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Document Name: Thomas Hathaway, et al. summons

Author: John Cary
Date: October 30, 1704
Place: Bristol, Massachusetts
Endorsement(s): Samuel Gallup; Samuel Little

Abstract: A document written and signed by John Cary, clerk of the writs, directing the sheriff to summon Thomas Hathaway, John Spooner, and John Jenney to appear before the Bristol County Court of the General Sessions for failing to levy a £19 tax upon the residents of Dartmouth, intended to pay for bridge construction, and to answer for their contempt of an earlier summons; with endorsements on the reverse by Samuel Gallup, sheriff, and Samuel Little, deputy sheriff.

Physical Description: Ink on paper; 1 page (24 x 19 cm.) on 1 sheet. Red wax seal upper left. Docketing and endorsements on verso.

Number: MSN/COL 2717-8

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