Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Writ of capias ad satisfaciendum against Dempsey Watts, Manuscript #MS 1999.3, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Acquisition Information

Purchase, 1997

Biographical/Historical Information

George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 1738 – 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1759 until 1 January 1801, and thereafter of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. He was concurrently Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover), and thus Archtreasurer and Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire, and later King of Hanover.

Scope and Content

Document authorizes the sheriff of Norfolk County to bring in a debtor for trial in Williamsburg to satisfy a grevience by Patience Lockhart.

Arrangement

1 item.

Index Terms

Persons:

• Lockhart, Patience
• Watts, Dempsey

Corporate Names:

• Great Britain. Sovereign (1760-1820 : George III)

Subjects:

• Debt, Imprisonment for, Virginia

Geographical Names:

• Norfolk County (Va.)
• Williamsburg (Va.)