Blake, Increase, fl. 1780 Prisoners in Worcester Goal
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01412.64.14 Author/Creator: Blake, Increase, fl. 1780 Place Written: Worcester, Massachusetts Type: Autograph document signed Date: 5 September 1780 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 15 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy
List of five prisoners in the Worcester, Massachusetts, jail. Also mentions reasons for imprisonment: two for not paying ministerial taxes, one for desertion, one as a prisoner of war, and one for threatening the life of another person in Worcester.
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