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1856-1868 Legal Documents for the James & Israel Wright and Nathaniel Pearsall Families of Hempstead, Rockaway and Rockville Centre Long Island New York
by (Manuscript Americana - Law)
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- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
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Bolivia, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Not Published, 1856. Collection includes c. 70 individual items; mostly involved with clearing the estates of James Wright and that of Nathaniel Pearsall; with many of the documents involving both of these families and heirs from each; interesting accounts of estate contents, will bequests, debts being paid; Pearsall appears to have been a wagon maker and this is reflected in various documents; James Wright seems to have been an attorney or legal advisor and is also an executor for some of the materials; there are documents relating to the estate of Israel Wright and other relations as well; various paper sizes and qualities; some wear and soiling, old fold lines; a few of the documents with old tax-stamps still affixed; about 1/2 dozen of the James Wright receipts' writing going pale, still legible; overall, in good to very good condition and a good micro-glimpse of these family's fortunes and legal arrangements on Long Island in the middle part of the 19th century. . Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good.
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- Title
- 1856-1868 Legal Documents for the James & Israel Wright and Nathaniel Pearsall Families of Hempstead, Rockaway and Rockville Centre Long Island New York
- Author
- (Manuscript Americana - Law)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Manuscript
- Publisher
- Not Published
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1856
- Keywords
- Ephemera United States American Americana Manuscript Letters 1854-1857 Legal Documents for the James & Israel Wright and Nathaniel Pearsall Families of Hempstead, Rockaway and Rockville Centre Long Island New York Law Judicature Inheritance Land Money
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