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Pomp Somerset (-)

Newburyport

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Pomp Somerset vs. Richard Greenleaf (1776) Plaintiff

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• Power of Attorney given to T. Parsons by Pomp Somerset. Note that it is signed and sworn too before the trial date.
  Citation: Pomp vs. Greenleaf (1776), Essex County Court of Common Pleas, Salem, December 1776.

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• Dated December 5, 1776 Writ for Trespass by Force & Arms and enslavement by Pomp Somerset against Richard Greenleaf.
  Citation: Pomp vs. Greenleaf (1776), Essex County Court of Common Pleas, Salem, December 1776.

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• Record of ECCP Court Session December 1, 1776. Defandant defaulted.
  Citation: Pomp vs. Greenleaf (1776), Essex County Court of Common Pleas, Salem, December 1776.

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• Judgement that Pomp should recover damages. Pomp, through his attorney, T. Parsons, remitted "all damages & costs whatsover which should have been adjudged to him."
  Citation: Pomp vs. Greenleaf (1776), Essex County Court of Common Pleas, Salem, December 1776.

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• Docket entry for ECCP December 1776 for Pomp vs. Greenleaf. Defendant defaulted.
  Citation: Pomp vs. Greenleaf (1776), Essex County Court of Common Pleas, Salem, December 1776.