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Subject: Writs


Writ of Attachment against Jacob Knight, Jefferson County, Virginia, April 12, 1785 Writ of Attachment against Jacob Knight, Jefferson County, Virginia, April 12, 1785

A manuscript writ of attachment against Jacob Knight for non-payment of a debt to Joseph Simon and John Campbell. Issued in Jefferson County, Virginia (now Kentucky) on April 12, 1785. The writ, signed by Saml Culberson, Justice of the Peace, details the debt and orders the Sheriff to attach Knight's goods due to his absconding. The document is nineteen lines long and written in neat ink on a leaf measuring 8-1/4" x 13".

Writ of Attachment for Debt: Gilbert vs. Lopez, Bristol County, Massachusetts, 1774 Writ of Attachment for Debt: Gilbert vs. Lopez, Bristol County, Massachusetts, 1774

A writ of attachment for debt, partially printed and hand-filled, issued in Bristol County, Massachusetts on August 30, 1774. The document commands the attachment of the goods or estate of Thomas Gilbert of Freetown, Massachusetts, to satisfy a debt owed to Aaron Lopez of Newport, Rhode Island. The debt stems from a promissory note dated June 6, 1770, for 344 milled silver dollars. The writ includes the signatures of Deputy Sheriff Hoti Crosman and Leonard, attorney for the defense. The document is written on hand-laid paper with a Massachusetts Bay Colony seal watermark.