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THE MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY OF THE UNITED STATES.| MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY, ADAMS COUNTY TO WIT.| TO DAVID B. MORGAN HIS COUNSELLORS, ATTORNIES, AND AGENTS [& EDWARD TURNER] GREETING; WHEREAS, IT HATH BEEN REPRESENTED ... ON THE PART OF RICHARD TERRALE & PETER ISLER COMPLAINANT'S ... WE THEREFORE IN CONSIDERATION OF THE PREMISES, STRICTLY ENJOIN AND COMMAND YOU THE SAID DAVID B. MORGAN & EDWARD TURNER UNDER THE PENALTY OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO BE LEVIED OF YOUR GOODS AND CHATTELS TO OUR USE, THAT YOU DO ABSOLUTELY DESIST FROM PROSECUTING A CERTAIN SUIT OF FORCEABLE DETAINER, OR ANY OTHER SUIT OR SUITS AGAINST HIM THE SAID ISLER FOR THE RECOVERY OF THE POSSESSION OF A CERTAIN HOUSE AND LOT ... UNTIL OUR SAID COURT SHALL ANOTHER ORDER TO THE CONTRARY. WITNESS, THE HONORABLE WALTER LEAKE ESQUIRE, FIRST JUDGE OF OUR SAID COURT, AT THE COURT HOUSE OF SAID COUNTY...ISSUED THE 28TH, JULY 1814. [on verso: RECD. 8TH AUGUST 1814| 56, ADAMS SUPERIOR COURT| R. TERRELL & P. ISLER VS. DAVID B. MORGAN INJUNCTION.| SERVICE ACKN
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[Mississippi Territory, 1814. Broadside injunction, oblong 11.5" x 7.25". Printed with names, dates and details in manuscript. The signature 'Theodore Stark' appears in the left margin. Theodore Stark was a notary in the Mississippi Territory. Tanned, light wear, Very Good.
This is a rare legal writ from the Superior Court in the early Mississippi Territory. The writ prohibits Morgan from proceeding with a suit to recover possession of a house and lot from Terrell and Isler. Judge Walter Leake, from whose court the writ issued, became Mississippi's U.S. Senator from 1817-20, and Governor from 1822-1825. The first settler of Mt. Salus, he owned at least two dozen slaves, according to census reports.
Brigadier General Morgan, whom the court enjoined from prosecuting the suit, would command the 'Brigade of Louisiana and Mississippi Drafted Militia' during the Battle of New Orleans. His co-defendant, Edward Turner, a lawyer, was Aide-de-Camp and private secretary to Governor Claiborne of the Mississippi Territory.
Peter Isler, who was in possession of the house and lot, was a printer to the Mississippi Territory and later to the State. He established the Mississippi Republican newspaper in 1810. Richard Terrell of Adams County is listed in the Mississippi and Territory Census of 1816 as owning twelve slaves.
This is a rare legal writ from the Superior Court in the early Mississippi Territory. The writ prohibits Morgan from proceeding with a suit to recover possession of a house and lot from Terrell and Isler. Judge Walter Leake, from whose court the writ issued, became Mississippi's U.S. Senator from 1817-20, and Governor from 1822-1825. The first settler of Mt. Salus, he owned at least two dozen slaves, according to census reports.
Brigadier General Morgan, whom the court enjoined from prosecuting the suit, would command the 'Brigade of Louisiana and Mississippi Drafted Militia' during the Battle of New Orleans. His co-defendant, Edward Turner, a lawyer, was Aide-de-Camp and private secretary to Governor Claiborne of the Mississippi Territory.
Peter Isler, who was in possession of the house and lot, was a printer to the Mississippi Territory and later to the State. He established the Mississippi Republican newspaper in 1810. Richard Terrell of Adams County is listed in the Mississippi and Territory Census of 1816 as owning twelve slaves.
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- THE MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY OF THE UNITED STATES.| MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY, ADAMS COUNTY TO WIT.| TO DAVID B. MORGAN HIS COUNSELLORS, ATTORNIES, AND AGENTS [& EDWARD TURNER] GREETING; WHEREAS, IT HATH BEEN REPRESENTED ... ON THE PART OF RICHARD TERRALE & PETER ISLER COMPLAINANT'S ... WE THEREFORE IN CONSIDERATION OF THE PREMISES, STRICTLY ENJOIN AND COMMAND YOU THE SAID DAVID B. MORGAN & EDWARD TURNER UNDER THE PENALTY OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO BE LEVIED OF YOUR GOODS AND CHATTELS TO OUR USE, THAT YOU DO ABSOLUTELY DESIST FROM PROSECUTING A CERTAIN SUIT OF FORCEABLE DETAINER, OR ANY OTHER SUIT OR SUITS AGAINST HIM THE SAID ISLER FOR THE RECOVERY OF THE POSSESSION OF A CERTAIN HOUSE AND LOT ... UNTIL OUR SAID COURT SHALL ANOTHER ORDER TO THE CONTRARY. WITNESS, THE HONORABLE WALTER LEAKE ESQUIRE, FIRST JUDGE OF OUR SAID COURT, AT THE COURT HOUSE OF SAID COUNTY...ISSUED THE 28TH, JULY 1814. [on verso: RECD. 8TH AUGUST 1814| 56, ADAMS SUPERIOR COURT| R. TERRELL & P. ISLER VS. DAVID B. MORGAN INJUNCTION.| SERVICE ACKN
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