Browse Items (6 total)

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  A sketch of the laws relating to slavery in the several states of the United States of America, 1827

  Pamphlet of laws relating to slavery as an institution, 1827

  Tags African American; enslaved persons; enslavement; Laws and legislation; legal; pamphlets
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  Petition regarding unfair land laws, ca. 1790

  Petition regarding land laws deemed unfair. [Possibly Alexander Bullitt's retained copy of a second petition submitted by Colonel Mason.]

  Tags Land laws; land ownership; Laws and legislation; Petition
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  Colonel Mason petition regarding land laws, ca. 1790

  Petition regarding land laws that Colonel George Mason deemed unfair.

  Tags Land laws; land ownership; Laws and legislation; Petition
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  Letter, 13 February 1811

  Correspondence discussing authorship of a bill before Congress for arming and disciplining the militia of the U. S. in 1811.

  Tags congress; Laws and legislation; Letters; militia; war of 1812
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  Letter from Jonathan Clark to Isaac Hite, 6 August 1804

  Letter discussing money owed for rent on a plantation in 1802. Clark sends love from himself and Sarah, his wife, to Isaac and his family.

  Tags agriculture; Land use; Laws and legislation; Letters; Plantation; Rent
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  An expose to the relief system offered by Robert Wickliffe, 1824

  An expose of the relief system: by a protest and resolutions offered by Robert Wickliffe, but refused to be printed by a vote of the House of Representatives; to which is added the yeas and nays on the motion to print said protest.

  Tags Court of Appeals; creditor; debtor; Laws and legislation; Legislation; politics; Replevin