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Document Name: Complaint of Silence Burr

Author: Silence Burr
Date: December 26, 1777
Place: Easton, Massachusetts
Endorsement(s): None

Abstract: A complaint signed by Silence Burr, a single woman of Easton, alleging that Thomas Randell, also of Easton "did . . . begit her with [a] Basterd childe." The complaint is directed to (and written in the hand of) Benjamin Pettingill, Bristol County justice of the peace, and seeks a warrant against Randell.

Physical Description: Ink on paper; 1 page (12 x 20 cm.) on 1 sheet. Docketing on verso.

Number: MSN/COL 2717-91

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