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Athens: Justice of the Peace, 1821-22

 File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer One
Identifier: Folder 76

Scope and Contents

File contains twenty nine pages of documents related to proceedings of the Justice Court at Athens in 1821-1822. Nathan Clark, proprietor of the Clark Pottery at Athens, held the position of Justice of the Peace during these years.

Names and/or cases included in the file:

Mary Hallenbeck, Jehoiakim Hallenbeck, John Hollenbeck, William Tolley, Sylvester Nichols, Hanna Van Loon, Jacob Van Loon, Barent Vosburgh, Samuel Cornwell,Levi Mix, Thomas Cook, Jr., Jehoiakim Salisbury, Henry Lampman, Gilbert Cornwell, Sylvanus Stacey, William Dobson, David Shaw, Nathaniel Stephens, Henry White, Abner Carter, Benjamin Haviland, John Fairchild, Joseph Nichols.

Walter Puglsey v. John Travis H. White et al. v. John Dingman Casper J. Hallenbeck v. William Van Loon.

Dates

  • Other: Majority of material found in 1821-22

Extent

From the Collection: 15 Cubic Feet (Four vertical file cabinets comprising fifteen drawers holding paper documents grouped in folders by appropriate subject or creator, nominally sorted in alphabetical order.)

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers were likely included in the original accession of materials from Athens Historian Kate Loomis, who was responsible for preserving the papers of the Clark Pottery. These Justice of the Peace records were likely scattered within the business recods of the pottery which are maintained as a separate manuscript collection.

Repository Details

Part of the Vedder Research Library Repository

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