John & Serena v. Henry Moscross. Summons of Henry Moscross Jennifer Guiliano Trevor Muñoz William G. Thomas III transcription and encoding Elizabeth Askren Steph N. Camerone Kaci L. Nash Laura K. Weakly University of Nebraska-Lincoln University of Maryland National Endowment for the Humanities 2014 O Say Can You See University of Nebraska-Lincoln Center for Digital Research in the Humanities
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 Summons of Henry Moscross May 8, 1811 Our transcription is based on a digital image of the original. National Archives and Records Administration Record Group 21, Entry 6 Box 47, Folder 253 Case Papers Summons Civil Petition for Freedom June 1812 Boyd, Washington Brent, William, 1774-1848 Cranch, William, 1769-1855 Washington County (D.C.) Washington (D.C.) John Serena Moscross, Henry Caldwell, Elias Boudinot, 1776-1825 United States. Circuit Court (District of Columbia) Washington (D.C.) added idno changed Sevena to Serena added xml:ids converted to new TEI reviewed; corrected transcription added seg tags where needed added attorneys to header edited transcription transcribed, encoded

District of Columbia....to wit,

The United States of America, To Henry Moscross

You are hereby commanded, that, all excuses and delays set aside, you be and appear before the circuit court of the district of Columbia, to be held for the county of Washington, on the first Monday of June next, to answer the bill of complaint of petition for freedom of negroes John & Serena in the said court exhibited against you. Hereof you are not to fail, as you will answer the contrary at your peril.

Witness, William Cranch esquire, chief judge of the said court, the twentieth day of April 18011

Issued the eighth day of May 18011

Wm Brent, Cl

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