Autograph Document Signed, " Benj. Swan Clerk." Three pages, 7 3/8"x 12 1/4". County Court Woodstock. Third Monday, September 1811. The document, being the court's decision in the case of The White River Bridge Company versus Charles Pines, reads, in part: "
and the Pltfs. Further complain, that the defdt. On the first day of March instant at said Hartford, with force
did enter, and a certain wooden gate thereon erected & standing and thereto annexed, for the purpose of collecting & receiving said Toll, did cut, break down and destroy and did then & there, with like force, cut & destroy the timber of said bridge, by reason whereof, Five hundred passenger
did then and there pass over & cross said bridge without paying the toll
to the damage of the said White River Bridge Company as they say Five hundred dollars
It is considered by the court here, that the defdt. Is not guilty
" In addition, this document providing information regarding the formation, fees and proprietors of the bridge company relative to the case. Some very slight toning. Else Very Fine. This document is accompanied by a partially printed document announcing the date and individuals involved in the above noted case. One page, 7 1/4" x 12 1/8". No date. State of Vermont, Windsor County. Toning at folds. Else Very Good. |
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