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Legal instruments

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents that give expression to a legal act or agreement, for the purpose of creating, securing, modifying, or terminating a right, or for the purpose of furnishing evidence of a right. For documents having legal relevance in general, use "legal documents."

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Charles J. Dunn Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0150
Scope and Contents

The collection covers his entire legal career, his term as Treasurer of the University of Maine, and his term as Maine Supreme Court Judge. Included are correspondence, letters, bills, and receipts. The legal papers include records of cases involving assaults, divorce, estates, collections, bankruptcies, and pensions. Also included are records of the University of Maine (1896-1936), the draft board (WWI), and the town of Orono (1833-1914).

Dates: 1833-1986

John Edwards Godfrey Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0204
Abstract

Manuscripts, diaries, and notes of a prominent 19th century Maine historian. Especially strong in Maine and Bangor history.

Dates: 1745-1965

Lincoln County, Maine Legal Papers and Letters

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0298
Scope and Contents

A collection of legal and municipal documents mostly from Lincoln County, Maine in the eighteenth and early nineteeth centuries. Includes a wide range of documents.

Dates: 1700-1860

Llewelyn D. Palmer Legal and Municipal Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0383
Abstract

The documents of the law partners of Llewelyn D. P. Palmer and Judge Charles F.H. Green.

Dates: 1820s-1900

Jasper Jacob Stahl Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0478
Abstract

Papers of a historian of Waldoboro, Maine including correspondence, research notes, and clippings relating to Stahl's history of Waldoboro and to Germans in Maine.

Dates: 1886-1970

William Willis Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1053-sc
Abstract

Papers of a lawyer and his partners in Portland, Maine in the 1830s and 1840s. Included are deeds, records of the purchase of land by Deering and Willis, settlements of stumpage, timber permits, financial startments, receipts, and state tax receipts for land in Aroostook County from 1841 to 1843. Included in the folio folder are 6 deeds from 1833 to 1845.

Dates: 1833-1845