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Document Name: Ebenezer and Mary Bishop petition

Author: Ebenezer and Mary Bishop
Date: April 8, 1712
Place: Bristol County, Massachusetts
Endorsement(s): None

Abstract: A petition to the Bristol County Court of General Sessions, signed by Ebenezer and Mary Bishop, seeking the court's leniency in determining the penalty for an unspecified transgression. The Bishops admit to having "Committed Folly," but beg the justices to "Consider us as wee are Fatherless Childrean; & under very difficult Curcumstances."

Physical Description: Ink on paper; 1 page (23 x 18 cm.) on 1 sheet. Docketing on verso.

Number: MSN/COL 2717-23

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