Lawsuit of John Van Buren v. Robert C. Winthrop, 1849.

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Lawsuit of John Van Buren v. Robert C. Winthrop, 1849.

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These two documents relate to collecting the settlement of a defamation suit by John Van Buren against Robert C. Winthrop in Easton, Northampton County, Pa. William P. Wilson, attorney for John Van Buren, writes a praecipe (a written request to a court to issue a writ or otherwise require an action from a party to a suit) to Thomas Heter, prothonotary, to issue a fi fa ("fieri facias," a lien placed against property) against Robert C. Winthrop for damages and costs. The second document from Heter directs the Sheriff to sell Winthrop's property for the $5,000 owed to Van Buren; 26 July 1849 docketing on the verso lists the property levied (horses, carriages, piano, champaign, wine, wheat, and bank shares) and notes on 10 August the property remained unsold for want of buyers.

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Winthrop, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1809-1894

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Robert Charles Winthrop (May 12, 1809 – November 16, 1894) was an American lawyer and philanthropist and one time Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was a descendant of John Winthrop. Robert Charles Winthrop was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Thomas Lindall Winthrop (1760–1841), the Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, and Elizabeth Bowdoin Temple (1769–1825), who were married on July 25, 1786. He was the youngest of 13 children born to his parents. Winthrop attende...

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Buren, John van

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