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Preferred Citation

Commission of Oyer and Terminer, 1744 Aug 25, Manuscript # MS 1977.1 (1X), John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Acquisition Information

Purchase, 1977.

Alternative Form

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Scope and Content Information

Commission to George Newton, William Crafford, and sixteen other men of Norfolk County, Virginia for the trial of Nan, a woman slave belonging to Edward McGee, for felony.

Index Terms

Persons:

• McGee, Edward.

Corporate Names:

• Oyer and terminer, Commission of.

Subjects:

• Slavery --Law and legislation --United States.

Geographical Names:

• Norfolk County (Va.)