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Lawyers -- Ohio

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

John Brazee cash book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-00-5
Scope and Contents

The cash book of John Brazee, an Ohio lawyer, contains simple one line entries of fees (on versos) and expenses (on rectos) with occasional pages given over to detailed summaries of property inventory and debt estimates.

Dates: 1841 - 1844

S. Robbins and E. N. Gates records of accounts

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-96-4
Scope and Contents

The Robins and Gates record of accounts includes accounts and cases from around Ohio (Montgomery, Clear Creek, Milton, Orange, Jackson, Vermillion, Mansfield), as indexed in the rear, and with brief descriptions at the front of the book as to the kind of legal services rendered (or the legal issues being tested - gaming, bastardy, deeds, pension papers, for trespass, for killing a dog, tavern license, patent papers, etc.).

Dates: 1839 - 1842

Shotwell law firm collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-98-6
Scope and Contents This collection contains a bound lawyer's docket book, with entries from 1823 to 1836 and from 1842 to 1888, both indexed. The earliest entries are likely from the law office of Chauncey Dewey in Cadiz, Ohio, during his association with Steubenville lawyer Benjamin Tappan. The later entries are first from the law office of Dewey & Shotwell, a partnership between Chauncey Dewey and Stuart B. Shotwell, also in Cadiz. Dewey retired from the partnership in 1849, so entries after that date...
Dates: 1823 - 1888