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Subpoena to appear in court

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.04949 Author/Creator: Place Written: Lansing, New York Type: Manuscript document Date: 1783/01/08 Pagination: 1p. 20.6 x 15.9 Order a Copy

The subpoena requests attendance in court to give testimony in a case between Hendrick Platner, plaintiff, and Caleb Kiphart, defendant, in a plea of trespass.

Platner, Hendrick, fl. 1783
Kiphart, Caleb., fl. 1783

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