John & Serena v. Henry Moscross. Summons of Henry Moscross
District of Columbia....to wit,
The United States of America, To Henry Moscross
You are hereby commanded, that, all excuses and delays set aside, you be and
appear before the circuit court of the district of
Columbia, to be held for the county of
Washington, on the first Monday of
June next, to answer the bill of complaint of
petition for freedom of negroes John &
Serena in the said court exhibited against you.
Hereof you are not to fail, as you will answer the contrary at your
peril.
Witness, William Cranch esquire, chief judge of the
said court, the twentieth day
of April 18011
Issued the eighth day of May 18011
Wm Brent, Cl
Caldwell
Negro John & Serena
vs
Henry Moscross
Subpa
Pn[?] freedom
N E
W Boyd Marshal
