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An accumulation of 96 single-sheet manuscript file documents issued by or directed to the judiciary of Bristol County in southeastern Massachusetts, mostly during the colonial period.

Scope and Contents This collection contains the early modern European documents (dating from the 16th to 18th centuries) owned by the Hesburgh Library which are not part of a discrete archival collection. That is to say, this is an artificial collection of early modern European documents, grouped not by provenance, but by origin (early modern European) and genre (diplomatics). As such, it is composed of a wide variety of diplomatic genres, including: papal bulls, lease and releases, leases, surrenders,...

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Decision of Henry IV of France regarding a supplication.

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Records of the town (later city) council of Mishawaka, Indiana, from its incorporation in 1845 through 1977; including minutes of council meetings, texts of ordinances, petitions, bids, expenses, and votes taken; with minutes of the Board of Public Safety and the Board of Public Works for certain years, along with their reports and financial disclosures.

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Petition regarding a contract in Avignon.

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A request from Prefect La-Ville for Valperga to join in a ceremony that will take place outside of the municipal palace the following day.

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An accumulation of 49 single-sheet documents issuing from, or directed to, the various instruments of town government in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, mostly during the 18th century.

Scope and Contents The José M. Martelli Collection of Savoy Documents compiles medieval and early modern documents (ca. 14th-19th centuries) relating to the House of Savoy and several prominent Savoy families, including the Viale, Valperga, and Santus Berna families. The majority of the documents in this collection can be traced to the Duchy of Savoy, a now defunct Savoyard state run by the House of Savoy between 1416-1847. The House of Savoy documents span the House's transformation from the Counts of Savoy...