept from 1828 to 1830 records cases heard in an unknown, but possibly Steuben previous hit County  next hit, court. Entries include names of plaintiffs and defendants; dates of actions; final dispositions; and fees, damages and court costs. Most of the cases were decided for the plaintiffs. There were a few trials held at Harpending's Inn, and a few were appealed. The towns named in the cases were located in Steuben previous hit County  next hit during the early nineteenth century; they are now in Schuyler previous hit County  next hit. The book belonged to the Cook family who kept farm accounts in the back during the 1830's.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Cook family
  • Court records -- New York (State)
  • Meriweather, David, 1800-1893
  • Schuyler previous hit County  next hit (NY) -- History
  • Steuben previous hit County  next hit (NY) -- History -- 19th Century
  • Stockton, Samuel, 1751-1795

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Schuyler County (NY) -- History
  • Steuben County (NY) -- History -- 19th Century
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Container List

Manuscripts MSS 90-1
Docket book, 1828-1830
Mixed Materials MSS 90-1
ALS, Sam'l W. Stockton (Trenton) to Messers Andrew Kennedy and Co. (Philadelphia)
1793 March 9
Mixed Materials MSS 90-1
Handwritten Answer in Chancery, Thomas previous hit James  next hit and wife v. Alexander Henderson and others
180? May 23
Mixed Materials MSS 90-1
ADS, Certificate of naturalization for Benjamin Palmer signed by John Sidell, clerk of the Justices Court of the previous hit city  next hit and previous hit county  next hit of New York, and (on 1813 March 15) verified by the signatures of two justices of that court, John Ferguson and Thomas Herttell
1810 November 29
Mixed Materials MSS 90-1
Handwritten Indenture signed by William and Ann Douglas of the previous hit City  next hit of Washington and witnessed by Vincent King and Gilbert L. Giberson
1841 May 15
Mixed Materials MSS 90-1
Affidavit signed by Vincent King and Gilbert L. Giberson, Justices of the Peace, Washington previous hit County  next hit, District of Columbia
1841 May 15
Mixed Materials MSS 90-1
Handwritten copy of Philadelphia previous hit County  next hit prison record of William Scott
1853 October 24
Mixed Materials MSS 90-1
ALS, D[avid] Meriwether [Govenor of the Territory of New Mexico] to Mr. Lemuel Blake (Boston)
1854 July 27
Mixed Materials MSS 90-1
ALS, W. R. Drinkard (Acting Secretary of War, Washington) to M. D. Phillips (Henrietta, New York)
1857 October 30
Mixed Materials MSS 90-1
Document granting power of attorney, signed by E. P. Schuneman
1863 September 30
Mixed Materials MSS 90-1
ALS, Charles Belden (Librarian of the Public Library of the previous hit City of Boston) to Howes Norris, Jr. answering a reference question
1922 March 28