A Peculiar Case Shapes a Lawyer's Rise in Brantford
A wartime anecdote traces a lawyer’s ascent through early Brantford, Gordon County, and the Four Section Purchase. The tale centers on Trescott’s collapse, his daughter Marion, and a forged or contested deed used to shield real estate from mortgagees Cuyp and Kissen, witnessed by the narrator in the County Clerk’s office. The narrative weaves 19th century finance, family estates, and mobbed fortunes through a legal lens.
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State Senate
Gordon County
Brantford
Fantacen Oe
Benjamine
Sear
Trescott
Ron
Cuyp
Cayp
Yrescott
Marion Trescott
Four Section
Ejectment Clash Over Trescott Deed and Drunken Signatures
In a tense county case Miss Trescott fights to set aside a deed to the Pony Section purchase arguing Trescott was intoxicated when signing. Lawyer Mac inquires into witnesses, subpoenas, and the value of possession as the trial nears its crowded courtroom climax.
Trial reveals deed fraud claim in land case in court
In a tense courtroom exchange Judge and attorney debate the authenticity of Abel Trescott’s signature on a deed. The defense asserts the deed was forged and that Moses M’Kissen lied under oath to conceal a fraud. The case pivots on ink, paper, and who signed first as investigators inspect the document.
The Fourth Section Purchase and the Peru Connection
The tale recounts a court case involving forged signatures on a deed. Trescott’s ink, a homegrown mix, proves the deception as M’Kissen swears he wrote his name with the same ink. M’Kissen is convicted of perjury and forgery. Cayp escapes to South America, while his wife reaches a compromise and joins him in Peru. The narrator reflects on the turn of events and their impact on his life and family.
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White House
United States
Eart
Pennsylvania Avenue
Potomac
Arlington
Washington
Robert E. Lee
Porte Cochere
Dublin
South Carolina
Hoban
Surat
John Quincy Adams
John Adams
Abigail Ailaws
Big East
Cleveland Herald
Trescott
Brown
Exchequer Office
M'Kissen
M’kinsan
Spencer
Moses
Marion Triscott
Cayp
M’kissen
South America
New York
Peru
Thomas Dunn English
Womanless Northwest: Cupid’s antics spark Western marriage rush
A raucous tirade targets Cupid and society as it laments alleged male excess and female scarcity in the American Northwest. The piece mocks romance, gender roles, and frontier boomtown life, urging women to move West for abundant marriage prospects amid a “womanless” landscape.
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Country Star
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Ol Hanks
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Bas
Tam
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Moses M'Kissen
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Parol
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M’rissen
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Sival
Cupid Jin Dakota
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Cupid
Colonel Samson
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Mark Antony
Susan B
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P. Donan
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M. Hunter
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Kevir & Hunter
Druggis
W. P. Seeds
Attorney AT Law
ABLES
Stanbaugh & Hurd
Attorneys AT Law
Kansas
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W. Edeter Cas
First National Bank
Abilene Bank
Galebald
JM. Fitoke
Herbst
Raa Heidoss
Canater
Thomas Kirby
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Meyer
Potter
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Adérvas
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W. Wilson, “E. ‘B “F Milson & Sor
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Hartford
Connecticut
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Weney
Eigholtz
Detroit
Kae
Reflector
Keller
East Third Street
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Little Red Store
A. K. Varderbilt
Smoky Hill River
Rise
Holdsworth & C
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Aoulm
Newry
Mason & Hamlin
Western Cottage
Eldridge
White
Estey
Singer
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T. E.sewell
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