Letter from Chandler Smith to Andrew B. Moore; December 30, 1858

Item

Identifier

Q0000133397_Q0000133398

Title

Letter from Chandler Smith to Andrew B. Moore; December 30, 1858

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Type

text

Creator

Chandler Smith [dates unknown]

Date

1858 December 30

Description

From the Alabama Department of Archives and History Governor A. B. Moore Collection. Letter from Chandler Smith to Governor Andrew B. Moore containing the affidaint regarding the arrest of James Mernarray in Mobile, Alabama.

Format

Letter

Language

English

Place

Mobile (Ala.)

Publisher

Alabama Department of Archives and History. (electronic version)

Contributor

Jenna Grabinski

transcription

[[Mobile (Ala.)|Mobile]], Dec. 31 <sup>st<sup> 1858

Dear Sir
Enclosed we send you an [[Affidavits|affidavit]] made by [[LeBarow, Thomas M|Thomas M. LeBarow]] for the [[Arrest|arrest]] of one [[Mernarray, James|James Mernarray]] a [[Fugitive|fugitive]] from justice, under the [[Constitution|Constitution of the U. States]], and the Act of [[Congress|Congress]] approved 12 <sup>th<sup> Febuary 1<s>8</s>793 (1 Stat. U.S. at Large <s>n</s> 302). The affidavit fully discloses all the facts of the case, and we hope may be Con=sidered by you sufficient for the issuance to Mr. LeBarow of your requisition upon the [[Governor|Governor]] of Louisiana. The requisition, with the certified af=fidavit may be en closed to us or to Mr. Tho. M. LeBarow at this place.

With high respect
Your obt svts
[[Smith, Chandler|Chandler Smith]] + [[?, Herndow|Herndow]]

His Excellency
[[Moore, Andrew B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873|Gov. A. B. Moore]]
[[Montgomery (Ala.)|Montgomery]]
Ala.

Chandler Smith +
Herndow
in relation
to
[Ruth?] case

Subject

Alabama--History--19th Century.; Crime--Alabama--History.; Mobile (Ala.).; Moore, Andrew B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873.