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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Jennifer Sharp, 07/24/2008 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Thomas Hill Court Petition, 1812-1813 A Collection in the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation`sJohn D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library MS 2000.65

John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation 2008 Special Collections Staff John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Descriptive Summary John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Thomas Hill Court Petition 1812-1813 MS 2000.65 On site 5 items. English Hill, Thomas, fl. 1812 Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

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Preferred Citation

Thomas Hill Court Petition, Manuscript #MS 2000.65, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Acquisition Information

Purchase, 1981

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None available

Scope and Content

Hill petitions the Virginia Court to return to him his runaway apprentice, Hugh O'Hara. O'Hara has joined the U.S. Army and is serving under Captain Archibald Randolph and Col. James P. Preston. A disagreement among the judges hearing the case makes a verdict impossible.

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Index Terms Persons: Hill, Thomas O'Hara, Hugh Lee, Ludwell Holmes, Hugh Randolph, Archibald Preston, James P. White, Robert Carr, Dabney Corporate Names: United States. Army Subjects: Apprentices - Virginia Court Records - Virginia Master and ServantzVirginia Domestics - Virginia Child labor - Virginia Child soldiers - Virginia Soldiers - United States