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Document Name: Ephraim Burt and Samuel Waldron bill of costs

Author: John Cary
Date: January 11, 1697/8
Place: Bristol, Massachusetts
Endorsement(s): None

Abstract: This document and the one preceding (MSN/COL 2717-2) relate to the case of Ephraim Burt (or Burts) and Samuel Waldron, brought before the Court of General Sessions in Bristol County to answer a complaint of defamation lodged by Samuel Throop of Bristol. Burt and Waldron allegedly repeated a false rumor that Throop had "gott a mayd with child." The document is a bill of costs attendant to the case, written and signed by John Cary, clerk of the writs for Bristol County.

Physical Description: Ink on paper; 1 page (32 x 12 cm.) on 1 sheet. Docketing on verso.

Number: MSN/COL 2717-3

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