Title	Order Book of the U.S. District Court: 1822, pages 119-163
Rights	This is an IHS image of a federal document that is a public record.
Identifier	2006.0029
Description	The book is in chronological order. Access is through the digital copy only. This is the initial Order Book of the court, comprising the record of the first cases and proceedings from its inception to 1833. It reveals the history of the organization of the federal district court for Indiana, listing names of judges, attorneys, court clerks, justices of the peace, plaintiffs, defendants, and those who served as jurors. The presiding judge of the court was Benjamin Parke. Cases regarding land transactions and bankruptcies are recorded, along with a few naturalizations, criminal cases, contempt and divorce proceedings. Some cases have full descriptions, including settlements. Also cited is the work of Indian agent Benjamin Stickney, who dealt with people trading improperly with Native Americans.
Subject	Judicial proceedings; Judges; Lawyers; Law & legal affairs
Date	1817-1833
Creator	U.S. District Court for the District of Indiana
Geographic Location	Indiana
Format	Manuscript
Source	2011.0029
Owner	A public record of U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
Term Covered	1822
Language	English
Notes	An every name index to this book is available elsewhere in this digital collection as well as in Online Connections. The original book is not available to the public. Subsequent volumes of the Court's order books are available at the National Archives, Great Lakes Region, in Chicago. Benjamin Parke described as the Court's first judge on page 1 in 1817 would also later become the first president of the Indiana Historical Society.
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