{"product_id":"rare-17th-century-massachusetts-bay-colony-court-writ-ordering-the-attachment-and-arrest-of-nathaniel-gallop-cambridge-charlestown-early-middlesex-county-manuscript","title":"Rare 1655 Massachusetts Bay Colony Court Writ Ordering the Attachment and Arrest of Nathaniel Gallop – Cambridge \u0026 Charlestown – Early Middlesex County Manuscript","description":"\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"o6w6ft\" data-start=\"2599\" data-end=\"2772\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eAn exceptional original manuscript legal document from the early years of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, directed:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-start=\"2889\" data-end=\"2959\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2891\" data-end=\"2959\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2891\" data-end=\"2959\"\u003e\"To the Marshall at Cambridge or the Constable of Charlestowne.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2961\" data-end=\"3252\"\u003eThe writ commands the officer to seize the property of \u003cstrong data-start=\"3016\" data-end=\"3036\"\u003eNathaniel Gallop\u003c\/strong\u003e, or, if insufficient goods can be found, to arrest his person and require security in the substantial sum of \u003cstrong data-start=\"3146\" data-end=\"3178\"\u003eone hundred and fifty pounds\u003c\/strong\u003e, compelling his appearance before the next \u003cstrong data-start=\"3222\" data-end=\"3251\"\u003eCounty Court at Cambridge\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3254\" data-end=\"3387\"\u003eThe proceeding arises from a complaint brought by \u003cstrong data-start=\"3304\" data-end=\"3321\"\u003eRoger Stevens\u003c\/strong\u003e in an \u003cstrong data-start=\"3328\" data-end=\"3348\"\u003eAction of Review\u003c\/strong\u003e, involving the alleged taking away of:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"3389\" data-end=\"3447\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1ed7ugs\" data-start=\"3389\" data-end=\"3409\"\u003ean English servant\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"yxwvrf\" data-start=\"3410\" data-end=\"3429\"\u003ean Indian servant\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"ljey29\" data-start=\"3430\" data-end=\"3447\"\u003ea Negro servant\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3449\" data-end=\"3815\"\u003eThe manuscript provides a remarkable glimpse into the operation of colonial justice and the complex labor systems of seventeenth-century New England. Documents explicitly referencing English, Native American, and African laborers within the same legal action are notably scarce and provide valuable evidence of the diverse forms of bound labor present in the colony.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3817\" data-end=\"4031\"\u003eThe lower section contains the constable's original return, certifying service of the writ and the taking of security, while the reverse bears contemporary docketing identifying the matter against Nathaniel Gallop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-section-id=\"1dr5t50\" data-start=\"4033\" data-end=\"4044\"\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"4046\" data-end=\"4318\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1brwwfy\" data-start=\"4046\" data-end=\"4081\"\u003eOriginal manuscript on laid paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"54k6nw\" data-start=\"4082\" data-end=\"4108\"\u003eMassachusetts Bay Colony\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1sdshr4\" data-start=\"4109\" data-end=\"4139\"\u003eMiddlesex County (Cambridge)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"11nmbqo\" data-start=\"4140\" data-end=\"4175\"\u003eDirected to Charlestown constable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"lv94iy\" data-start=\"4176\" data-end=\"4224\"\u003eEarly to mid-17th century (likely 1650s–1660s)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1sypa10\" data-start=\"4225\" data-end=\"4248\"\u003eOriginal court return\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"3u77b3\" data-start=\"4249\" data-end=\"4278\"\u003eOriginal docketing on verso\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"h1ug02\" data-start=\"4279\" data-end=\"4318\"\u003eEntirely handwritten in iron-gall ink\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-section-id=\"1uef3h1\" data-start=\"4320\" data-end=\"4333\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4335\" data-end=\"4552\"\u003eOriginal folds, age toning, scattered ink corrosion, several fold separations, edge losses, and archival-worthy wear consistent with a seventeenth-century colonial court document. Fully legible and highly displayable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-section-id=\"1a8qj0\" data-start=\"4554\" data-end=\"4574\"\u003eCollector Appeal\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4576\" data-end=\"4659\"\u003eThis manuscript combines several collecting categories rarely encountered together:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"4661\" data-end=\"4945\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1q8bqeb\" data-start=\"4661\" data-end=\"4693\"\u003eEarly New England colonial law\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"heu66n\" data-start=\"4694\" data-end=\"4725\"\u003eMassachusetts Bay manuscripts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"lnkas1\" data-start=\"4726\" data-end=\"4761\"\u003eCambridge and Charlestown history\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"7zt6ea\" data-start=\"4762\" data-end=\"4796\"\u003eNathaniel Gallop family research\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"a259jz\" data-start=\"4797\" data-end=\"4823\"\u003eColonial court procedure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"14ke0uh\" data-start=\"4824\" data-end=\"4846\"\u003eIndentured servitude\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"18zdy51\" data-start=\"4847\" data-end=\"4872\"\u003eNative American history\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"icc813\" data-start=\"4873\" data-end=\"4905\"\u003eEarly African American history\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"19c6cn6\" data-start=\"4906\" data-end=\"4945\"\u003eSeventeenth-century legal manuscripts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4947\" data-end=\"5150\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eIt is a significant and visually impressive survivor from the formative decades of English New England, documenting the administration of justice and labor disputes in one of America's earliest colonies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Signature Documents LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52502839984410,"sku":null,"price":1695.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2221\/0931\/files\/IMG_1498.jpg?v=1784061748","url":"https:\/\/princetonaudubonprints.com\/products\/rare-17th-century-massachusetts-bay-colony-court-writ-ordering-the-attachment-and-arrest-of-nathaniel-gallop-cambridge-charlestown-early-middlesex-county-manuscript","provider":"Signature Documents LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}