Commission of Oyer and Terminer 1744 Aug 25

Access and use

Location of collection:
Colonial Williamsburg
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187
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Preferred citation:

Commission of Oyer and Terminer, 1744 Aug 25, Manuscript # MS 1977.1 (1X), John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Summary

Creator:
Gooch, William, Sir, 1681-1751.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Commission of Oyer and Terminer, 1744 Aug 25, Manuscript # MS 1977.1 (1X), John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Background

Scope and content:

Commission to George Newton, William Crafford, and sixteen other men of Norfolk County, Virginia for the trial of Nan, a woman slave belonging to Edward McGee, for felony.

Acquisition information:
Purchase, 1977.
Physical description:
[1] leaf ; 37x35 cm. ; includes pendant seal.