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Mary Logan Smith v. James A. Felps. Letter from Petitioner

Petition Date

April 3, 1855

Earliest Record Date

April 3, 1855

Record Type

Case

Place(s)

  • Louisville, Kentucky
  • Shelbyville, Kentucky

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)
 

Shelbyville April 3rd 1855

Mr John C Bull

I am informed by Police officer of St Louis that my boy Adam is in Confinement in your City. Will you do me the kindness to release him. Ship him to James Gamble of Louisville on some Southern or by Steamer, I suppose he has the money to pay the Expenses if he has not please pay it for me & the same shall be committed as soon as I am advised of the amount. I telegraphed back to Police officer G Doyle That my agent would wait on him as soon as practicable please see him act as my agent in the premises once thereby very much oblige

Yours Respectfully

Mary Smith

Turn over

I recommended Mrs Smith to write to you, assuring her that you would do any thing to oblige her, please see the Police officer and attend to her request, if practicable & let me know the expense incurred and I will see that it is remitted my respects to your Lady

Your friend

Wm C Bullock

Citation

Katrina Jagodinsky, Cory Young, Andrew Varsanyi, Laura Weakly, Karin Dalziel, William Dewey, Erin Chambers, Greg Tunink. “Mary Logan Smith v. James A. Felps. Letter from Petitioner.” Petitioning for Freedom: Habeas Corpus in the American West, 1812-1924, University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Accessed December 3, 2024. https://petitioningforfreedom.unl.edu/documents/item/hc.case.mo.0048.007

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