(MAINE - WHIPPINGS) [Ebenezer Nowell] Whereas Ebenezer Nowell of York in the County of York, yeoman, was before the Supreme Judicial Court ... convicted of stealing from [indistinct name] of Somersworth in the County of Stratford and State of New Hampshire. Schoolmaster, the Sum of .... [beginning lines of manuscript document] : , . [N.p., an internal date of 1792.] Bifolium, 2½ pages. Mild foxing, condition is very good. Acontemporary copy of a manuscript document recording the errant ways of Ebenezer Nowell of York, District of Maine. The first part of the document concerns a statement from John Sewall, Junior, prison keeper. The second part is a follow-up by David Sewall as justice of the peace. Nowell was caught stealing from a schoolmaster and “...sentenced to be Severly whipped on the naked back thirty stripes.” The victims were allowed to place Nowell as an indentured servant to anyone of their choosing for three years, provided he was indentured to a citizen of the United States. In addition, Nowell had to pay for the costs of his prosecution and conviction which amounted to over twenty-five pounds. Ebenezer Nowell (1741-?) was likely the son of Ebenezer Nowell (1707-1761) and Patience Hamilton of York, York County, Maine. Price: USD 75.00 other currencies   order no. 141308    inquire

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