Dunlop Family Papers
A Register of Its Papers in the Library of Congress
Prepared by Manuscript Staff Revised by Michael
McElderry
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Manuscript Division,
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
2007
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Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division,
2007
Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007072
Title: Dunlop Family Papers
Span Dates: 1713-1930
Bulk Dates: (bulk 1776-1876) ID No.: MSS19174 Creator:
Dunlop
family Extent: 5,000
items;
20 containers plus 1 oversize;
8 linear feet
Language: Collection material in
English
Repository:
Manuscript Division, Library of
Congress,
Washington, D.C. Abstract: Correspondence,
financial papers, business and legal records, and miscellaneous material
concerning the mercantile interests and law practice of the Dunlop
family.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person
or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed
alphabetically therein.
Personal Names Buchanan,
Andrew, fl. 1782--Correspondence. Buchanan,
David, fl. 1782--Correspondence. Buchanan,
James, 1791-1868--Correspondence. Campbell,
James, merchant--Correspondence. Downing,
Samuel W. Dunlap
family. Dunlop,
Barbara Laird--Correspondence. Dunlop,
Grace--Correspondence. Hyde,
Thomas, d. 1795--Correspondence. Laird,
John, merchant in Greenock--Correspondence. Laird,
William, fl. 1815--Correspondence. Nicholls,
William S., d. 1843--Correspondence. Ritchie,
Henry, d. 1792--Correspondence. Ritchie,
James, merchant in Glasgow--Correspondence. Robertson,
James, merchant--Correspondence. Robertson,
William, merchant--Correspondence. Wallace,
Michael, fl. 1782--Correspondence. Wyllie,
Hugh, d. 1782--Correspondence.
Organizations Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Union
Turnpike (Maryland)
Subjects Grain trade--New York
(State)--New York. Grain
trade--Scotland--Glasgow. Grain trade--Washington
(D.C.) Practice of law--Washington
(D.C.) Tobacco industry--New York
(State)--New York. Tobacco
industry--Scotland--Glasgow. Tobacco
industry--Washington (D.C.)
Locations Georgetown
(Washington, D.C.)--Commerce. Glasgow
(Scotland)--Commerce. New York
(N.Y.)--Commerce. Washington
(D.C.)--Surveys.
Related Names Biddle, Eliza. Diary of
Eliza Biddle (1814) Dunlop, Francis Key.
Papers of Francis Key Dunlop (1844) Dunlop, James, 1724-1790.
Papers of James Dunlop. Dunlop, James, 1755-1824.
Papers of James Dunlop. Dunlop, James, b. 1793.
Papers of James Dunlop. Dunlop, Robert P., d.
1869. Papers of Robert P. Dunlop. Dunlop, William, fl.
1739. Papers of William Dunlop (1847-1858)
Provenance: The papers of the James Dunlop family were purchased by the Library
of Congress in 1936.
Processing History:The papers of the Dunlop family were arranged and described in 1963.
The collection was revised in 2007.
Copyright Status:The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of the Dunlop
family is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17,
U.S.C.).
Preferred Citation:Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the
following information: Container number, Dunlop Family Papers, Manuscript
Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of the Dunlop family consist of correspondence, business
records, legal files, wills, indentures, estate papers, financial papers,
speeches, printed matter, and miscellaneous items and span the years 1713-1930
with the bulk of the material dating from 1776 to 1876. The papers are
organized in the following series:
General
Correspondence,
Business
Records,
Legal File,
Financial
Records,
Miscellany,
and
Oversize.
The collection contains family letters from 1776 to 1816 and from 1840
to 1860. General correspondence, legal papers, and financial and business
records from 1775 to 1825 document the tobacco and grain business of James
Dunlop I (1724-1790) and James Dunlop II (1755-1824) in Georgetown, Washington,
D.C.; New York; Glasgow; and London. Similar material highlights the Washington
law practice of Robert P. Dunlop and his brother, James Dunlop III (b. 1793), a
lawyer and judge of the Criminal and Circuit Courts of the District of
Columbia.
The
Miscellany
series includes school and collegiate papers and records of Francis Key Dunlop
and William Laird Dunlop, sons of James Dunlop III, material concerning the
court martial of Samuel W. Downing, Eliza Biddle's diary, land deeds, lot
numbers, and surveys in Washington, D.C., and vicinity, and papers relating to
the Union Turnpike and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company.
Principal business correspondents include Andrew Buchanan, David
Buchanan, James Buchanan, James Campbell, Thomas Hyde, John Laird, William S.
Nicholls, Henry Ritchie, James Ritchie, James Robertson, William Robertson,
Michael Wallace, and Hugh Wyllie.
Other family correspondents include Barbara Laird Dunlop, Grace
Dunlop, William Dunlop, and William Laird.
This collection is arranged in six series:
Container |
Series |
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BOX 1-5
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Letters received from various correspondents including Dunlop
family members.
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Arranged chronologically. |
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BOX 6-7
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Correspondence, memoranda, legal records, estate papers, accounts
and receipts, and miscellaneous items.
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Arranged chronologically. |
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BOX 7-8
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Correspondence, memoranda, indentures, estate papers,
certificates, court orders, and miscellaneous legal records.
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Arranged chronologically. |
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BOX 8-17
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Account books, accounts and receipts, and miscellaneous financial
records.
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Arranged alphabetically by type of material and chronologically
therein.
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BOX 17-20
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Correspondence, genealogical papers, diary, school records, land
deeds and surveys, photographs, notes, speeches, printed matter, miscellaneous
items.
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Arranged alphabetically by subject or type of material. |
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BOX OV 1
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Judicial appointments, land deeds, and surveys. |
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Arranged and described according to the series, containers, and
folders from which the items were removed.
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Container |
Contents |
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BOX 1-5
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General
Correspondence,
1775-1905
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Letters received from various correspondents including Dunlop
family members.
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Arranged chronologically. |
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BOX 1
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1775-1783, May
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(8
folders)
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BOX 2
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1783, June-1789, 1800, 1807-1820
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(8
folders)
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BOX 3
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1821-1836
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(9
folders)
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BOX 4
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1837-1853
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(8
folders)
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BOX 5
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1854-1887, 1905, n.d.
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(7
folders)
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BOX 6-7
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Business Records,
1781-1891
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Correspondence, memoranda, legal records, estate papers, accounts
and receipts, and miscellaneous items.
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Arranged chronologically. |
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BOX 6
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1781-1784, 1799-1802, 1814-1891
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(8
folders)
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BOX 7
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Undated
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(2
folders)
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BOX 7-8
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Legal File,
1750-1911
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Correspondence, memoranda, indentures, estate papers,
certificates, court orders, and miscellaneous legal records.
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Arranged chronologically. |
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BOX 7
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1750-1830
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(6
folders)
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BOX 8
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1831-1872, 1881-1882, 1911
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(6
folders)
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BOX 8-17
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Financial Records,
1804-1930
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Account books, accounts and receipts, and miscellaneous financial
records.
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Arranged alphabetically by type of material and chronologically
therein.
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BOX 8
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Account books |
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BOX 8
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1817-1829
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(2
folders)
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BOX 9
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1830-1843, 1853
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(4
folders)
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BOX 9
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Accounts, receipts, and
miscellany
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BOX 9
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1804-1824, Oct.
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(6
folders)
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BOX 10
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1824, Nov.-1825
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(6
folders)
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BOX 11
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1826-1828, June
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(5
folders)
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BOX 12
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1828, July-1831
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(5
folders)
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BOX 13
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1832-1835
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(4
folders)
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BOX 14
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1836-1841
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(6
folders)
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BOX 15
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1842-1847
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(6
folders)
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BOX 16
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1848-1856
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(6
folders)
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BOX 17
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1857-1862, 1869-1873, 1882-1887, 1930,
n.d.
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(6
folders)
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BOX 17-20
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Miscellany,
1713-1913
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Correspondence, genealogical papers, diary, school records, land
deeds and surveys, photographs, notes, speeches, printed matter, miscellaneous
items.
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Arranged alphabetically by subject or type of material. |
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BOX 17
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American Colonization Society,
1833
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BOX 17
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Biddle, Eliza, diary,
1814
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BOX 18
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Cards, notes, printed matter, and
other items,
1831, 1838-1842, 1848-1851, 1868, 1878,
n.d.
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BOX 18
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Downing, Samuel W., court
martial
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BOX 18
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Army and Navy Chronicle,
1836
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BOX 18
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Correspondence,
1836-1837
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BOX 18
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Dunlop, Francis Key, Princeton
University, Princeton, N.J., grade records,
1844
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BOX 18
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Dunlop, James (b. 1793), judicial
appointments,
1838, 1845-1846, 1855
See Oversize |
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BOX 18
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Dunlop, William Laird |
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BOX 18
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Georgetown Academy, Washington,
D.C.,
1847-1848, n.d.
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BOX 18
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Greek verb-tree notebook,
n.d.
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BOX 18
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Princeton University,
Princeton, N.J., grade records,
1850-1852
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BOX 18
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Speeches,
1848-1858
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BOX 18
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Genealogy |
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BOX 18
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1849-1862, 1869-1878, 1890-1894
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BOX 19
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Undated
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(6
folders)
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BOX 20
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(1
folder)
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BOX 20
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Graveyard sites,
1820
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BOX 20
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Land deeds, lots, and
surveys
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BOX 20
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General,
1713-1844, n.d.
See also Oversize |
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BOX 20
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Washington, D.C.,
1799-1816, n.d.
See also Oversize |
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BOX 20
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Montgomery County, Md.,
Agricultural Society,
1852-1853
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BOX 20
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Newspaper clippings,
1820-1823, 1833-1837, 1847-1850, 1859-1863, 1872-1880,
1886-1892, n.d.
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BOX 20
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Photographs,
n.d.
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BOX 20
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Religion notes,
1852, 1859-1867, 1913, n.d.
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BOX 20
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Turnpike and canal papers,
1809, 1828-1841, 1851-1854
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BOX OV 1
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Oversize,
1745-1855
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Judicial appointments, land deeds, and surveys. |
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Arranged and described according to the series, containers, and
folders from which the items were removed.
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BOX OV 1
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Miscellany |
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BOX OV 1
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Dunlop, James
(b.1793), judicial appointments,
1838, 1845-1846, 1855 (Container
18)
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BOX OV 1
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Land deeds, lots, and
surveys
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BOX OV 1
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General,
1745-1750, 1758, 1785, 1843, n.d. (Container
20)
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BOX OV 1
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Washington,
D.C.,
n.d. (Container 20)
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