Legal document, 1784 December 10-14

Description
The correspondance dated December 10 between Bartlett and Scribner involves a complaint about a "certain negro fellow, James or Jem Nokes," who was accused of stealing a yoke of oxen from another resident of Rockingham County, Abbot. On the back of this correspondance, Bartlett's notes for the trial dated December 14 found Nokes not guilty of the charges. Includes a steel engraving "from a painting by Trumbull" of Josiah Bartlett.
Creator
Bartlett, Josiah, 1729-1795
Trumbull, John, 1756-1843
Scribner, John
Form
engravings (prints)
portraits
Date
1784
Language
English
Collection
Hale Signers Collection
Extent
1 item (1 leaf) + 1 engraving
Notes
At this time, Josiah Bartlett was serving as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of New Hampshire. John Scribner was the attorney acting on behalf of Joshua Abbot of Poplin, New Hampshire, where Bartlett is a justice.
Related works
Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3hq3ss77
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 621 Folder 4
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

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