488-0450-01.tif
Letter, Jno. Colleir, Washington County [to Acting Governor West], notifying him of the escape from jail of Peter, a slave who murdered his master, and his being carried off and hidden by Claiborne Foster in Baldwin County, Georgia; asking that the Acting Governor see to their return to the proper jurisdiction; requesting he forward Militia commissions; apprising that fortification of Mobile had been commenced; recommending John Pickering to be commissioned as Justice of the Peace.
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Letter, Jno. Colleir, Washington County [to Acting Governor West], notifying him of the escape from jail of Peter, a slave who murdered his master, and his being carried off and hidden by Claiborne Foster in Baldwin County, Georgia; asking that the Acting Governor see to their return to the proper jurisdiction; requesting he forward Militia commissions; apprising that fortification of Mobile had been commenced; recommending John Pickering to be commissioned as Justice of the Peace.
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- Doc Number: 450
- Administration: William C. Claiborne
- Date(s): 1805-02-26
- Description: Letter, Jno. Colleir, Washington County [to Acting Governor West], notifying him of the escape from jail of Peter, a slave who murdered his master, and his being carried off and hidden by Claiborne Foster in Baldwin County, Georgia; asking that the Acting Governor see to their return to the proper jurisdiction; requesting he forward Militia commissions; apprising that fortification of Mobile had been commenced; recommending John Pickering to be commissioned as Justice of the Peace.
- Call Number: Series 0488
- Filename: 488-0450-01.tif