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Farmers Bank of Delaware court injunction
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0123
Abstract
A court summons and injunction to the president and directors of the Farmers Bank of Delaware regarding loans and notes of Mordicai McKinney issued by the court of Nicholas Ridgely, New Castle County, Delaware, dated January 9, 1819.
Dates:
1819 January 9
Ridgely family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0234
Abstract
The Ridgely family first came to Delaware from Anne Arundel County, Maryland, in 1723, when Nicholas Ridgely (1694-1755) moved near Newcastle, Delaware. Nicholas eventually settled in Dover, Delaware, in 1736. The family became wealthy farmers with a house in Dover, a farm outside of Dover called "Eden Hill," and various other properties in Kent County. The Ridgely Family Papers is a collection of twenty-eight holograph documents tracing ownership of a tract of land in Duck Creek Hundred,...
Dates:
1679-1884
Nicholas Ridgely court summons for James and Martha Hickman vs. Rothwell family
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0122
Abstract
A court summons regarding a land dispute involving James and Martha Hickman vs. Rachel, Thomas, Ebenezer, Samuel, and Peter Rothwell, issued by the court of Nicholas Ridgely, New Castle County, Delaware, dated June 12, 1819.
Dates:
1819 June 12
Nicholas Ridgely summons and arrest warrant for Abraham Rahow [Rayhow]
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0118
Abstract
A court summons dated March 9, 1819, and an arrest warrant for Abraham Rahow [Rayhow] dated August 10, 1819, as executor of the Levi Staats estate issued by Chancellor of Delaware Nicholas Ridgely, carried out by New Castle County Sheriff John Moody.
Dates:
1819 March 9-August 10