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Commission of oyer and terminer(1758 August 30)

  • MS 1935.2 (1X)
  • Microfilm: M-1561
  • 1 page (35x29.5 cm.)

Commission appoints William Eppes, Nathaniel Harrison, Richard Bland, Francis Eppes, Theophilus Field, Anthony Peniston, Samuel Govan, and Alexander Bolling to serve as justices at a court of Oyer and Terminer in Prince George County, Virginia to try Arthur, the slave of John Edwards, for a felony. Printed form with manuscript insertions, signed by Gov. Francis Fauquier.

Includes pendant seal partially intact.

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