Author: [New York. Westchester County] (Thomas, Edward)
Title: [Manuscript] Legal Petition to Settle a Financial Dispute in Westchester County, New York
Description: (White Plains), NY, 1789. [4 pp.] Bifolium. 8 x 13 inches. Filed in the Westchester County Court of Common Pleas, Henry Sherman of the Town of Harlem suing William Foshay and George Hepworth for a debt now valued at twenty-nine pounds in September 1789 by his attorney, Edward Thomas. With a detailed list of court costs and legal fees adding up to three pounds eleven shillings. Edward Thomas, surrogate of Westchester County, was a leading lawyer and had an extensive practice,between 1786 and 1806. He was the grandson of Judge John Thomas, the patriot who died a prisoner in New York, in 1777 (History of Westchester County, V.1, p. 539). Very good, lightly soiled and edge worn, minor tears at the folds.

Keywords: New York, Autographs & Manuscripts, , Americana, Law, Colonial & Early America, New York, Autographs & Manuscripts, Westchester White Plains Loan Legal Document, Manuscript Law


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