William Cooch states that he inherited "a certain negro Girl named Sophia to Serve your Petitioner for the term of fourteen years or untill She is thirty years of age" from the estate of Theodore Thomas in Cecil County, Maryland. He therefore prays that a law be passed "as will Authorise your petitioner to bring into this State the negro Girl Sophia above named."
Result: Senate: read, referred.
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Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware
