[CHICAGO - LAW]. A large group of indentures and other legal ephemera from Chicago, Cook County, and the state of Illinois.
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[CHICAGO - LAW]. A large group of indentures and other legal ephemera from Chicago, Cook County, and the state of Illinois.
Partly printed indenture document. [Chicago, Cook County], 1 January 1837. 10 3/4 x 16 in. -- Partly printed indenture. [Chicago, Cook County], 22 May 1867. 11 x 17 1/8 in. -- Partly printed indenture. [Cchiago, Cook County], 5 May 1869. 11 x 17 in. -- Together, 3 indentures.
Partly printed auditor document. Springfield, IL, 21 February 1840. 15 3/4 x 12 3/4 in. -- Partly printed naturalized citizen document for Henry Titus. Chicago, IL, 5 February 1858. 11 x 17 3/4 in. -- Two partly printed documents. Coles Circuit Court, 18 May 1858. Each approx. 7 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. witness documents in court cases. -- For Judges of the Circuit Court of Cook County. [Chicago]: 1873. 3 5/8 x 6 in. -- Embezzlement. Chicago, 13 September 1890. 4 1/4 x 4 5/8 in. Signed in type by F.H. Marsh, General Superintendent of Police. A wanted notice for Loring R. Loomis. -- $100.00 Reward! Wanted for Embezzlement of $2.000. Mansfield E. Foley Alias Chas. Jones. Chicago: F.N. Hayden, 1893. 8 3/8 x 11 in. -- Cabinet card studio portrait of lawyer Emery A Storrs. Chicago: C.D. Mosher, ca 1895. SIGNED by Storrs. Photographer's imprints to verso and recto. Storrs is described by the Marysville Daily Appeal (September 1893) as an "eminent & eccentric lawyer and politician." -- Partly printed law license for Charles Southworth Hill of Cook County. Springfield, IL, 20 August 1897. SIGNED by Chief Justice Jesse J. Phillips (1837-1901) and six other justices. 13 x 11 in. -- Together, 9 items of legal-related documents and ephemera, condition generally very good, a complete condition report is available upon request.
Chicago Legal news. Vol. XVII, NO. 44. Chicago, 11 [N.m.] 1885. 16pp. newspaper. -- In the Appellate Court of Illinois First Judicial District. [Chicago]: The Scheffer Press Inc., 1964. 2 volumes. "Abstract of Record" and "Brief of Defendants-Appellants. in the case of Katherine E. Knaphurst vs. Marianne Lindauer and Laura Boetticher. Original wrappers. -- Together, 2 works in 3 volumes, all in very good condition.
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