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Document Name: Samuel Humphrey recognizance

Author: John Cary
Date: July 13, 1708
Place: Bristol, Massachusetts
Endorsement(s): None

Abstract: A Bristol County Court of General Sessions memorandum written and signed by John Cary, clerk, recording a bond of recognizance entered by Samuel Humphrey, of Swansea, with Josiah Torrey of Bristol as surety, in the amount of £10 each, licensing Humphrey to keep a common inn or alehouse and to sell alcohol for one year. The document further stipulates that Humphrey pay a fee of 6s to James Taylor, treasurer for the Province of Massachusetts Bay, "as a Consideration for his Draft."

Physical Description: Ink on paper; 1 page (20 x 16 cm.) on 1 sheet. Docketing on verso.

Number: MSN/COL 2717-19

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