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Justices of the peace -- Massachusetts -- Essex County

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Choate Family Papers, 1678, 1727-1918, 1947, 1987-1992

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 380
Abstract

The Choate family papers document the activities of this Ipswich and Essex, Massachusetts, family.

Dates: 1678, 1727-1918, 1947, 1987-1992

Dudley Leavitt Pickman Papers, 1721-1938, 1967, 1985, 1990

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 360
Abstract

The bulk of the Dudley Leavitt Pickman Papers reflects the business and personal activities of Dudley Leavitt Pickman (1779-1846), a wealthy businessman and legislator.

Dates: 1721-1938, 1967, 1985, 1990

Peirce-Nichols Family of Salem, Massachusetts, 1702-1967, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 468
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of five generations of the Peirce and Nichols families of Salem, Massachusetts.

Dates: 1702-1967, undated

Theophilus Parsons Papers, 1762-1809

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 353
Abstract

This collection consists primarily of legal papers, which include court issued "writs" (legal forms) serving notice to named defendants to answer to charges brought by plaintiffs against them, writs of execution enforcing a judgment, or writs summoning parties to the Court of Common Pleas, on appeal from the decisions of the Justice of the Peace.

Dates: 1762-1809