Esther Humphreys v. John B. Lambert. Summons of John B. Lambert Jennifer Guiliano Trevor Muñoz William G. Thomas III transcription and encoding Samantha M. Bryant 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 John B. Lambert May 14, 1823 Our transcription is based on a digital image of the original. National Archives and Records Administration Record Group 21, Entry 6 Box 299, Folder 233 Case Papers Summons Civil Petition for Freedom October 1823 Brent, William, 1774-1848 Cranch, William, 1769-1855 Ringgold, Tench Washington County (D.C.) Washington (D.C.) Humphreys, Esther Lambert, John B. United States. Circuit Court (District of Columbia) Washington (D.C.) reviewed document added idno added xml:ids converted to new TEI added seg tags where needed added attorney to header encoded transcription

District of Columbia, to wit:

The United States of America,

To the Marshal of the District of Columbia, Greeting:

You are hereby commanded to summon John Lambert late of Washington County if he shall be found in the county of Washington, that (all excuses set aside) he 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 Esther Humphreys filed in Court there against him

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

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