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Document Name: Presentment against Ebenezer Peirce

Author: Jacob French; Seth Padelford
Date: June 1777
Place: Taunton, Massachusetts
Endorsement(s): None

Abstract: A Bristol County Court of General Sessions jury presentment signed by Jacob French, jury foreman, and Seth Padelford, prosecuting attorney, alleging that Ebenezer Peirce, of Taunton, stole twenty-five paper bills of Continental currency, valued at $7 each (for a total of $175, equivalent to £52 10s), from Samuel Hathaway. An addendum indicates that Peirce pleaded and was found not guilty.

Physical Description: Ink on paper; 1 page (25 x 21 cm.) on 1 sheet. Docketing on verso.

Number: MSN/COL 2717-90

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