Betsy Burke v. William Allen & Ann Allen. Summons of William Allen & Ann Allen

District of Columbia, to wit:
The United States of America,
To the Marshal of the District of Columbia—Greeting:
We command you that you summon take Wm. Allen & Ann Allen (his wife) late of Washington County, if shall be found within the county of Washington in your said District, and safely keep, so that you have bod before the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, to be held for the County aforesaid, at the City of Washington, on the 1st Monday of May next, to answer unto the petition for freedom of Betsy Burke
Hereof fail not at your peril, and have you then and there this writ.
Witness, Jas. Dunlop Esquire, Chief Justice of our said Court, at the City of Washington, the 25th day of January Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred 60
Issued the 26th day of January 1860
Jno A Smith Clk.
Ratcliff

207
Betysey Burke.
vs.
William Allen and Ann Allen his wife
Subp
4 Bre
Pettition for freedom
+
Non Sunt
W. Selden
Marshal