Representative sample of judicial documents, 1839-1961.

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Representative sample of judicial documents, 1839-1961.

Documents handled by the court in the process of litigation and in the conduct of its business, apparently kept as models of the form and language to be used.

0.2 c.f. (1 archives box)

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