Wills
Subject
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Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Gordon M. Buck papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-88-2
Scope and Contents
The papers of Gordon M. Buck consist of professional legal papers and a small collection of personal material. The papers range mainly from the early 1920s to the 1940s, and contain records and briefs, memoranda, personal and business correspondence, court transcripts, and railroad trusteeship instruments. There are also several bound volumes of legal forms and documents, as well as case briefs and memoranda. Very thorough—if not entirely complete—records are included for the cases of ...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1910 - 1940; 1881 - 1956
J. M. Shugar and A. W. Vaisey papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-88-1
Scope and Contents
This collection contains papers from the legal practice of John Merritt Shugar and Arthur William Vaisey, solicitors. Their firm was located in Tring, Hertfordshire, in south central England. The collection documents work from 1850 to 1914, although these papers relate mostly to the period 1875-1900.The Shugar and Vaisey practice was mainly property and probate law. The bulk of the material in this collection consists of conveyances, enfranchisements, indentures, title abstracts,...
Dates:
1832 - 1914
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
John Ritchie III papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-78-11
Scope and Contents
The papers of John Ritchie III include professional papers, mainly correspondence, concerning legal education. There are also files that are related to his deanships at Washington University in St. Louis, the University of Wisconsin, and Northwestern University, as well as files that document his years at Virginia from 1972 until his death in 1988. His files reflect the range and intensity of his work after his official retirement. Predominant are the manuscripts and correspondence for ...
Dates:
1925 - 1988
Joseph Bonner will and testament
Collection
Identifier: MSS-92-3
Scope and Contents
This small collection contains the one page will signed by mariner Joseph Bonner on board the Hardwicke on February 15, 1745. It was also signed by witnesses Cateret LeGeyt (?) and John Hatfield.
Dates:
1745-02-15