Woodbridge and Backus families business records

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Contains agreements and contracts of Dudley Woodbridge and Rufus & James Backus to deliver goods like salt, West India rum, and beef, dated 1778-1800. Also includes agreements with Rufus & James Backus to build a potash house, and for the sale of their half of a store.

Scope and Contents Contains documents issued by the County or Superior Courts in Norwich, Connecticut, often generated in cases brought before Elijah Backus as justice of the peace, dated 1769-1788. Includes judgements, citations, depositions, and pleas, some involving cases brought by Dudley Woodbridge as an attorney, as well as an arbitration agreement of Backus & Otis related to the iron works in Norwich. There is also a memorandum of actions brought against Ebenezer Backus, Jr., in favor of Susan...

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Contains documents issued by the County or Superior Courts in Norwich, Connecticut, dated 1793-1803, including a discharge, petition and citation, and agreements. Includes several documents from a case involving cattle belonging to the late Elijah Backus, brought by his son, James Backus.

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Contains deeds from assorted landowners in Connecticut and Massachusetts, dated 1762-1781. Included are deeds to Dudley Woodbridge for property in Norwich from the estate of Leonard Jarvis and merchant Henry Leddel, and from Simon Tracy. There is also a survey of a wharf, with an unlabeled sketch on the verso, laid out to Ebenezer Backus.

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Contains documents related to the area in New London, Connecticut, known as the "Camp Farm," including a deed of sale by James Backus, acting as an attorney for the Woodbridge and Backus families, dated 1789-1801. The property was mortgaged to Elijah Backus by James M. Camp. Includes plans and surveys of Camp's land and an abatement request by Dorothy Backus, possibly related to the Camp Farm.

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Contains powers of attorney, court records related to estate administration, and wills, dated 1725-1804. Some documents were created by or witnessed by either Dudley Woodbridge or Elijah Backus. Includes a copy of a record of land belonging to the heirs of Daniel Fitch (1665-1711) of Norwich, power of attorney from Gamaliel Smethhurst to Joseph Chow, and the wills of sisters Hannah and Phebe Miller.

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Contains leases for dwelling houses and land in Connecticut, dated 1774-1799. Includes leases from Elijah Backus to James M. Camp and Aaron Cleveland, and a rental agreement between James Backus and his mother, Margaret Backus, for real estate she inherited from her husband Elijah.

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Contains printed writs of attachment and execution, and summonses to appear before Justice of the Peace Elijah Backus in Norwich, Connecticut, dated 1768-1773. On the verso of most of the documents are notes by the sheriff and court about serving notices, trials, and judgments.

Scope and Contents Contains handwritten writs of attachment issued by the county courts in Norwich and Windham, Connecticut, dated 1771-1793, for cases heard by Justice of the Peace Elijah Backus, as well as summonses to appear before Backus, and arbitrator Dudley Woodbridge. One summons named Boston merchant Samuel Allyne Otis and his partner David Henly of Alexandria, Virginia, related to a case brought against them by Richard Harrison, of Cadiz, Spain, and his partner Robert Townsend Moore, also of...

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Contains printed and handwritten writs of attachment and execution, and summonses to appear before Justice of the Peace Elijah Backus in Norwich, Connecticut, dated 1773-1774. On the verso of most of the documents are notes by the sheriff and court about serving notices, trials, and judgments.

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Contains printed writs of attachment and execution, and summonses to appear by the county court in Norwich, Connecticut, dated 1776-1784. On the verso of most of the documents are notes by the sheriff and court about serving notices, trials, and judgments. Some of the cases were presided over by Justice of the Peace Elijah Backus. Includes a judgment won by Dudley Woodbridge, and an attachment against his property in another case in which he was the plaintiff.

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Contains printed writs of attachment and execution in lawsuits involving Elijah Backus, Dudley Woodbridge, and James Backus, and summonses to appear before Elijah Backus in his capacity as justice of the peace in Norwich, Connecticut, dated 1788-1808. On the verso of most of the documents are notes by the sheriff and court about serving notices, trials, and judgments. Includes a judgment recovered against James M. Camp by James Backus as administrator of the estate of Elijah Backus.