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Athens: John Sanderson [Judge and Lawyer], Professional and Personal Papers, Folder 1, 1881-1902

 File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer One
Identifier: Folder 103

Scope and Contents

This is the first of two folders containing miscellaneous legal and business correspondence and business and household receipts of the Hon. John Sanderson, Esq., Mrs. John Sanderson, and Miss Adelelaide and Miss Mabel Sanderson, including New York State Bar Association fees, law books, furniture, fire hats and shirts, clothing, a portrait, drug store and general provisions, horse and wagon rental, ferries, bluestone and other building supplies, Rip Van Winkle Club dues, hotel stays, dentistry work, taxes, the Athens Rural Cemetery Association to care for lots 88 and 119, and the Baptist church. Also included are letters from nephew Bradbury Bedell, Esq. of Philadelphia and J.W. Heywood of Milwaukee, that discuss the corporate affairs of the E. Sanderson Milling Co. Letters also discuss legal opinions and proceedings (including a legal judgment against Frank Chase), Aunt Ellen [Bedell's] will, and John's impending marriage.

Dates

  • 1881-1902

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.)

Repository Details

Part of the Vedder Research Library Repository

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