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Legal documents

Description

Subseries C, Legal documents, 1774-1806 (#1.30-1.32, 1.34), contains civic agreements/ contracts to inspect and repair sections of road; an undated agreement to purchase property; and twelve land parcel deeds bought and sold by Pierce, especially in the years following the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783); Pierce sought to expand his holdings and provide his sons with the means to earn a living and his daughters with dowry portions. The subseries is arranged alphabetically by record type, and thereunder chronologically.

Details

Descriptive Terms

legal documents

Physical Description

Legal documents

Collection Code

MS023

Collection Name

Pierce family papers

Reference Code

MS023.06.03

Record Details

Material Type

legal documents

Description Level

Sub-series

Location Note

Folders 1.30-1.32, 1.34

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