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Blake, Increase (fl. 1780) Prisoners in Worcester Goal

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01412.64.14 Author/Creator: Blake, Increase (fl. 1780) Place Written: Worcester, Massachusetts Type: Autograph document signed Date: 5 September 1780 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 15 x 19 cm. Order a Copy

List of five prisoners in the Worcester, Massachusetts, jail. Also mentions reasons for imprisonment: two for not paying ministerial taxes, one for desertion, one as a prisoner of war, and one for threatening the life of another person in Worcester.

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