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Bartlett, Josiah, 1729-1795 [Investigation and dismissal of the complaint of Nathaniel Weare against William Towle for the robbery of wheat]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00450 Author/Creator: Bartlett, Josiah, 1729-1795 Place Written: Raymond, New Hampshire Type: Autograph document signed Date: 07 April 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 39 cm, Width: 23 cm Order a Copy

In his role as a Justice of the Peace of New Hampshire, Barlett signed the document six times. Also signed by Deputy Sheriff of the county of Rockingham Solomon Wheeler and Justice of the Peace John Dudley. Bartlett was a signer of the Declaration of Independence

Bartlett, Josiah, 1729-1795
Wheeler, Solomon, fl. 1783
Dudley, John, fl. 1783

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