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Ormsby County, Nevada, Records: Finding Aid
mssOrmsby County records
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Title: Ormsby County, Nevada, Records
Dates (inclusive): 1864-1886
Collection Number: mssOrmsby County records
Extent: 250 items in 2 boxes
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Manuscripts Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2129
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: This collection contains items related to Ormsby County, Nevada, between 1864 and 1886. Most are business-related, with the
majority of them related to the drawing and summoning of trial and grand juries. Other records include statements from county
officials, estimates for goods and services, and voluminous reports from the county auditor and treasurer.
Language: English.
Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services
Department. For more information, contact Reader Services.
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to
quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such
activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is
one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
[Identification of item]. Ormsby County, Nevada, Records, The Huntington Library,
San Marino, California.
Purchased from Wendell P. Hammon, November 1964.
This collection contains items related to Ormsby County, Nevada, between 1864 and 1886.
All documents are handwritten. Most are business-related, with the
majority of them related to the drawing and summoning of trial and grand juries.
Other records include statements from county officials, estimates for goods and
services, and voluminous reports from the county auditor and treasurer.
The Grand Jury of Ormsby County is a subject in the following items:
- Subject in T.D. Edwards Order for drawing grand jury and certificate for grand jury: [document] (1884-1886). Box 1 (11)
- Subject in C. N. Harris Order of drawing grand jury and certificate for grand jury: [document] (1873-1874). Box 1 (16)
- Subject in Frank McCullough Grand jury report: [document] (1886, Nov. 23). Box 1 (28)
- Subject in Ephemera: Miscellaneous grand jury documents (1865-1872). Box 2 (4)
Arranged alphabetically by author then by type or
addressee.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
Huntington Library's Online Catalog.
Grand jury -- Nevada -- Ormsby
County.
Ormsby County (Nev.) --
History -- 19th century -- Sources.
Legal documents -- Nevada -- 19th
century.
Reports -- Nevada -- 19th century.
Summonses -- Nevada -- 19th century.