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| − | [[File:TuckerCertificateOfTheAdmission4April1774.jpg|right|thumb|400px|St. George Tucker's Certificate of the Admission to practice law in the county and inferior courts of Virginia, signed and sealed by John Randolph and [[George Wythe]], April 4, 1774. In the [http:// | + | [[File:TuckerCertificateOfTheAdmission4April1774.jpg|right|thumb|400px|St. George Tucker's Certificate of the Admission to practice law in the county and inferior courts of Virginia, signed and sealed by John Randolph and [[George Wythe]], April 4, 1774. In the [http://hdl.handle.net/10288/18891 Tucker-Coleman Papers,] Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.]] |
==Document text, April 4, 1774== | ==Document text, April 4, 1774== | ||
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Virginia, to wit. Whereas we have been nominated and appointed by the honourable the General Court to examine into the Capacity, Ability and Fitness of such persons as shall apply to practice as Attorneys in the County or inferior Courts of this Colony, And whereas [[St. George Tucker]] hath applied to us for a License to practice as an Attorney and produced to us a Certificate from the Court of Hastings in this City of his Honesty, probity, and good Demeanour, and also paid down to us the Sum of twenty shillings, and we having examined him touching his Capacity, Ability and Fitness to practise as an Attorney pursuant to an Act of Assembly in that Case made and provided, and finding him duly qualified, These are therefore to permit the said St. George Tucker to practice as an Attorney in the County, or other inferior Courts in this Colony. Given, under our Hands and Seals at Williamsburg the fourth Day of April, in the fourteenth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third, King of Great Britain &ca. Anno. Domini one thousand seven hundred and seventy four. | Virginia, to wit. Whereas we have been nominated and appointed by the honourable the General Court to examine into the Capacity, Ability and Fitness of such persons as shall apply to practice as Attorneys in the County or inferior Courts of this Colony, And whereas [[St. George Tucker]] hath applied to us for a License to practice as an Attorney and produced to us a Certificate from the Court of Hastings in this City of his Honesty, probity, and good Demeanour, and also paid down to us the Sum of twenty shillings, and we having examined him touching his Capacity, Ability and Fitness to practise as an Attorney pursuant to an Act of Assembly in that Case made and provided, and finding him duly qualified, These are therefore to permit the said St. George Tucker to practice as an Attorney in the County, or other inferior Courts in this Colony. Given, under our Hands and Seals at Williamsburg the fourth Day of April, in the fourteenth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third, King of Great Britain &ca. Anno. Domini one thousand seven hundred and seventy four. | ||
| − | [[File:WytheSealTuckerCertificate.jpg|left|thumb|500px|Detail of [[George Wythe|George Wythe's]] signature and seal, on St. George Tucker's law license. In the [http:// | + | [[File:WytheSealTuckerCertificate.jpg|left|thumb|500px|Detail of [[George Wythe|George Wythe's]] signature and seal, on St. George Tucker's law license. In the [http://hdl.handle.net/10288/18891 Tucker-Coleman Papers,] Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.]] |
<div align="right">John Randolph [SEAL]</div> | <div align="right">John Randolph [SEAL]</div> | ||
Latest revision as of 15:15, 24 January 2020
St. George Tucker's Certificate of the Admission to practice law in the county and inferior courts of Virginia, signed and sealed by John Randolph and George Wythe, April 4, 1774. In the Tucker-Coleman Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Document text, April 4, 1774
Virginia, to wit. Whereas we have been nominated and appointed by the honourable the General Court to examine into the Capacity, Ability and Fitness of such persons as shall apply to practice as Attorneys in the County or inferior Courts of this Colony, And whereas St. George Tucker hath applied to us for a License to practice as an Attorney and produced to us a Certificate from the Court of Hastings in this City of his Honesty, probity, and good Demeanour, and also paid down to us the Sum of twenty shillings, and we having examined him touching his Capacity, Ability and Fitness to practise as an Attorney pursuant to an Act of Assembly in that Case made and provided, and finding him duly qualified, These are therefore to permit the said St. George Tucker to practice as an Attorney in the County, or other inferior Courts in this Colony. Given, under our Hands and Seals at Williamsburg the fourth Day of April, in the fourteenth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third, King of Great Britain &ca. Anno. Domini one thousand seven hundred and seventy four.
Detail of George Wythe's signature and seal, on St. George Tucker's law license. In the Tucker-Coleman Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.John Randolph [SEAL]G. Wythe [SEAL]
