ADS, 1p (7.5 x 8.5 in.), Kittery [ME], 31 Sug. 1736. Arrest warrant signed by William Pepperrell as Justice of the Peace. Addressed to the Sheriff or constable of York County, ordering either of them to bring in Jedidiah Preble, yeoman, to answer to a charge made by Ebenezer Moulton, tailor. Moulton alleges that the previous day, he [original spelling retained] "was Assaultd threatnd & much Abused" by Preble "in His Majstys highway...Preble meeting ye sd Moulton in ye sd highway & Stoping him by taking hold of ye rains of his bridle & threatend him & Strok at him all whc is Contr. to ye peace of our Sovereign Lord ye King... & ye Laws of this Pro[vince]." Moulton also "declarth that he is Affaird ye sd Jedidiah will do him sum bodyly harm." Signed Wm Pepperrell. An important merchant, politician, and soldier, William Pepperrell is best known for commanding the successful 1745 expedition against the French fortress at Louisbourg on Ile-Royale (Cape Breton Island) in King George's War, part of the French and Indian Wars. He was made Baronet for his services, the first American to receive this honor. He also later was the first American to be appointed Lieutenant-General, but was too ill to take command, and died five months later. Pepperrell was born in Kittery, then part of the Massachusetts Bay Province. His father worked hard in the shipbuilding trade, and his mother's father was a successful merchant. Young Pepperrell expanded the family business to became one of the wealthiest mercantile houses of the day, with ships carrying many products from lumber to foods and trading from the West Indies to Europe. He served in the Governor's Council from 1727 to his death in 1759, eighteen of those years as Council President. On verso of this document are the responses of other officials, dated September indicating that Jedidiah had been brought in and pleaded "not guilty" to the charges, whereupon he posted bond until his next court session in Falmouth in October "& not Depart without Lisence & yt he be of good behaveour in ye mene time. Condition: Moderate toning, expected folds. Scattered foxing, but overall still dark and readable.
ADS, 1p (7.5 x 8.5 in.), Kittery [ME], 31 Sug. 1736. Arrest warrant signed by William Pepperrell as Justice of the Peace. Addressed to the Sheriff or constable of York County, ordering either of them to bring in Jedidiah Preble, yeoman, to answer to a charge made by Ebenezer Moulton, tailor. Moulton alleges that the previous day, he [original spelling retained] "was Assaultd threatnd & much Abused" by Preble "in His Majstys highway...Preble meeting ye sd Moulton in ye sd highway & Stoping him by taking hold of ye rains of his bridle & threatend him & Strok at him all whc is Contr. to ye peace of our Sovereign Lord ye King... & ye Laws of this Pro[vince]." Moulton also "declarth that he is Affaird ye sd Jedidiah will do him sum bodyly harm." Signed Wm Pepperrell. An important merchant, politician, and soldier, William Pepperrell is best known for commanding the successful 1745 expedition against the French fortress at Louisbourg on Ile-Royale (Cape Breton Island) in King George's War, part of the French and Indian Wars. He was made Baronet for his services, the first American to receive this honor. He also later was the first American to be appointed Lieutenant-General, but was too ill to take command, and died five months later. Pepperrell was born in Kittery, then part of the Massachusetts Bay Province. His father worked hard in the shipbuilding trade, and his mother's father was a successful merchant. Young Pepperrell expanded the family business to became one of the wealthiest mercantile houses of the day, with ships carrying many products from lumber to foods and trading from the West Indies to Europe. He served in the Governor's Council from 1727 to his death in 1759, eighteen of those years as Council President. On verso of this document are the responses of other officials, dated September indicating that Jedidiah had been brought in and pleaded "not guilty" to the charges, whereupon he posted bond until his next court session in Falmouth in October "& not Depart without Lisence & yt he be of good behaveour in ye mene time. Condition: Moderate toning, expected folds. Scattered foxing, but overall still dark and readable.
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