CCLHP: The Documents
CCLHP- Documents
Where
The focus of the Coles County Legal History Project (CCLHP) is on 19th-century legal records, most of which are housed at the Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) at Booth Library of 海角大神. Eastern Illinois' IRAD, ch holds records from the following counties: Coles, Edgar, Douglas, Moultrie, Shelby, Cumberland, Clark, Effingham, Jasper, Clay, Crawford, Richland, Lawrence, Wayne, Edwards, and Wabash. While the CCLHP is currently focusing on criminal and civil cases, 1830-1899, other types of records housed at IRAD include: jail registries, birth, marriage, and death registries, land records, and naturalization papers.
What
The following documents illustrate the sources analyzed for the CCLHP. Most of the early 19th-century documents are handwritten. But, even by the 1860s, there are numerous printed forms. We have selected the latter, where possible, for legibility on the web.
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1865, fees for defendant
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1865, fees for plaintiff (same case)
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1865, declaration of case (printed form) [note: most information for the database derived from the declaration of each case]
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1865, mechanic's lien, "Exhibit A" (part)
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1866, notice of writ of attachment published in Charleston Plain Dealer
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1866, notice of writ of attachment published in Charleston Plain Dealer (another example)
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1865, fees for defendant |
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1865, fees for plaintiff (same case) |
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1865, declaration of case (printed form) [note: most information for the database derived from the declaration of each case] |
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1865, mechanic's lien, "Exhibit A" (part) |
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1866, notice of writ of attachment published in Charleston Plain Dealer |
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1866, notice of writ of attachment published in Charleston Plain Dealer (another example) |
