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August 17, 1786
Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
In Bristol County, Massachusetts, inhabitants signed a paper pledging to unite against the Inferior Court of Common Pleas and distress sales to prevent ruin from rigorous civil law enforcement, dated July 28, 1786, as reported from Charlestown on August 11.
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MASSACHUSETTS.
CHARLESTOWN, August 11. The following is said to be a true copy of a paper now circulating in Bristol county, signed by a large number of the inhabitants of that county,--which we lay before our readers for their information, leaving them to make their own comments upon it.
WHEREAS the good people of this commonwealth have for some time past been very much distressed and embarrassed by a too rigorous execution of the civil law, even to the ruin of many honest men and their families. And whereas the honourable gentlemen of the convention of the county of Bristol have petitioned the Great and General Court for some relief in that respect, but could obtain none: And whereas the above calamity is daily increasing, and threatens to involve great part of the people in beggary and ruin unless speedily prevented: Therefore, in order to prevent any further progress of such destructive proceedings, WE, the subscribers, do firmly agree, and engage to unite, as one man, and that we will, to the utmost of our power, oppose, and prevent the sitting of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the county of Bristol, or any other court that shall attempt to sit for the purpose of taking property by distress, and all publick vendues of property taken by distress, even at the risk of our lives and fortunes, until a redress of the present grievances can be legally obtained.
July 28, 1786.
CHARLESTOWN, August 11. The following is said to be a true copy of a paper now circulating in Bristol county, signed by a large number of the inhabitants of that county,--which we lay before our readers for their information, leaving them to make their own comments upon it.
WHEREAS the good people of this commonwealth have for some time past been very much distressed and embarrassed by a too rigorous execution of the civil law, even to the ruin of many honest men and their families. And whereas the honourable gentlemen of the convention of the county of Bristol have petitioned the Great and General Court for some relief in that respect, but could obtain none: And whereas the above calamity is daily increasing, and threatens to involve great part of the people in beggary and ruin unless speedily prevented: Therefore, in order to prevent any further progress of such destructive proceedings, WE, the subscribers, do firmly agree, and engage to unite, as one man, and that we will, to the utmost of our power, oppose, and prevent the sitting of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the county of Bristol, or any other court that shall attempt to sit for the purpose of taking property by distress, and all publick vendues of property taken by distress, even at the risk of our lives and fortunes, until a redress of the present grievances can be legally obtained.
July 28, 1786.
What sub-type of article is it?
Rebellion Or Revolt
Politics
Legal Or Court
What keywords are associated?
Bristol County
Inferior Court
Civil Law Opposition
Distress Sales
Grievances
1786
Where did it happen?
Bristol County, Massachusetts
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Bristol County, Massachusetts
Event Date
July 28, 1786
Event Details
Inhabitants of Bristol county signed a circulating paper agreeing to unite and oppose the sitting of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas and distress sales due to rigorous civil law enforcement causing distress and ruin, after failed petitions for relief.