Eleazar Wheelock, warrant, 6 February 1773
Date6 February, 1773
abstract Eleazar Wheelock. Warrant for the arrest of an enslaved person named Caesar, who has defamed the character of a servant named Mary. 1773 Feb 6. Hanover.
Repository Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College.
Call NumberMS 1310: Eleazar Wheelock collection, Box 27, Folder 773156.2
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New Hampshire
Rockingham ſs..}
To the Shereif of the County aforesaid
his under Shereif or Deputy, or either
of the Constables of Hanover in said County
forthwith to Arrest the Body of Caesar a Negro Man
now & for some time past residing in the Kitchen
appertaining to Dartmouth College in said County,
and him forthwith have before me the Subscriber, to answer
to a complaint alledged against him by Mary
Sleeper now residing at my dwelling houses for
defamatory words uttered by the said Caesar tending
to the injury of the Character of the said Mary
particularly that he has said of late that he had
no doubt, but that Bristo & Archelaus (negro
Servants to the Subscriber) have had carnal knowledge
of her the said Mary, & that she was fond of it —
and that he the said Caesar said, that he knew
something, which if known to the world, would ruin
the Character of the said Mary to her dying day
and that he has uttered other words of the same
import & meaning with those above mentioned
at other times — contrary to the peace of our
Sovereign Lord the King his Crown & Dignity
& in violation of the good & wholesome Laws
of this Province, and to the damage of of the said
Mary as she says the sum of fifty Pounds —
Hereof fail not, at your peril —
of Feb.y AD 1773 & in the 13th year of his Majesty's Reign
Then apprehended the within mentioned Caesar
& bro'ts him as required
At a Justice Court holden a D.C. Attent Francis Follet Constable
Mary SleeperPlantiff Vs Caesar Negro Respond.
ye 8th Ins.tat 1o Clock PM.
At a Justices Court holden by adjournment at Dartm.o College Feb.y 8th 1773
Present the Honble Eleazar Wheelock Justice
Mary Sleeper Plantiff Vs Caesar Negro
Having heard the evidences & pleas on both
sides, find that said Caesar guilty of Defamation
in manner & form as alledged and accordingly
fine him 10 ſ L.M.y. & Costs of Prosecution & that he find sufficient sureties
of in £10 LMy for his good behaviour, before Sunsetting; &
in failure thereof that he receive seven Stripes on the
naked body in some public Place And the Constable is hereby directed to see to
the
Constables Fees — 0.4 —
[illegible] Evidences — 0.7 —
Hear.g Complaint 0.2 —
[illegible] Judgment}
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