Paine’s Minutes of the Argument: Plymouth Court of General Sessions, October 1766

Paine’s Minutes of the Argument1

Plymouth Court of General Sessions, October 1766

Plympton vs. Middleborough

Warninig.

Shurtleffe. J. Mar[shall] went from Plym[pton] to Mid[dleborough] 21. Dec. 1753.

Mr. Josiah Marshal. Came to Plymp[ton] Augt. 1747 till 20th Novr. 1753.2 Then to Midd[leborough], returned to Ply[mpton] 7th July 1758. Was Grammar School Master at Midd[leborough]. I went to Pembroke 4 yr. ago and kept school there 2 yr. and 2 months.

Capt. Sprout. Mr. Marshal kept School at Midd[leborough] 5 years.

Adams

Pity there should be a dispute.

Warrant of Warning no Seal no mention made of his Wife and children, not to depart within 14 days. A man and his family means nothing more than the man; Marshals Wife was born at Plymton.

Warrant to remove, not setting forth the cause, given by a Justice in the same Town

Strange. 1163.3

1. In Paine’s hand. Paine Law Notes.

2. Thus in MS. JA’s notes read 10 November.

3. That is, Greate Charte v. Kennington, note 3 above. Paine has erroneously written “1163.”

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Title: Paine’s Minutes of the Argument: Plymouth Court of General Sessions, October 1766
Author: Paine, Robert Treat
Date: October 1766

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Cite as: “Paine’s Minutes of the Argument: Plymouth Court of General Sessions, October 1766,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/05-01-02-0008-0002-0003. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Legal Papers of John Adams, vol. 1, Cases 1–30, ed. L. Kinvin Wroth and Hiller B. Zobel. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1965, p. 297.]