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1787 Early Am-Doc> JOSEPH NORTON REFUSES TO SERVE AS CONSTABLE OR PAY THE FINE!
1787 Early Am-Doc> JOSEPH NORTON REFUSES TO SERVE AS CONSTABLE OR PAY THE FINE!

1787 Early Am-Doc> JOSEPH NORTON REFUSES TO SERVE AS CONSTABLE OR PAY THE FINE!

$ 34.32

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Place of Publication: Dartmouth Mass Bay Colony
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Special Attributes: First Edition
  • Type: Handwritten Manuscript
  • Subject: Refuses To Be a Constable
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Region: New England
  • Material: Hand Laid Paper
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Language: English
  • Condition: ABSOLUTELY SUPER CONDITION
  • Date of Publication: 1787
  • Original/Facsimile: Original
  • Author: Sam Fales Clerk

    Description

    1787 Early American Document is On Hand Laid Paper With A Full Papermakers Watermark & A Papered Over Seal & Is In Super Condition. To the Sheriff of The County of Bristol or His Deputy Greeting You Are Hereby Required in The Name Of The Commonwealth Of Massachusetts To Summon Joseph Norton Of Freetown Yeoman To Appear before Our Justices Of our Court of Of General Sessions of the Peace Now Holden At Taunton Within & For The County Of Bristol On Thursday The 13th Day Of September at 9 O Clock in The Forenoon Instant Then & There To Shew Cause With Any He Hath WHEREFORE HE HATH REFUSED To QUALIFY TO ACT AS ONE OF THE CONSTABLES Of YE TOWN OF FREETOWN For The Year Ensuing who Was Legally Chosen & Was Duly Notified Thereof OR PAY THE FINE As By Law Required That & Further Do & Receive That Which Shall Be Enjoined Him By sd Court And Not Depart Without A License Thereof Fail Not & Make Return Hereof With Your Doings Herein Unto sd Court Dated At Taunton The 11th day Of September In The Year Of Our Lord 1787 By Order Of Court Att Sam Fales Clerk. Bristol September 13th 1787 By Virtue Of This Precept I Have Served By Reading Ye same To Ye Within Named Joseph Norton. William Read Deputy Sheriff.      THROUGH ALL THIS THEY STILL WERE TRYING TO COLLECT THE TAX'S OF 1787 1/2 X 7 1/2" .20 For 1st Class Mail. Satisfaction Always Guaranteed.