Law records, 1772-1884.

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Law records, 1772-1884.

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Vermont related legal documents organized by type of court: justice of the peace, county court, Vermont Supreme Court, Vermont Court of Chancery, and U.S. District Court for Vermont. The justice of the peace cases are most numerous.

54 folders.

Bennington Museum

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SNAC Resource ID: 7970671

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Vermont. County Court (Bennington County)

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Vermont. Supreme Court

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McCullough, Hall Park, 1872-1966

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Lawyer and Americana collector, New York City. From the description of Alexander Hamilton collection, 1783-1806. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 58665441 Lawyer, collector, and civic leader, of New York, N.Y., and Bennington, Vt.; son of Gov. John G. and Eliza Hall Park McCullough; married Edith van Benthuysen; died in North Bennington at the age of 94. Very civic minded, he served on several boards, including the Bennington Museum, and was one of the museum's mos...

Haswell, Anthony, 1756-1816

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Shays, Daniel, 1742-1825.

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Vermont. Court of Chancery

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United States. District Court (Vermont)

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U.S. district and circuit courts were created by the Judiciary Act of 1789 under the authority of the constitutional provision that the judicial power of the United States be vested in a Supreme Court and in such inferior courts as the Congress may establish. The Judiciary Act provided that these courts were to have original jurisdiction in cases involving crimes, remedies of common law, and aliens suing for a tort. The district courts were to have exclusive original cognizance of c...