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Description of Series
Inventory
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A Guide to the Bank of the State of Mississippi Records, 1804-1846
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Creator |
Bank of the State of Mississippi |
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Title |
Bank of the State of Mississippi Records, |
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1804-1846. |
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Abstract |
The Bank of Mississippi was created by an act of the territorial legislature on December 25, 1809, with its headquarters at Natchez and its charter to run through 1834. The collection includes correspondence, accounting and transactional financial records, stockholder records, powers of attorney, letters of credit, personnel records, resolutions, minutes, legal case records, deeds, and memoranda document the operation of the Bank of the State of Mississippi from its establishment to its close. |
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Accession No. |
85-311 |
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Extent |
16 ft., 1 in. |
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Language |
English. |
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Repository |
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,The University of Texas at Austin
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The Bank of Mississippi was created by an act of the territorial legislature on December 25, 1809, with its headquarters at Natchez and its charter to run through 1834. After Mississippi was admitted to the union in December 1817, the new state legislature passed an act changing the bank's name to the Bank of the State of Mississippi and extending its charter to December 31, 1840. By this legislation, branches were authorized at Port Gibson and Woodville, and no other banks could be incorporated during the life of the charter. However, in 1830, a financial crisis, precipitated in part by the state's debt to the bank, caused the governmet to ignore its pledge, and the Planters' Bank was chartered. Unable to recover, the Bank of the State of Mississippi was authorized to wind down its business and by 1834 it was largely defunct.
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Correspondence, accounting and transactional financial records, stockholder records, powers of attorney, letters of credit, personnel records, resolutions, minutes, legal case records, deeds, and memoranda document the operation of the Bank of the State of Mississippi from its establishment to its close. The economic history of Mississippi from its territorial years through early statehood is reflected, as well as the financial affairs of the citizenry. Among the legal records are materials related to the estate of Winthrop Sargent, first territorial governor and one of the bank's founders. Other prominent persons in the bank's operation represented in the papers are Samuel Postlethwait and Stephen Duncan, two of the bank's presidents, and Gabriel Tichenor, cashier. Also documented are the bank's dealings with out-of-state banks, particularly in New Orleans.
Forms part of the Natchez Trace Collection.
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Organization |
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Organized into four series: I. Administrative records. II. Financial records. III. Legal records. IV. Miscellaneous materials. Arranged chronologically by type of material and subject. |
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Access Restrictions
Unrestricted access.
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Subjects (Persons) |
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Duncan, Stephen, 1787-1867. |
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Postlethwait, Samuel.
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Sargent, Winthrop, 1753-1820. |
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Tichenor, Gabriel. |
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Subjects |
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Bank of the State of Mississippi--Archives. |
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Mississippi--Commerce--History--19th century--Sources. |
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Mississippi--Economic conditions--Archival resources. |
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Natchez (Miss.)--History--19th century--Sources. |
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Banks and banking--Mississippi--History--19th century--Sources. |
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Bank of the State of Mississippi Records, 1804-1846, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
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Inventory |
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Administrative records: |
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General correspondence: |
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1811-1816 |
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1817-1818 |
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1819 |
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January - October 1820 |
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November 1820 - August 1821 |
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September 1821 - October 1823 |
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November 1823 - August 1824 |
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September 1824 - October 1825 |
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November 1825 - May 1826 |
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June-December 1826 |
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January-December 1827 |
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January-August 1828 |
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September 1828 - June 1829 |
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July-November 1829 |
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December 1829 - May 1830 |
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June-December 1830 |
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January-March 1831 |
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April-July 1831 |
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August-November 1831 |
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December 1831 - February 1832 |
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March-August 1832 |
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September 1832 - July 1833 |
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1834, undated |
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Bank shares ownership: |
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Stock certificates: |
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1811-1818 |
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1819-1834 |
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Caroline Mitchell estate, 1822-1830 |
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Jane Butter, 1819-1821, 1834 |
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James P. Hart, 1825-1830 |
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Stock purchase orders and receipts, 1811-1825 |
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Stock transfers, 1810-1832 |
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Stockholders lists, 1818-1819, 1826 |
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Proxies, 1831, 1836 |
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Affidavits and letters concerning lost certificates, 1821, 1830-1833 |
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Powers of attorney: |
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1815-1819 |
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1820-1837, undated |
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Board of Directors: Resolutions, minutes, correspondence, and other materials, 1811-1834, undated |
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Election records, 1816-1818, undated |
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Personnel: |
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Employment applications, resignations, and other correspondence, 1811-1834, undated |
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Performance bonds: |
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1818-1833, undated |
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Oversize bond, 1831 |
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Mississippi state government: |
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Legislature, correspondence and legislation, 1814, 1819, 1830 |
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Governors, correspondence and financial records, 1813-1834, undated |
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United States government: |
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Treasury Department, correspondence, circulars, and reports, 1818-1831, undated |
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War Department, correspondence, 1821-1831 |
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Letters of credit, 1818-1832 |
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Counterfeiting and other bank crime activities, correspondence, 1819-1834 |
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Claims, 1837-1844 |
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Successor banks: |
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Correspondence, financial records, and other materials, 1832-1846 |
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Oversize financial record, 1833 |
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Financial records: |
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Accounting reports: |
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Abstracts of funds: |
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1819 |
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1820-1825, 1828 |
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Audits and balance sheets, 1817-1822 |
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Branch office statements: |
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Port Gibson: |
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1822-1826 |
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Oversize statement, 1832 |
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Woodville, Office of Discount and Deposit: |
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1821-1829 |
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Oversize statements, 1820-1832 |
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Out-of-state bank statements: |
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Bank of Orleans |
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1822-1826 |
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Oversize statement, 1831 |
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Louisiana State Bank, 1820-1823 |
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Bank of United States, New Orleans: |
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1822, 1829-1833 |
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Oversize statements, 1823-1832 |
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Bank of United States, Nashville, 1816, 1830 |
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Farmers and Mechanics Bank, Philadelphia: |
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1815, 1825, 1827 |
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Oversize statements, 1816-1832 |
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Mechanics Bank, New York, 1828 |
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City Bank of Baltimore, 1816 |
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Louisville Branch Bank, 1814 |
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State of deposit ledger sheets: |
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1811-1819, undated |
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Oversize sheet, 1817 |
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Bills receivable: |
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"Ticklers," 1821-1822 |
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Oversize ticklers, 1819-1824, 1828 |
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Bank expenses and income: |
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Bills, receipts, and other materials: |
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General: |
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1811-1819, 1822-1829 |
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Oversize account, 1814 |
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1830-1831, 1836, undated |
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Steamboat shipments, 1811-1833, undated |
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Taxes, 1813-1831 |
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Legal costs, 1812-1831, undated |
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Branch offices: |
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1818-1819, 1826-1830 |
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Oversize records, 1822-1823, 1828-1830 |
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Money supply: |
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Documentation of specie orders, printing and issuing of paper, and related materials, 1811-1831, undated |
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Cancellation and destruction resolutions and related materials, 1813-1815, undated |
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Oversize records, 1820, 1822 |
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Income: |
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Profit and loss slips, 1820-1822, undated |
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Dividend payment memoranda, checks and related materials, 1817-1834 |
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Transactions: |
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Promissory notes: |
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1812-1818 |
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1818-1821 |
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1822-1833, undated |
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Checks and drafts: |
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1811-1820 |
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1821-1825 |
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1826-1829 |
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1830-1834, undated |
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Bills of exchange: |
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1812-1817 |
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1818-1831, 1835, undated |
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Protests and notices of non-payment: |
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Promissory notes, 1818-1832, undated |
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Checks and drafts, 1817-1834 |
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Bills of exchange, 1818-1826 |
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Deposit slips, 1814-1831, undated |
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Miscellaneous receipts and other financial records: |
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1813-1834, undated |
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Oversize records, 1818, undated |
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Legal documents, correspondence, financial records and other materials: |
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Charles B. Green vs. Bank of Mississippi, 1818-1828, undated |
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Oversize materials, 1821-1823 |
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Winthrop Sargent estate, 1819-1833 |
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Heirs of James Kemp vs. Thomas Hunt, 1826, 1832-1833 |
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Rifle Point Plantation, 1827-1834 |
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Samuel Postlethwait: |
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Deed to Postlethwait and William Morton and dissolution of partnership agreement, 1805, 1808 |
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Deed to Postlethwait and wife, 1804 |
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Deed, to Bank of Mississippi, 1814 |
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Miscellaneous legal documents: |
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1812, 1818-1831, undated |
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Deeds, 1819, 1830 |
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Miscellaneous materials: |
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Notes and unidentified items, 1814-1835, undated |
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Fragments, 1811-1831, undated |
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