1 page, 8 1/4 x 4 1/8 in., accomplished in manuscript, creasing, some discoloration, wear to edges. Signed illegibly by magistrate. Vero inscription reads, "John H. Thee Esq." State of South Carolina summons "to attend as a Freeholder, or Slave Owner, at the Court House on Wednesday next 14 July at 10 o'clock A.M. on the trial of a certain Magistrate's case, in which the State is Prosecutor, against William Turpin a free person of colour, Defendant."