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Wolcott, Oliver, 1726-1797 Writ re: debt case of Cyrus Beers

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00184.55 Author/Creator: Wolcott, Oliver, 1726-1797 Place Written: New Haven, Connecticut Type: Document signed Date: 02 November 1785 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 21.9 x 16 cm Order a Copy

Summons for Samuel Osborn, Reuben Brady and Lazarus Thomas to appear before Fairfield County Court, CT for failing to pay debt to Cyrus Beers.

Wolcott, Oliver, 1726-1797
Brady, Reuden, fl. 1785
Thomas, Lazarus, fl. 1785
Beers, Cyrus, fl. 1785

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