Mount ,
a corporation Duly incorporated
by the laws the State of ,
to the use of (a
woman of Colour) Plaintiff,
vs

Defendants.

In the Cir-
Cuit
Court.
St. Louis
County
April Term
1854.

The Plaintiff, a
Corporation duly incorporated by the
laws of the State of Maryland ,
who sues to the use of Louisa (a
woman of Colour) states that about
eighteen years ago, to wit: about the sev
enth day of March eighteen hundred
and thirty six, the said Louisa (a woman
of Colour) being then owned and posses
sed as a slave by the Plaintiff, and
the Plaintiff being at that time indebt
ed to the Defendant Francis B. Jameson ,
for money advanced by him for the Plain
tiff an agreement was then entered
into between the Plaintiff and the
Defendant Francis B. Jameson
that the said Louisa should serve
him (the Defendant Francis B. Jame
son) for five years to pay the sum
of two hundred and fifty dollars
for money so advanced, and that
at the expiration of the said five
years she was to be free; that one
of the moving considerations in said
agreement was the express stipula
tion that the said Louisa was to be
free at the expiration of the said
five years, and that the Defendant
Francis B. Jameson should man
umit and emancipate her at the ex
piration of the said five years; that
by virtue and in pursuance of said
agreement and the said express
stipulation the Plaintiff trans
ferred and delivered the said Louisa
into the possession of the De
fendant Francis B. Jameson at
the time aforesaid, and she then
commenced Serving him; that
the said Defendant Francis B. Jame
son was then a resident of the State
of Maryland and continued to be
a resident of said State between
five and six years thereafter, du
ring all of which time the said
Louisa continued to serve him;
that he then changed his residence
to the State of Missouri and re
moved her with him to the said
State, where he has since resi
ded and now continues to reside.

Plaintiff further states
that the said Louisa faithfully
served the Defendant Francis B .
Jameson until the expiration of the
said five years, and that she was,
at the expiration of the said five
years, and still is, entitled to her
freedom, and to manumission
and emancipationby the Defen by
virtue and in pursuance of the
agreement and express stipulation

aforesaid; but that she has ever since
the expiration of the said five years
as aforesaid been wrongfully and illegallyheld in Slavery
and claimed as a slave and is now wrongfully and illegally
held in Slavery and claimed as a
Slave, by the Defendant Francis B. Jameson .

Plaintiff further states that
during most or all of the time since
the removal of the Defendant Francis
B. Jameson from the State of Mary
land to the State of Missouri , to wit:
Between eleven and twelve years
the said Louisa has been hired, and
is now hired by the Defendant Francis
B. Jameson to the Defendant Edmond
H. McCabe , of the City and County
of St. Louis , and State of Missouri
aforesaid in virtue of which she is
now in the possession of the Defend
ant Edmond H. McCabe and wrongfully and illegally held
by him in slavery; that she has
been and is, hired as aforesaid at the
rate of ninety six dollars per
year, out of which it was agreed
her clothing and bills for medical
attendance should be paid; that
but little medical attendance
has been required, which has been
rendered free of charge by the
Defendant Edmond H. McCabe
who is a Physician; that the
cost of clothing has not exceeded
the average sum of
dollars per year.

Plaintiff further states
that the agreement above setforth, in
terms as setforth, and upon the express
stipulation as setforth, was entered in
writing upon the books of the Plaintiff,
so being a corporation as aforesaid,
at the time the said agreement was
made between the Plaintiff and the
Defendant Francis B . Jameson as
aforesaid; that examination of said
books was made within a few years
thereafter, and has since been made
and inquiry also made of the proper
offices, but that the said books had been
burned and destroyed, and torn and
defaced so that the said agreement
so entered in writing as aforesaid,
could not be found, and so that no
record of that date could be found;
and that Plaintiff cannot, therefore,
produce such writing.

Plaintiff further States
that an instrument of writing was
given by the Plaintiff to the Defend
ant Francis B. Jameson , at the time
of the making of the said agreement,
stating the same as above setforth
and the express condition and
that the said Louisa at the expira-
tion after the said five years was to be
free as aforesaid, and that the
consideration in giving said in
strument of writing was the express
stipulation that the said Louisa
was to be free at the expiration

of the said five years, and that the
Defendant Francis B . Jameson should
manumit and emancipate her at
the expiration of the said five years

Plaintiff asks that the de
fendant Francis B Jameson may be
compelled by the judgemnet of this
Court to specifically excute and
perform the said agreement and
to manumit and emancipate the
said Louisa , and further that he may
be compelled to render an account
and make payment for the value
of the service of the said Louisa
beyond the said five years as a-
forsaid, during the illegaldenten-
tion of the said Louisa by the said
Defendant Francis B . Jameson so
wrongfully committed as aforesaid.

Plaintiff further asks that
the said Edmond H . McCabe be
made a party defendant to this
petition, and that he be required
to answer the same; and further
that he may be compelled to render
an account of the value of the
service of the said Louisa during
the time she has been hired to him
as aforesaid, beyond the said five
years as aforsaid, during her ille-
gal detention so wrong fully com
mitted as aforesaid; that he be
enjoined and restrained from paying
to the Defendant Francis B . Jameson
any of the value of the said service
as aforesaid which may now be
in his hands or which may hereafter be in
his hands, and that he hold the same
subject to the judgement of this
Court.

Plaintiff further asks Judg
ment of the specific execution
and performance of the said agree
ment and of the manumission and
emancipation of the said Louisa ,
and for the full amount of the
value of her service beyond the
said term of five years as aforesaid
during her illegal detention so
wrongfully committed as aforesaid
and for such other further relief
as shall seem meet and proper.

A . Fenly Jr .
Atty for Plff.

Louisa (a woman of colour) to whose
use the Plaintiff sues, makes oath
and say that she believes the foregoing petition
and the matter as therein stated
are true.

Laura her X mark MahonySworn to subscribed
before me this 15th
day of March 1854 Peter W . Johnstone Justice of the
peace

No.In St. Louis Cir. Ct.
April Term 1854

Mount St. Mary's College ,
to the use of Louisa
(a woman of colour)
vs
Francis B. Jameson
Edmund H . McCabe

Petition for specific
performance of a
greement & emancipation

A. .
atty for Filed March 16th 1854 Wm J Hammond Clk

To the St Louis Circuit Court

Your petitioner, Louisa , a woman of colour,
states that about seventeen years ago, to wit:
about the seventh day of march eighteen hundred
and thirty six, being then owned and possessed
as a slave by Mount St. Mary's College , near
Emmitsburg, in the county of Frederick , state
of Maryland , and the said College being at that
time indebted to Francis B. Jameson , the former
President thereof, for money advanced by him for
the same, an agreement was there entered into
between them that she should serve him for
five years to pay the sum of two hundred and
fifty dollars for money so advanced, and that
at the expiration of the said five years she
was to be free; that by virtue and in pursuance
of said agreement she was transferred and
delivered into the possession of the said Francis
B. Jamison by the said College at the time
aforesaid, and then commenced serving him;
that the said Francis B. Jamison was then a
resident of the state of Maryland and continued
to be for five or six years or between five and six
years, during all of which time she continued
to serve him; that he then changed his residence
to the state of Missouri and removed her with him
to the said State, where he has since residend and
now continues to reside; that since said removal
from the state of Maryland to the state of Missouri
the said Francis B. Jamison has continued to claim
and hold her, and now claims her as a slave;
that during most or all of said time last aforesaid
to wit: for about eleven or twelve years, or between
eleven and twelve years She has been hired
and is now hired by the said Francis B .
Jamison to Edmond H. McCabe , of the

City and County of St Louis , and state of
Missouri aforesaid, in virtue of which she is
now in the possession of th esaid Edmond H .
McCabe and held by him in slavery.

Your Petitioner further state that whilst
in the state of Maryland , and whilstserving
the said Francis B. Jamison in said state as
aforesaid, she was informed by an officer or
officers of said Mount St Mary's College that
the said agreement in terms as aforesaid and
upon the condition aforesaid was entered in
writing upon the books of the said College ;
that she went to the said College to inquire
about it and did inquire of then Procurator
of the College whether the same was so enforced and was
informed by him that if could be found; but that
the books had been torn and defaced so that
no records of that date could be found; that
she was afterwards informed by the officers of the
said College and by the President thereof who
came into office after the reliving of the said
Francis B. Jamison from the same position, that
the said agreement in terms aforesaid had been
made between the said Francis B. Jamison and
the said College and that the same had been
entered in writing on the Books of the said College ;
She was further informed by the sisters of Charity
that the said books had been burned and
destroyed or so defaced that no record of that
date could be found

your Petitioner further states that she
has been informed in this state, and but a
short time since through the said President
who su since the removal of the said Francis B .
Jamison from the state of Maryland to the

State of Missouri , she has been informed in
this state thhrough the said President who
succeeded the said Francis B. Jameson as aforesaid,
and by others cognizant of the facts, that the
agreement aforesaid in terms aforesaid and upon
the express condition and premise aforesaid was made
between the said Francis B Jamison and the
said College , and had been entered in writing
in the books thereof, and that some trace or
memorandum thereon ought to be found, but that
your petitioner has caused examination to be
made and has not yet been able to find such
trace or memorandum.

Your Petitioner further states that she
has been in this state, and but a
short time since, through the said President who
succeeded the said Francis B. Jameson , that
the infromation given by him last aforesaid is
correct, and has been more and more impressed on
his mind, and that the books of the said
College to in writing the information,
and that he still believed it could be found;
and further that his strong impression has
been and is that a bill of sale was given by the
said College to the said Francis B. Jameson ,
stating the said agreement in terms aforesaid
and upon the express condition and premise
aforesaid; and that the same was more strongly
impressed upon his mind by the fact of the same
kind of transction, at that time, between the
Said College and another person, a creditor of
the college, in relation to a negro child who
became free in accordnce therewith.

Your petitioner further states that of
her own knowledge the fact last above stated is

true, and that, in substance, all of said
information conformes to her own knowledge of the
said agreement between the said college and
the said Francis B. Jameson , in the terms
aforesaid, and upon the express condition and
premise as aforesaid, and that she has never
had, and has not now, any other understanding
of it.

Your Petitioner further states that the
foregoing is the the ground on which her claim to
freedom is founded, and prays for leave
to sue as a poor person in order to establish
her right to freedom.

A . Fenly Jr .
Atty. for Petitioner.

St Louis County, sct.

Louisa (a woman of colour)
the above petitioner, being sworn,
says that the foregoing petition
and the matters, as therein stated,
of her own knowledge, are true, &
that those stated on the information
of others she beleives are true.

Louisa her of color
markSworn to & Subscribed
before
me this Ninth
day of March 1854
Justice of the peace

A . Fenly Jr . Attorney for
the petitioner, makes oath & says
that the said petitioner is a poor
person, and unable to prosecute
her suit, and pay the cash and

expenses thereof

A . Fenly Jr .Sworn to & Subscribed before
me this 10th day of March
1854. Wm . J. Hammond Clk

The Court being of opinion that
the foregoing petition contains suf
ficient matter to authorize the com
mencement of a suit, it is ordered
First, that the said petitioner be
allowed to sue.

Second, That the said petitioner have
reasonable liberty to attend her Counsel
and the Court, as occasion may require
that she be not removed out of the
jurisdiction of the Court, and that
she be not subject to any severity
on account of her application
for freedom.

And further the Court being
satisified from the affidavit an
nexed to and filed with the said
petition, that the said petitioner
is a poor person, and unable
to prosecute her suit, and pay
the costs and expenses thereof,
it is ordered that the said
petitioner be permitted to com
mence and procecuted her action
as a poor person.

Att Mar. 11th 1854March 11th 1854
Attest
Wm. J . Hammund, Clk

No.In St Louis Circuit
Nov Term 1854.

Louisa (of Colour)
vs
Francis B . Jameson
Edmund H . McCabe

Petition for leave to
sue for freedom

A Fenly
Atty for Petnr Fee
Filed March 16th 1854 of Clk

County of St. Louis , SS.
The State Of Missouri ,To the Sheriff of St. Louis CountyGreeting:

We command you to summon Edmund H . McCabe suedwith
Francis B . Jameson
to appear
before the Judge of our Circuit Court , on the first day of the next term thereof, to be held
in the City of St. Louis , within and for the County of St. Louis , on the third Monday
of March next, then and there to answer the complaint of
Mount St . Mary College to the use of Louisa (awoman
of Color
as set forth in the annexed petition
and have you then there and this writ.

Witness, William J. Hammond , Clerk of said
Circuit Court , and the Seal thereof, hereto affixed,
at the City of St. Louis , this 16th
day of March in the year of our
Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty - four. Wm J Hammond Clerk,

I acknowledge myself bound for all costs that may accrue in the above cause.

Witness, my hand and seal, at St. Louis , this day
of 185

Excuted March 17th 1854, in the County of Saint
Louis , by leaving a copy of this writ and the petition
as furnished by the Clerk, at the usual place of ab
ode of Edmond H . McCabe , one of the within named
defendants, with a white person of his family above the
age of fifteen years

John M Winner SheriffBy ChadbourneDeputy Fee $ 1.00

No 107. Saint Louis Circuit Court
April Terms 1854

Mount St Mary College to the
use of Louisa ( A woman of
Color
vs Summons
Francis B . Jameson , Edmund
H . McCabe

Pet for Freedom

Fenly atty plffIssued March 16th 1854 Wm J . Hammond Clk

The Court being of opinion that the foregoing
petition contains sufficient matter to author
ize the commencement of a suit, It is ordered
First, that the said petitioner be allowed to
sueSecond That the said petitioner have
reasonable liberty to attend her counsel and
the Court, as occasion may require that
she be not removed out of the Jurisdiction
of the Court and that she be not subjected
to any severity on account of her app
lication for freedom. And further the Court
being satisfied from the affidavit annexed
to and filed with the said petition, that
the said petitioner is a poor person and
unable to prosecute her suit and pay
the costsandexpenses thereof it is ordered
that the said petitioner be permitted to com
mence and prosecuteher actions as a
poor person

March 11th 1864 A true Copy of the order
attest Wm J Hammond Clk

Nov T 1854Continued24 p 372Oct. T. 55 Dismissed
for want of Jurisdiction 25p 221

Mount
a corporation duly incorporated
by the laws of the state of
To the use of (a
woman of Colour) Plaintiff
vs

Defendants

In the
Circuit
Court ,
St Louis
County,
April Term
1854

The Plaintiff,
a corporation duly incorporated by the laws
of the state of Maryland , who sues to the use
of Louisa (a woman of colour) states that
about eighteen years ago, to wit: about the
seventh day of march eighteen hundred & thirty
six, the said Louisa (a woman of colour)
being then owned and prossessed as a slave
by the Plaintiff, and the Plaintiff being
at that time indebted to the defendant,
Francis B. Jameson , for money advanced by
him for the Plaintiff an agreement was
then entered into between the Plaintif and
the defendant Francis B. Jameson that
the said Louisa should serve him (the
defendant Francis B. Jameson ) for five
years to pay the sum of two hundred
and fifty dollars for money so advanced,
and that at the expiration of the said
five years She was to be free; that one
of the moving considerations in said
agreement was the expressstipulation
that the said Louisa was to be free
at the expiration of the said five years,
and that the defendant, Francis B .
Jameson should manumit and
emancipate her at the expiration of

the said five years; that by virtue and
in pursuance of said agreement and the
said express stipulation the Plaintiff
transferred and delivered the said
Louisa into the possession of the
defendant Francis B. Jameson at the
time aforesaid, and she then commenced
serving him; that the said defendant
Francis B. Jameson was them a resident
of the state of Maryland and continued
to be a resident of said state between
five and six years thereafter, during all
of which time the said Louisa continued
to serve him; that he then changed his
residence to the state of Missouri and
removed her with him to the said state,
where he has since resided and now
continues to reside.

Plaintiff further states that
the said Louisa faithfully served the
defendant Francis B. Jameson until the
expiration of the said five years, and
that she was at the expiration of the
said five years, and still is entitled to her
freedom, and to manumission and
emancipation by virtue and in pursuance
of the express agreement and express
stipulation aforesaid; but that she has ever
since the expiraion of the said five years as
aforesaid been wrongfully & illegaly held in slavery, and claimed as
a slave, and is now wrongfully & illegally held in slavery and
claimed as a slave, by the defendant Francis
B. Jameson .

Plaintiff further states that during
most or all of the time since the removal of

the defendant, Francis B.Jameson from the
State of Maryland to the State of Missouri , to wit:
between eleven and twelve years the said
Louisa has been hired, and is now hired by
the defendant, Francis B. Jameson , to the
defendant Edmund H . McCabe , of the city and
county of St Louis , and state of Missouri
aforesaid, in virtue of which she is now in
the possession of the defendant, Edmund H . McCabe
and wrongfully & illegally held by him in slavery; that she has
been, and is, hired as aforesaid at the rate
of ninety six dollars per year, out of which, it
was agreed her clothing and bills for medical
attendance should be paid; that but little medical
attendance has been required, which has been
rendered free of charge by the defendant Edmund
H . McCabe , who is a physician; that the cost
of clothing has not exceded the average sum of
eighteen dollars per year.

Plaintiff further states that the
agreement above set forth, in terms as set forth
and upon the express stipulation as set forth,
was entered in writing upon the books of the Plaintiff,
so being a corporation as aforesaid, at the time the
said agreement was made between the Plaintiff and
the defendant Francis B. Jameson as aforesaid;
that examination of said books was made within
a few years thereafter, and has since been made,
an injury also made of the proper officers, but
that the said books had been burned and destroyed,
and torn and defaced so that the said agreement
so entered in writing as aforesaid could not be
found, and so that no record of that date could
be found; and that Plaintiff cannot therefore
for produce such writing.

Plaintiff further states that
an instrument of writing was given by the Plaintiff
to the defendant Francis B. Jameson , at the time
of the making of the said agreement, stating the
same as above setforth and the express condition
and premise that the said Louisa at the expiration
of the said five years was to be free as aforesaid,
and that the moving consideration in giving said
instrument of writing was the express stipulation
that the said Louisa was to be free at the expiration
of the said five years, and that the defendant,
Francis B. Jameson should manumit and
emancipate her at the expiration of the said
five years

Plaintiff asks that the defendant,
Francis B. Jameson , may be compelled by the
judgement of this court to specifically execute and
perform the said agreement, and to manumit
and emancipate the said Louisa , and further
that he may be compelled to render an account
and make payment for the value of the
service of the said Louisa beyond the said
five years as aforesaid, during the illegal
detention of the said Louisa by the said
defendant, Francis B. Jameson , so wrongfully
commissed as aforesaid

Plaintiff further asks that
the said Edmund H . McCabe be made a party
defendant to this petition, and that he be required
to answer the same; and further that he may
be compelled to render an account of the value
of the service of the said Louisa during the time
she has been hired to him as aforesaid, beyond
the said five years as aforesaid, during her
illegal detention so wrongfully committed as
aforesaid; that he be enjoined and restrained

from paying to the defendant, Francis B . Jameson , any
of the value of the said service as aforesaid which
may now be in hands or which may hereafter
be in his hands, and that he hold the same
subject judgement of this court.

Plaintiff further asks judgement
of specific execution and performance of the
said agreement and of manumission and
emancipation of the said Louisa ,, and for the
full amount of the value of her service beyond the
said five years as aforesaid, during her illegal
detention so wrongfully committed as aforesaid
and for such other further releif as shall
seem meet and proper

A Fenly Jr .
Atty. for Plff.

Louisa (a woman of colour) to whose use
the Plaintiff sues, makes oath and says that
she believes the foregoing petition and the
matters as therein stated are true.

Louisa her X Moluny
markSworn & subscribed before
me this 15th day of March 1854 Peter W.Johnstone
Justice of the Peace.

No.In St. Louis Cir. Ct.
April Term 1854

Mount St . Mary's
College to the
use of Louisa
(a woman of colour)
vs
Francis B . Jameson
Edmund H. M . McCabe .

County of St. Louis , SS.
The State Of Missouri ,To the Sheriff of Cape Girardeau County Greeting:

We command you to summon Francis B Jamison sued with
Edmund H McCabe
to appear
before the Judge of our Circuit Court , on the first day of the next term thereof, to be held
in the City of St. Louis , within and for the County of St. Louis , on the third Monday
of March next, then and there to answer the complaint of
Mount St Mary College to the use of Louisa (a
woman of Color)
as set forth in the annexed petition
and have you then there and this writ.

Witness, William J. Hammond , Clerk of said
Circuit Court , and the Seal thereof, hereto affixed,
at the City of St. Louis , this 31st
day of March in the year of our
Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four Wm J Hammond Clerk.

I acknowledge myself bound for all costs that may accrue in the above cause.

Witness, my hand and seal, at St. Louis , this_day
of_185

Mount St Mary College
vs
Francis B Jamison et al

A True Copy Pet Wm. J Hammond Clrk

County of St. Louis , SS.
The State Of Missouri ,To the Sheriff of Cape Girardeau County Greeting:

We cammand you to summon
Francis B Jamison sued
with Edmund H. McCabe
to appear
before the Judge of our Circuit Court , on the first day of the next term thereof, to be held
in the City of St. Louis , within and for the County of St Louis , on the third Monday
of April next, then and there to answer the complaint of
Mount St Mary College to the use of Louisa (a woman
of color)
as set forth in the annexed petition
and have you then there and this writ.

Witness, William J. Hammond , Clerk of our said
Circuit Court , and the seal thereof, hereto affixed,
at the City of St. Louis , this 31st
day of March in the year of our
Lord eighteen hundred and fifty four Wm J Hammond Clerk.

I acknowledge myself bound for all costs that may accrue in the above cause

Witness, my hand and seal, at St. Louis , this_day
of_185

No 107 Saint Louis Circuit Court
April Term 1854

Mount St Mary College to the
use of Louisa (a woman of color)
vs
Francis B Jameson & Edmund H .
McCabe

Summons to Cape
Girardeau Co

Petition for specific performance

Fenly atty PlffIssued Mch 31. 1854 Wm J Hammond Clk

The courtbeing of opinion that the forego
ing petition containssufficient matter to
authorize the commencement of a suit
it is ordered First that the said petition
er be allowed to sue Second that the
said peitioner have reasonable liberty
to attend her counsel and the court
as occasion may require that she be
not removed out of the Jurisdiction of the
Court and that she be not subject to
any severity on account of her application
for freedom And further the Court being
satisfied from the affidavit annexed
to and filedwith the said petition That
the saidpetitioner is as poor person and
unable to prosecuteher suit and
pay the costs and expenses thereof it is
ordered that the said petitioner be per
mitted to commence and prosecute
her actions as a poor person
March 11th 1854 A True Copy order

attest Wm J Hammond Clk $ 1. due

Executed the within writ on the therein named Francis B Jamison
by reading the same to him in his presence and hearing on
the 17th day of April AD 1854 at the City and in the County
of Cape Girardeau in the State of Missouri

Wm. Morgan Sheriff
of Cape Girardeau Co . Mo. fee $ 1.00 due

County of St. Louis , SS.
The State Of Missouri ,To the Sheriff of New Madrid County Greeting:

We cammand you to summon
Francis B Jameson sued
with Edmund H. McCabe
to appear
before the Judge of our Circuit Court , on the first day of the next term thereof, to be held
in the City of St. Louis , within and for the County of St Louis , on the third Monday
of April next, then and there to answer the complaint of
Mount St Mary College to the use of Louisa (a
woman of color)
as set forth in the annexed petition
and have you then there and this writ.

Witness, William J. Hammond , Clerk of our said
Circuit Court , and the seal thereof, hereto affixed,
at the City of St. Louis , this 16th
day of March in the year of our
Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four Wm J Hammond Clerk.

I acknowledge myself bound for all costs that may accrue in the above cause

Witness, my hand and seal, at St. Louis , this_day
of_185

the within named named Francis B. Jameson nor Edmund H
McCabe not found in New Madrid County Missouri therefore
this writ is returned not served on either of these
This 23rd day of March AD 1854

WmDinhart Sheriff of
New Madrid County State
of Missouri

No 107 Saint Louis Circuit Court
April Term 1854

Mount St Mary College
to the use of Louisa (a Woman
of color)
vs
Francis B Jameson & Edmund H .
McCabe

Summons to New Madrid

Petition for Specific Performance

Fenly atty PlffIssued Mch 16th 1854 Wm J Hammond Clk

Thecourt being of opinion that the foregoing pe
tition contains sufficient matter to authorize the
commencement of a Suit, it is ordered First
that the said petitioner be allowed to sue Second
that the said peitioner have reasonable lib
erty to attend her Counsel and the Court
as occasion may require that she be not
removed out of the Jurisdiction of the Court
and that she be not subject to any severity
on account of her application for freedom
and further the Courtbeing satisfied from the
affidavit annexed to and filedwith the
said petition that the saidpetitioner is a
poor person and unable to prosecute
her suit, and pay the costs and expenses
thereof it is ordered that the said petiti
oner be permitted to commence and
prosecute her action as a poor person

March 11th 1854 A true copy order
attest Wm J Hammond Clk $ 4 due