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Trowbridge, Thomas, fl. 1705 I Thomas Trowbridg of Newtown being upon the seventh day of December 1705 upon the road leading to Boston.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00461.02 Author/Creator: Trowbridge, Thomas, fl. 1705 Place Written: Roxbury Massachusetts Type: Document signed Date: January 23, 1705 Pagination: 2 p. : docket : Height: 32 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Also signed by John Winchester, Jr. Trowbridge and Winchester had been accused by Royal Governor of Massachusetts Joseph Dudley of attacking him, and he had pressed charges. The two carters deny the charges and say that Dudley was the aggressor. The men were discharged 6 November 1706.

Trowbridge, Thomas, fl. 1705

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