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Recognizance for the license of an alehous
Title
Recognizance for the license of an alehous, 1710 August 8.
Production
Bristol County, [Mass.] : John Cary, 1710.
Physical Description
1 item (1 leaf) : paper, ink ; 22 x 17 cm.
Language
English
Local Notes
Hicks classification: MssB M382 1710 tall.
Lillian Goldman Law Library Rare36 24-0007 copy purchased from Michael Laird Rare Books in November 2022.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger and bibliographic description partially based on the information sheet provided by the bookseller.
In English.
Biographical / Historical Note
The Court of General Sessions at Bristol County, now in Rhode Island, but which was part of the Massachusetts Bay colony until 1746.
Summary
Manuscript copy, dated 1710, of a Bristol County, Massachusetts, Court of General Sessions memorandum, recording the bond of recognizance by Thomas Terry, with surety in the amount of 10 pounds, licensing Terry to keep an inn and sell alcohol, on condition (among others) that Terry not sell alcohol to "apprentices, servants, Indians or Negroes."
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
January 19, 2024
Subjects
Genre/Form
Legal instruments.
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