Order of Re-commitment from John Bradford to William. R. Lynam, March 21, 1854

Source citation
William Still, The Underground Railroad (Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1872), 245-246.
Author (from)
John Bradford
Type
Judicial record
Date Certainty
Exact
Transcriber
Michael Blake
Transcription date
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COPY OF ORDER OF RE-COMMITMENT.

New Castle county, ss., the State of Delaware to Wm. R. Lynam, and to the Sheriff or keeper of the Common Jail of said county, Whereas -Davis hath this day been brought before me, the subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace, in and for the said county, charged upon the oath of Robert Hardie with being a runaway slave, and also as a suspicious person, traveling without a pass, these are therefore to command you, the said Wm. R. Lynam, forthwith to convey and deliver into the custody of the said Sheriff, or keeper of the said jail, the body of the said Davis, and you the said Sheriff or receiver of the body of the said Davis into your custody in the said jail, and him there safely keep until he be thence delivered by due course of the law.

Given under my hand and seal at New Castle this 21st day of March, A. D., 1854.

JOHN BRADFORD, J. P.

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