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Box 1

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Contains 15 Results:

Unsigned manuscript of “The Star-Spangled Banner” copied from a broadside printed in September 1814, 1814 September

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The items in the Francis Scott Key legal papers span 165 years, from 1812 to 1977. The materials consist of incoming business correspondence, family letters, receipts, and descendants’ genealogy research. The bulk of the papers centers on Key’s legal practice and spans the years 1820-1850. The legal documents include land claims and disputes, a writ of Habeas Corpus, wills, letter testimonies, deeds of indenture, military pensions, the minutes of a court martial, and insurance...
Dates: 1814 September

Poem entitled “The Worm’s Death Song”, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The items in the Francis Scott Key legal papers span 165 years, from 1812 to 1977. The materials consist of incoming business correspondence, family letters, receipts, and descendants’ genealogy research. The bulk of the papers centers on Key’s legal practice and spans the years 1820-1850. The legal documents include land claims and disputes, a writ of Habeas Corpus, wills, letter testimonies, deeds of indenture, military pensions, the minutes of a court martial, and insurance...
Dates: undated

Letter entitled “My Dear Children”, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The items in the Francis Scott Key legal papers span 165 years, from 1812 to 1977. The materials consist of incoming business correspondence, family letters, receipts, and descendants’ genealogy research. The bulk of the papers centers on Key’s legal practice and spans the years 1820-1850. The legal documents include land claims and disputes, a writ of Habeas Corpus, wills, letter testimonies, deeds of indenture, military pensions, the minutes of a court martial, and insurance...
Dates: undated

Prospectus to publish a newspaper, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The items in the Francis Scott Key legal papers span 165 years, from 1812 to 1977. The materials consist of incoming business correspondence, family letters, receipts, and descendants’ genealogy research. The bulk of the papers centers on Key’s legal practice and spans the years 1820-1850. The legal documents include land claims and disputes, a writ of Habeas Corpus, wills, letter testimonies, deeds of indenture, military pensions, the minutes of a court martial, and insurance...
Dates: undated

General, 1812 - 1842

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The items in the Francis Scott Key legal papers span 165 years, from 1812 to 1977. The materials consist of incoming business correspondence, family letters, receipts, and descendants’ genealogy research. The bulk of the papers centers on Key’s legal practice and spans the years 1820-1850. The legal documents include land claims and disputes, a writ of Habeas Corpus, wills, letter testimonies, deeds of indenture, military pensions, the minutes of a court martial, and insurance...
Dates: 1812 - 1842

Wills, letter testimonies, deeds of indenture, 1819-1840

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The items in the Francis Scott Key legal papers span 165 years, from 1812 to 1977. The materials consist of incoming business correspondence, family letters, receipts, and descendants’ genealogy research. The bulk of the papers centers on Key’s legal practice and spans the years 1820-1850. The legal documents include land claims and disputes, a writ of Habeas Corpus, wills, letter testimonies, deeds of indenture, military pensions, the minutes of a court martial, and insurance...
Dates: 1819-1840

Military pensions, extra pay, 1820 - 1845

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The items in the Francis Scott Key legal papers span 165 years, from 1812 to 1977. The materials consist of incoming business correspondence, family letters, receipts, and descendants’ genealogy research. The bulk of the papers centers on Key’s legal practice and spans the years 1820-1850. The legal documents include land claims and disputes, a writ of Habeas Corpus, wills, letter testimonies, deeds of indenture, military pensions, the minutes of a court martial, and insurance...
Dates: 1820 - 1845

Choctaw Nation land claims, 1828 - 1834

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The items in the Francis Scott Key legal papers span 165 years, from 1812 to 1977. The materials consist of incoming business correspondence, family letters, receipts, and descendants’ genealogy research. The bulk of the papers centers on Key’s legal practice and spans the years 1820-1850. The legal documents include land claims and disputes, a writ of Habeas Corpus, wills, letter testimonies, deeds of indenture, military pensions, the minutes of a court martial, and insurance...
Dates: 1828 - 1834

Treasury Department letters, 1828 - 1840

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The items in the Francis Scott Key legal papers span 165 years, from 1812 to 1977. The materials consist of incoming business correspondence, family letters, receipts, and descendants’ genealogy research. The bulk of the papers centers on Key’s legal practice and spans the years 1820-1850. The legal documents include land claims and disputes, a writ of Habeas Corpus, wills, letter testimonies, deeds of indenture, military pensions, the minutes of a court martial, and insurance...
Dates: 1828 - 1840

Winfield Scott Steamship insurance, 1831 - 1857

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The items in the Francis Scott Key legal papers span 165 years, from 1812 to 1977. The materials consist of incoming business correspondence, family letters, receipts, and descendants’ genealogy research. The bulk of the papers centers on Key’s legal practice and spans the years 1820-1850. The legal documents include land claims and disputes, a writ of Habeas Corpus, wills, letter testimonies, deeds of indenture, military pensions, the minutes of a court martial, and insurance...
Dates: 1831 - 1857