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The prisoners ask that the prison yard at Worcester jail be extended to accomodate the increasing number of prisoners.
Transcription
To the Hon. able Court of General Sessions now
setting in Worster in for the county of Worcester most Humbly sheweth your Hon. That
we are prisoners for Debt in the Commonwealth goal
in Worster + that we [?] of us have given good
sufficient Bords for the Liberty of the prison
yard agreeable to law: but as we find the prison
yard is very small + the prisoners increasing
We most earnestly pray your Hon. that
s’d that prison yard may be extended at least Twenty
Rods northerly from the Present limits + the
width of the present County Road + as in duty
Bound will ever pray_
Worster goal Sept. 8th 1784
[signed]
Elijah Isaacson[?]
George Shayer
Jacob Ellison
Henry Chase
Jon’a Willington
Daniel Novell[?]
Asa Danforth
Matthew Knight
Creation Date
9-8-2014
City
Worcester
County
Worcester
State/Province
Massachusetts
Country
United States
Keywords
petition, prisoners, jail, gaol, prison yard, Worcester County, Worcester, Massachusetts, General Court of Sessions
Resource Identifier
080616-58
Date Digital
9-11-2014
Document Type
Manuscript
Disciplines
Cultural History | Economic History | History | History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology | Legal | Political History | Public History | Social History | United States History
Publisher
Wofford College
Language
en-us
Recommended Citation
Isaacson, Elijah; Shayer, George; Ellison, Jacob; Chase, Henry; Willington, Jonathan; Novell, Daniel; Danforth, Asa; and Knight, Matthew, "Petition of prisoners in Worcester jail to extend the prison yard, September 8, 1784." (2014). Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection. 298.
https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/298
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