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Charles Lee Notebook of Virginia Cases, 1783-1793, 1783-1855

"Cases Adjudged in the General Court from the Year 1783- . Compiled by Charles Lee, L.A." The volume consists of forty-nine pages of brief notes, 1783-1793, from various appellate courts, followed by about one hundred blank pages and then eight pages of notes, 1789-1790 [1855], at the end. Cases concern debt, fraud, slaves, paper money, a deserted ship found adrift, 1793, and a chart of the profits of slaves. Cases include Turner v. Turner, Finnie v. Gilbert (appealed from Williamsburg Hustings Court), Gault and Ux v. Hornsby, et al., Dade v. Dade, Cocke's Exec v. Linton, Downman v. Downman's Exec., Vaughan v. Moss, Smith v. Harmonson, and James Norvel v. David Ross. Several pages at the end of the volume concern shares in the Potomac Company (founded to open the Potomac River to navigation). The notebook is written in approximately six different hands.

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Charles Lee Notebook of Virginia Cases, 1783-1793, 1783-1855

Charles Lee, 1758-1815.

"Cases Adjudged in the General Court from the Year 1783- . Compiled by Charles Lee, L.A." The volume consists of forty-nine pages of brief notes, 1783-1793, from various appellate courts, followed by about one hundred blank pages and then eight pages of notes, 1789-1790 [1855], at the end. Cases concern debt, fraud, slaves, paper money, a deserted ship found adrift, 1793, and a chart of the profits of slaves. Cases include Turner v. Turner, Finnie v. Gilbert (appealed from Williamsburg Hustings Court), Gault and Ux v. Hornsby, et al., Dade v. Dade, Cocke's Exec v. Linton, Downman v. Downman's Exec., Vaughan v. Moss, Smith v. Harmonson, and James Norvel v. David Ross. Several pages at the end of the volume concern shares in the Potomac Company (founded to open the Potomac River to navigation). The notebook is written in approximately six different hands.

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