Deerfield, MA: Manuscripts-Town Offices, Law Enforcement, Justice of the Peace

Recorded Source Name:: Town of Deerfield, MA, Manuscripts-Town Offices-Law Enforcement-Justice of the Peace
Place:: Deerfield, MA
Contributor:: Courtesy of Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association
Deerfield, MA
Description:: Manuscript records at the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association Library include several court and other legal documents from the winter of 1788/89 relating to a case of theft involving Joseph Wright, an African American resident of Deerfield, Massachusetts. (Deerfield, MA, Manuscripts-Town Offices-Law Enforcement-Justice of the Peace; Box 7, 1-V, folder 10, 1771-1813)

Table of contents

Entry	Date	AA Name(s)	$	£	s	p	f	id
• let us take bres." The condemnation and punishment of these poor...	1760	Titus,						2813
• The story runs thus, that some half a dozen negroes belonging some of...	1760	Titus,						2812

Entry	Date	AA Name(s)	id
• Hampshire To the Sheriff of the said County of Hampshire or either of...	1788 Dec 16	Joseph Wright,	2765
• Hampshire Sr. Deerfield Dec^r 16^th 1788-By Virtue of this Writ I attach...	1788 Dec 16	Joseph Wright,	2766
• Hampshire to Peter Phillips late resident in Conway And Joseph abels...	1788 Dec 17	Joseph Wright,	2772
• To John Williams Esq^r One of the Justices of the peace for the County...	1788 Dec 20	Joseph Wright,	2767
• Hampshire Js Dec^er 20 1788 I have Summon^d the within Named Peter...	1788 Dec 20	Joseph Wright,	2773
• Hampshire Lt Sunderland Desember 19 1788 The Derection of this rit ...	1788 Dec 20	Joseph Wright,	2769
• and him bring as soon as may be before me or some other Justice of the...	1788 Dec 20	Joseph Wright,	2768
• Hamp Jr Dec^er 22^th 1788 by Virtue of this writ of atatch one Cow and one...	1788 Dec 22	Joseph Wright,	2775
• Hampshir [page torn] nwealth of Massachusetts. [page torn] ounty of...	1788 Dec 22	Joseph Wright,	2774
• On Complaint Edw^d Joiner Jun^r vs Joseph Wright, Negro Bill of Costs Compl...	1789 Jan 3	Joseph Wright,	2770
• Jan^y 3. 1789 we hereby acknowledge we have rec^d the sums set to...	1789 Jan 3	Joseph Wright,	2771