George Kean v. Oliver Kean & Silas Burke. Summons of Olivia Kean & Silas Burke Jennifer Guiliano Trevor Muñoz William G. Thomas III transcription and encoding 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 Olivia Kean & Silas Burke January 17, 1839 Our transcription is based on a digital image of the original. National Archives and Records Administration Record Group 21, Entry 6 Box 602, Folder 89 Case Papers Summons Civil Petition for Freedom March 1839 Brent, William, 1774-1848 Cranch, William, 1769-1855 Hunter, Alexander Kean, James, Jr. Washington County (D.C.) Washington (D.C.) Kean, George Burke, Silas Kean, Oliver Dermott, John J. United States. Circuit Court (District of Columbia) Washington (D.C.) added xml:ids reviewed; edited encoded

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 Olivia Kean & Elias Burke Executors of James Kean Jr. 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 fourth day of March next, to testify on the part of answer the Petition of George Kean filed in said Court against them for his freedom.

Hereof, fail not at your peril; and have you then and there this precept.

Witness, Wm Cranch Esquire, Chief Judge of the said Court.

Issued the 17th day of January 1839.

Wm Brent Clk

Dermott.

89.

George Kean. vs. Olivia Kean & Silas Burke

Subpa 5 Bre

Petition for freedom.

Non Sunt Alexr. Hunter Marshal