Charlotte v. Henry Clay. George W. Dawson & Robert Beale to William Brent 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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 George W. Dawson & Robert Beale to William Brent August 13, 1829 Our transcription is based on a digital image of the original. Pages glued together National Archives and Records Administration Record Group 21, Entry 6 Box 437, Folder 121 Case Papers Correspondence Civil Petition for Freedom May 1830 Brent, William, 1774-1848 Carroll, William, 1788-1844 Erwin, John P. Goldsborough, Brice J. Henry, John C. Parker, Daniel Cambridge (Md.) Nashville (Tenn.) Dupee, Charles Dupee, Charlotte Dupee, Mary Ann Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 Beale, Robert Dawson, George W. United States. Circuit Court (District of Columbia) Washington (D.C.) added xml:ids reviewed; edited transcribed; encoded

Mr. Brent,

Please bring forward the case of Lotty vs Clay to the trial Docket, and issue a commission to John P. Erwin and William Carroll to take depositions at Nashville Tennessee, and to John C. Henry and Brice J Goldsborough to take depositions at Cambridge Maryland. Either party may forward interrogatories to Nashville before the 11th Octr next on giving sending through the post office of this city a copy thereof 3 days previous to their being sent, to the opposite party. Either party to examine any witnesses at Cambridge previous to the 15th November next giving 3 days notice of time & place to the attorney of the opposite party at that place

Geo W. Dawson atty for deft

Robert Beale 13th Aug. 1829

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Negro Charlotte & Children vs Henry Clay

Filed 13 Augt 1829