Order of Commitment from John Bradford to William. R. Lynam, March 17, 1854

Source citation
William Still, The Underground Rail Road (Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1872), 245
Author (from)
John Bradford
Type
Judicial record
Date Certainty
Exact
Transcriber
Michael Blake
Transcription date
The following text is presented here in complete form, as true to the original written document as possible. Spelling and other typographical errors have been preserved as in the original.

COPY OF FIRST ORDER OF COMMIITIMENT.

New Castle county, ss., State of Delaware.-To Win. R. Lynam, Sheriff of said county. -Davis (Negro) is delivered to your custody for further examination and hearing for traveling without a pass, and supposed to be held a Slave to some person in the State of Georgia.

[Seal]. Witness the hand and seal of John Bradford, one of the Justices of the Peace for the county of Newcastle, the 17th day of March, 1854.

JOHN BRADFORD, J. P.

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