[Rarebooks] FS: Handwritten Trespass Complaint, Middlesex County, NJ, 1785

[Bob Petrilla]

Hamilton, David vs. Christopher Doughty. HANDWRITTEN COMPLAINT IN TRESPASS
& REPLICATION...MIDDLESEX [NEW JERSEY, COURT OF COMMON] PLEAS...24 November
1785. Middlesex County, NJ: , 1785. Original manuscript. One page, docketed
on verso. Written neatly in sepia ink on watermarked, laid paper; old fold
marks. 12.25" x 7.75"  Very Good.
In part: "the said David by Jonathan Deare his Attorney...says that the
said Christopher the Day and Year aforesaid in the Declaration aforesaid
mentioned at New Brunswick...within the Jurisdiction of this Court, of his
own wrong without such Cause by him [,] the said Christopher in Pleading
alleged--on him the said David an Assault did make, and him the said David
did beat, wound and ill treat....[signed by Jonathan Deare, Attorney]."
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