Scope and Contents From the File: Requests for information about divorce decrees, naturalization papers, and particular cases. Correspondence from 1874 to 1900 consists of one file folder containing, among other things, an appointment by Governor Campbell for Joseph M. Carey to hold District Court, a letter for Governor Hoyt regarding the county's responsibility to protect the mails, a letter from Justice William Peck regarding the saloon traffic in the county, and a letter from the Board of Charities and Reform on the...

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Investigations into causes of unattended deaths. Case files may contain summonses, subpoenas, coroner or jury verdict, summary of investigation or transcript of testimony. Information from these records includes name, residence, occupation and physical description of deceased, date and site of investigation, inventory of personal affects, cause of death and names of jurors and witnesses.