Volumes from the town archives [microform], 1789-1855.

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Volumes from the town archives [microform], 1789-1855.

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Include minute books, 1798-1808, and docket books, 1796-1797 and 1817, for the Fredericksburg District Court, concerning primarily lawsuits for debts; proceedings of the Fredericksburg Mayor's Court, 1821-1837, chiefly containing records of public disorderliness, thefts of a minor nature, and insolvent debtors. Also include five loose warrants, 1845-1855, issued by the Mayor's Court, including incidents of two free African-American hands on a steamboat using provoking language, and a Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad engine, for exceeding the allowable speed within the corporate limits; and minute and fee books, 1811-1833, for the Circuit Superior Court of Spotsylvania, County, Va., for suits of law and chancery, John Tayloe Lomax, Judge.

2 reels : positive microfilm ; 35 mm.

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Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad

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Richmond, Va. railroad company. From the description of Papers, 1863-1864. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36437730 ...

Lomax, John Tayloe, 1781-1862

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Robert "King" Carter (1663-1732) was a colonial official and great landholder (300,000 acres). His sons were Robert Carter (1704-1731) and Landon Carter (1710-1778) of "Sabine Hall." Grandsons of Robert Carter included Robert "Councillor" Carter (1728-1804) of "Nomini" and Robert Wormeley Carter (1734-1797). From the guide to the Carter Family Papers, 1667-1862., (Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary) Fredericksburg (Spotsylvania Co.), Va...

Virginia. Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery (Spotsylvania County)

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Fredericksburg (Va.)

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Virginia. Circuit Court (Spotsylvania County)

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