Dangerous Harbor Project - Westmoreland County - Reel 53 - 1698-1705 - TIFFs 551-555

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posted on 2024-11-19, 18:37 authored by Hannah SchetselaarHannah Schetselaar, Kara LongKara Long, William Harper, Jessica TaylorJessica Taylor, Sabrina HarrisSabrina Harris, Zahra Modarres VahidZahra Modarres Vahid, Jolene SmithJolene Smith, Cooper Billings, Grace KostrzebskiGrace Kostrzebski, Diego Vega-Nazario, Chris Urben

This dataset includes 5 TIFF files showing court orders from Westmoreland County in Virginia. They were created to settle disputes between residents within Westmoreland County and ultimately issue punishments, judgments, and fines. These documents were used to identify escaped unfree laborers in the 17th century Chesapeake and the punishments associated with their escape.

To learn more about this project, please go to the Dangerous Harbor Website.

Funding

National Endowment for the Humanities - Humanities Collections and Reference Resources

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Publisher

University Libraries, Virginia Tech

Location

Westmoreland County, Virginia

Corresponding Author Name

Jessica Taylor

Corresponding Author E-mail Address

jessicataylor@vt.edu

Files/Folders in Dataset and Description

Naming conventions of files: There are 3 parts to the file naming convention of the court orders. For example: LancasterOrders_1655-1666_0001 LancasterOrders: Identifies the county the court documents are from and the type of document 1655-1666: Identifies the timeframe in which the court documents were written 0001: Identifies the page’s position within the reel

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Keywords

History Court Orders Courthouse Documents Virginia Westmoreland County

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CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

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