Petition regarding illegal seizure of boat and claims for damages
- Item sets
- Sources
- Name
- Petition regarding illegal seizure of boat and claims for damages
- Description
- A fragmentary petition to an authority (addressed as 'your Excellency') concerning the illegal seizure of a boat belonging to the petitioners. The document requests recovery of the vessel and compensation for costs, damages, and detriments incurred. A marginal note indicates performance on 23 March of an illegible year in the 1760s.
- Type
- Financial Data
- Uncertain Readings
- Archive / Repository
- md:20260218_135259.md
- img:20260218_135259.jpg
- Collection
- The Last Years of the Lordship
- Type
- Petition
- Date Created
- 1760s
- Creator
- Petitioners (identified as 'your Pet^rs', names not legible)
- Audience
- Your Excellency (addressee not named)
- Provenance
- Partial document visible only at bottom of page. Multiple passages illegible or obscured. Marginal note with date partially obscured (1760s). Significant portions of text missing.
- Language
- English