1840 Vermont Deposition Mower Lowry Burlington VT Court Signed Wm Weston Signed For Sale

1840 Vermont Deposition Mower Lowry Burlington VT Court Signed Wm Weston Signed

4 pages Approximately 7.5" by 10"

• You are offerding on an original handwritten legal deposition dated April 29, 1843, from Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont. This is a genuine antique primary source document from a pre-Civil War civil lawsuit tried before the Vermont County Court.

  Case: Willard Mower (plaintiff) vs. Heman Lowry (defendant)Document: Sworn deposition of Heman Lowry Jr., son of the defendantDate: April 29, 1843Location: Burlington, Chittenden County, VermontCertified by: Wm. Weston, Justice of the PeaceFiled: April 29, 1843 — W. Noble, Clerk

  CONTENT SUMMARY

  The deposition is a 4-page folded document in which Heman Lowry Jr. testifies on behalf of his father in a labor dispute. Mower had been hired to repair buildings on the elder Lowry's property, reportedly around 1833, but allegedly worked in a "dilatory manner, doing but a little in a day." The core dispute involves whether Mower was hired by the job or by the day — the elder Lowry insisting it was a fixed-price contract and that Mower had never done a full day's work. A negotiated re-appraisal agreement was brokered with a "Mr. Asa Spears" in October 1833. The deposition also includes a cross-examination by Mower himself, who questions Lowry Jr. about corn, payment in grain, and roofing work.

  DOCUMENT DETAILS

  • 4 pages (folded bifolio), all sides with manuscript content
  • Outer wrapper panel identifies case and deponent; includes clerk's filing notation
  • Final page includes sworn oath, Justice of the Peace certification, and itemized fee schedule ($1.13 total: citation, service, travel & attendance, taking deposition)
  • Signed by Heman Lowry Jr. in a clear period hand
  • Aged paper with light foxing and minor ink bleed-through; fully legible throughout
  • Original red wax seal impression visible on outer wrapper