Courts of quarter sessions and common pleas
Item
Type
Printed transcription/modern copy of letter
Title
Courts of quarter sessions and common pleas
Description
Letter, describes proceedings at court sessions. Some of Franklin's quondam officers were on the grand and petit juries and behaved unexceptionally well.
short description
Ltr, des proceedings at court sessions.
year created
1788
month created
03
day created
10
author
sent from location
Wilkesboro
recipient
in collection
in publication
notable person/group
Peter Muhlenberg
Timothy Pickering
Franklin
quondam officers
notable location
Wilkesboro
notable item/thing
court sessions
grand jury
petit jury
notable phrase
with much pleasure I inform you that last week we held the courts of quarter sessions & common pleas in perfect quiet
business had resulted to this from the two preceeding terms in the pleas, that joined with two or three criminal prosecutions in the sessions, the court was fully occupied
quondam officers were on the gross & petit juries & behaved unexceptionably well
appearance of a determination to admit the regular execution of the laws
document number
1788031090000
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Printed Versions | [unknown] |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Publication: Pennsylvania Archives vol.11 | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Timothy Pickering | Wilkesboro | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Peter Muhlenberg | [unknown] | [n/a] |