Writ issued by William Pelham, Clerk of the Court, for the punishment of John Thomas, 1776 Feb. 18.

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Writ issued by William Pelham, Clerk of the Court, for the punishment of John Thomas, 1776 Feb. 18.

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Writ issued by William Pelham for the punishment of John Thomas, a transient in the Litchfield, Conn., jail. Thomas was convicted of burning two houses and a mill in Sharon, Conn. The sentence to be carried out by the county sheriff, is for Thomas to be set upon the gallows with a rope around his neck for one hour and then to be whipped on his naked body. Lynde Lord, sheriff, attested on the back of the writ that the punishment had been carried out.

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Litchfield Historical Society

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Thomas, John, active 1776

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Connecticut. Superior Court (Litchfield County)

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Corporal punishment

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Lord, Lynde, 1733-1801

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Pelham, William, active 1776

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