warrants
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents giving authority to do something; especially used in civil and criminal law for the arrest of persons or for their production in court as witnesses.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Henry Laurens Pinckney warrant
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-015
Collection Overview
This collection contains a single warrant issued by Henry L. Pinckney, Collector of the general tax for the parishes of St. Philip's and St. Michael's, to James S. Shingler, Sheriff of Charleston District, authorizing the arrest of the free black, Maria Louisa Silvanneau, of Charleston, for failure to pay the capitation tax of $2.77. Includes handwritten note of disposition.
Dates:
1849
Found in:
Special Collections