Description: 1726 antique COLONIAL LEGAL DOCUMENT voluntown ct SPRAGUE and BACKUS Robt PARKSSCROLL DOWN for MORE PHOTOS in DESCRIPTION Click HERE to view or search ANTIQUE.COTTAGE listings. This listing is for the original colonial paper shown. Legal debt document from Voluntown Connecticut. Good condition. The piece reads, "In his majesties name you are hereby required to summon and give notice to Robert Parks of Voluntown in (to) county that he appear before the County Court to be (returned) at Windham by adjournment and for the county on the last Tuesday of this (month) then and ? unto John Sprague of Lebanon in County and Joseph Backus of Norwich in the County of Newtown in an action or plea of Debt due by a bond under the hand and seal of the Defendant for the sum of fifty-six pounds (current money) which bond has date February 7th A.D. 1723 and is conditioned for the payment of twenty-eight pounds to the Sprague and Backus, their heirs on or before the date of the fifteenth day of October next insuing the date of Bond. The nonpayment of which is to the damage of the plaintiff as they pay the sum aforesaid or shall then Dated in Windham February 26th 1726 Joshua Ripley justice of the peace." The document is signed on the back by: Robert Parks, John Sprague, Joseph Backus. Next appears: "Robert Parks. 45. Judgment. Confessed." It was also signed by Nathaniel Huntington, Sheriff's Deputy, with a notation that it was served on Robert Parks. Excellent original early family and/or town genealogy, history, antique, collectible heirloom and/or ephemera. autographCONDITION: See listing description and photos. - International buyers are responsible to pay VAT or other Taxes to their countries as required.- eBAY collects and remits sales tax on behalf of several states. If you are a dealer, you can write to eBay to file a form to become tax exempt. LOC: LOC2: PAPERBOXTALL04-TMK Powered by SixBit's eCommerce Solution
Price: 224.95 USD
Location: Avondale, Pennsylvania
End Time: 2024-12-25T12:32:58.000Z
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