Colonial North America: Harvard Law School Library

Rec'd Jan'y 3rd 1798 of Mary French by Oliver Peabody Esq eight dollars in full of the costs in the action of the said French against Samuel Smith now pending at the Court of Common Pleas at Portsmouth

Wm Plummer Atty to [Saml Smith]

William Plumer [Rect?] Jan^y 179[8].

Esqr Plummers Rect for [propt.] [?] in Maynsborough for 1799

Middlesex, ss. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, To the Sheriff of Our County of Middlesex his Under-Sheriff or Deputy, Greeting.

We command you to attach the goods or estate of Abel Taylor of Stow in said county — yeoman — to the value of nine — pounds, and for want thereof to take the body of the said Taylor — (if he may be found in your precinct) and him safely keep, so that you have him before our Justices of our {Inferiour} Court of Common Pleas, next to be holden at Groton — within and for our said county of Middlesex, on the third Tuesday of May next — then and there in our said court to answer unto Nathan Smith of Weston in said county esquire — in a plea of the case for that the said Taylor at said Groton on the first day of December in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred & eighty being indebted to the pltf in the sum of three hundred & ten pounds & ten shillings according to the accompt annexed then & there promised the pltf to pay him the same [sum?] on demand [(a line appears to have been cut off of this leaf - the tops of some letters visible but text not deciphered)] And for that the said Taylor at said Groton afterwards viz on the same day in consideration that the pltf had before that titme at the special instance & request of the said Taylor sold & delivered him other goods wares & merchandize than those mentioned in the accompt annexed though of like quantity & quality then & there promised the pltf to pay him as much money as the same goods wares & merchandize were reasonably worth on demand. Now the pltf avers that {for?} the same goods wares & merchandize were reasonably worth ^one^ other sum of two hundred & seventy pounds of which the said Taylor then & there had due notice ———————

And for that the said Taylor at said Groton afterwards viz on the same day being indebted to the pltf in the sum of forty pounds & ten shillings for the like sum before that time [{illegible and lined through}] {of} ^by^ the said Taylor had & received {to} ^of^ the plft's ^{to} his^ use then & there promised the pltf to pay him the same sum on demand ---------————

And for that the said Taylor at said Groton afterwards viz on the {same} day of the purchase of this writ in consideration that the pltf had before that time at the special instance & request of the said Taylor sold & delivered him other goods wares & merchandize than those ^{[before?]}^ mentioned ^in the accompt annexed^ [{illegible and lined through}] ^{the}^ like quantity & quality then & there promised the pltf to pay him as much money as the same goods wares & merchandize were reasonably worth on demand. Now the pltf in fact avers that the same good wares & merchandize were reasonably worth one other sum of four pounds [{illegible}] two shillings nine pence & two farthings of which the said Taylor then & there had due notice. Yet though requested the said Taylor hath never paid {either}^any^ of the aforesaid sums but neglects it ————

To the damage of the said Smith as he saith the sum of nine {pound} — pounds, which shall then and there be made to appear, with other due damages. And have you there this writ, with your doings therein. Witness John Tyne — Esq: at Cambridge, this eleventh day of April in the year of our Lord, 1783 [Tradmason?] Cler

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Writ Smith vs Taylor

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Middles ss May ye 3rd 1783 by vertue of the within writ I attacht a dwelling house reputed to be the estate of the within named Taylor and at the same time left a summons at his last and usual place of abode as the law directs [from travil & savoir by?] William Baker Dept Sheriff

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901032

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Nathan Smith

Mr. Abel Taylor of Stow to Nathan Smith [Dr & spouse?] Novr 21 to cash pd. in January £30 cash pd. in June £10.10s 40.10.0 22 to 2 1/2 bushels salt £150 — 1 bushe of Rock salt} 210.0.0 £60 Decr 1 to one bushel rock salt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.0.0 310:0.0 £ £ 310.10.0 [on?] 4.2.9 1/2 £310.10/— 40.10 270.0 [Dept yeoman?]

North Carolina General Assembly

The General Assembly 14 Dec 1787 Whereas or both have represented to this General Assembly that the claimants and holders of Lands entered in the late office of John Armstrong at Hillsborough have evaded or refused to return such Land in this lists of Taxable property upon the pretence of being Coveted by an Act of the last Genneral Assembly

Resolved that the County Courts be directed and required to instruct the persons who take the lists of Taxable property within their respective Counties to require by advertisement all persons holding such Land to make immediate return thereof under the pain of being prosecuted for a [full?] return and the Justices of the served Counties are hereby expressly required to see this resolution carried into effect By adn Alex Martin S.S. Jno Sitzreaves S.C.

Middlesex, ss GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of GOD, of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, KING, Defender of the Faith, etc.

To the Sheriff of Our County of Worcester his Under-Sheriff or Deupty, Greeting.

WE Command you to Attach the Goods or Estate of Timothy Phelps Cooper and John Farwell Husbandman both of Harvard in the same County to the Value of Twenty ------Pounds, and for want thereof to take the bodys of the said Timothy and John (if they may be found in your Precinct) and them safely keep, so that you have them before Our Justices of Our Inferiour Court of Common Pleas, next to be hold at Charlestown within and for Our said County of Middlesex, on the second Tuesday of March next. Then and there in Our said Court to Answer unto Nicholas Patterson of the District of Shirley in said County of Middlesex Husbandman in a plea of the case for that the said Timothy and John at said Shirley on the twenty sixth day of August AD by their note of hand by them subscribed for value received promised one James Prescott to pay him or his order the sum of thirteen pounds six shillings and eight pence at or before the twenty fifth day of February then next with interest till paid, and the said James there afterward the same day for value received of the 7th by him the same James's endorsement on said note, ordered the contents thereof then being unpaid to be paid to the full according to the tenor of said note, of all which the said Timothy & John there afterward the same day full notice from the (XXXXX) & thereby (XXXXX) obligated to pay him the contents of said Note according to the tenor thereof, & the said Timothy & John then and there in consideration thereof promised the (XXXXX) so to do. Yet the said Timothy and John though requested have never paid the same sum or said interests and bear neglect so to do To the Damage of the said Nicholas as he saith the Sum of Twenty Pounds, which shall then and there be made to appear, with other due Damages. And have you there this Writ, with your Doings therein. Witness Samuel Dunforth, Esq; at Cambridge, this twenty second Day of February in the thirteenth year of Our Reign. Annoque Domini, 1773

(Signed....), clerk

Patterson vs Phelps

Worcester, February 23rd 1773 I attest I a pair of [XXX] presented to be the eflate of the within named Timothy Phelps and a chair [XXXX] to me by the within named John Farwell to be his eflate and at the same time I left a summons at the Timothy last and of real place of abode in Harvard in the county for his appearance and delivered the [x] John a summons at the same time for his appearance. [xxxxx xx xxxxx xxx xxx] Peter A Thornton [xxxxx xxxxx]

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