Robert Brown v. Dennis W. Ferrall. Summons of Dennis W. Ferrall
We command you that you take summon Dennis W Ferrall late of Washington County, if he shall be found within the County of Washington in your said District, and him safely keep, so that you he have his body be & appear before the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, to be held for the County aforesaid, at the City of Washington, on the Fourth Monday of March next, to answer unto The Petition for Freedom of Robert Brown
Hereof fail not, at your peril, and have you then and there this precept.
Witness William Cranch Esquire, Chief Judge of our said Court, at the City of Washington, the 1st day of December Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty five
Issued the 26th day of December 1845.
Test Wm Brent Clk
Norris.
47. 52.
Robert Brown
vs
Dennis W Ferrall
Subpa
2 Bre
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Pet for Freedom
Non Est
A Hunter
Marshal