(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION) RIERSON CORNELIUS Queens County Comm

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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) RIERSON, CORNELIUS. Queens County Common Pleas. Cornelius Rierson Against Israel, a Free Negro, Costs. Large folio leaf, written on one side and docketed on the reverse; creases where folded; paper evenly toned with some oxidation of the iron gall ink affecting a couple of words, still understandable in context. New York, circa 1770s

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An intriguing "laundry-list" of all the court costs of this case, including the costs of "paid witnesses," and the "Cryer calling the jury," and "cryer for the day," etc. With over forty separate fees, everything imaginable was charged for, including the judge's fee. Cornelius Rierson was born in what is now Wantagh, New York, in 1752. When the Revolution began, Rierson remained faithful to the Crown, fleeing to Nova Scotia after the war. He returned to Long Island around the turn of the century.