Todd A. Herring Archival Collection

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    Description

    This indenture governing a land transaction in Mississipp uses different sizes of letters to emphasize certain words, including the names of the individuals bound by the indenture, stock legal phrases, and cardinal directions used to define the area of land at issue. This item was included in the Scrawl and Order exhibit, http://lib.msstate.edu/exhibits/past/.

    Publication Date

    1808

    Time Period

    1800-1810

    Subjects

    legal document

    Geographic Location

    Mississippi Territory

    Object Type

    text

    Format (original)

    document

    Format (digital)

    PDF

    Digital ID

    MSS_658_Indenture_Caldwell_1808a

    Source

    Mississippi State University Libraries, Special Collections Department, Manuscripts Division, Todd A. Herring Collection

    Repository

    Manuscripts

    Digital Publisher

    Mississippi State University

    Rights

    Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

    Contact Information

    For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

    Indenture, William Caldwell and John Glassburn to Isaiah Packard, Natchez, Mississippi Territory, 1808
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