Portions of volumes of a Dover Township Justice of the Peace docket for both civil and criminal matters
Scope and Content
The Josiah True papers span from the 1820s to the 1840s and document the life of the True family and True's work. The collection contains letters, an issue of The Plaindealer (Vol. 1, No. I), a personal chronicle, miscellaneous pages from Weekly Register books and pages from a Justice of the Peace docket.
The letters are personal letters of the True family. It is difficult to discover the place of publication of the journal [Cleve newspaper?] The Plaindealer; the date of publication, however, is December 3, 1836. The chronicle is not a complete book, but rather loose pages on which are recorded property owners and the value of property. The pages date from the period 1826-1843. The years represented are the decades of the 1820s, 1830s, and 1840s. Recorded are marriages which he performed and something of criminal matters.
Dates
- Creation: 1800s-1840s
Language of Materials
The records are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Ohio University Libraries.
Extent
From the Collection: 0.33 cubic feet
Repository Details
Part of the Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections Repository