Dangerous Harbor Project - Westmoreland County - Reel 1 - 1665-1677 - TIFFs 201-250

This dataset includes 50 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. Patents identify specific inventions as belonging to an individual and restrict the manufacturing of these inventions to the person they belonged to. 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. To learn more about this project, please go to the Dangerous Harbor Website.本数据集包含50个TIFF格式文件，内容均为弗吉尼亚州威斯特摩兰县的土地契约、专利文书及遗嘱。其中，土地契约（deeds）指将土地或财产从一方转让至另一方的法律文件；专利文书（patents）用于明确特定发明归属于个人，并限制该发明仅由权利人制造；遗嘱（wills）则用于在自然人离世后处理资产分配事宜。本数据集收录的文档均与“危险港项目（Dangerous Harbor Project）”相关联，该项目借助法庭档案，对17世纪切萨皮克地区逃亡的受奴役劳工及其所受惩罚进行溯源调查。如需了解该项目更多详情，请访问危险港官方网站。