Imprint Record

Circular Letter relative to County Sheriffs.

  • Imprint Number: 1798.003
  • Title: (Circular.) In Council, 8th of January, 1798. Gentlemen, My official duty calls upon me to request your particular attention to the law relative to the appointment and duties of sheriffs. ... I have the honor to be, with the most respectful consideration, gentlemen, your most obedient servant, [blank].
  • Sequence Number: 3
  • Year: 1798
  • Place Issued: Richmond
  • Issuing Press: Augustine Davis
  • Author: Wood, James (1741-1813), governor.
  • Notes: Signed in manuscript: "James Wood."
    Sheet lacks printer credit; printing such letters was a responsibility of the public printer, then Augustine Davis, hence the attribution here; surviving copies include a second blank leaf.

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