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John Cary, "Thomas Hathaway, et al. summons"
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A document written and signed by John Cary, clerk of the writs, directing the sheriff to summon Thomas Hathaway, John Spooner, and John Jenney to appear before the Bristol County Court of the General Sessions for failing to levy a £19 tax upon the residents of Dartmouth, intended to pay for bridge construction, and to answer for their contempt of an earlier summons; with endorsements on the reverse by Samuel Gallup, sheriff, and Samuel Little, deputy sheriff.