Patty v. Charles Ratcliffe. Summons of Charles Ratcliffe
You are hereby commanded to summon Charles Ratcliffe Administrator &c of Benjamin R Davis & the Heirs & Representatives of Benjn. R Davis if they shall be found in the county of Washington, that (all excuses set aside) they 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 October next, to testify on the part of answer the Petition of Freedom of Negro Patty filed in Court here agst them
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 14th day of May 1823
W Brent Clk
(Caldwell
Smith)
175
Negro Patty
vs
Charles Ratcliffe
Admr. of Benjn. R Davis & The Heirs & Representatives of Benjn. R. Davis
Subpa
3 Bre
(Petn. for Freedom)
Non Est Sunt
T Ringgold
Marshal