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1768/02/17

Douglass, Asa, 1715-1792

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Elisha Shelden re: request for financial assistance

GLC03107.04755

1768/02/20

Paine, Elisha, fl. 1768

Autograph document signed

Title: Testimony regarding Asa Douglas

Elisha Paine describes some past business dealings with Asa Douglas, and a dispute that erupted between Asa and his brother Benajah Douglas.

GLC03107.04756

1768/03/02

Carter, John Jr., fl. 1768

Autograph document signed

Title: Testimony regarding Asa Douglas

John Carter, Jr's testimony describes how a dispute arose between Asa Douglas, and his brother Benajah. Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.04757

1768/03/02

Carter, John Jr., fl. 1768

Autograph document signed

Title: Testimony concerning Asa Douglas

John Carter's testimony describes the relationship between Asa and Benajah Douglas, and how they managed their farms and other property. Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.04758

1768/03/03

Cary, John, fl. 1768

Manuscript document signed

Title: Testimony concerning Asa & Benajah Douglas

John Cary's testimony describes his financial and business dealings with the Douglas's.

GLC03107.04759

1768/03/04

Ripley, David, fl. 1768

Manuscript document signed

Title: Testimony regarding Benajah Douglas

GLC03107.04760

1768/03/05

Lathrop, Benjamin, fl. 1768

Manuscript document signed

Title: Testimony regarding Benajah Douglas

The three testifiers state that they remember Benajah Douglas to have been a sane and responsible man.

GLC03107.04761

1768/03/07

Abbe, Joshua, fl. 1768

Manuscript document signed

Title: Testimony regarding Asa and Benajah Douglas

Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.04762

1768/03/09

Manuscript

Title: Statement concerning a deceased father's papers

The author of the document states that after his father's death, his brother, Cornelius Dunham, saved the deceased man's papers.

GLC03107.04763

1768/03/09

Lee, Jared, fl. 1768

Autograph document signed

Title: Testimony of Cornelius Dunham

The Justice of the Peace, Jared Lee, recorded Cornelius Dunham's testimony. Cornelius Dunham stated that after his father's death, he saved most of the deceased man's papers, but discarded those that had been damaged and rendered illegible by water.

GLC03107.04764

1768/03/10

Wadham, Noah, fl. 1768

Manuscript document signed

Title: Testimony regarding Asa and Benajah Douglas

Noah Wadham's testimony concerns the rights of Benajah and Asa Douglas to various pieces of property. Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.04765

1768/03/25

Douglas, Asa, fl. 1762-1768

Manuscript document signed

Title: Testimony regarding Asa & Benajah Douglas

Asa Douglas, Jr. testified about an occasion on which his father, Asa Douglas, gave cattle to Benajah Douglas. Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.04766

1768/03/25

Bunce, Jacob, fl. 1768

Manuscript document signed

Title: Deposition of Jacob Bunce regarding Asa and Benajah Douglas

GLC03107.04767

1768/03/25

Warner, William, fl. 1768

Manuscript document signed

Title: Deposition of William Warner regarding Asa and Benajah Douglas

GLC03107.04768

1768/04/02

Douglas, James, fl. 1768

Autograph document signed

Title: Deposition regarding Asa and Benajah Douglas

James Douglas testified about Asa Douglas's right to a farm, as there is a dispute in the family on this matter.

GLC03107.04769

1768/04/04

Cadey, Ebenezer, fl. 1768

Manuscript document signed

Title: Deposition of Ebenezer Cadey regarding Benajah Douglas

In his deposition, Ebenezer Cadey stated that although he remembered Benajah Douglas to have been a man of strange religious and moral beliefs, he exhibited a sound mind when negotiating business transactions. Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.04770

1768/02/24

Tracy, Daniel, fl. 1748-1768

Manuscript document signed

Title: Deposition of Daniel Tracy regarding the lease of a farm from Benajah Douglas

Daniel Tracy stated in his deposition that he leased a farm from Benajah Douglas, and before the lease expired, Asa Douglas made an agreement with Benajah to improve the said farm.

GLC03107.04771

1778/04/24

Forbes, Samuel, fl. 1778

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John V. Borough re: receipt of iron and nails

GLC03107.04772

1697/07/02

Wilson, Richard, fl. 1697

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. van Dyck re: property rental

Richard Wilson writes that he has not yet decided how he is going to rent a certain property, but in the meantime states that Mr. van Dyck may share part of it with Mr. Livingston.

GLC03107.04775