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Document Name: Sarah Brown recognizance

Author: William Bullock
Date: December 6, 1774
Place: Bristol County, Massachusetts
Endorsement(s): None

Abstract: A partly printed memorandum written and signed by William Bullock, Bristol County justice of the peace, recording a bond of recognizance entered by Sarah Brown, of Rehoboth, in the amount of £5, and Jesse Brown and John Eagles as sureties in the amount of 50s each, on condition that Sarah Brown appear before the Bristol County Court of General Sessions to answer "for her having a Basterd Child Born of her body."

Physical Description: Letterpress on paper, with manuscript entries in ink; 1 page (16 x 19 cm.) on 1 sheet. Red wax seal upper left. Docketing on verso.

Number: MSN/COL 2717-82


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