To the sheriff of the county of [blank] or his deputy, or either of the constables of the town of [blank] within said county, Greeting. In the name of the governor and company of the state of Connecticut, you are hereby commanded to [blank] to appear before the [blank] County Court to be holden at [blank] within and for the county of [blank] on the [blank] Tuesday of [blank] then and there to answer unto [blank] in a plea, that to the plaintiff the defendant render the sum of [blank] which to the plaintiff, the [blank] justly owes by book, [blank] as by the [blank] book ready in court to be produced fully appears; which debt the defendant hath never paid [blank] (though often requested and demanded) [blank] which is to the damage of the plaintiff the sum of [blank] lawful money. And for the recovery thereof with just costs, the plaintiff brings this suit, [blank] Hereof fail not, but of this writ, with your doings thereon make due return according to law. Dated at [blank] the [blank] day of [blank] anno Domini 17[blank]
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| Corporate author / creator: | Connecticut. |
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| Imprint: | [Connecticut : s.n., not after 1784] |
| Description: | 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 12 x 17 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| Local Note: | Library Company copy from the Michael Zinman Collection of Early American Imprints. Library Company copy completed in MS. for the sheriff of New Haven County, Conn., or the constables of Guilford, Conn., to summon Billa Willcox of Guilford to appear before the New London County Court to answer an action brought by Samuel Shipman of Saybrook, New London County, Conn., for nonpayment of debt; dated Feb. 3, 1784, and signed by William Pelham; MS. docket title; MS. note on verso states that the summons was served Feb. 4, 1784, by Timothy Field, constable of Guilford. NEH-Readex: not in Readex; not at AAS. |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10358566 |