This manuscript is a certified copy of an original sworn statement now on file in the office of the Litchfield County District Court, in Connecticut. -----Original Message----- From: Dale H. Cook [mailto:radiotest@cox.net] Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 1:19 PM To: MABARNST-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MaBarnstable] Mary Little Dove Hyanno At 10:00 AM 2/7/2005, Wanda Powell wrote: >Found this and thought it very interesting! It is an excepted factor and a >proven one in some courts and Congress! Wanda - I am sure that there are other researchers who, like me, would like to try to verify its acceptance. Which courts? Cite the courts and the dates, please. Which session(s) of Congress? Cite the house(s) and dates, please. Dale H. Cook; Research Member, NEHGS; Member, Mass. Soc. Mayf. Desc. Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project and for GenExchange http://members.cox.net/oldcolony/index.shtml ==== MABARNST Mailing List ==== Need to contact the List Administrator? Post your question to the list if it is of general interest to all, or send a private e-mail to: mabarnst-admin@rootsweb.com

At 06:11 PM 2/7/2005, Wanda Powell wrote: >This manuscript is a certified copy of an original sworn statement now on >file in the office of the Litchfield County District Court, in Connecticut. Wanda - What is the docket number of the court case in which it was filed? I will write to Chief Clerk Brian Murphy's office on West St. in Litchfield and purchase a certified copy, but need to know the docket number - their records are filed by docket. An eminent researcher tried to locate that supposed Litchfield document in the 1930s without success. Until I see the original document, or a certified copy thereof, or a photocopy, microform or other image thereof, or at the very least a statement verifying its existence made by a researcher with suitable credentials, I see no reason to believe that it exists in Litchfield. There are two manuscripts by Franklin Bearse in the Library of Congress, and a copy of one of those in Hartford, but neither is in Litchfield, and there appears to be no evidence that either has been sworn to in a court of law in Litchfield. Dale H. Cook; Research Member, NEHGS; Member, Mass. Soc. Mayf. Desc. Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project and for GenExchange http://members.cox.net/oldcolony/index.shtml