Writ of execution to collect damages issued by Wentworth Cheswill
date: label: Date
content: 1810
name: label: Issued by
content: Wentworth Cheswill, 1746 - 1817
label: Subject of
content: Luther Barter
label: Subject of
content: Samuel Bordman
notes: label: Description
content: A writ of execution issued by Wentworth Cheswill in Newmarket, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, in 1810. Judgment is issued against Luther Barter for damages inflicted on a team of oxen, seized "with force and arms," owned by Samuel Bordman. Document is partially preprinted, with details and a full accounting of the circumstances handwritten in dark ink. Cheswill signed at bottom right in highly legible script. Paper is folded into thirds for filing, and these creases have led to tears at the edge of the sheet. The paper is brittle with darkening around outer edges and along creases. The edges are roughly cut. There is a small square of paper adhered to the upper left corner that does not appear to be a repare of a hole or tear and is possibly covering a stain. The adhesive is causing the the paper to pucker around the area on the reverse.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Newmarket, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Free communities of color
label: Topic
content: Government
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1783-1815
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2020.21.1
objectType: label: Type
content: writs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 9 1/16 × 8 1/4 in. (23 × 21 cm)