Difference between revisions of "Commission to Take Depositions, 9 November 1796"
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| − | [[File:TinsleyCommission9November1796.jpg|thumb|right| | + | [[File:TinsleyCommission9November1796.jpg|thumb|right|600px|Printed form for a commission to take depositions for the case Baker v. Fairfax, filled in and signed by Peter Tinsley, November 9, 1796. Original in the [http://library.haverford.edu/file-id-1037 Charles Roberts Autograph Letters Collection,] [http://library.haverford.edu/places/special-collections/ Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College,] Haverford, Pennsylvania.]] |
| + | This document is a pre-printed legal form for a commission to take depositions in the case Baker v. Fairfax, filled in and signed by Peter Tinsley, clerk of the Virginia High Court of Chancery, on November 9, 1796. | ||
==Document text, 9 November 1796== | ==Document text, 9 November 1796== | ||
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| − | <tt>The Commonwealth of Virginia, to</tt> James Anderson William R | + | <tt>The Commonwealth of Virginia, to</tt> James Anderson William R[iddle] |
James Maxwell <tt>Gentlemen, greet[ings]</tt> | James Maxwell <tt>Gentlemen, greet[ings]</tt> | ||
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<tt>KNOW YE, that we trusting to your fidelity and provident circumspection, in diligently examining whatsoever witnesses as well on behalf of</tt> | <tt>KNOW YE, that we trusting to your fidelity and provident circumspection, in diligently examining whatsoever witnesses as well on behalf of</tt> | ||
| − | John | + | John Baker Plaintiff as on behalf of Denny ^<sup>Fairfax.</sup> devisee and Thomas Bryan Martin and Gabriel Jones upon of Thomas Lord Fairfax said. Thomas Bryan Martin is also Att.<sup>o</sup> in fact for the Denny Fairfax and Charles Lee defendants |
<tt>command you or any two or more of you, that at such certain days and places as you shall appoint, you assemble yourselves and the witnesses aforesaid before you, or any two or more of you, you call and cause to come and diligently examine on the Holy Evan-gelists of Almighty God, and their examinations into our High Court of Chancery distinctly and plainly, without delay, you shall send and certify enclosed, returning also this writ. Witness GEORGE WYTHE, Judge of our said Court, at Richmond this</tt> 9<sup>th</sup> <tt>day of</tt> Nov. <tt>179</tt>0 <tt>and in the</tt> 21<sup>st</sup> <tt>year of the commonwealth.</tt> | <tt>command you or any two or more of you, that at such certain days and places as you shall appoint, you assemble yourselves and the witnesses aforesaid before you, or any two or more of you, you call and cause to come and diligently examine on the Holy Evan-gelists of Almighty God, and their examinations into our High Court of Chancery distinctly and plainly, without delay, you shall send and certify enclosed, returning also this writ. Witness GEORGE WYTHE, Judge of our said Court, at Richmond this</tt> 9<sup>th</sup> <tt>day of</tt> Nov. <tt>179</tt>0 <tt>and in the</tt> 21<sup>st</sup> <tt>year of the commonwealth.</tt> | ||
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Revision as of 12:31, 13 September 2016
This document is a pre-printed legal form for a commission to take depositions in the case Baker v. Fairfax, filled in and signed by Peter Tinsley, clerk of the Virginia High Court of Chancery, on November 9, 1796.
Document text, 9 November 1796
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The Commonwealth of Virginia, to James Anderson William R[iddle]
James Maxwell Gentlemen, greet[ings]
KNOW YE, that we trusting to your fidelity and provident circumspection, in diligently examining whatsoever witnesses as well on behalf of
John Baker Plaintiff as on behalf of Denny ^Fairfax. devisee and Thomas Bryan Martin and Gabriel Jones upon of Thomas Lord Fairfax said. Thomas Bryan Martin is also Att.o in fact for the Denny Fairfax and Charles Lee defendants
command you or any two or more of you, that at such certain days and places as you shall appoint, you assemble yourselves and the witnesses aforesaid before you, or any two or more of you, you call and cause to come and diligently examine on the Holy Evan-gelists of Almighty God, and their examinations into our High Court of Chancery distinctly and plainly, without delay, you shall send and certify enclosed, returning also this writ. Witness GEORGE WYTHE, Judge of our said Court, at Richmond this 9th day of Nov. 1790 and in the 21st year of the commonwealth.
- Peter Tinsley
