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District of Columbia, to wit:
The United States of America,
To the Marshal of the District of Columbia—Greeting:
We command you that you take summon Henry Green & Peter Wheeler 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 third Monday of October next, to answer unto the petition for freedom of Joseph Green
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 56.
Issued the 5t day of Septr. 1856.
Jno: A. Smith clk
Carrington
525.
Joseph Green
vs
Henry Green
Peter Wheeler
Sub
1 Bre
Pet. for freedom
+
Non Sunt
J. D. Hoover
Marshal