John Lee v. William Dent. Summons of William Dent
District of Columbia, to wit:
The United States of America,
To the Marshal of the District of Columbia, greeting:
You are hereby commanded to summon William Dent if he shall be found in the county of Washington, that (all excuses set aside) he 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 May next, to testify on the part of Answer the Petition of Freedom of John Lee filed in court here agst. him
Hereof fail not at your peril: and have you then and there this precept.
Witness W. Cranch Esquire, chief Judge of the said Court.
Issued the 8th day of March 1828
W. Brent Clk
(Beale)
136 104
John Lee
vs
William Dent
Caps
2 Bre
Petn. for freedom
Non Est
T Ringgold
Marshal
