Legal documents
Found in 37 Collections and/or Records:
Writ, Johnston, James vs. Smith, Reuben
00-1993-26-0
This Writ (1993-26-0) is from a lawsuit between James Johnston and Reuben Smith, regarding a debt of $200 pounds. The document, dated November 19, 1788, begins with an order to the local constables from the presiding Justice of the Peace, Isaac Pardes, to summon Reuben Smith to appear before the Court of Common Pleas. It then continues three years later, In Litchfield Superior Court regarding a bond between Johnston and Smith.
Litchfield (Conn.). Town records
2011-22-0
Series 1 is records (2011-22-0, .42 linear feet) that consist of orders signed by the selectmen of Litchfield, Conn., naming an administrator, or overseer, who was typically a responsible town resident, to direct and oversee the affairs of a potentially indigent town resident. The collection also includes bills submitted to the town for expenses rendered by overseers, merchants, and institutions caring for the poor, insane, and indigent.
Litchfield County American Revolutionary War-era court records
2010-373-0
Litchfield Rarities/Bill Alexander collection
2002-21-0
Litchfield Superior Court intentions to become citizens and account
00-2010-115-0
Intentions to become U.S. citizens, 1860-1871, and an accounting sheet for costs, 1883-1884.
Estate of Myron Marsh letter of administration
00-2010-258-0
Letter of adminstration assigning Charles Adams as administrator of the estate of Myron Marsh of Litchfield, Conn., signed by George M. Woodruff, Jan. 22, 1868.
Miscellaneous papers
2002-64-0
Papers relating to families and activities in Litchfield, including correspondence related to Camp, Smith, Hill, and other families; deeds; contracts and other legal documents relating to highway and bridge construction and maintenance; Reports of the Selectmen and Treasurer of the Town of Litchfield, 1890-1911; Road Schedules; Charter and Bylaws of the Town of Litchfield, 1862; and other papers.