judicial records

Copy of a summary of a lost deed dated October 20, 1709 from Thomas Lawrence to William Lawrence previously read into evidence in William Leverich v. Joseph Moore and now entered into evidence in William Leverich v. Samuel Hallett; attested by William Smith, Abraham Lodge, and John Alsop and copied from the earlier trial records by Richard Morris.

Collection of property records and legal documents relating to land in Long Island City, N.Y. and Astoria, N.Y. (formerly part of Newtown); includes contemporaneous copies of agreements with Native American tribes from the 17th century, deeds and other records for property formerly belonging to the Lawrence family, and legal records relating to several lawsuits involving the Lawrence, Hallett, Leverich, and Moore families and others.