Petition to the Rhode Island General Assembly for payment of a debt, 1761.

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Petition to the Rhode Island General Assembly for payment of a debt, 1761.

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Petition filed on behalf of Margaret Tree, a Massachusetts widow, by attorney Stephen Colgrove, to recover monies owed Tree by Robert Love. Love had falsified information in the first hearing to avoid the debt. Signed: J. [Josiah] Lyndon and Henry Ward. Lyndon was clerk of the Rhode Island General Assembly; Ward was the secretary.

1 folded sheet (3 p.) ; 30.2 cm.

Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

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Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

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