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Introduction to JS Guardian of Maria Lawrence et al., Babbitt Guardian of James Lawrence et al. v. William Law et al., and Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS Bond, 4 June 1841, George Edmunds Jr. Copy [JS Guardian of Maria Lawrence et al.] Appointment, 5 September 1844, Copy [Babbitt Guardian of James Lawrence et al.] Praecipe, circa 23 December 1845 [Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS] Bond, 24 December 1845 [Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS] Praecipe, circa 5 January 1846 [Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS] Summons, 6 January 1846 [Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS] Declaration, circa 26 April 1846 [Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS] Docket Entry, Dismissal, 19 May 1846 [Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS] Docket Entry, circa 19 May 1846 [Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS] Docket Entry, Writ of Inquiry, 20 May 1846 [Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS] Subpoena, 21 May 1846 [Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS] Docket Entry, Judgment, 22 May 1846 [Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS] Docket Entry, circa 22 May 1846 [Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS] Affidavit, 25 May 1846 [Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS] Case File Wrapper, circa May 1846 [Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS]

Declaration, circa 26 April 1846 [Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS]

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George Edmunds Jr. on behalf of , , and on behalf of , Nelson Lawrence, , Julia Lawrence, and Margaret Lawrence, Declaration, [], Hancock Co., IL, ca. [26] Apr. 1846, Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court 1846); handwriting of George Edmunds Jr.; dockets by George Edmunds Jr., [, Hancock Co., IL, ca. 26 Apr. 1846]; notation by , 27 Apr. 1846; four pages; Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL. Images courtesy of Joseph Johnstun.
Copies of Bond, 4 June 1841 [JS Guardian of Maria Lawrence et al.] and Appointment, 5 Sept. 1844 [Babbitt Guardian of James Lawrence et al.] were attached to the declaration with adhesive wafers.

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the probate Court of the said County of as appears of Record (a Copy of which Appointment is now here shown to the Court) And the said plaintiffs further aver that after the death of the said Joseph Smith, the defendant in this suit was duly Appointed Administrator of the Estate of the said Joseph Smith deceased by the Court of Probate of said County of as to the Court nowhere appears of record— And as such Administrator received the property & effects of said Smith together with the property and effects of the said plaintiffs which came to the hands of said Smith as Guardian as aforesaid, and the said plaintiffs further Aver that they are & were on the 5th day of September AD. 1844, entitled to receive the aforesaid money, goods, Chattles, rights, Credits, lands tenaments title papers & effects the property of the said plaintiffs as aforesaid, So received as aforesaid by said Joseph Smith as such Guardian—
Yet the said Joseph Smith in his lifetime did not pay or deliver any part of said money, goods, Chattles, rights Credits, lands, Tenamets, title papers & effects received by him as such Guardian as aforesaid to the said plaintiffs or any person for their use & benefit, Neither has the said defendan[t] as such Administrator although often requested paid the or delivered the said money goods, & Chattles, rights, Credits, lands, tenaments, title papers & effects received by said Smith as such Guardian as aforesaid or any part thereof to the said plaintiffs but to do the same or any part thereof hath hitherto refused & stil doth refuse to the damage of the said plaintiffs of seven thousand dollars & therefore they bring Suit &c
G[eorge] Edmunds Jr Atty [p. [3]]
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Declaration, circa 26 April 1846 [Maria Lawrence et al. v. Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS]
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