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Mary Logan Smith v. James A. Felps. Pass

Petition Date

February 23, 1855

Earliest Record Date

February 23, 1855

Record Type

Case

People

  • Smith, Mary Logan (Petitioner)
  • Felps, James A. (Defendant)
  • Breckinridge, Samuel Miller (Attorney petitioner)
  • Kerchival, R. M. U. (Attorney petitioner)
  • Henry, William M. (Attorney petitioner)
  • Mitchell, A. S. (Attorney petitioner)
  • Rice, Nathan L. (Attorney petitioner)
  • Colvin, John W. (Judge)
 

My Coloured Boy Adam has my permission to go on the River in a boat. I hope he will be attentive at his post where Ever the Captain may place him except at the firemens place. I dont wish him to work there

Mary Logan Smith

February 23 1855

Citation

Katrina Jagodinsky, Cory Young, Andrew Varsanyi, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, William Dewey, Erin Chambers, Greg Tunink. “Mary Logan Smith v. James A. Felps. Pass.” Petitioning for Freedom: Habeas Corpus in the American West, 1812-1924, University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://petitioningforfreedom.unl.edu/documents/item/hc.case.mo.0048.006

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