Petition #20381405

Abstract

Residents of New Castle County ask that Abraham Lee's application to keep a public house be denied. They charge, among other things, that Lee tried to "carry of[f] by force and Arms Negro Preston Moore with Intent (as is believed) to send him the sd Preston to Georgia." They also cite that it "has been found against him the sd Abm Lee for Kidnaping Negro Eliza."

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Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware

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