Commissions of Oyer and Terminer 1767 February 24

Access and use

Location of collection:
Colonial Williamsburg
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Douglas Mayo
Phone: (757) 565-8521
Phone: (757) 565-8520
Fax: (757) 565-8528

Summary

Creator:
Virginia. Lieutenant-Governor (1758-1768 : Fauquier)
Abstract:
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Commissions of Oyer and Terminer of Oyer and Terminer, 1767 February 24, appointing Cornelius Calvert, Maximilian Calvert, Mathew Godfrey, Samuel Hopper, John Hutching, Jr., Joseph Hutching, William Ivey, John P. Mark, John Tatem, Robert Tucker, George Veal, Thomas Veal, and James Webb to serve as justices at a court in Williamsburg, Virginia, to arraign and try the firm {?} of Portsmouth and Glasgow for a felony.

Biographical / historical:

Francis Fauquier (1703- 3 March 1768) was a Lieutenant Governor of the colony of Virginia, and served as acting governor from 1758 until his death in 1768.

Acquisition information:
Purchase, 1982
Arrangement:

1 item.

Physical location:
On site.
Physical description:
1 item.