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Petition regarding disputed merchant accounts and proposed arbitration or jury review

Source

A petition describing a dispute involving sundry merchant accounts. The petitioner proposed referral to two arbitrators or, if defendants declined, to a jury of merchants. The defendants invoked the Statute of Limitations and sought delay, and the matter was adjourned multiple times, with the case continuing to 29 March 1765 when defendant Christian Kelly exhibited evidence.

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Contributors

  • John Stevenson

Sources

  • md:20260218_141137.md
  • img:20260218_141137.jpg

Notes

  • Significant obscuration throughout document, including party names and key procedural details. Multiple words illegible due to damage or fading. One word struck through ('other'). Margins contain unclear notation and signature. Handwriting changes indicate multiple scribes.

Language

  • English