Sylvia Lee v. Elizabeth Smallwood. Summons of Elizabeth Smallwood
You are hereby commanded to summon Elizabeth Smallwood if she shall be found within the county of Washington, that (all excuses set aside) she be and appear before the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, to be held for the county of Washington, in the city of Washington, on the first Monday of December next, to testify on the part of answer the petition for freedom of Sylvia Lee in said Court exhibited against her
Hereof fail not, at your peril; and have you then and there this precept.
Witness William Cranch, Esquire, chief Judge of the said Court.
Issued the 31st day of August 1830.
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Sylvia Lee
vs
Minty Lee scy
vs
Elizabeth Smallwood
Subpa
8 Bre
Peto for freedom
Non Est
T Ringgold
Marshal