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 [blank] Esq; justice of the peace, for [blank] county [blank] at [blank] dwelling-house [blank] o'clock in the [blank] noon, 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 the writ, with your doings thereon make due return according to law. Dated at [blank] the [blank] day of [blank] anno Domini, 178[blank]
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Corporate author / creator: | Connecticut. |
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Imprint: | [Connecticut : s.n., not after 1783] |
Description: | 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 13 x 16 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 Henry Hill of Guilford to appear before Elias Grave, justice of the peace for New Haven County on Dec. 12, 1783, to answer an action brought by Timothy Bradley of Guilford for nonpayment of debt; dated Dec. 1, 1783, and signed by Elias Grave; MS. docket title; MS. note on verso states that the summons was served Dec. 3, 1783, by Daniel Meigs, constable of Guilford. NEH-Readex: not in Readex; not at AAS. |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10358896 |