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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01450.409.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1700-1753 |
| Title | Bond between Silvanus Scott and Jonathan Sprague, Junior, and the Colony of Rhode Island |
| Date | 3 November 1731 |
| Author | Scott, Silvanus (1672-1742) |
| Document Type | Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Also signed by Jonathan Sprague, Junior. Signed as witnesses by John Wickof and Daniel Abott. Scott and Sprague agree to bond themselves unto General Treasurer of the Colony of Rhode Island Abraham Borden, and to his successors in office, the sum of "three thousand pounds currant money of New England." The condition of the bond is that Scott and Sprague will pay all expenses that arise to the colony in association with the "controversy between the Colony of Rhode Island and the Province of the Massachusetts Bay relating to a gord of land." |
| Subjects | Land Transaction Boundary or Property Dispute Government and Civics Finance Law |
| People | Scott, Silvanus (1672-1742) Sprague, Jonathan (fl. 1731) |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Law |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |