Legal Papers, 1758 – 1786

MS.128.001
Scope and Content
This series contains bills of public credit, powers of attorney, and legal testimony. Documents include, but are not limited to:

Bills of Public Credit, four printed forms completed in ms.
  • £2.16, Daniel Holloway, 5 Sept. 1758
  • £2.16, Daniel Holloway, 5 Sept. 1758
  • £2.16, Daniel Holloway, 21 Nov. 1763
  • £2.16, Daniel Holloway, 21 Nov. 1766
Powers of Attorney, four printed forms completed in ms. and one ms.
  • DH for Peleg Thurston, 14 Jan. 1758
  • Mary Holloway for DH, 15 Jan. 1762
  • DH for Mary Holloway, widow of Samuel Holloway, 7 Feb. 1775
  • DH for John Babcock, 14 March 1785
  • Joseph Holloway for DH; ms., 1785

Ms. query as to DH's intent in action against Daniel Sunderlin, Exeter, 20 Feb 1786.

Ms. Testimony of John Hines about Pero Lardner's being hit by Mr. Scott, 27 Dec. 1769.

Two ms. depositions by DH directed to the monthly meeting of Friends in Newport, about Caleb Cranston, who is "likely to be Grosly injured by his Reputation by Jacob Barney Who hath taken advantag of his Simplicity And inexperience By obtaining from him an Evidence Contrary to his true Intent and Meaning..." a draft and a fair copy. 29 May 1770.
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