New Castle county, ss., the-State of Delaware to Wm. R.
Lynam, and to the Sheriff or keeper of the Common Jail of said county, “Whereas
—— Davis hath this day been brought before me, the subscriber, one of the Justices
of the Peace, in and for the said county, charged upon the oath of Robert
Hardie with being a runaway slave, and also as a suspicious person, traveling
without a pass, these are therefore to command you, the said Wm. R. Lynam,
forthwith to convey and deliver into the custody of the said Sheriff, or keeper
of the said jail, the body of the said Davis, and you the said Sheriff or
receiver of the body of the said Davis into your custody in the said jail, and
him there safely keep until he be thence delivered by due course of the law.
Given under my hand and seal at New Castle this 21st day of
March, A. D., 1854.
JOHN BRADFORD, J. P.
SOURCE: SOURCES: William Still, The Underground
Railroad: A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters &c., p.
245-6
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