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Affidavit, 10 April 1843 [State of Illinois v. Drown]
Source Note
Source Note
, Affidavit, before , [, Hancock Co., IL], 10 Apr. 1843, State of IL v. Drown (Hancock Co., IL, Justice of the Peace Court 1843); handwriting of ; signature of by his mark; witnessed by Catherine Curtis Spencer, 10 Apr. 1843; certified by , 10 Apr. 1843; docket by unidentified scribe, [, IL, ca. 10 Apr. 1843]; docket and notation by , [, Hancock Co., IL], 17 Oct. 1843; two pages; Nauvoo, IL, Records, CHL. Includes seals.
Historical Introduction
Historical Introduction
| State of Illinois) | ss [scilicet] |
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Personally came before me one of The justices of the peace <for Said > , who being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that on or about the month of September 1842 in conversation with of Said said proposed to in Order to rid himself & of a debt owing to Lemuel Mallory of said County That should take his, ’s Brass Kettle & put in <it> into said Lemuel Mallory’s Stable without the knowledge of said Mallory he could thereby get said Mallory lodged in Jail <for Stealing> until he Mallory would feel compelled to relinquish the debt in favor of Mallory
X <his mark> LS
Signed in presence of
Catherine C[urtis] Spencer
Sworn to & Subscribed before me This 10th. April A.D. 1843
J. P. LS [p. [1]]
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Footnotes
Footnotes
Mark of Christian Upperman.
- [1]
TEXT: “LS” (locus sigilli, Latin for “location of the seal”) enclosed in a hand-drawn representation of a seal.
Signature of Catherine Curtis Spencer.
- [2]
TEXT: “LS” (locus sigilli, Latin for “location of the seal”) enclosed in a hand-drawn representation of a seal.