Richmond County Microfilm

Date of Formation: 1692
Formed From: Rappahannock County (old) Previous Name: Rappahannock County (old)

Lost Records Note:

Some volumes were burned and mutilated through unknown causes. The will books prior to 1699 are missing, the order books for 1794–1816 are missing, and numerous loose records prior to 1781 are missing as well.

[Bonds/Commissions/Oaths] [Business Records/Corporations/Partnerships]
[County Administrative Records] [Court Records] [Fiduciary Records] [Land Records]
[Marriage Records and Vital Statistics] [Military and Pension Records]
[Organization Records] [School Records] [Township Records] [Wills] [Miscellaneous Records]

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Local Records Categories and Contents
Reel
No.
 Bonds/Commissions/Oaths
172 ILLOfficials' Bond Book, 1919-1952, index, 263 p.
172 ILLSpecial Commissioner's Report, 1896
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No.
 Business Records/Corporations/Partnerships
219 ILLCo-Partnership Certificates, 1941-1951, pp. 35-52
221 ILLRobert B. Sydnor Journal, 1847 - 1852, 424 p.
221 ILLRobert B. Sydnor Journal, 1848 - 1849, 339 p.
222 ILLRobert B. Sydnor Ledger, 1849 - 1852, index, 415 p.
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No.
 County Administrative Records
191 ILLBoard of Supervisors' Order Book, 1870-1886, index, 236 p.
171 ILLBoard of Supervisors' Order Book, 1892-1920, 252 p.
172 ILLBoard of Supervisors' Road Book, 1898-1904, 36 p.
219 ILLLocal Board of Review of Assessments, 1915-1938, 122 p.
69 ILLOverseers of the Poor Minute Book, 1786-1842, No index, [300] p.
66 ILLOverseers of the Poor Records, 1843 - 1856, [1], [ca. 20 items], [i] index, p. 1-63 [72]
219 ILLRoad Fee Book, 1880-1883, index, 14 p.
218 ILLSchool Board Minute Book, 1879-1928, 336 p.
218 ILLSchool Board Minute Book, 1928-1937, 154 p.
218 ILLSchool Board Minute Book, 1937-1952, 203 p.
218 ILLSchool Board Minute Book, 1952-1966, 498 p.
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No.
 Court Records
  County Court
  FOR CHANCERY CAUSES REFER TO THE CHANCERY RECORDS INDEX.
29 ILLOrder Book, 1, 1692 - 1694, 202 p. Film of original.
30 ILLOrder Book, No. 1, 1692 - 1694, and part of Order Book No. 2, 1694 - 1699 [1], unpaged index, pp. 1-38 (Orders, 1694 - this is a transcription of the index and pp. 1-37 of the Original Order Book No. 2); pp. 1-142 [1], (Orders No. 1, 1692 - 1694) Film of transcript. (The index is to the entire Order Book No. 2; there is no index to Order Book No. 1)
30 ILLOrder Book, No. 2, 1694 - 1699 c, Unpaged index, 519 p. Film of photostat of original. (Index and p. 1-37 of this volume have been transcribed; see note above regarding transcript of Order Book No. 1)
31 ILLOrder Book, 3, 1699 - 1704 c, [1], 384 p.
31 ILLOrder Book, 4, 1704 - 1708 c, [lxiii] index, 411 p.
31 ILLOrder Book, 5, 1708 - 1711 c, [xxix] index, 338 p.
32 ILLOrder Book, 6, 1711 - 1716 c, [xxxii] index, 523 p.
32 ILLOrder Book, 7, 1716 - 1717 c, [1], [xxvii] index, 241 p.
32 ILLOrder Book, 8, 1718 - 1721, [1], [xxii] index, 234 p., [1] fo.
33 ILLOrder Book, 9, 1721 - 1732, [xli] index, 658 p.
34 ILLOrder Book, 10, 1732 - 1739 c, [xxvi] index, 727 p.
35 ILLOrder Book, 11, 1739 - 1746 c, [1], 544 p.
35 ILLOrder Book, 12, 1746 - 1752, [xvi] index, 443 p.
36 ILLOrder Book, 13, 1752 - 1755, [xxx] index, 340 p.
36 ILLOrder Book, 14, 1756 - 1762 c, [xxvi] index, p. 17-552
37 ILLOrder Book, 15, 1762 - 1765, p. 1-19 (index), p. 21-447
37 ILLOrder Book, 16, 1765 - 1769, [xxii] index, 542 p.
38 ILLOrder Book, 17, 1769 - 1773, [xxiv] index, 334 p.
39 ILLOrder Book, 19, 1773 - 1776, 1784 - 1786, [i-xv] index, [xvii-liii] supplemental index, pp. 1-122 (Orders, 1773 - 1776); unpaged index, pp. 123-358 (Orders, 1784 - 1786)
   FOR ORDERS, 1773 - 1776 SEE ORDER BOOK 19, 1773-1776, pp. 1-122 (REEL 39)
39 ILLOrder Book, 18, 1776 - 1784, [xxi] index, 362 p.
40 ILLOrder Book, 20, 1786 - 1789 (Contains Processioners' Returns, 1821) [ca. 120 p.] index, p. 1-256 (Orders, 1786 - 1789); 1-112 fo. (Processioners' Returns, 1821, follows p. 256)
40 ILLOrder Book, No. 21, 1789 - 1794 c, [1], 198 p.
41 ILLOrder Book, 1793 - 1794 (Contains Common Law References and Appearances, 1815 - 1827) pp. 1-18 (Order Book, 1793 - 1794); 1-211 fo. (Common Law References and Appearances, 1815 - 1827)
41 ILLOrders, 1795, 22 p. (mutilated)
42 ILLOrders, 1809 - 1810, 76 p. (mutilated)
42 ILLOrders, 1814 - 1816, [xxiii] index, 113 p.
42 ILLOrder Book, No. 24, 1816 - 1820, [1], [xxxv] index, 421 p.
43 ILLOrder Book, No. 25, 1820 - 1822, [xxviii] index, 342 p.
43 ILLOrder Book, No. 26, 1822 - 1825, [xxv] index, 356 p.
44 ILLOrder Book, No. 27, 1825 - 1832, [1], [xxxvii] index, 512 [8] p.
44 ILLOrder Book, No. 28, 1832 - 1837, [xxix] index, [1], 408 [4] p.
45 ILLOrder Book, 1837 - 1844, [2], [lxxxviii] index, 531 [3] p.
46 ILLOrder Book, No. 29, 1844 - 1850, [lxvi] index, 437 [4] p.
47 ILLOrder Book, No. 30, 1850 - 1858, [lxii] index, 494 [2] p.
47 ILLOrder Book, 31, 1858 - 1871, p. 488 - 555 (index), [5], 485 p.
178 ILLOrder Book, 32, 1871-1880, pp. 1-451
179 ILLOrder Book, 32, 1880-1881 (continued), pp. 452-560, index
179 ILLOrder Book, 33, 1881-1892, 561 p., index
179 ILLOrder Book, 34, 1892-1899, pp. 1-299
180 ILLOrder Book, 34, 1899-1904 (continued), pp. 300-607, index
52 ILLChancery Order Book, 1815 - 1828, 1848 - 1849, 1856, [viii] index, pp. 1-97 (Chancery Orders; 1815 - 1828); pp. 101-107 (Chancery Orders, 1848 - 1849); [1] p. (Chancery Orders, 1856, follows p. 107)
177 ILLChancery Order Book, 1860-1873, 85 p., index
65 ILLCriminal Trials, 1710 - 1754 c, [xii] index, 353 [1] p.
65 ILLExecution Book, 1786 - 1797, [xii] index, 1-71 p., 72-117 fo.
70 ILLExecution Book, 1822-1833, Index, [24] p.; pp. 1-162 (facing pages share same pagination)
71 ILLExecution Book, 1833-1843, pp. 163-210 (continued) (facing pages share same pagination)
176 ILLExecution Book, 1833-1843, pp. 163-210 (continued) (facing pages share same pagination)
176 ILLExecution Book, 1842-1869, index, 252 p. (facing pages share same pagination)
70 ILLFee Book, 1831-1841, Index, [16] p.; 170 p.
   FOR COMMON LAW REFERENCES AND APPEARANCES, ETC., 1815-1827, SEE ORDER BOOK, 1793-1794 (REEL 41)
   FOR RULE BOOK, 1837-1841 SEE SUPERIOR COURT ORDERS, 1826-1831, 51 folios following p. 177 (REEL 49)
70 ILLIssue Docket Book, 1817-1827, [181] p.
70 ILLJustice's Execution Book, 1816-1896, Index, 1860-1896, [16] p.; [103] p.
65 ILLMiscellaneous Records, 1699 - 1724 c (Bonds, Attachments, Executions and Estate Settlements), [viii] index, 125 fo.
70 ILLProcess Book, 1840-1869, [342] p.
172 ILLRecord of Criminals, 1878-1889, 7 p.
67 ILLRule Book, 1786 - 1795, 180 fo.
67 ILLRule Book, 1795 - 1805, and Processioners' Returns, 1838 - 1846, p. 1-265 (Rule Book, 1795 - 1805) p. 1-172 [1] (Processioners' Returns, 1838 - 1846, follows p. 265)
68 ILLRule Book, 1816 - 1841, 1850 - 1871, fo. 1-168 (Rule Book, 1816 - 1841); fo. 169-177 (Rule Book, 1850 - 1871)
  Superior Court of Law
48 ILLOrder Book, 1809 - 1820, [1], [xix] index, 432 p.
48 ILLOrders, 1821 - 1825, [xvii] index, 327 p.
49 ILLOrders, 1826 - 1831 (Contains Rule Book, 1837 - 1841) [xviii] index, pp. 1-177 (Superior Court Orders, 1826 - 1831); 1-51 fo. (Rule Book, 1837 - 1841, follows p. 177)
  Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery
191 ILLChancery Order Book, 1842-1924
50 ILLChancery Order Book 1, 1831 - 1861, [1], [xxviii] index, 434 p.
177 ILLClerks' Fiduciary Order Book, 1842-1907, index, 216 p.
172 ILLCommon Law Minute Book, 1844-1856 (includes Court Docket, 1838)
71 ILLExecution Book, 1842-1869, Index, [26] p.; 17 p.; 252 p. (facing pages share same pagination)
50 ILLOrder Book, 1831 - 1840, p. 3-412
51 ILLOrder Book, 1841 - 1846, [xxvi] index, 376 p.
51 ILLOrder Book, 1846 - 1850, [xxxvii] index, 510 p.
  Circuit Court
191 ILLChancery Order Book, 1842-1924
50 ILLChancery Order Book 1, 1831-1861, [1], [xxviii] index, 434 p.
174 ILLChancery Order Book 2, 1862-1900, 480 p., index
174 ILLChancery Order Book 3, 1900-1923, index, 498 p.
177 ILLClerks' Fiduciary Order Book, 1842-1907, index, 216 p.
173 ILLClerks' Order Book 2, 1949-1975, index, 502 p.
173 ILLClerks' Order Book 3, 1975-1976, index, 16 p.
172 ILLCommon Law Minute Book, 1844-1856 (includes Court Docket, 1838)
175 ILLCommon Law Order Book 1, 1874-1916, index, 553 p.
175 ILLCommon Law Order Book 2, 1913-1927, index, 500 p.
71 ILLExecution Book, 1842-1869, Index, [26] p.; 17 p.; 252 p. (facing pages share same pagination)
177 ILLOrder Book, 1858-1874, index, 552 p., index
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No.
 Fiduciary Records
56  Account Book, No. 1, 1724 - 1783 c (Contains Deeds, 1724-1783), 694 p.
57 ILLAccount Book, No. 2, 1784 - 1798, [viii] index, 356 p.
58 ILLAccount Book, No. 3, 1798 - 1821, [xv] index, [xi] supplemental index, 724 p.
59 ILLAccount Book, No. 4, 1821 - 1828, [xi] index, 555 p.
60 ILLAccount Book, No. 5, 1826 - 1833, [xix] index, [1], [xviii] duplicate index, 497 p.
61 ILLAccount Book, No. 6, 1831 - 1844, [xxii] index, [ix] duplicate index, 500 p.
62 ILLAccount Book, No. 7, 1844 - 1849, [xx] index, [vi] duplicate index, 496 p.
63 ILLAccount Book, No. 8, 1849 - 1851, Unpaged index, 461 p.
63 ILLAccount Book, No. 9, 1851 - 1854, Unpaged index, 466 p.
64 ILLAccount Book, No. 10, 1854 - 1857, p. 478-481 (index), p. 2-474
64 ILLAccount Book, No. 11, 1857 - 1866, p. 542-548 (index), p. 2-541 (index repeated at end)
181 ILLAccount Book, No. 12, 1866 - 1871, index, 552 p., index
181 ILLAccount Book, No. 13, 1871 - 1878, index, pp. 1-449
182 ILLAccount Book, No. 13, 1878 - 1879 (continued), pp. 450-480
182 ILLAccount Book, No. 14, 1879 - 1892, index, 480 p.
182 ILLAccount Book, No. 15, 1891 - 1906, index, pp. 1-399
183 ILLAccount Book, No. 15, 1906 - 1913 (continued), pp. 400-600
183 ILLAccount Book, No. 16, 1914 - 1931, index, 504 p.
219 ILLFiduciary Bond Book 1, 1871 - 1896, 392 p., index (includes Officials' Bonds)
173 ILLFiduciary Bond Book 2, 1896 - 1918, index, pp. 29-396 (includes Officials' Bonds)
55 ILLGuardians' Bonds, 1824 - 1850, 204 p.
65 ILLMiscellaneous Records, 1699 - 1724 c, (Bonds, Attachments, Executions and Estate Settlements, [viii] index, 125 fo.
178 ILLRecord of Fiduciaries, 1850-1903, index, 48 p.
178 ILLRecord of Fiduciaries, 1852-1915
  SEE ALSO Wills
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No.
 Land Records
ILLDeed Book, No. 1, 1692 - 1693, [xx] index, 201 p. (the handwritten numerals correspond with the pagination of the original volume) Film of transcript.
ILLDeed Book, No. 1, 1692 - 1693 c, [ii] index, 102 p. (a transcribed copy of the index and p. 1-10, 97-98 follows p. 102. Film of original.
ILLDeed Book, No. 2, 1693 - 1697; Deed Book No. 14, 1772 - 1779 c, [xii] index, p. 1-240 (Deed Book No. 2); p. 241-540 (Deed Book No. 14)
ILLDeed Book, No. 3, 1697 - 1704 c, [1], [iii] index, unpaged duplicate index, 1-5 fo., [p. 1-362]
ILLDeed Book, No. 4, 1705 - 1708 c, [iv] index, 158 fo.
ILLDeed Book, No. 5, 1708 - 1711 c, [1], [xii] index, 354 p.
ILLDeed Book, No. 6, 1711 - 1714 c, [1], [vi] index, 274 [1] p. Supp. leaf at end of vol. has Marriage Licenses, 1709 - 1716
ILLDeed Book, No. 7, 1714 - 1720 c, [viii] index, 549 p.
ILLDeed Book, No. 8, 1720 - 1733 c, [vi] index, [liii] duplicate index, 689 p. (1 page of index repeated at end)
   FOR ADDITIONAL DEEDS, 1724 - 1783 SEE ALSO ACCOUNT BOOK NO. 1, 1724 - 1783 (REEL 56)
ILLDeed Book, No. 9, 1734 - 1741 c, [xi] index, 695 p.
ILLDeed Book, No. 10, 1741 - 1750, [viii] index, [vii] duplicate index, 556 [1] p.
ILLDeed Book, No. 11, 1750 - 1757 c, [vii] index, 448 p.
ILLDeed Book, No. 12, 1757 - 1768, [xv] index, 837 p.
ILLDeed Book, No. 13, 1768 - 1774, [vii] index, 552 p.
   FOR DEED BOOK, No. 14, 1772-1779 SEE DEED BOOK NO. 2, 1693-1697, p. 241 - 540 (REEL 1)
ILLDeed Book, No. 15, 1779 - 1788, [vii] index, 284 p.
ILLDeed Book, No. 16, 1788 - 1793 c, [ix] index, 313 p.
ILLDeed Book, No. 17, 1793 - 1802, [xii] index, 544 p.
10 ILLDeed Book, No. 18, 1802 - 1810, [xi] index, 541 p.
10 ILLDeed Book, No. 19, 1810 - 1815, [xiii] index, 402 p.
11 ILLDeed Book, No. 20, 1815 - 1820, [xiv] index, 743 p.
12 ILLDeed Book, No. 21, 1820 - 1825, [xiii] index, 727 p.
13 ILLDeed Book, No. 22, 1824 - 1828, [xii] index, 524 p.
14 ILLDeed Book, No. 23, 1828 - 1832, [xxxiii] index, 562 p.
15 ILLDeed Book, No. 24, 1835 - 1840, [xiv] index, 519 p.
16 ILLDeed Book, No. 25, 1839 - 1842, [xxii] index, 451 p.
17 ILLDeed Book, No. 26, 1842 - 1846, [xxiii] index, 528 p.
18 ILLDeed Book, No. 27, 1846 - 1850, [xxv] index, [xii] duplicate index, 487 p.
19 ILLDeed Book, No. 28, 1850 - 1853, Unpaged index, p. iii-xl, (Deeds, 1868, 1869); p. 1-462 (Deeds, 1850 - 1853); p. 463-484 (Deeds, 1868)
19 ILLDeed Book, No. 29, 1853 - 1856, p. 462-479 (index), 461 p. (index repeated at end)
20 ILLDeed Book, No. 30, 1856 - 1868, p. 719-739 (index), [1], 718 [3] p. (index repeated at end)
184 ILLDeed Book, No. 31, 1868 - 1874, 492 p.
185 ILLDeed Book, No. 32, 1874 - 1880, 560 p. (last page includes list of deeds received in 1884)
185 ILLDeed Book, No. 33, 1880 - 1885, pp. 1-591
186 ILLDeed Book, No. 33, 1885 (continued), pp. 592-631
187 ILLDeed Book, No. 34, 1886 - 1890, 592 p.
187 ILLDeed Book, No. 35, 1886 - 1894, 501 p. (includes plat from 1908)
188 ILLDeed Book, No. 36, 1893 - 1897, 598 p.
188 ILLDeed Book, No. 37, 1897 - 1900, pp. 1-585
189 ILLDeed Book, No. 38, 1900 - 1903, 596 p.
189 ILLDeed Book, No. 37, 1900 (continued), pp. 586-608
189 ILLDeed Book, No. 39, 1903 - 1905, 498 p.
  FOR ADDITIONAL DEEDS, 1868-1869 SEE ALSO DEED BOOK 28, 1850-1853, p. iii-xl, and p. 463-484 (REEL 19)
   FOR PROCESSIONERS' RETURNS, 1838-1846 SEE RULE BOOK, 1795-1805 (REEL 67)
   FOR PROCESSIONERS' RETURNS OF 1821 SEE ORDER BOOK NO. 20, 1786-1789 (REEL 40)
21 ILLGeneral Index to Deeds, 1, 1692 - 1860.
21 ILLGeneral Index to Deeds, 2, 1860 - 1915.
190 ILLPlats, 1801-1888
66 ILLProcessioners' Book, 1796 - 1817, 336 p.
  SEE ALSO County Court AND Fiduciary Records
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No.
 Marriage Records and Vital Statistics
   FOR MARRIAGE LICENSES, 1709-1716 SEE END OF DEED BOOK 5, 1711-1714 (REEL 2)
53 ILLMarriage Bonds, 1824 - 1850, [3], unpaged index, [1], 340 p.
192 ILLMarriage Bonds & Consents, 1750 - 1786
193 ILLMarriage Bonds & Consents, 1786 - 1792
194 ILLMarriage Bonds & Consents, 1793 - 1798
195 ILLMarriage Bonds & Consents, 1798 - 1805
196 ILLMarriage Bonds & Consents, 1805 - 1812
197 ILLMarriage Bonds & Consents, 1812 - 1817
198 ILLMarriage Bonds & Consents, 1817 - 1823
199 ILLMarriage Bonds & Consents, 1824- 1834
200 ILLMarriage Certificates, Consents & Licenses, 1835 - 1843
203 ILLMarriage Certificates, Consents & Licenses, 1854 - 1858
204 ILLMarriage Certificates, Consents & Licenses, 1858 - 1860
205 ILLMarriage Certificates, Consents & Licenses, 1861 - 1867
206 ILLMarriage Certificates, Consents & Licenses, 1866 - 1868
207 ILLMarriage Certificates, Consents & Licenses, 1868 - 1871
208 ILLMarriage Certificates, Consents & Licenses, 1871 - 1873
209 ILLMarriage Certificates, Consents & Licenses, 1873- 1876
210 ILLMarriage Certificates, Consents & Licenses, 1877 - 1879
211 ILLMarriage Certificates, Consents & Licenses, 1879 - 1882
212 ILLMarriage Certificates, Consents & Licenses, 1882 - 1885
213 ILLMarriage Certificates, Consents & Licenses, 1885 - 1888
214 ILLMarriage Certificates, Consents & Licenses, 1888 - 1891
215 ILLMarriage Certificates, Consents & Licenses, 1892 - 1894
216 ILLMarriage Certificates, Consents & Licenses, 1895 - 1898
217 ILLMarriage Certificates, Consents & Licenses, 1898 - 1901
201 ILLMarriage Certificates, Consents, Licenses & Ministers' Returns, 1842 - 1850
202 ILLMarriage Certificates, Consents, Licenses & Ministers' Returns, 1850 - 1854
54 ILLRegister of Births, 1853 - 1895, 1912 - 1914, [xcviii] index, 163 fo.
191 ILLRegister of Births, 1914 - 1917, index, 20 p.
54 ILLRegister of Deaths, 1853 - 1895, 1912 - 1917, [lxxxviii] index, 94 fo.
191 ILLRegister of Marriages, 1802 - 1842 (includes marriages from 1857)
53 ILLRegister of Marriages, 1853 - 1906, [lviii] index, 118 fo.
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No.
 Military and Pension Records
219 ILLList of Disabled Soldiers, 1889-1903, pp. 166-178
219 ILLList of Pensioners, 1902-1909, pp. 152-160
172 ILLRoster of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1864
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No.
 Organization Records
66 ILLNorth Farnham Parish Record, 1672 - 1801, [1], 169 p.
Reel
No.
 School Records
219 ILLSchool District Collection Receipts, 1871
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No.
 Township Records
219 ILLMarshall Township Board Minutes, 1871-1875
Reel
No.
 Wills
22 ILLWills & Inventories, 1699 - 1709 c, [ii] index, 132 fo. (partially mutilated)
22 ILLWills & Inventories, 1709 - 1717 c, [1], unpaged index, 354 p.
23 ILLWill Book, No. 4, 1717 - 1725 c, [xi] index, 269 p.
24 ILLWill Book, No. 5, 1725 - 1753 c, Unpaged index, 8 p. (copies of pages 1-8 of original book), [2] items, [vi] duplicate index, 724 p.
23 ILLWill Book, No. 6, 1753 - 1767 c, [i-vii] index, [viii-xiii] duplicate index, 425 p.
24 ILLWill Book, No. 7, 1767 - 1787 c, [vii] index, [1], 540 p.
23 ILLWill and Inventories, No. 8, 1789 - 1794, [vii] index, 171 p.
25 ILLWill Book, No. 9, 1794 - 1822 c, [i-x] index, [xi-xx] duplicate index, 729 p.
26 ILLWill Book, No. 10, 1822 - 1846, [ix] index, 561 p.
27 ILLWill Book, No. 11, 1846 - 1879, [xxiii] index, 763 [1] p.
220 ILLWill Book, No. 12, 1879 - 1908, 480 p.
220 ILLWill Book, No. 13, 1909 - 1929, 499 p.
28 ILLGeneral Index to Wills, 1699 - 1950.
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No.
 Miscellaneous Records
172 ILLAid to Poor & By Whom Contributed, 1932-1936, 18 p.

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