To the sheriff or marshal of the said County of [blank] or either of their deputies, or constables of the town of [blank] within the said county, or to any or either of them. Greeting. In His Majesty's name, you are required to attach the goods or estate of [blank] to the value of [blank] shillings, and for want thereof to take the body of the said [blank] (if he may be found in your precinct) and [blank] safely keep, so that he may be had before me [blank] Esq; one of His Majesty's justices of the peace for the county aforesaid, at my dwelling-house in [blank] on [blank] the [blank] day of [blank] at [blank] of the clock in the [blank] noon; then and there to answer to [blank] To the damage of the said [blank] the sum of [blank] shillings, as shall then and there be made to appear, with other due damages. Hereof fail not, and make due return of this writ, and of your doings therein, unto myself, at or before the said [blank] day of [blank] Dated at [blank] aforesaid, the [blank] day of [blank] in the [blank] year of His Majesty's reign. Annoque Domini, 176[blank]
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| Imprint: | [Massachusetts? : s.n., 176-] |
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| Description: | 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 17 x 20 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| Local Note: | Library Company copy completed in MS. for the sheriff or marshal of Worcester County or the constables of Leicester, Mass.; calling for the attachment of 60 shillings or the arrest of Nathan Coule [?] of Leicester, yeoman, to appear before Thomas Steel on July 21, in a matter brought by John Southgate of Leicester, yeoman, executor of the estate of Steward Southgate; dated July 9, 1766, and signed by Steel. Library Company copy from the Michael Zinman Collection of Early American Imprints. Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. NEH-Readex: not in Readex; not at AAS. |
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