Business Papers 1753-1835

Containers:

Box-folder 109:1-11

Extent:

1 box

Scope and content:

The business papers are mostly from the 18th century, created by Samuel Beall, Norborne Booth Beall, William Lee Booth, John May, William Scott, and James Semple. They contain bonds, receipts, contracts, memos, notes, and correspondence. The business papers deal with the accounts of the Beall Family, as operated by the family and the lawyers who managed their estates. Much of the business papers address the land claims of Samuel Beall and Norborne Booth Beall in Kentucky, bought and managed with John May.

Arrangement:

Each folder is organized by the creator, and then chronological with papers dealing with the same person grouped together.

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