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Subject: 18th Century Legal History

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Court Broadside: Moses Hart v. James Bell, June 20, 1798Court Broadside: Moses Hart v. James Bell, June 20, 1798

Court document dated June 20, 1798, in the case of Moses Hart against James Bell. The broadside, sealed with a complaint by Moses Hart, concerns a debt originating on February 19, 1796. This document is part of a larger archive of 56 items related to the division of the Aaron Hart estate after his death on December 28, 1800, in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. The documents were found among the papers of Judge James Reid (1769-1848), the Hart family's lawyer. This specific item is categorized as an evidential document predating Aaron Hart's death, consisting primarily of mercantile papers such as ledger sheets and promissory notes.

Legal Document: Moses Hart vs. James Bell, Court of Appeals, November 19, 1798Legal Document: Moses Hart vs. James Bell, Court of Appeals, November 19, 1798

A true copy of the court record from the Court of Appeals case of Moses Hart vs. James Bell, dated November 19, 1798. This document is part of a larger archive of 56 documents related to the division of the estate of Aaron Hart, who died December 28, 1800, in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. The documents were found among the papers of Judge James Reid (1769-1848), the Hart family's lawyer. This specific document is from the first category of papers, those written after Aaron Hart's death, which are mostly legal in nature.

Legal Document: Moses Hart vs. James Bell, Kings Bench October Term 1798Legal Document: Moses Hart vs. James Bell, Kings Bench October Term 1798

Duplicate of a suit, Moses Hart vs. James Bell, in the Kings Bench, October Term 1798. This document is one of 56 from the Aaron Hart archive, found among the papers of Judge James Reid (1769-1848), the Hart family lawyer. The documents relate to the division of the Aaron Hart estate after his death on December 28, 1800, in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. This particular item is an evidential document dated prior to Aaron Hart's death, consisting of mercantile papers such as ledger sheets and promissory notes.