John Sims, sheriff of Lancaster District, seeks compensation of $18.37 for advertising the sale of a runaway slave named Jack. Sims recounts that he sold said Jack "in the year 1826 for the sum of one hundred dollars." He admits, however, that "when he presented his [accounts] ... he had not the Printers Receipt for advertising the said slave" and he was "not allowed that Item." Presenting his receipt, the petitioner prays that "he be allowed the sum of eighteen dollars and thirty seven cents, the amount he paid for advertising the said negro slave."
Result: Referred to claims committee.
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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina