The Confiscation of John Chandler's Estate |
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... authority of which the different steps were taken . The documentary evidence bearing upon the seizure and confiscation of the estates of loyal- ists which has been preserved in Massachusetts is so full that it is quite possible there ...
... authority of which the different steps were taken . The documentary evidence bearing upon the seizure and confiscation of the estates of loyal- ists which has been preserved in Massachusetts is so full that it is quite possible there ...
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... authority conferred by the resolves passed prior to this act , and as we examine the papers in their chronological arrangement , we find steps taken which illustrate not only every section of the act , but also the amendments to it ...
... authority conferred by the resolves passed prior to this act , and as we examine the papers in their chronological arrangement , we find steps taken which illustrate not only every section of the act , but also the amendments to it ...
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... authority to be derived therefrom for nearly every outrage committed upon the property of the loyalists in the name of the committees of the several towns . No such legislation exists , however , under cover of which assaults upon the ...
... authority to be derived therefrom for nearly every outrage committed upon the property of the loyalists in the name of the committees of the several towns . No such legislation exists , however , under cover of which assaults upon the ...
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... authorities . At that time sequestration could not have entered the mind of anybody as a possible solution for the question of its future disposition . It may be assumed , there- fore , that the sole motive which governed the first ...
... authorities . At that time sequestration could not have entered the mind of anybody as a possible solution for the question of its future disposition . It may be assumed , there- fore , that the sole motive which governed the first ...
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... authority whatever to dispose of per- sonal estate was conferred in the resolve . It was soon realized that this resolve conflicted with the one of March 25 appointing a committee to take charge of the abandoned estates in Boston . This ...
... authority whatever to dispose of per- sonal estate was conferred in the resolve . It was soon realized that this resolve conflicted with the one of March 25 appointing a committee to take charge of the abandoned estates in Boston . This ...
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act to prevent Acts and Res Agent allowed appraisers Attest Barn Benjamin Greene Boston bounded as follows Certificate Chandler's land Commissioners committees of correspondence Common Pleas Commonwealth of Massachusetts containing 100 acres containing by estimation Copy County of Hampshire County of Worcester dwelling house Endorsement on back Esqr estate of John estates of absentees examine claims expences Farm February GEORGE H Hampshire County HARLOW Register hundred acres Inferiour Court Inventory John Chandler Esq Johnson's land Joseph Allen JOSEPH WHEELER Judge of Probate June jurat late of Worcester lawful money Laws and Res lease Leominster Levi Lincoln Mary Chandler Mass Massachusetts Bay Meeting house Murrayfield Number oath October Office papers personal estate pounds probate files Prov Province real estate resolve Royalston situate Southwardly stake & stones thereon Thomas Gage tract of land turning & running Warrant appointing Westwardly Worces Worcester County
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Page 124 - CD, deceased, do make or cause to be made a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits of the said deceased, which have or shall come to the hands, possession or knowledge of him the said A. B., or into the hands and possession of any other person...
Page 53 - ... perfectly consistent not only with justice and equity, but with that spirit of conciliation which on the return of the blessings of peace should universally prevail...
Page 123 - Payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, and each of us, our, and each of our Heirs, Executors and Administrators jointly and severally, firmly by these Presents.
Page 124 - AB, or into the hands and possession of any other person or persons for him, do well and truly administer according to law: and further do make or cause to be made...
Page 125 - Then the before written obligation to be void and of none effect, or else to abide and remain in full force and virtue.
Page 124 - And if it shall hereafter appear, That any last will and testament was made by the said deceased, and the executor or executors...
Page 130 - ... named in said decree, in the proportions set forth therein : You are to let all persons named in said decree have notice when you proceed to make such appraisement and division, and having completed the same, you are to make return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, unto the court of probate of the said town of as soon as may be.
Page 259 - Monday of— , being the day of the same month, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety . Present: The Honorable , Circuit Judge.
Page 259 - Pleas holden at Northampton within and for the County of Hampshire on the second Tuesday of...
Page 203 - In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of...