Dangerous Harbor Project - Westmoreland County - Reel 1 - 1665-1677 - TIFFs 51-100

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. 
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To learn more about this project, please go to the Dangerous Harbor Website.

本数据集包含50个TIFF（Tagged Image File Format，标签图像文件格式）文件，收录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，土地契约系指将土地或不动产从一方转移至另一方的法律文书；专利文书用于将特定发明确权归属个人，并限制该发明仅由权利人实施；遗嘱则用于在自然人离世后分配其遗产。本批文献系配合“危险港项目（Dangerous Harbor Project）”所征集，该项目依托法庭档案，识别17世纪切萨皮克地区逃亡的非自由劳工，并探究针对此类逃亡行为的惩处措施。<br>如需了解该项目更多详情，请访问危险港官方网站。