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District of Columbia, to wit:
The United States of America,
To the Marshal of the District of Columbia—Greeting:
We commandyou that you take summon Mary Roberson late of Washington County, if shall be found within the County of Washington in your said District, and safely keep, so that you have bod before the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, to be held for the County aforesaid, at the City of Washington, on the 3rd Monday of October next, to answer unto the petition of freedom of Fanny Hamilton
Hereof fail not, at your peril, and have you then and there this writ.
Witness, Jas. Dunlop Esquire, Chief Justice of our said Court, at the City of Washington, the 1st day of July Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty six
Issued the 4 day of August 1856.
Jno A Smith Clk
Ratcliff
253
Fanny Hamilton
vs
Mary Roberson
Caps
14 Bre
Pet for freed
+
Non Est
J.D. Hoover
Marshal