Minny Calvert v. Ann French. Petition for Freedom Jennifer Guiliano Trevor Muñoz William G. Thomas III transcription and encoding Steph N. Camerone Kylie L. McCormick 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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 Petition for Freedom February 16, 1847 Our transcription is based on a digital image of the original. National Archives and Records Administration Record Group 21, Entry 6 Box 733, Folder 126 Case Papers Petition Civil Petition for Freedom October 1849 Washington County (D.C.) Washington (D.C.) Calvert, Minny French, Ann Morgan, Edwin C. Ratcliffe, Daniel United States. Circuit Court (District of Columbia) Washington (D.C.) added xml:ids reviewed; edited encoded

To the Honorable the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia and County of Washington

The petition of Mimy Calvert a coloured woman humbly sheweth unto the said Honorable Court that your petitioner is entitled to her freedom and is unjustly held in bondage by Ann French, who claims your petitioner as her slave, wherefore your petitioner prays the said Honorable Court to grant a subpoena directed to the said Ann French and such other relief in the premises as may be according to Law.

Morgan & Ratcliff atty for petitioner

20 7 156 89. 131 92. 126.

Mimy Calvert v Ann French

fd 16 feb. 1847.