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Skerritt, James Lewis, 1898-1974

 Person

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James L. Skerritt papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-80-3
Scope and Contents The papers of New York attorney James L. Skerritt contain the cases of Thomas Smidt and Richard H. Strongman, US nationals with assets and property in Germany at the time of their deaths in 1940. Skerritt, acting as executor for both clients, dealt with the problems the settlements presented because of World War II. The majority of the documents consist of executor accounts and correspondence with the heirs. There is some correspondence with German lawyers and petitions with the War Claims...
Dates: 1910 - 1978; Majority of material found within 1935 - 1974