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Dangerous Harbor Project - Westmoreland County - Reel 1 - 1661-1662 - TIFFs 151-157 Hannah Schetselaar (16655373) Kara Long (10606073) William Harper (18979886) Jessica Taylor (10604126) Sabrina Harris (10614806) Zahra Modarres Vahid (16634352) Jolene Smith (3717427) Cooper Billings (19475053) Grace Kostrzebski (18813901) Diego Vega-Nazario (18979889) Chris Urben (19475056) Historical studies North American history Courts and sentencing Law and society and socio-legal research History Deeds Wills Courthouse Documents Virginia Westmoreland County <p dir="ltr">This dataset includes 7 TIFF files showing deeds, patents, and wills from Westmoreland County in Virginia. Deeds are documents that transfer land or property from one person to another. Wills were created to settle asset distribution in the event of a person’s death. These documents were collected in association with the Dangerous Harbor Project which used courthouse documents to identify escaped unfree laborers in the 17th century Chesapeake and the punishments associated with their escape.</p><p><br></p><p dir="ltr">To learn more about this project, please go to the<a href="https://dangerousharbor.vt.domains/" target="_blank"><u> Dangerous Harbor Website.</u></a></p> 2024-11-22T15:43:55Z Dataset Dataset 10.7294/26506726.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Dangerous_Harbor_Project_-_Westmoreland_County_-_Reel_1_-_1661-1662_-_TIFFs_151-157/26506726 CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication