Manuscripts

Brock Collection: Richmond, Va. collection

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Description: Miscellaneous documents from the files of courts located in Richmond, chiefly the Hustings Court and Richmond Circuit Court. Included are wills, depositions, lawsuits, and other documents, mostly dealing with debts, inheritance, and various criminal charges. Some items contain references to slaves
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1743-1900.
Call number: mssBR Boxes 249-251
Provenance: Purchased with the Brock collection from Elizabeth Brock, 1922.
Associated people: Brock, R. A. (1839-1914,)
Associated organizations: Virginia.; Virginia.

Brock Collection: Virginia courts collection

Manuscripts

Miscellaneous records, consisting of lawsuits (all fragmentary); legal writs, county sheriff's papers, claims against the Commonwealth, wills, revenue reports, etc., emanating from the General Court (1688-1820); High Court of Chancery (1780-1850), Court of Admiralty (1786), Districts courts of Richmond, Hay Market, Dumfries, Lynchburg, and Williamsburg, and county and circuit courts (1687-1898)

mssBR Boxes 217-226

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Brock Collection: United States courts in Virginia collection, (bulk 1801-1860)

Manuscripts

A collection of writs of execution, exhibits, bills of complaints, depositions, legal opinions, subpoenas, and other documents from the files the Middle Circuit, 5th Circuit, 4th Circuit, Virginia Circuit, Virginia District and Eastern Virginia District courts. Most cases concern libel, felony, and misdemeanor, and bankruptcy trials and proceedings, with a few admiralty and maritime suits. Included are papers relating to various lawsuits of the Second Bank of the United States

mssBR Boxes 210-214

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Brock Collection: Papers of George Evans

Manuscripts

Personal financial and legal records and scattered correspondence of Dr. George Evans: bonds, bills, accounts, powers of attorney, receipts, and land surveys. There are also bills and receipts for purchases and sales of slaves, treatment of plantation slaves, and documents relating to several estates administered by Dr. Evans. Also included are letters from his agents regarding his bounty lands and letters relating to the debts of George Evans, Jr

mssBR Box 47

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Brock Collection: Papers of Micajah Crew

Manuscripts

Chiefly business papers and correspondence of Micajah Crew dealing with wheat, corn, and tobacco trade. There are a few letters relating to the affairs of the Society of Friends and hiring of slaves. Also included correspondence about the estate of Robert Pleasants, including the fate of his former slaves, and a letter regarding a decision of the Superior Court of Chancery to restore a slave to her freedom (1809)

mssBR Boxes 42 & 43

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Brock Collection: Records of the Eastern Virginia District Court, (bulk 1861-1863)

Manuscripts

Interrogatories, petitions, notices, summons, depositions, reports, court orders, and other documents filed in pursuance of the provisions of the Act of the Provisional Congress of Confederate States of America of Aug. 30, 1861 "for the Sequestration of the estates, property, and effects of alien enemies."

mssBR Boxes 215 & 216

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Brock Collection: Papers of Richmond, Va. Customhouse, (bulk1865, Sept. - 1872)

Manuscripts

Miscellaneous papers accumulated by the United States Customhouse in Richmond (Va.). Included are communications received from the Treasury Department and various ships' papers -- invoices and certificates for shipments of goods issued by the U. S. Consulate in England, Ireland, France, Cuba and Nova Scotia, passenger lists, declarations, agreements, contracts, etc.

mssBR Box 187

Brock Collection: Richmond, Va. collection

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