- GLC#
- GLC05549
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 14 July 1789
- Author/Creator
- Ward, Artemas, 1727-1800
- Title
- To the sheriff of Worcester County
- Place Written
- Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 19.5 cm, Width: 16.2 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Accuses Elijah Newton of swearing, "Damn the Authority I swear by God I will kill any man that touchette me." Requests that the sheriff apprehends Newton and bring him before Ward so he may be dealt with.
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