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Lot 51
Hooper, William. Revolutionary War-date Autograph Document Signed "Wm Hooper Atty for The Plaintiff," 1½ pp, 13 x 8 in., recto/verso, with integral leaf, Superior Court of Justice, State of North Carolina, New Bern District, March 19, 1778. On watermarked, laid paper. Fine condition.
In part, "John Right Complains against Joseph Wrong in Custody for this cause, to wit, that upon the twentieth day of February in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and Seventy five in the County of Carteret in the district of New Bern in the State of North Carolina, Joseph Bell Innholder in the County aforesaid demised [leased] granted and to farm Let to the said John Right a certain … Lot of Land in the said Town of Beaufort…for and owing the term of Five Years….the aforesaid Joseph Wrong illegally dispossed the said John Right by force and arms into the said Lot and the houses thereon … and still doth withhold and then and there did other injuries to him the said John Right against the Peace and dignity of the State aforesaid and to the Damage of the said John Right Five hundred Pounds Current money of the State of North Carolina aforesaid, and therefore he brings suit…"
During the Revolutionary War, Beaufort, North Carolina, was pro-patriot. Many privateers serving the American cause used the port. Saltworks were built nearby to supply the colony and state. Previously, salt had been imported from England. Joseph Bell (1739-1813) was a son of Carteret County Justice Joseph Bell, Sr.
Beneath Hooper’s statement is a Manuscript Document Signed "Joseph Wrong" (text and signature by Hooper) penned "To Mr Joseph Bell Tenant in possession of the Premisses on the within Declaration of Ejectment mentioned." In full, "I am informed that you are in possession or Claim a Tith to the Premisses in this Declaration of Ejectment mentioned or to some part thereof and I being sued in this action as a casual Ejection and having no claim or Title to the same, do advise you to appear at the Superior Court of Law to be held for the District of New Bern at the Court House in New Bern on the Twentieth day of May next by some Attorney of that Court and then and there by a Rule of the same Court to cause yourself to be made Defendant in my stead otherwise I shall suffer Judgment to be entered against me and you will be turned out of Possession."
On the integral leaf appears an Autograph Document Signed "Melachi Bell" as Deputy Sheriff certifying "that the Declaration and Notice was served on the said Joseph Bell on the Twentieth Day of March, 1778." Melachi Bell (1745-1803) was Joseph Bell’s brother.
Estimated Value $3,500 - 5,000.
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