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Parsons, Samuel. The testimony of Samuel Parsons., 1703. Small Manuscript Collection, Harvard Law School Library.
Testimony given by Samuel Parsons, regarding an incident with some local Native Americans. Given before Josiah Hobart, justice of the peace for Nassau County. Signed p.[1]: Samuel Parsons, signed p.[2]: Josiah Hobart.
Parsons, Seth. The testimony of Seth Parsons, 1703. Small Manuscript Collection, Harvard Law School Library.
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Parsons, Theophilus, 1750-1813. Papers of Theophilus Parsons, 1778-1811. Small Manuscript Collection, Harvard Law School Library.
Parsons practiced law in Massachusetts from 1774, was active in discussions of the new constitution proposed for Massachusetts (1778), maintained a law practice in Boston (1800-1806), and served as chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court (1806-1813).
Parsons, Theophilus, 1750-1813. Precedents book of Massachusetts law, 1775. HLS MS 1091, Harvard Law School Library.
A commonplace book kept by Parsons outling various legal issues including getting a negro with child, slander, deceit, bills of exchange, debt,assault and battery, quantum meruit by a physician, ejectment, covenant, and liberty of the yard. Many of these topics include also forms of...
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Plumer, William, 1759-1850. Receipts, 1798, 1799, 1809. Small Manuscript Collection, Harvard Law School Library.
Handwritten receipts for fees and debts collected. Biographical Notes Plumer served in the New Hampshire legislature (1785-1786, 1788, 1790-1791, 1797-1800), the U.S. Senate (1802-1807) and as governor of New Hampshire (1812-1813, 1816-1819).
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Recovery in Lythall and Hooper vs. Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Among the Natives of New England, 1656, November 28. Deeds 820, Harvard Law School Library.
Exemplification under the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of a recovery suffered in Michaelmas term, 1656, between Thomas Lythall and John Hooper, complainants, and the President and Society for the Propagation of the Gospell in New England of 3 messuages with their appurtenances in the parish...
Simon Greenleaf Papers, 1792-1853. Legal Materials, Cases and Opinions: Box 5, Folder 1, Admiralty Cases - Maine, 1792-1812.
The papers of Simon Greenleaf (1783-1853) span the years 1792-1853, with the bulk of the material falling in the 1820-1850 period. The collection includes correspondence (both letters received and drafts of letters sent); legislative and legal documents such as drafts of briefs, contracts,...
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Simon Greenleaf Papers, 1792-1853. Legal Materials, Cases and Opinions: Box 5, Folder 8, Cases as to Passenger Carriers, 1792-1838.
The papers of Simon Greenleaf (1783-1853) span the years 1792-1853, with the bulk of the material falling in the 1820-1850 period. The collection includes correspondence (both letters received and drafts of letters sent); legislative and legal documents such as drafts of briefs, contracts,...
Simon Greenleaf Papers, 1792-1853. Personal Papers, Box 26, Folder 10, Land Lottery, 1787.
The papers of Simon Greenleaf (1783-1853) span the years 1792-1853, with the bulk of the material falling in the 1820-1850 period. The collection includes correspondence (both letters received and drafts of letters sent); legislative and legal documents such as drafts of briefs, contracts,...
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The royal charter of King Charles the Second to William Penn, esquire, proprietor of the province of Pennsylvania, 1701. HLS MS 1140, Harvard Law School Library.
A copy of the charter giving William Penn land in the colonies. Also contains Penn's "Frame of the Government of Pennsylvania in America", the laws he established, and the charter of the city of Philadelphia.
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