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Kitty v. Samuel McPherson

United States. Circuit Court (District of Columbia) - Washington (D.C.)

Claim for Freedom Made

Kidnapping

Outcome

Verdict for Petitioner May 1831

Special Verdict May 1831

Case Documents

• Kitty v. Samuel McPherson. Petition for Freedom (April 30, 1831)
• Kitty v. Samuel McPherson. Bond (June 24, 1831)

Related Documents

• Kitty v. Samuel McPherson. Minute Book Entry (May 1831)
• Kitty v. Samuel McPherson. Circuit Court Report (May 1831)

People

Plaintiff(s):

• Kitty

Defendant(s):

• McPherson, Samuel

Attorney for Plaintiff(s):

• Key, Francis Scott, 1779-1843
• Turner, Thomas

Attorney for Defendant(s):

• Wallach, Richard

Participants:

• Berton, Chancy
• Boone, John B.
• Brent, William, 1774-1848
• Brooke, Edmund
• Brooke, Mary
• Broome, Abraham
• Callan, Nicholas
• Carr, Overton
• Cranch, William, 1769-1855
• Cropley, Samuel
• Dowling, William
• Eschbach, John
• Farrar, John
• Gaither, Greenbury
• Hoskinson, Thomas
• Janney, Jacob
• Key, Francis Scott, 1779-1843
• Kitty
• Lynch, Ambrose
• Maddox, William R.
• McCauley, William M.
• McCutchin, John
• McPherson, Samuel
• Mitchell, Matthew
• Morsell, James Sewall
• Mount, John
• Naylor, Henry
• O'Neale, William
• Phillips, Jonathan
• Pyfer, Henry
• Roach, Edward N.
• Scott, Alexander
• Scott, John D.
• Townsend, Singleton
• Tubman, George M.
• Turner, Thomas
• Wallach, Richard
• Waugh, Albert P.
• Wheatly, William
• Williams, James

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