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District of Columbia, to wit:
The United States of America, To Joseph Clarke
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 first Monday of June next, to answer the bill of complaint Petition for Freedom of Jenny Thompson in the said court exhibited against you. Hereof you are not to fail, as you will answer the contrary at your peril.
Witness, Wm Cranch esquire, chief judge of the said court, the 19 day of April 1815.
Issued the 31 day of May 1815.
Wm Brent Ck
FS Key
309. 332 274 331
355 447 146 76
Jenny Thompson
vs
Joseph Clarke
Supba
Sumnd
W Boyd
Marshal