The Company-State

The Company-State
Author: Philip J. Stern
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2012-11-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0199930368

The Company-State offers a political and intellectual history of the English East India Company in the century before its acquisition of territorial power. It argues the Company was no mere merchant, but a form of early modern, colonial state and sovereign that laid the foundations for the British Empire in India.

Archivists, Collectors, Dealers, and Replevin

Archivists, Collectors, Dealers, and Replevin
Author: Elizabeth H. Dow
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2012
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 0810883775

Today, governmental archivists and manuscript collectors--both private collectors and collecting repositories--are in conflict and competition for government documents that come out of private hands and onto the market. This book presents both sides of the issue and examines them dispassionately. It includes a historical review of institutional and state-sponsored collecting of documents, an evaluation of state and federal statutes on public documents in private hands, a careful look at the perspectives of the various parties involved in the conflict, and tales of theft and neglect as well as helpful case studies.

The "Public Documents Act"

The
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on House Administration. Subcommittee on Printing
Publisher:
Total Pages: 262
Release: 1974
Genre: Public records
ISBN:

Pennsylvania Land Records

Pennsylvania Land Records
Author: Donna Bingham Munger
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Total Pages: 278
Release: 1993-09-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1461665965

The genealogist trying to locate families, the surveyor or attorney researching old deeds, or the historian seeking data on land settlement will find Pennsylvania Land Records an indispensable aid. The land records of Pennsylvania are among the most complete in the nation, beginning in the 1680s. Pennsylvania Land Records not only catalogs, cross-references, and tells how to use the countless documents in the archive, but also takes readers through a concise history of settlement in the state. The guide explains how to use the many types of records, such as rent-rolls, ledgers of the receiver general's office, mortgage certificates, proof of settlement statements, and reports of the sale of town lots. In addition, the volume includes: cross-references to microfilm copies; maps of settlement; illustrations of typical documents; a glossary of technical terms; and numerous bibliographies on related topics.