[SOUTH CAROLINA PRE-STATEHOOD]. Autograph manuscript, Province of South Carolina, 1749. One 4to page on plain white paper. Addressed “To the Honorable James Greene Esq. Chief Justice of the Province of South Carolina…” Approximately 322 x 203 mm. Toned, edgeworn, chipped, with several tears, three horizontal creases. Written out by the petitioner’s attorney, Andrew Rutledge (who signs at bottom), this writ is as follows: “The Humble Petition of Samuel Wragg Late of London in the Kingdom of Great Britain, But now of Charles Town in the Province aforesaid Esq. Sheweth That one Francis Dolby is Indebted to your Petitioner in a considerable Sum of Money, Who is a Person Now residing in Foreign Parts, and without the Limits of this Province. Wherefore your Petitioner Prays his Majesty's Writ of Attachment against the Goods & Effects of the said Francis Dolby, wheresoever they may be found in This Province, To make the said Francis Dolby Party in Court to your Petitioner’s Action…” At the very bottom, Chief Justice James Greene countersigns. Of some interest is the fact that in 1718 Wragg and his son, William, were robbed and kidnapped and held for ransom by pirates - medicine was the requested ransom.