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Document Name: Writ of attachment against Sarah White

Author: John Cary
Date: December 13, 1700
Place: Bristol, Massachusetts
Endorsement(s): John Earle

Abstract: A document written and signed by John Cary, clerk of the writs, directing the sheriff to arrest Sarah White, alias Palmer, of Tiverton, Massachusetts, and to bring her before a Bristol County justice of the peace. White had earlier failed to heed a summons to answer a charge of "haveing a child whilest a widow;" this document requires her to make recognizance to appear before the Court of General Sessions. Constable John Earle's endorsement on the reverse reports that he failed to apprehend White, as "shee lay down & I Could not get her a long."

Physical Description: Ink on paper; 1 page (18 x 19 cm.) on 1 sheet. Docketing and endorsement on verso.

Number: MSN/COL 2717-6

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