Habeus Corpus Actions

(AMS 051, box 4A/ microfilm reel 24)

Lett, no surname. Philadelphia 1785

Thirteen blacks freed from prison by Judge Robert Philson. Somerset County, MD. 1785

Negro Bob. Philadelphia. 1785

Thomas Cullen v. Susanna. Philadelphia. 1785

Negro Nancy. Philadelphia. 1786

Negro Darby v. Caleb Armitage. Philadelphia. 1787

D. Boadley. Philadelphia. 1787

Commonwealth v. John Stokes, 1787 (Jethro & Dinah)

Lydia, no surname. Philadelphia. 1789

Pennsylvania v. Aberilla Blackmore. Washington County, PA 1790

Phoebe, no surname. v. Rebecca Betterton, Joseph Howell, Joseph Reck, executors of Bejamin Betterton. Philadelphia. 1791

Betty v. Horsfeld. Philadelphia 1792

Irvine Republica v. Hugh Gallagher, n.p. 1801

Mary Thomas v. Reuben Tucker and Lambert Smyth. Philadelphia. 1810

James Grey, H. Henry and child. Philadelphia 1810.