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BENJAMIN, JUDAH P. Collection of approx. 19 manuscript documents signed, and 6 printed documents signed, all of a legal nature. Includes: ADS, n.p., n.d. [late 1830s], folio, 1 page, "the defendant Richard Richardson, now comes into Court and answers the pl'iffs petition that all the facts alleged by her are false except those herein admitted...that the said Mary Cornellini being indebted unto him in a large sum of money he caused to be seized under execution a certain mulattess named Biddy or Kitty aged about thirty-seven years and her four children...." -- ADS, n.p., n.d. [New Orleans, 1834?], folio, 1 pp., "...the petition of David Olivier recently residing in the city of New Orleans, and now in the Kingdom of France, respectfully shows that he is in the holder and bona fide owner of a certain promissory note..." -- ADS, n.p., n.d. [New Orleans, late 1830s], folio, 2 pp., in French, regarding a sum of money owed by a Elizabeth Lobre to Dumas Germain -- Printed document accomplished and signed, New Orleans, 25 September 1834, folio, 1 page, in French, regarding a debt owned by J.J. Perrault and Adolphe Duhait to a John Hall -- and several others. Together approx. 25 items, various dates, various sizes, condition varies. (25)