Legal and administrative documents

Series includes a 1769 copy of Abraham Chapman's 1752 will; an appointment of Thomas Chapman to office of Register for Knox County, Tennessee, 1792 June 16; and a 1797 copy made by Thomas Chapman of a 1794 deed for land in Tennessee to James Richardson. Also present is an 1852 deed for land in Edwardsville, Illinois, with the secretarial signature of President Millard Fillmore.

Series also includes several William Wesley Chapman items: a receipt for passage on ship J.M Ryerson from San Francisco to Realejo, Nicaragua, and Panama, 1850 September 12; an appointment of Chapman to the office of County Surveyor for Scott County, Illinois, 1855 November 13; and an indenture agreement with the Chicago Home for the Friendless to house and educate Tell Cloud, a three-year-old boy, 1866 October 22.