Note 22 — Chapter I
Reading edition
A negro Justice of the Peace issued a warrant which is a rare curiosity for bad spelling and grammar: “This is to cite, fy that i. the underseind, Justis. of. the. Peace O Pint. and in Pour. John. A. Stars. to. A-rest the Body. of Henre Evens and Bring. Hit, be four, me John Fields.” Copied from St. Mary’s Banner, a parish paper.