Hutchinson, Thomas, 1711-1780 [Order to sheriffs, deputies & constables to arrest Asten for murdering Indians]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03002.05 Author/Creator: Hutchinson, Thomas, 1711-1780 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Document signed Date: 1767/09/10 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 33 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy
Signed as Chief Justice of Massachusetts, with the last paragraph in his hand. Orders to find and arrest Daniel Asten and Francis Douglass as "the Perpetrators of the murder and robbery," against certain Indians. In the document Asten's name is spelled Austin.
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