THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, TO THE CONSTABLE OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, GREETING: YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED TO SUMMON BENJAMIN HOBBS TO APPEAR BEFORE ME OR SOME OTHER JUSTICE OF THE PEACE FOR SAID COUNTY, AT THE MRS. E.H. CARROLLS HOTEL ON THE 1ST SATURDAY IN FEBRY 1851, TO ANSWER KESLER & CO. IN A PLEA OF DEBT FOR SEVENTEEN DOLLARS AND 78 CENTS, DUE BY ACCT AND THEN AND THERE MAKE RETURN HOW YOU HAVE EXECUTED THIS WARRANT. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND, THIS 22D DAY OF JANY 1851. F. BECKHAM...
[Jefferson County, Virginia: 1851]. Single sheet, 7" x 5-3/4", printed on blue paper, completed in manuscript. Docketed on verso, Light wear. Side margins trimmed closely but not affecting text. Very Good. Benjamin Hobbs, a resident of Harper's Ferry, worked as an armorer. He was among the first to warn that..... More